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Police in southern Hyderabad city told BBC Hindi they want to know if Aradhana Samdariya was forced to fast. Her parents have insisted she voluntarily fasted as prescribed in Jainism, one of the world's most ancient religions. The case has sparked a debate about the practice of religious fasting in India. Reports said Aradhana lived for 68 days on boiled water. Two days after she called off her fast last week, she was dead. Experts believe it is possible for the human body to survive without food for up to two months. A police spokesperson said a case had been registered against the parents after a child rights organisation filed a complaint. "The parents - Laxmi Chand and Manshi Samdariya - have been booked under culpable homicide [causing death by negligence] and Juvenile Justice Act [cruelty against minors]," the spokesperson said. The parents, wealthy jewellers based in Hyderabad, have denied that they forced their daughter to fast. "She asked permission for upvaas [fast that involves renouncing food]. We asked her to stop after 51 days but she would not give up. Her fast was voluntary. No one forced her," Mr Samdariya said. But social activists have rejected the family's claim. "The entire nation should be ashamed that such a practice still exists. Her father's guru advised the family that if she fasted for 68 days, his business would be profitable," activist Achyut Rao told BBC Hindi. "The girl was made to drink only water from sunrise to sunset. There was no salt or lemon or anything else." Should Jains be given the choice to die? Fasting fakir flummoxes physicians How long can someone survive without food? Mr Rao also criticised the family for taking out a funeral procession "to hail their daughter as a child saint". "The shocking aspect is that the family is happy that she was the rare one to be taken away by God," he said. Prolonged fasting is popular among Jains, who are a minority religious group in India. Activists have often criticised another controversial practice called santhara, in which a Jain gives up food and water with the intention of preparing for death. The death of the teenager has once again put the spotlight on such practices. Many people have taken to Twitter to express their outrage. Fasting is not uncommon in other religions - Muslims go without food and water between sunrise and sunset during the holy month of Ramadan, Christians fast during Lent, Jews go without food during Yom Kippur and Hindus fast on various religious occasions. But none of these religions sanction fasting to starvation - and death. However, Jain leaders have defended prolonged fasts. "Pregnant women or those who are unwell should not fast. But there is no bar on children fasting. But how much they should fast ought to depend on their own individual capacity," Maharasa Ravinder Muniji, a Jain monk in Hyderabad, told the Firstpost website.

Indian police are investigating the parents of a 13-year-old girl who died last week after undertaking a religious fast for 68 days.

Asked by ITV's Robert Peston if that meant cutting EU and non-EU migration, the justice secretary said: "Yes". But he said it could not be done by 2020: "I wouldn't set a time limit for it but the ambition would be to bring it down to tens of thousands". Mr Cameron insists his target can be achieved with Britain in the EU. Annual net migration reached 333,000 in 2015, according to Office for National Statistics estimates. The increase has largely been caused by a surge in immigration from central and southern EU states and fewer people emigrating, but more people are still arriving from outside the EU to take up jobs. The figure for EU-only net migration was 184,000, equalling its record high, and 188,000 for non-EU. Vote Leave has proposed extending the points-based system that currently applies to citizens of non-EU countries wanting to work in the UK to EU citizens, if Britain votes to leave in the referendum on 23 June. The out campaign has said this would be "fairer" to people from Commonwealth countries and other non-EU nations, whose citizens are "discriminated" against under the current system. But meeting the target of cutting net migration to the "tens of thousands" would mean tighter entry requirements across the board, if immigration continues at its current levels, as Mr Gove appeared to acknowledge in his Peston interview. The Treasury's economic forecasts are based on continued high levels of immigration - but Mr Gove denied cutting net migration by 70% would damage Britain's prosperity "because at the moment uncontrolled numbers coming in here only depress wages for working people". He added: "It's also the case that they put a considerable strain on public services, on housing, on the National Health Service, and of course on school places. "We grew very successfully in the 1980s and the 1990s with immigration in the tens of thousands." In a Sky TV Q&A last week, Mr Cameron said he did not "accept" that he would never meet his net migration target, first set in 2010, while Britain remained in the EU. "I don't accept that. I think it remains the right ambition for Britain." But he said it would be "madness" to try to control immigration "by trashing our economy and pulling out of the single market". Meanwhile Mr Gove, former Conservative London mayor Boris Johnson and Labour MP Gisela Stuart have written to Mr Cameron to warn of the risks of remaining in the EU. In their 2,000-word letter, they claim the eurozone's economic crisis is fuelling the rise in migration, as "millions of people in southern Europe, particularly young people, are giving up hope of their countries escaping recession" and head to Britain in "disproportionate" numbers. They also claim that problem will "only get worse when countries in the pipeline to join the EU become members in the near future". The letter also highlights a catalogue of alleged failures by the EU - and warns that eurozone countries "can impose their will and force us to accept laws that are not in our interests".

Leaving the EU would allow the UK to get net migration under 100,000 - a promise PM David Cameron has not been able to keep, Michael Gove has said.

Mr Biden is considering running for president and accounts depicting him as hesitant to attack Bin Laden have been seen as a political liability. "Mr President, my suggestion is, don't go," Mr Biden told congressmen in 2012, according to ABC News. But on Tuesday Mr Biden said he told President Obama privately to proceed. "As we walked out of the room and walked upstairs, I said - I told him my opinion that I thought he should go, but follow his own instincts," Mr Biden said at an event in Washington. "I never... say what I think finally until I go up in the Oval [Office] with him alone," he added. In May 2011, Mr Obama authorised the operation. US special forces shot and killed Bin Laden at a compound near Islamabad. Hillary Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time, has said publicly that she supported the raid. Bin Laden was widely believed to have been behind the bombings of US embassies in East Africa, the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 and the 2001 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington. In recent months, supporters have encouraged Mr Biden to challenge Mrs Clinton for the Democratic nomination. However, Mr Biden, 72, has questioned whether he has the "emotional energy" to run after the death of his son Beau in May. Others say by entering the race so late Mr Biden may not be able to rally enough financial support to mount an effective campaign. After a strong performance in the first Democratic presidential debate last week, Mrs Clinton has seen her poll number rebound after a summer which saw her support wane. Mrs Clinton maintains healthy leads in most early voting states even after factoring Mr Biden into the race. Mr Biden expects to decide within days because deadlines to appear on the ballot in key states are fast approaching. The former Delaware senator failed in his bids for the White House in 1988 and 2008 before becoming Mr Obama's running mate.

US Vice-President Joe Biden has said he supported carrying out the operation that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, a change from previous accounts.

The man was taken to hospital with chest injuries after falling during a performance of the Windsor theme park's Pirates of Skeleton Bay show on Wednesday. The Sun newspaper reported he had fallen several metres to the ground. Legoland Windsor Resort said it was in touch with the man's family who said he was "recovering well". South Central Ambulance Service confirmed it was called at 13:24 BST after a man in his 20s had fallen and suffered chest injuries. Thames Valley air ambulance, an ambulance and an emergency response vehicle were sent to the attraction and the man was taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. An investigation is underway, a Legoland spokeswoman said.

A stunt show at Legoland has been shut down after a performer was injured in front of watching crowds.

Saturday's 3-0 win against Swansea, another side battling to stay in the top flight, put Boro four points above the bottom three after 17 games. Fellow strugglers Burnley are the Teessiders' Boxing Day opponents. "We just have to win our games and not look too much at the teams around us," De Roon told BBC Tees. Boro's position was boosted at the weekend by defeats for Hull, Crystal Palace and Burnley, although Sunderland and West Ham both won. The trip to Turf Moor is a potentially daunting one for Aitor Karanka's side, as none of the bottom 10 teams have won as many home games this season as the Clarets. However, victory would put Boro on 21 points, and importantly stretch the gap between them and Sean Dyche's side to four points. "We have to give ourselves a really big Christmas gift which would be three points," De Roon added. "The teams around you, to win those games are the most important and we will be ready for next Monday."

Middlesbrough must focus on their own performances and results in the quest to retain their Premier League status, says midfielder Marten De Roon.

The Chelsea midfielder, 26, beat Eden Hazard, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Alexis Sanchez in the vote by his fellow players. Tottenham's Dele Alli won the young player prize for the second successive year. Manchester City's Lucy Bronze won the Women's Player of the Year award. Birmingham's Jess Carter was named Women's Young Player of the Year. Kante said: "It's a huge honour to be chosen by the other players. It's the biggest honour to get this award." The midfielder is on course to win the Premier League with Chelsea, having done so last season at Leicester, and added: "My first two seasons were very beautiful. Last season was very beautiful. This season so far, we have had a good season but we have to finish well." Former England captain David Beckham received the PFA's Merit award for his contribution to the game during the ceremony at the Grosvenor Hotel in London on Sunday. Former England women's captain Kelly Smith - who became England's first female professional footballer when she joined American side New Jersey in 1999 - landed the PFA Special Achievement award. Kante was key to Leicester's surprise Premier League win last year and could become first player to achieve the distinction of winning successive titles with different clubs if Chelsea can stay ahead of Spurs in this season's race. Since signing Kante in July, Chelsea have gone from a mid-table finish to the top of the pile with six games to play. In his absence, Leicester have largely struggled to replicate their heroics of last season and are still not safe from relegation. France international Kante has played every minute in the league this season apart from the Boxing Day game against Bournemouth, when he was suspended, and the final 11 minutes against Tottenham on 4 January. BBC pundit Danny Murphy, speaking on Match of the Day 2 on Sunday, described Kante as irreplaceable in the Chelsea line-up. Former England midfielder Murphy said: "He's the one you can't replace. If Eden Hazard wasn't there, you could put Willian in. Kante is the best midfielder in the Premier League, if not Europe." Matthew Upson, the former England defender, added on the same programme: "It's 100% deserved. He is the most valuable player in the Premier League with his contribution. "He might not be the most creative player, or have the biggest sudden impact, but over the course of the season he is the most valuable player in the Premier League. He's been outstanding." Speaking earlier this season, BBC pundit Phil Neville described Kante as "the one who has knitted this Chelsea team together". "I thought he was a number six like former Chelsea player Claude Makelele. But he is a number six, an eight and a 10 - he plays absolutely everywhere, three different positions," he said. "I think Kante is the most complete midfielder in the Premier League at the moment. "He will redefine what we are looking for from a midfield player." Media playback is not supported on this device Kante is famously a quiet man, yet on the pitch he is a tigerish opponent. His total of 110 tackles in the Premier League this season is second only to Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye (127), while his figure of 72 interceptions is eclipsed only by Ander Herrera of Manchester United. Watford captain Troy Deeney recently spoke about what it is like to play against Kante - an insight that perhaps explains why his peers voted him the best of their number. "Whenever we broke on them last season, I always had the fear factor that Kante was coming back and I knew we didn't have much time before he got there," Deeney said. "Even if I actually did have time, I always thought he might be there, so I would rush things a bit." Kante might be top of the class among his fellow professionals, but he did not quite come out on top among BBC Sport readers, who were recently asked to name their Premier League team of the year. More than 40,000 teams were selected, with the most popular XI displayed below. Kante was named in more than 80% of users' teams, but his exploits in the middle of the park for the Premier League leaders were not enough to make him the most selected player overall. That accolade instead went to Spurs midfielder Alli, followed by Chelsea midfielder Hazard and then Kante. Two of the nominees for the senior PFA award failed to make the BBC Sport team of the year, with Arsenal forward Sanchez and Manchester United striker Ibrahimovic missing out. Alli's young player prize is consolation for his omission from the six-man shortlist for the senior award, despite scoring 16 goals from midfield as Spurs have mounted a serious title bid. The 21-year-old's importance to Tottenham's hopes is underlined by the fact they have scored a goal every 42 minutes with Alli on the field in the Premier League this season, compared to every 83 minutes without him. He scored eight goals in six Premier League games between 18 December and 21 January, and was named the league's player of the month for January. The England midfielder also showed his class with a brilliantly taken goal in Spurs' FA Cup semi-final defeat by Chelsea on Saturday. Alli said of his award: "It's an unbelievable feeling, especially to be voted by the other players as well. "It's been an unbelievable season for us all. I think we've just got to keep going, keep fighting and keep improving as a team." Media playback is not supported on this device England full-back Bronze, 25, won the PFA Women's Player of the Year award for the second time after being part of the Manchester City squad that won the Women's Super League without losing a single game in 2016. Bronze said: "As a defender, you don't really get a lot of accolades, but it's a great award to win. "As a team, we've been very successful, and individuals have performed really well in the team. This award for me is all thanks to the team, because without them, I wouldn't be anywhere near this." Birmingham midfielder Carter, 19, saw off competition from three Manchester City players to win the Women's Young Player of the Year award. She started every game in the WSL in 2016 and completed 90 minutes in all but the season-opener at Sunderland. Former Manchester United midfielder Beckham was honoured by his peers in recognition of his stellar career at club and international level. Beckham, 41, won 115 England caps - captaining his country on 59 occasions - and played for some of the most famous clubs sides in the world. He scored 85 goals during his time at United, where he also won six Premier League titles and the Champions League. He also won Spain's La Liga during a four seasons at Real Madrid. Beckham follows former United team-mate Ryan Giggs in winning the Merit prize. He also received the award alongside his 'Class of 92' United team-mates in 2013. "I dreamed of playing for Manchester United and England my whole young life," Beckham said. "To have represented my country the number of times that I did, and to have been captain as well, that is my proudest thing as a footballer. "I had 22 years of playing the sport that I never saw as a job. I always saw it as a hobby because I would have done it whether I'd be paid or not. I lived my dream and I had a lot of people to support me." England's record goalscorer and former Arsenal forward Smith retired from football at the age of 38 in January. She scored 46 goals for her country, earned 117 England caps, played in six major tournaments and represented Team GB at the 2012 London Olympics. "When I started out playing football as a little girl I never imagined me reaching the heights that I have, in my 20-odd-year career," she said. "It's been a phenomenal journey: lots of highs, lots of lows, but I've really enjoyed every moment of it, and I feel very privileged to be here tonight to pick this up."

N'Golo Kante has won the Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year award for 2016-17.

The Sun on Sunday has published a video showing the alleged incident, believed to have taken place on Sunday, 26 July. "I wholeheartedly apologise for any offence I've caused," Vardy, 28, said. "It was a regrettable error in judgement I take full responsibility for, and I accept my behaviour was not up to what's expected of me." Vardy scored the opening goal in Leicester's 4-2 win against Sunderland on Saturday. He has scored 26 goals in 98 league games for the Foxes and made his international debut for England in June. A Leicester City spokesman added: "We expect the highest standards from our players on and off the pitch and for them to set an example as role models in our community. "We have noted Jamie's apology and will begin a process of investigation into the incident imminently. There will be no further comment until this process has concluded." Two months ago, Leicester sacked three players after they took part in a racist sex tape filmed on the club's end-of-season tour of Thailand. Tom Hopper, Adam Smith and James Pearson - the son of former Foxes manager Nigel - had their contracts terminated following an internal investigation by the club.

Leicester's Jamie Vardy has apologised and his club have promised to carry out an investigation after claims that the striker made a racial slur in a casino.

As part of the right, employees can expect their request to be considered "in a reasonable manner" by employers. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said 20 million people now had the right to ask to work flexibly. Unions and employment groups welcomed the move. The change in the law, which affects everyone with more than six months' service, comes less than a week after the government said it would ban employers from stopping staff with zero-hours contracts - under which employees' hours are not guaranteed - seeking extra work elsewhere. The government expects the extension of flexible working rights to be of particular interest to older workers approaching retirement and to young workers looking for additional training while they work. "Modern businesses know that flexible working boosts productivity and staff morale, and helps them keep their top talent so that they can grow," said Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. "It's about time we brought working practices bang up-to-date with the needs, and choices, of our modern families." The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development said the change in the law was recognition of the growing importance of flexible working for both employees and employers. "Employers increasingly recognise the strong business case for flexible working, including enhanced employee engagement and the attraction and retention of a more diverse workforce," said the institute's chief executive Susannah Clements. The TUC welcomed the move, but said more needed to be done to ensure that employees' requests were given fair consideration. "When you make a flexible working request you also need a fair hearing, so we should improve things further by giving people a right to challenge an employer's reason for rejecting a request," said the TUC's general secretary Frances O'Grady. Many businesses already offer flexible working to their staff. "We know from our own membership that more than three quarters of our members offer flexible working but there will be a small number of small businesses who just will not be able to do that, whether it's through cost or just from balancing their teams," Liesl Smith from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) told the BBC. The FSB has expressed concerns about the additional administrative burden the right to request flexible working might place on small businesses. It has said the right could introduce a "negative dynamic" into the workplace, particularly in the case of unsuccessful requests.

Every employee now has the right to request flexible working hours after the government extended the right previously reserved for carers and those looking after children.

The visitors led at the break through Helder Costa's penalty after Dave Edwards was felled by Jon McLaughlin. Burton piled on the pressure after half-time and levelled when former Wolves winger Michael Kightly marked his debut by tapping in from two yards. Woodrow hooked in the winner deep in injury time after Wolves failed to clear a corner. Burton's win means they remain three points clear of the Championship relegation zone after third-from-bottom Blackburn also snatched a late victory over QPR, while Wolves drop to 18th after Nottingham Forest's injury-time win over Aston Villa. In a scrappy first half of few chances, Lasse Vigen Christensen, on loan from Fulham like Woodrow, volleyed over Tom Flanagan's cross, while Wolves striker Nouha Dicko saw a shot tipped around the post by McLaughlin. The visitors finally took the lead five minutes before the break when Costa drilled his spot-kick high into the net after McLaughlin brought down Edwards. But Paul Lambert's side struggled to create anything of note after the break as Burton dominated. Carl Ikeme tipped a Kightly shot around the post and a free-kick over the bar before the winger, who joined on loan from Burnley on deadline day, finally claimed the equaliser by converting Marvin Sordell's pass. And Nigel Clough's side, who grabbed an injury-time equaliser when the two sides drew 1-1 at Molineux in September, got the winner when Woodrow turned in Flanagan's header from close range in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Burton manager Nigel Clough: "It's about time we had one go in our favour. We have had enough heartaches to last us three seasons in the first 20-odd games. "It's about the first time anything has really broken for us in the last minute in the penalty area. The corner has come in and just dropped to two of our lads and Cauley has ended up putting it in. "The two new lads get the goals and it makes a difference when you can bring a few bodies in during January. "We have created a few chances throughout the season, but it's nice now to have people who can finish them off." Wolves head coach Paul Lambert told BBC WM: "In the first half I thought we did a lot with the ball. We got the lead and it gives you something to go with at half-time "But in the second half we were not the same and we allowed Burton to come back into the game. "The first goal is poor from our point of view, because it's too easy for them to get through our defence. For the second, our marking was not good enough at the set play. "We have set ourselves such a high standard so the disappointment is there for everybody today. Sometimes you need a reality check, and today we just weren't good enough." Match ends, Burton Albion 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Second Half ends, Burton Albion 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Goal! Burton Albion 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Cauley Woodrow (Burton Albion) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Flanagan with a headed pass following a corner. Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Kortney Hause. Attempt missed. Cauley Woodrow (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marvin Sordell with a cross. Lucas Akins (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Marvin Sordell (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Lee Evans (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card. Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Lee Evans tries a through ball, but Nouha Dicko is caught offside. Substitution, Burton Albion. Matthew Palmer replaces Lasse Vigen Christensen. Foul by Tom Flanagan (Burton Albion). Bright Enobakhare (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt saved. Cauley Woodrow (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Flanagan. Substitution, Burton Albion. Lucas Akins replaces Michael Kightly. Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ben Marshall replaces Andreas Weimann. Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson replaces Hélder Costa. Attempt missed. Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lasse Vigen Christensen with a cross following a corner. Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Kortney Hause. Michael Kightly (Burton Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Hélder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Attempt missed. Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lasse Vigen Christensen with a cross following a corner. Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Lee Evans. Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Lee Evans. Attempt blocked. Tom Naylor (Burton Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marvin Sordell. Attempt blocked. Cauley Woodrow (Burton Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luke Murphy with a cross. Attempt missed. David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Conor Coady. Foul by Michael Kightly (Burton Albion). Bright Enobakhare (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing. Luke Murphy (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Luke Murphy (Burton Albion). Bright Enobakhare (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Conor Coady. Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Tom Flanagan. Luke Murphy (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Hélder Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) because of an injury. Lasse Vigen Christensen (Burton Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Cauley Woodrow scored an injury-time winner as Burton Albion fought back from a goal down to beat Wolves.

The boy, from the Taunton area, was arrested and bailed following an enquiry into "allegations he made, including on social media", police said. "The arrest was made to safeguard the individual," a police spokesman said. Heathfield Community School said the matter had been taken "very seriously" and the boy was "not in school". The school's headmaster Peter Hoare also reassured concerned parents that "all the right steps" had been taken to "ensure the safety of everyone at the school". "We are confident that appropriate steps have been taken and the school will be open as usual and attendance is expected," he said. The teenager's mother told the BBC that "everything has been out of proportion" and said she was "adamant that threats were not made."

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of making threats against a school in Somerset.

Keith Robinson, who lived locally, died at the scene on the Aghintain Road. No other vehicles were involved. The collision was reported to police just after 05:00 BST, and they have appealed for witnesses. The Aghintain Road has reopened to traffic.

A 24-year-old man has died after his quad bike crashed near Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, early on Sunday morning.

The Wexford TD alleged in the Dáil on Wednesday that a portfolio officer had asked for the money from a construction company that wanted to discharge its debts to the agency. His remarks were condemned by the speaker of the house who said the Dáil should not be used as a "star chamber". Prime minister Enda Kenny said the Public Accounts Committee was the body charged with oversight of Nama. Mr Wallace first raised claimed about the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland portfolio, alleging in the Dáil that a payment of £7m was due to be made to a politician though no evidence has been produced for that claim. The chief executive of Nama has said that Mr Wallace had not provided the agency with any information relating to what he spoke about in the Dáil on Wednesday. In response to Mr Wallace's claims of money being sought by, or paid to, people linked to the agency, Nama's chief executive Brendan McDonagh has written to the country's police chief to ask him to investigate the claims.

Police in the Republic of Ireland have begun an investigation into claims in the Irish parliament (Dáil) by the Independent TD Mick Wallace that an official at Nama sought a bribe from an agency debtor.

5 February 2015 Last updated at 07:28 GMT There are over 200 sculptures, the biggest of which is a Star Wars themed spectacle, which organisers say was created using 850 truck loads of snow and ice! They expect more than two million people to visit the festival, which runs from now until 11 February. Watch the clip to see some of the sculptures from yourself...

A huge ice and snow sculpture festival has kicked off in Japan.

Writers, experts and the city council have come together to submit an application. It aims to celebrate Nottingham's past - which includes links to Lord Byron, DH Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe - as well as current and future writers. Other cities which already hold the title include Edinburgh, Dublin and Norwich. Performance poet Andrew Graves - who goes by the pen name Mullet Proof - said Nottingham's literary scene needed celebrating and nurturing. Romantic poet Lord Byron lived at Newstead Abbey House, in Nottingham, on and off between 1808 and 1814. He was said to be "mad, bad and dangerous to know". BBC History biography DH Lawrence was born in Eastwood, the son of a miner. He became a notorious author, best known for Sons and Lovers and Lady Chatterley's Lover which was banned for its sexual content. Watch The Culture Show on DH Lawrence The Nottingham-born novelist emerged in the 1950s as one of the Angry Young Men of British fiction. His works included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, both made into films. Listen to Alan Sillitoe: My life as a smoker "The one thing that frustrates me about Nottingham [is that] we don't make enough of our literary heritage," he said. "I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder, 'what would Manchester do if they had DH Lawrence or Alan Sillitoe?' I just don't think we make enough of it." Shelagh Gallagher, of Bromley House Library, an independent subscription-based library, said it would encourage work in schools and inspire children, helping to combat Nottingham's traditionally low literacy rates. "The potential for activities [if we get it] is marvellous," she said. "We want people and children in Nottingham to see they are part of a city of literature and to find out about our heritage. But it is more about the next generation, ways of increasing literacy through enjoying being part of Nottingham's heritage." The bid has to be submitted to the United Nations Environmental, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) by March next year. There are currently seven Cities of Literature - Edinburgh, Dublin, Norwich, Melbourne, Iowa City, Reykjavík and Krakow.

Nottingham hopes to celebrate its literary past by becoming a United Nations City of Literature.

The cryptic words of Asia's richest man, the developer Wang Jianlin. The most important story of the week is one you won't find on any Chinese website or TV bulletin. In fact, even the names have been censored on social media to discourage searches for the New York Times report which unpicks the relationship between China's political and business elite. After a painstaking three-year investigation of corporate records, reporter Mike Forsythe reveals the money trail between Wanda's Wang Jianlin and the family members of some of China's top politicians. The developer got bank loans and prime real estate to build his plazas, the lucky investors got shares just as those shares were to rocket in value. No wonder the report has been censored. It's a stark indictment of a political system which serves the elite first and the people only a distant second. It also demonstrates that connections matter far more than hard work and enterprise when it comes to making big money. This will not make happy reading for President Xi Jinping, especially as his own sister is one of those whose financial relationship with Mr Wang is dissected. Amidst all the domestic media hoopla about foxhunts and corruption trials, nothing would send a clearer message about leadership resolve to clean up the system than putting one or two close family tigers behind bars. China's search and rescue team has been hard at work all week to find earthquake survivors in Nepal. It's the same team which helped at quakes in Japan, Haiti and Pakistan. But China still doesn't take part in United Nations command structures for disaster relief, preferring to operate under its own military command. Chinese helicopters rescued their nationals from the site of a huge dam project, one of several that Chinese companies are building, and a reminder of China's infrastructure push in the country. When Nepal refused a Taiwanese government offer of help this week, some saw China's hand at work or a Nepalese fear of offending China. Kathmandu had said the distance was too great from Taiwan, but since Taiwanese first responders had played a part in Haiti, it seemed unlikely that distance was the real reason. The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been in Washington and according to the White House transcript, China was raised 23 times in his news conference with President Obama. Mr Abe's objective was clearly to remind Americans of the economic and strategic importance of Japan in an Asia dominated by a rising China. Chinese media accused host and guest of "shallow tricks", specifically of using the South China Sea dispute "as a pretext for cementing an anachronistic security arrangement". A number of interesting economic stories this week. The finance minister Lou Jiwei raised eyebrows in some quarters when he said China had only a 50:50 chance of escaping the middle income trap, the nightmare of a previously fast-growing economy which then falls back into stagnation, never graduating to high income status. Mr Lou is normally more bullish on China's economic prospects. Which recalcitrant constituency is he trying to scare and which is the reform they are resisting? Meanwhile the well-connected and vocal editor-in-chief of Caixin Media, Hu Shuli, used her column to warn against the risks of pushing a "mad bull" stock market to try to solve the fundamental issues in China's economy. Which sounds like common sense to me. Will environmental risk assessment start to mean what it says in China? This week we learned that 63 agencies that carry out this crucial work have been punished after an investigation revealed that relatives and friends of officials at the Ministry of Environmental Protection had "intervened" in reviews or profited by running such agencies directly. If environmental risk assessment could start getting done in a fair and transparent fashion, with necessary protections put in place around projects which get the go ahead, this would be huge, helping to alleviate environmental blight and to remove one source of public rage and mass protest. Let's hope. And coming back to Taiwan, Chinese Katy Perry fans are in a flap this week after a concert on the island, in which she wore a golden dressed studded with sunflowers and draped herself in a Taiwanese flag. The sunflower was the emblem of last year's Taiwan student protest but it has also been a personal favourite with Katy Perry for a couple of years so Beijing may forgive her dress. The flag is another matter. Mainland fans call the flamboyant star "Fruit Sister" in tribute to some of her previous spectacular stage costumes. And it would certainly be safer for her to stick to fruit if she wants to be allowed back to the mainland.

"Stay close to the government and distant from politics."

The recruitment process began in April after Martin Richards retired from the position. Mr York was appointed temporary chief constable in March, having been in the deputy position since 2008. He had been the proposed candidate of Katy Bourne, the police and crime commissioner for Sussex. Ms Bourne said she was "delighted that the panel has approved my decision to appoint Mr York as the next Sussex chief constable". She praised Mr York for his "exceptional experience of policing". "I have every confidence in his capabilities to lead Sussex Police in the future and I look forward to working with him to deliver the priorities within the Police and Crime Plan 'Safer in Sussex'," she added. Mr York started his service with Kent Police in 1990 where he served as area commander of Medway and the head of Special Branch within the force. Before moving to Sussex, Mr York was the assistant chief constable for South Wales Police.

Giles York has been confirmed as the new chief constable of Sussex Police, the Sussex Police and Crime Panel have announced.

Scrawled in paint on a bridge at the city's grade II-listed Park Hill flats, "I Love You Will U Marry Me", has been visible for miles. Now, it has neon permanence, as "an invitation to the city", by the firm restoring the flats in their 50th year. However, many people do not know that the full graffiti declaration read "Clare Middleton I Love You Will U Marry Me", or who created it. But, after a decade a man called Jason has come forward to claim: "It was me, I did it in April 2001. "I leant over with a paint can as far as I could." Jason, who is not named in full, had been dating Clare for over a year, before made a public show of proposing to her, despite being scared of heights. "You used to be able to see it from the Odeon cinema," he continued. "I took her there, she thought she was going to see a film and I said 'I've got something to show you' and I told her to look up and she read it. "She said 'yeh'. She thought I was mad." However, events did not end up running smoothly and the pair did not marry, splitting up three months later. Ms Middleton, who has since died of cancer, was going to marry Jason, according to her mother. "At the time she was in love with him," she said. "[But] things went wrong. She did get married in the end but not to Jason. "He used to follow her around town saying, Clare will you marry me, she kept saying 'no'. "I think he did love her. He was obsessed." In June this year Urban Splash, which is re-developing Park Hill flats, announced it was going to make a permanent feature of Jason's proposal. Ms Middleton's stepfather says he "can't believe that they've spent all this money doing up these flats up and they've left graffiti on it". "Clare would laugh, she would think it would be funny," he said The firm said it deliberately left off Miss Middleton's name, but Jason is not happy with the decision. "They can't leave one off without another, it was wrote as one purpose," he said. "If they're gonna keep it, they've gotta keep all of it. This wasn't to anybody this was wrote specifically for Clare." Urban Splash has described the declaration as "iconic" as well as an "invitation to the city." However, Ms Middleton's sister Jackie, wishes "it would be taken down and washed off." "It's a big part of Clare's story and how Clare was and how very destructive her life was," she said. "It doesn't represent what they think they want it to represent. Other people think it'll be nice for her children to see it." Ms Middleton was described as "chaotic", "happy", "lovely", "daft" with "problems" but despite her complicated life, which involved drugs and social services, "she loved a love story." Jason explains why he loved her: "There was something about her. She had really deep brown eyes, it was her mystical brown eyes. "She was such a loving person." Ms Middleton died in March 2007. You can listen to The I Love You Bridge on the BBC iPlayer until Sunday 14 August.

It has been part of Sheffield's skyline for more than 10 years.

The data - from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) - analysed homes where no adult is in work. The 10 places with the highest number of such homes are all north of a line from the Severn to the Wash. By contrast, the 10 areas with the lowest concentration of workless households are south of Oxfordshire. Liverpool continues to have the biggest problem. In 2015, 28.8% of homes in the city had no one in work. North East England, South Wales and parts of Scotland are also amongst the most deprived areas of the UK on this measure. However, the total number of workless households has been falling, in line with lower unemployment. The figures are now at a record low in all regions of the UK, except for Yorkshire & Humberside, London and the South West. "The fact that the number of workless households has continued to fall shows that we're making real progress," said employment minister Damian Hinds. On average, Windsor and Maidenhead was the area with the lowest concentration of workless households between 2011 and 2015. Last year, just 7.3% of homes there had no adult in work. "In 2015, the areas with the highest percentage of workless households were generally located outside of the south of England," the ONS reported. "However, not all locations outside of the south of England had high percentages of workless households: 13 of the 50 areas with the lowest in 2015 were in Scotland, Wales, the Midlands and the north of England," it said.

Figures on the concentration of workless households in the UK suggest that the North-South divide may be getting even more stark.

The research notes that there has been an increase in the overall proportion of female head teachers between 2001 and 2015, from 25% to 38%. But it finds the proportion of women heads is unlikely to match that of women classroom teachers for 25 years. The University of Nottingham study says the issue is one of social justice. It says the proportion of female leaders is too low given that women account for the majority of teachers in England's secondary schools at 64%. The report assessed the number of female heads in post in state secondary schools in England, including free schools and academies, in the academic year 2015-16. It found only seven local authorities had a proportion of female secondary head teachers that matched that of women secondary teachers nationally. These were Thurrock, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Merton, Bristol, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham and Darlington. The study also found that while women were "relatively well-represented in site-based leadership" in academies run by large chains, the majority of chief executive officers were men. It says: "In the 21st Century, women's under-representation in headship is a matter of social injustice, with women's lack of parity of participation resulting in lack of recognition for their capacity for leadership and from lack of resources with which to achieve it. "Women are not a minority. A social justice argument suggests women should be represented in headship in the same proportion as their representation in society and/or in the secondary school teaching workforce." It concludes: "At this rate women's representation in headship will not match their representation in the teaching workforce before 2040." Report author Dr Kay Fuller, associate professor of educational leadership at Nottingham University, said schools should be setting a good example to young people. "Girls and boys need to see women influencing decision-making and leading schools equally with men in this important stage of their personal development and learning." Women should be enabled to negotiate "complex and interacting factors that create barriers to their career advancement", Dr Fuller said. "Women's careers are interrupted and disrupted disproportionately to men's," she added. Cllr David Simmonds, chairman of the Local Government Association and of the National Employers' Organisation for School Teachers, said: "Local authorities value a diverse workforce and encourage and promote equality in all staffing decisions. "However, even in maintained schools it is the governing body that decides who to appoint as its head teacher."

Female head teachers in England's secondary schools will remain an under-represented group for a quarter of a century, a study has found.

The Sub1 Reloaded robot took just 0.637 seconds to analyse the toy and make 21 moves, so that each of the cube's sides showed a single colour. That beats a previous record of 0.887 seconds, which was achieved by an earlier version of the same machine using a different processor. Infineon provided its chip to highlight advancements in self-driving car tech. But one expert has questioned the point of the stunt. Infineon staged the record attempt at the Electronica trade fair in Munich. At the press of a button, shutters covering the robot's camera sensors were lifted, allowing it to detect how the cube had been scrambled. It then deduced a solution and transmitted commands to six motor-controlled arms. These held the central square of each of the cube's six faces in place and spun them to solve the puzzle. All of this was achieved in a fraction of a second, and it was only afterwards that the number of moves could be counted by checking a software readout. A special "speed cube" - designed to have less friction between its parts than the original version of the toy - was used to help keep the time to a minimum. Infineon said the World Cube Association - the governing body for Rubik puzzle competitions - had approved its use. "We used this as a metaphor to show how digital systems are constructed," said the German company's spokesman Gregor Rodehueser. "We want to show that problems can be solved much more efficiently using microelectronics. "This is also the case when it comes to automated driving, where you have to have very low latencies and absolutely reliable and quick technologies." By contrast, the official Rubik's Cube record for a human is 4.904 seconds, which was set by a 14-year-old boy in 2015. And in recent days another youth completed the task in 4.74 seconds. Infineon wants to highlight the speed at which its Aurix microcontrollers can help cars respond to obstacles and automatically apply their brakes. But one artificial intelligence expert said the test was of limited use. "Rubik's Cube solutions are algorithmic and ideally suited to computer programs and the speed of Sub1 was genuinely impressive," said Prof Noel Sharkey, from the University of Sheffield. "However, autonomous driving, unlike Rubik's Cube, is in an open environment with a very large number of unanticipated circumstances. "The hardest part is in processing the sensory information and trying to work out whether it is a situation that requires braking or swerving or ignoring. "It is a bit like asking Sub1 if it is a Rubik's Cube in front of it or a pile of biscuits that needs to be crumbled for the base of a cheesecake. "Obviously processor speed helps, but it is minor part of the problem." To be regarded as an official record, the time must be signed off by the Guinness World Records organisation, which was not present at the event. "If Infineon feel they have beaten the current record, we encourage them to make an application on our website and submit their evidence for our records management team to review," said a spokeswoman. Mr Rodehueser said the paperwork would be submitted shortly.

A robot has just set a new record for the fastest-solved Rubik's Cube, according to its makers.

Both teams were found guilty in an illegal betting and match-fixing probe in July, leaving just six franchises in the world's richest Twenty20 league. Meanwhile, organisers also revealed a new title sponsor for the IPL. Chinese phone manufacturer Vivo Mobiles will replace PepsiCo. England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has previously played in the IPL, which attracts the best players in the world and is usually played in April and May each year since its inception in 2008. However, it has been mired in controversy in recent years with Royals co-owner Raj Kundra and Gurunath Meiyappan of Super Kings suspended from all cricket-related activities for life over the summer. Chennai Super Kings were led by India skipper MS Dhoni, while the Royals were led by the Australian captain Steve Smith. Chennai have reached four finals, winning in 2010 and 2011. The Royals won the inaugural tournament in 2008.

Organisers of the Indian Premier League are inviting bids for new teams following the suspension of Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings for the next two editions.

The Bath Rock building was removed for repair after suffering severe damage in early January. The decision to rebuild the shelter followed a meeting between Ceredigion council and the heritage body, Cadw. The work will use as much of the original timber as possible, and is likely to start before the end of May. Part of the shelter fell into a hole that opened up after its foundations were washed away by waves that pounded the seafront. "A meeting took place between officers of Ceredigion County Council and Cadw on Monday 3 March, with the outcome being that the Bath Rock Shelter on Aberystwyth Promenade will be rebuilt using as much of the original timber as possible," said a council spokesman. "The rebuilding will commence when the sea wall has been adequately strengthened and the weather improves. Work is likely to begin before the end of May." In January, Cadw told the council that it wanted the 1920s landmark to be repaired and replaced in its current position. The council has said the cost of repairing Aberystwyth promenade and other locations in Ceredigion damaged by storms was more than £1.5m. The council aims to completely reopen the promenade to the public by Easter.

A Grade II-listed seafront shelter is to be rebuilt after being badly damaged by the winter storms that battered Aberystwyth promenade.

William McGough, 30, was in the grip of an addiction to the drugs when he drowned in a river in Wick in 2013. Last week the body of his brother Simon, 37, was found next to a packet of the psychoactive substances. Their sister, Melanie Downie, 40, said their parents have been "completely broken" by their deaths. But she said they wanted share their story in order to highlight the "addictive and destructive" nature of the substances. An emotional Facebook post about her brothers has been shared hundreds of times. In it, she wrote: "Yesterday I organised the funeral of my second brother in three years... the reason - legal highs." The drugs are easily available online and from so-called "head shops" but their sale is due to be banned when new legislation comes into force later this month. In 2014 they were linked to 112 deaths in Scotland. Speaking to BBC Scotland, Mrs Downie said her brothers had a "super upbringing" in a "great, loving home" in Leslie, Fife. But they both fell in with the wrong crowd as teenagers and by the time they were 16 or 17, they were heroin users. "I lost them a long time ago to addiction," said Mrs Downie. "As far as any relationship with my brothers as adults, I never had one." For five years, William was clean and during that time he moved to Wick in Caithness and started a family. However after Simon followed his brother to the far north of Scotland, William fell back into drug-using. Mrs Downie, who works in nuclear decommissioning, said: "I don't know if heroin is harder to get in that part of the world... but Wick was just awash with legal highs. "That seemed to be really very easy for them to get, it was cheap and so not long after that William was back on drugs - but not heroin, just legal highs." Officially known as new psychoactive substances (NPS), legal highs can lead to damaging side-effects, including psychotic episodes. "While they were both up in Wick, my parents would get the strangest of phone calls about wires in the walls, about walls that moved," Mrs Downie said. "They were convinced that they could hear a baby in the loft. It was almost like a hysteria that they would create amongst themselves. "It was madness. They thought people were poisoning them, they thought people were breaking into their house when they were out and spiking their sugar, their tea, their coffee. "They had paranoia, delusional thoughts, psychotic episodes and to be honest, they had those episodes even when they didn't have the drugs. "So it was difficult to tell at times whether they were being like that because they don't have them or because they've had too much." Mrs Downie said the family know William was using a drug called NRG3 in the hours before his death - and in video footage he appears to be "inebriated". His body was pulled from the River Wick on 23 March 2013. Shortly after their brother's death Simon returned to Fife and in the past 18 months, he had become a "functioning addict", his sister said. "I think there was a deep understanding in our family that Simon would always be an addict of some kind." She said he hoped the ban on legal highs would help him finally kick the habit. "Simon posted on his Facebook page two or three days before he died about the ban that was coming up - and he was all for it. "It was almost like he needed the ban so he couldn't get them so easily. He was a big advocate of getting rid of the drugs that he was addicted to." A week before his death, he told his sister he had been clean for seven days but he had received an email from a legal high company about a special promotion. "He said it felt like a sign," Mrs Downie said. "I told him to ignore it and be strong. I'm pretty sure he took them up on that offer." He died on Friday during a visit to his sister's home in Kilbirnie in Ayrshire. In her Facebook post, she warned that although the substances are marketed as "safe, fun, cheap and completely legal", they are deadly. "These manufacturers should be prosecuted. The websites hosting these pages should be held accountable. "Kids and young people up and down the country are dying from drugs you can buy online. How many more families have to go through this?"

A family has spoken out about the dangers of so-called legal highs after they claimed the lives of two brothers in just three years.

Media playback is not supported on this device Reds goalkeeper Loris Karius has been criticised for his recent displays by Neville and the ex-Manchester United defender's brother Phil. "He showed he struggled with the job to judge players so why do we let him talk about players on TV?" Klopp said. The Neville brothers - the one who was the manager he obviously should know that too much criticism never helps Gary Neville was sacked by Valencia in March after only 28 games. LISTEN: 5 live in Short: Nevilles are like the Mitchell brothers The ex-England right-back returned to his role as a television pundit for Sky Sports after his unsuccessful period managing the La Liga club. Karius's mistake led to Nathan Ake's late winner in the 4-3 defeat at Bournemouth and the German, 23, was out of position when West Ham's Dimtri Payet scored a direct free-kick in Sunday's 2-2 home draw. Media playback is not supported on this device Klopp added: "The pundits, former players most of them, have forgotten completely how it felt when they got criticised. "Especially the Neville brothers; the one who was the manager, he obviously should know that too much criticism never helps. "But he is not interested in helping a Liverpool player I can imagine, but that makes things he says not make more sense. "I don't listen to them. I am pretty sure [fellow Sky pundit] Jamie Carragher doesn't speak too positively about Manchester United players. "Obviously the Neville brothers don't like Liverpool. By the way, you can tell him I am not on Twitter so if he wants to tell me something Twitter doesn't help." Gary Neville did later tweet his response to Klopp's comments, saying: "Haha. I'm not a chef but I know a good steak!" Both Gary Neville and Carragher criticised Karius after the loss at Bournemouth in November, before the former Mainz keeper hit back at Neville in newspaper interview. Neville did not relent, and responded to that article in an Instagram post which pointed out that ex-Liverpool player Carragher had also been critical of Karius, calling for a "massive improvement". His brother Phil also said the keeper should "keep his mouth shut", as BBC's Match of the Day analysed the keeper's display against the Hammers on Sunday.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has questioned Gary Neville's suitability as a TV pundit by making a reference to his short-lived career as a manager.

The Edinburgh-based partnership had revenue of £53.3m in the year to July, up 4% on the previous year. Profits slipped by 3% to £22.6m, a figure which represents a 40% profit margin. It is claimed this resulted from "a significant pause in activity and client instructions". Philip Rodney, the chairman of the legal partnership, said: "The anticipation of, and the changed circumstances brought about by the outcome of the EU referendum, inevitably impacted adversely on the last couple of months' trading and are reflected in our results. "The decision to leave the EU has been felt widely, as can be seen from organisations reporting across all sectors of the UK business community. "While there will continue to be uncertainties, we are beginning to experience nearer normal market conditions as we work with our clients to support them in these changed circumstances." Burness Paull employs 500 people at offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, of whom 59 are partners. It specialises in property and infrastructure, as well as corporate deal-making, particularly in finance and oil and gas.

Burness Paull, one of Scotland's leading legal firms, has reported a fall in profit as a result of the Brexit referendum vote.

It looked as though what the Scottish National Party itself had said was a "once in a generation" event had indeed delivered the "decisive" verdict for which the UK government at least had been hoping. Scotland was, it seemed, firmly set to remain in the Union. But a year on the referendum does not look to have been so "decisive" after all. The country remains more or less evenly divided on whether it should become independent or not. There is much discussion that there might be a second bite of the referendum cherry. Meanwhile, defeated but unbowed, the pro-independence SNP has come to dominate the nation's political landscape. 25 Polls since September 2014 17 - Putting 'No' ahead 7 - Putting 'Yes' ahead 1 - Equal split for 'Yes' and 'No' During the course of the last year, no less than 25 polls have asked people how they would vote in a second referendum. While most, 17, have put "No" ahead, seven have suggested that a majority would vote "Yes" (while one showed a tie). Nearly all of them have put the two sides close to each other. On average, these polls have (after leaving aside Don't Knows) put support for Yes at 48%, and for No, 52%. Most voters (over 90%) say they would vote the same way now as they did a year ago. However, most polls have also found that slightly more people say they have switched from "No" to "Yes" than vice-versa. That is why the "No" lead now looks to be somewhat narrower. This mood is not a recent one. It was in evidence as soon as the referendum was over. There was much media excitement earlier this month when a couple of polls put "Yes" ahead. It was forgotten that "Yes" had also been ahead in three of the five polls that were conducted between referendum polling day and last Christmas. As it happens, three other polls released last weekend put "No" narrowly ahead. If, as it seems, Scotland is now more or less evenly divided on the issue the random variation to which polls are subject will ensure that some polls will put "Yes" ahead, others "No". But while the balance of public opinion on independence may have shifted only a little since last September, the Scottish political landscape has been transformed. The SNP, hitherto largely bit players in elections to the UK House of Commons, won 50% of the vote and 56 of Scotland's 59 seats in May's UK general election. Scottish Labour's tally fell from 41 MPs to just one as the party suffered its worst result since 1918. Meanwhile, polls of how people anticipate voting in the Scottish Parliament election due to be held next year suggest that, despite proportional representation, the SNP is heading for a second overall majority. The most recent polls have put SNP support on average on 54%, with Labour trailing on just 22%. The reason for this SNP success is simple. Having backed independence last September, those who voted "Yes" - who included one in three of those who voted Labour in 2010 - now wish to affirm their choice by voting SNP, thereby giving the party a firm foundation of support that none of their opponents can match. According to the British Election Study, no less than 90% of those who voted Yes a year ago went on to back the SNP last May. That pattern, together with some success in picking up "No" voters, was enough to take the SNP to the 50% mark. In a referendum such a performance would leave the outcome on a knife-edge. But in a parliamentary election against a divided opposition it was more than enough to secure a landslide. Equally, the most recent polls suggest that next May the SNP will again pick up the support of 90% of those who voted "Yes" in the referendum, support that could then be topped up with the backing of one in six who voted "No". The prospect of a second SNP majority at Holyrood, together with the continued high levels of support for independence in the polls, has inevitably fuelled speculation about whether the SNP would use another term in office to try to hold a second independence referendum. Voters' attitudes to that prospect largely reflect their views about independence. Nearly everyone who wants Scotland to remain in the Union opposes the idea of an early second referendum. Many of those who back independence would like one to be held soon. Some 85% or so of "No" voters oppose a referendum being held within the next five years while much the same proportion believe the SNP should not promise a referendum in their election manifesto next year. In contrast around three-quarters of "Yes" supporters would like a ballot to be held within five years, although only 56% believe the SNP should promise a referendum. The apparent hesitancy about holding a referendum amongst some "Yes" supporters is perhaps a recognition that, at present at least, it is still far from clear that a second ballot would be won by the pro-independence side. Of course, there is still a long way to go to next year's Scottish election and the possibility of a second SNP majority. Labour have recently elected both a new Scottish leader, Kezia Dugdale, and a new UK leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who have yet to stamp their mark on the party. Perhaps they can begin to erode the SNP's lead? Certainly, data from the British Election Study show that those who have switched from Labour to the SNP in the wake of the referendum are typically more left-wing and keener on greater equality than are those who have remained loyal to the party. So if Mr Corbyn does succeed in moving his party to the left, perhaps some of those voters will be attracted back to the fold? However, he may also find that for the time being at least they are too committed to independence to think about going back to Labour. Scotland's constitutional future may now rest on which possibility proves to be right.

A year ago Scotland voted "No" to independence by 55% to 45%.

Galatasaray and Sevilla have shown an interest in the 26-year-old, while Southampton are also considering a move after captain Jose Fonte asked to leave St Mary's. The France international signed a new long-term deal at Anfield in 2015. But he has not played for the first team since April because of off-field issues. Sakho was sent home from Liverpool's pre-season tour of the United States by manager Jurgen Klopp as a disciplinary measure. He was also handed a 30-day suspension by Uefa in April for testing positive for a prohibited substance following a Europa League tie against Manchester United the previous month. Liverpool decided to make Sakho unavailable for selection while the disciplinary process was ongoing and he subsequently missed the Europa League final defeat by Sevilla in Basel. Uefa failed to impose a further ban after Sakho's defence team questioned whether the substance, understood to be a fat-burner, should have been on its prohibited list. The central defender has made 56 league appearances in three years at Liverpool but is currently training with the under-23 squad.

Liverpool will demand £20m for defender Mamadou Sakho if he moves during the January transfer window.

Millwall went ahead when Steve Morison lobbed Thorsten Stuckmann from outside the box after Paul Keegan's error. Rovers levelled when Richard Chaplow slotted home Andy Williams' cross against his former club. Doncaster forced the pace in the second half, but Lynden Gooch headed just wide while visiting keeper Jordan Archer denied Nathan Tyson and Conor Grant. Millwall manager Neil Harris told BBC Radio London: Media playback is not supported on this device "Getting ourselves in front, we're a little disappointed that we didn't win the game. "Looking back and having seen the results in the division it's probably a point gained. "Excluding the goal they didn't really cause us any problems. They only really caused us a problem in the last 10 minutes when we made individual errors."

Doncaster ended a four-match losing run and Millwall's five-game winning streak on the road with a hard-fought draw.

For the BBC's recent Tech Talent week we asked why the UK can't build a company on the scale of Google. Each day we did a video profile of someone with a stake in the UK tech economy, to get their perspective on the issue. Our guests were established technology entrepreneurs Alex Depledge and Herman Narula; aspiring start-up founders Ben Stanway and David Kramaley; and start-up mentor Stefano Tresca. Each person made his or her contribution separately. Nonetheless, three common ideas emerged for plotting a route to UK tech success. Success breeds success. You knew this already. But had you considered this can be both psychological and practical? Ben Stanway, in his twenties, has just started his entrepreneurial journey with his app Moneybox, which is barely a month old in the App Store. It allows you simultaneously to track your personal finances and to invest. He admitted to craving psychological inspiration from entrepreneurial role models in the UK. "This is a very important thing," he explained. The more role models there are, the better it is for the whole ecosystem. So it's great to see companies such as TransferWise and Deliveroo succeed globally." For Herman Narula, founder and chief executive of virtual reality company Improbable, these success stories also need to fire up the imagination. "We need to be comfortable with the idea of setting up a company to find something mind-blowingly important, like electric cars or space travel. We need a single, breakout success." Indeed UK entrepreneurs with "megalomaniac" ambitions are what we need, according to Stefano Tresca. He is in close contact with the start-up community, as co-founder of Level 39, an incubator initiative in London. American entrepreneurs have a natural desire to become the biggest company in the world, he said. "It's not that European entrepreneurs are lazy, but if you aim the bar low, it's very hard to build something big." "Europeans love to cash out and sell their company, live the good life, and that includes me," he admitted. However, success when it comes will bring very practical advantages to everyone, explained entrepreneur Alex Depledge. "We don't really have that many people in the UK or even Europe who have captained or been a part of an early stage company as it scales up rapidly." She sold her online business for booking domestic cleaners, Hassle, to a German company after three years for £24m. Looking back, she feels a shallow talent pool held back growth. "It's like the blind leading the blind." For Alex Depledge and fellow seasoned entrepreneur Herman Narula, the issue of Brexit weighed heavily on their minds. What they feared most was losing access to something that is still emerging: the European Digital Single Market. This is an initiative by the European Commission to harmonise rules for doing digital business in Europe. It was launched by Jean-Claude Juncker in May last year and covers everything from copyright and data protection to digital business regulation. "We need to make the Digital European Single Market for e-economy come true," said Herman Narula. "That would be amazing for companies trying to build successful platforms." If the UK wants to match the US in building vast technology companies, said Alex Depledge, matching its consumer base by tapping into Europe makes sense. "Imagine this, the US has a domestic market of 300 million consumers. In the UK our market is 70 million. But put us in Europe and it's 500 million. But the cost of us doing business across Europe is so much greater than the cost within the US, where state to state their markets are quite harmonised. "Unfortunately, for me, the vote for Brexit has just set ourselves back at least four or five steps in that mission to create companies as big as Apple and Google." It remains to be seen during Brexit negotiations whether the UK can gain access to any benefits from this emerging Digital Single Market. "Too many conservative investors in Europe is a problem," said Stefano Tresca, "because now it's a global fight. "If you don't have the money to fight the US competition, however good you are, you can lose." David Kramaley is on the sharp end of this phenomenon. The American start-up entrepreneur is trying to make it in the UK with his chess app, Chessable. "European investors treat [you] cautiously and really want to know when they are going to see a return on their investment, [whereas] American investors feel they are part of the team," he explained. "Tech start-ups will always be risky ventures," he pointed out. "So it's not about lending, it's about being part of it." Moneybox founder Ben Stanway was also struck by this. "In the US they are very interested in what countries you want to expand into next," he recalled. "But in the UK we've had questions on whether we need to grow the team quite so fast." US tech firms raised $39bn (£25bn) last year, while UK ones raised $3.6bn (£2.4bn). But the problem isn't just down to frigidity among investors. There are bigger forces at work, according to two of our contributors. "We don't have the sophistication in the financial markets," explained Alex Depledge. There is funding available for the early stages of growth, she explained, but this starts to dry up when you need sums like £10m or more, to take your company to the next level. A US tech company can realistically look to float on the stock market, which is why they grow as big as they can, pointed out Stefano Tresca. Hence in their early days Google refused an offer from Yahoo, and Facebook resisted the charms of Google. There is less appetite among UK stock-pickers for tech companies, so instead UK tech companies grow to a reasonable size and sell out to a tech giant in a private sale. Eventually, all these entrepreneurs hope, it won't be just the ideas and the talent that originate in the UK, but the finance too. You can follow business reporter Dougal Shaw on Twitter or Facebook.

There are three main issues the UK needs to address if it is going to build a technology company on the scale of Google, according to a group of entrepreneurs.

Lt Moaz al-Kasasbeh's family said sources had assured them he was alive shortly before an apparent new IS deadline for the swap passed. Jordan is ready to swap an Iraqi al-Qaeda prisoner for its pilot. However, IS is only offering to free a Japanese hostage in return, while sparing the pilot's life. Japanese hostage Kenji Goto's wife, Rinko, confirmed to the BBC that IS was offering to free Mr Goto in return for the release of Iraqi al-Qaeda member Sajida al-Rishawi. Jordan is part of a US-led coalition which has been carrying out air strikes on IS since last summer when the Syria-based group overran large parts of northern Iraq. A spokesman for the Combined Joint Task Force told the BBC on Thursday that Jordanian forces were still involved in operations against IS forces. A video released by IS on Wednesday contained an ultimatum delivered by a person thought to be Mr Goto. "If Sajida al-Rishawi is not ready for exchange for my life at the Turkish border by Thursday sunset [14:30 GMT] 29th of January Mosul time, the Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh will be killed immediately," the speaker thought to be Mr Goto says. The uncomfortable truth about this whole hostage stand-off is that the jihadists of Islamic State seem to be holding all the cards. They do not actually need the release of the failed Iraqi suicide bomber, Sajida Al-Rishawi. She has been in Jordanian custody for nearly ten years, she has no military or strategic value and they have never asked for her before. There are far more important jihadist prisoners in Jordan's jails. For IS, Rishawi is symbolic. She was part of a team dispatched by their forerunners, al-Qaeda in Iraq, to blow up hotels in Jordan. But the strategists of Islamic State are after a bigger prize here and that is the undermining of the US-led coalition against them. Getting Rishawi released translates as a sovereign, Western-aligned country giving in to terrorist demands. That is a propaganda victory for IS and an embarrassment for Jordan's King Abdullah. Without a deal, IS are thought likely to carry out their threat and murder the captured Jordanian pilot, posting the proof online to appeal to their followers and recruits. Above all, IS have captured the world's attention for days, enhancing their reputation as a violent organisation too dangerous to ignore. Profile: Lt Moaz al-Kasasbeh Profile: Kenji Goto Mr Goto's wife Rinko said she had received the same ultimatum by email from the group. There were no details of where the hostages were being held - or where along the lengthy border a possible release might occur. It was the second such warning issued by IS this week since another Japanese hostage, Haruna Yukawa, was reportedly killed by the group after a demand for ransom of $200m (£130m) was not met. Failed suicide bomber Rishawi is on death row in Jordan in relation to bomb attacks in the capital, Amman, which killed 60 people in 2005. Lt Kasasbeh was captured on 24 December after his plane crashed in northern Syria. His relatives and other supporters have staged protests in Amman calling for the government to help him. After the cabinet meeting in Amman, Jordanian Foreign Minister Mohammad al-Momani stressed the government wanted proof the pilot was alive. It was, he said, also working hard to secure the release of Mr Goto. Lt Kasasbeh's family issued a statement to say it had received assurances from unnamed sources that the pilot was still "alive and secure". Safi al-Kasasbeh, the pilot's father, urged IS to release his son "in the name of God and his prophet and all the believers". Mr Goto, 47, is a well-known freelance journalist and documentary film-maker who went to Syria in October, reportedly to try to get Mr Yukawa - a private contractor - released. In a press statement, Rinko Goto said she had received several emails from IS but the latest appeared to be their "final demand". Appealing for his release, she asked "the Jordanian and Japanese government to understand that the fates of both men are in their hands". 
She described her husband, and father of her two young daughters, as a "good and honest man who went to Syria to show the plight of those who suffer".

The Jordanian government is seeking proof a pilot captured by the Islamic State group is still alive as efforts continue to negotiate a prisoner swap.

Referee Slim Jdidi admitted that he mistakenly issued the winger with a second yellow card for simulation in the semi-final against Ghana. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) confirmed on Friday that the resulting ban would be overturned. Jdidi has already been suspended for his performance in the semi-final. A senior Caf official told Reuters: "The referee wrote the letter to the review committee saying he had made a mistake. "The review committee examined footage of the incident and agreed Pitroipa had been fouled. "It asked the disciplinary committee to verify its decision, which [it] is entitled to do under the terms of Caf's rules and regulations." Burkina Faso media officer Gabriel Nacoulma welcomed Caf's ruling ahead of the showpiece decider. "We are all very happy with the decision, he is a very important player for us," Nacoulma told BBC Sport. "We are very motivated to win. We have no injury concerns for the final." The Stallions will play in their first Cup of Nations final, while Nigeria are seeking their third continental title. Pitroipa, who plays for French side Rennes, will be a key player in Paul Put's side, who are missing top scorer Alain Traore. Striker Traore scored three goals in the group stage but suffered a thigh injury in the final group game against Zambia. Pitroipa was shown a second yellow card in the final minutes of extra-time against Ghana by Tunisian official Jdidi, earning a caution for simulation even though John Boye appeared to trip the Burkinabe inside his own area. Shortly after the match, which Burkina Faso won after a dramatic penalty shoot-out, officials from the West African nation made an official protest about the referee's performance to African football's ruling body. Caf President Issa Hayatou admitted earlier on Friday that refereeing mistakes had been made at the tournament. "Overall we are satisfied but we experienced some mistakes with the referees especially at the semi-final between Ghana and Burkina Faso, and there were other errors too at the Tunisia v Togo [group] match," he said. Caf Secretary-General Hicham El Amrani, meanwhile, told a news conference in Johannesburg on Thursday that his body was unhappy with the standard of officiating in the Nelspruit semi-final. Jdidi infuriated Burkina Faso when not only sending off Pitroipa after he had seemingly won a penalty but also awarding Ghana a debatable spot-kick themselves, before disallowing a legitimate-looking Stallions goal. "We would have expected a better standard," El Amrani said. Already missing the injured Traore for the first Nations Cup final in the Stallions' history, the absence of key man Pitroipa, who scored the match-winner in Sunday's quarter-final win over Togo, would have been another major blow for the Burkinabe. Prior to these finals, the Stallions had failed to win a match at the Nations Cup on foreign soil, having reached the semi-finals when hosting in 1998, but they now stand on the verge of their greatest triumph.

Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa has been cleared to play in the Africa Cup of Nations final against Nigeria on Sunday after his ban was rescinded.

The move shields Lula from possible prosecution by a federal judge investigating a massive corruption scandal named Operation Car Wash. Under Brazilian law, cabinet members can only be tried by the Supreme Court. Lula was questioned two weeks ago over allegations of money laundering connected to Operation Car Wash. He says the allegations are aimed at preventing him from running for president again in 2018. Lula flew to the capital, Brasilia, on Tuesday for talks with President Rousseff. After a four-hour meeting, they agreed to reconvene on Wednesday. Lawmaker Jose Guimaraes of the governing Workers' Party, to which both Lula and President Rousseff belong, tweeted (in Portuguese) that current chief of staff Jaques Wagner had "shown greatness and selflessness on the day of his birthday" and ceded his post to Lula. The former leader's appointment was confirmed later in a statement issued by Ms Rousseff. He is expected to be sworn in next week, Brazilian media reported. As chief of staff, Lula is expected to lead the fight against moves in Congress to impeach President Rousseff over allegations she manipulated Brazil's account books to hide a growing deficit. Analysts say President Rousseff is hoping that Lula will use his political nous and influence with members of Congress to block impeachment proceedings. The two politicians have been close for decades. Lula was Ms Rousseff's political mentor and she is his hand-picked successor. On 4 March, Lula was briefly detained and questioned over allegations of money laundering connected to Operation Car Wash, a massive investigation into corruption at the state oil giant, Petrobras. Prosecutors have since filed fraud and money laundering charges against him. However, the charges have yet to be accepted by a judge. The case has been transferred to federal judge Sergio Moro, who is in charge of Operation Car Wash. But if Lula is confirmed as a cabinet member, Judge Moro will not be able to investigate or try him. Lula has consistently denied any wrongdoing and alleges the allegations are politically motivated. He confirmed this week that he intends to run for president in the 2018 elections.

Brazil's former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will become the new chief of staff for President Dilma Rousseff.

The loan window for Football League clubs opened seven days later, while any club can sign unattached players if they left their old clubs before the deadline. Clubs can buy players again on a permanent basis in January. Ali Al-Habsi [Wigan - Brighton] Loan Stephen Arthurworrey [Fulham - Yeovil] Loan Lee Barnard [Southend - Stevenage] Loan Nicky Featherstone [Harrogate Town - Hartlepool] Undisclosed [MK Dons - Fleetwood] Loan Elliot Lee [West Ham - Southend] Loan Michael Morrison [Charlton - Birmingham] Loan Oguchi Onyewu [unattached - Charlton] Sidney Schmeltz [unattached - Hartlepool] Jakub Sokolik [Yeovil - Southend] Loan Jed Steer [Aston Villa - Yeovil] Loan Tom Anderson [Burnley - Carlisle] Loan Deon Burton [Scunthorpe - York] Loan Neil Etheridge [unattached - Oldham] Thomas Ince [Hull - Nottingham Forest] Loan Gary Madine [Sheffield Wednesday - Coventry] Loan Stewart Murdoch [Fleetwood - Northampton] Loan Tom Newey [Oxford - Northampton] Loan Frankie Sutherland [QPR - AFC Wimbledon] Loan Jordan Clarke [Coventry - Yeovil] Loan Aaron Martin [Yeovil - Coventry] Loan Hogan Ephraim [unattached - Wycombe] Steve Jennings [Port Vale - Tranmere] Loan Sam Johnstone [Manchester United - Doncaster] Loan Reuben Noble-Lazarus [Barnsley - Rochdale] Loan Gary Taylor-Fletcher [Leicester - Sheffield Wednesday] Loan Alex Cisak [Burnley - York] Loan Scott Davies [Fleetwood - Morecambe] Loan Courtney Duffus [Everton - Bury] Loan Michael Doughty [QPR - Gillingham] Loan Odion Ighalo [Udinese - Watford] Undisclosed Vadaine Oliver [Crewe - Mansfield] Loan Josh Thompson [Colchester - Tranmere] Loan Andy Butler [Sheffield United - Doncaster] Loan Oscar Gobern [Huddersfield - Chesterfield] Loan Tom Kennedy [Rochdale - Bury] Loan Dany N'Guessan [Unattached - Port Vale] Mike Phenix [Telford - Barnsley] £25,000 Anthony Reveillere [Unattached - Sunderland] Luke Williams [Middlesbrough - Scunthorpe] Loan Derek Asamoah [unattached - Carlisle] Daniel Carr [Huddersfield - Mansfield] Loan Matt Crooks [Huddersfield - Hartlepool] Loan Maynor Figueroa [Hull - Wigan] Loan Danny Haynes [Notts County - Crewe] Loan Danny Johnson [Cardiff - Tranmere] Loan Darragh Lenihan [Blackburn - Burton] Loan Jack Butland [Stoke - Derby] Loan Armand Gnanduillet [Chesterfield - Tranmere] Loan Harry Panayiotou [Leicester - Port Vale] Loan Andy Wilkinson [Stoke - Millwall] Loan Gianvito Plasmati [unattached - Leyton Orient] Charlie Adams [Brentford - Stevenage] Loan Josh Clarke [Brentford - Stevenage] Loan Jack Grimmer [Fulham - Shrewsbury] Loan Connor Hunt [Everton - Chesterfield] Loan Paul Quinn [unattached - Ross County] Tom Barkhuizen [Blackpool - Morecambe] Loan Andy Halliday [Middlesbrough - Bradford] Loan Georg Iliev [Bolton - Carlisle] Loan Jesse Joronen [Fulham - Accrington] Loan Andy Kellett [Bolton - Plymouth] Loan Isaiah Osbourne [unattached - Scunthorpe] Jon Stead [Huddersfield - Bradford] Loan Tareiq Holmes-Dennis [Charlton - Oxford] Loan Ryan Inniss [Crystal Palace - Yeovil] Loan Jack Jebb [Arsenal - Stevenage] Loan David McAllister [Shrewsbury - Stevenage] Loan Milos Veljkovic [Tottenham - Middlesbrough] Loan Michael Petrasso [QPR - Notts County] Loan George Barker [Swindon - Tranmere] Loan Jamie Sendles-White [QPR - Mansfield] Loan Enda Stevens [Aston Villa - Northampton] Loan Eusebio Bancessi [Wolves - Cheltenham] Loan Diego de Girolamo [Sheffield United - York] Loan Bobby Grant [Blackpool - Shrewsbury] Loan Michael Harriman [QPR - Luton] Loan Jabo Ibehre [Colchester - Oldham] Loan Remi Streete [Newcastle - Port Vale] Loan Anthony Barry [Forest Green - Accrington] Loan Sebastien Bassong [Norwich - Watford] Loan Jack Price [Wolves - Leyton Orient] Loan Ibra Sekajja [unattached - Inverness] David Fox [unattached - Colchester] Elliott Hewitt [Ipswich - Colchester] Loan Kieron Freeman [Derby - Mansfield] Loan Paddy McCarthy [Crystal Palace - Sheffield United] Loan Lee Molyneux [Crewe - Accrington] Loan Peter Ramage [Crystal Palace - Barnsley] Loan Jordy Hiwula [Manchester City - Yeovil] Loan Liam McAlinden [Wolves - Fleetwood] Loan Ryan Williams [Fulham - Barnsley] Loan James McFadden [unattached - St Johnstone]

The summer transfer window closed at 23:00 BST on 1 September.

Leonard, 24, has signed an extension alongside fellow midfielders Michael Timlin and Anthony Wordsworth. Timlin, 32, appeared 29 times for Southend last season and Wordsworth, 28, scored 12 goals in 38 last term. David Mooney, Luke O'Neill, Frank Nouble, Zavon Hines, Jason Williams and Jordan Williams have been released. Youngsters Nico Cotton and Dan Matsuzaka have also extended their stay with the Shrimpers, who just missed out on the play-offs this season. They finished one point behind Millwall, who were eventually promoted to the Championship.

Southend United player of the year Ryan Leonard has had the option in his contract extended, but six players have been released by the League One side.

Defence lawyers wanted a delay to allow more time to prepare. The men apparently confessed to the killings earlier this month. Police have denied subsequent reports the pair then withdrew their confessions. Hannah Witheridge, 23, and 24-year-old David Miller were killed in an attack on the island of Koh Tao last month. Post-mortem examinations found Mr Miller, from Jersey, died from drowning and a blow to the head, while Miss Witheridge, from Great Yarmouth, died from head wounds. The police investigation into the murders has been widely criticised. On Monday the UK Foreign Office summoned the Thai charge d'affaires to express concern. The two suspects were in court for a pre-trial witness hearing on the island of Koh Samui on Tuesday, but did not testify. Three potential witnesses, also of Burmese origin, are due to take the stand. The two suspects, both aged 21, are charged with conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to rape and robbery. Lawyers representing the pair have argued for the proceedings to be postponed because they say they have been allowed too little time to prepare a defence. Thai police have been criticised for allegedly not allowing lawyers or translators to be present when the suspects were questioned. Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire summoned Nadhavathna Krishnamra, the Thai charge d'affaires to the UK, on Monday to express concern over the way the investigation has been handled since the bodies were discovered on a beach on 15 September. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it followed a call made by Mr Swire to Thailand's deputy prime minister and foreign minister earlier this month. The Burmese government and parliament have also issued statements of concern. But, as the pre-trial hearing began on Tuesday, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha dismissed growing concern and denied that the Thai charge d'affaires had been summoned. He said: "They did not summon us. We went to provide clarification to them. "We went to show them how we work. They might be surprised at how quickly we work but we explained the steps we have in place." In a statement, the Foreign Office said: "Mr Swire stressed that there was a real concern in the UK about how the investigation has been handled by the Thai authorities. "He said that it was crucial for the investigation to be conducted in a fair and transparent way." British ambassador Mark Kent tweeted that he had a nearly three-hour meeting with the Thai police and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Burmese ambassador and delegation, about the murders. Thai police say that DNA found on Ms Witheridge matched samples taken from the men. Funeral services for Mr Miller and Ms Witheridge have taken place in recent weeks.

A plea to postpone the start of the pre-trial hearings of two Burmese men charged with the murder of two UK tourists in Thailand has been rejected.

"If you are corrupt, I will fetch you using a helicopter to Manila and I will throw you out," said Mr Duterte, who is waging war on corruption and drugs. It's the latest claim by the president that he has personally carried out extra-judicial killings. His spokesman played down the remarks, which he described as "urban legend". Earlier this month another spokesman Martin Andanar said his blunt-speaking boss should be taken "seriously but not literally" when he said he had shot dead three men while mayor of Davao. The senator who dares to defy Duterte Duterte drug war: Manila's brutal nightshift The woman who kills dealers for a living Mr Duterte made his latest comments in a speech to victims of a typhoon in the central Philippines on Tuesday. A video clip of his remarks was posted by his office. He threatened the helicopter punishment for anyone who might steal the financial aid he was promising. "I have done this before, why would I not do it again?" he said to applause. He suggested his victim or victims were kidnappers who had murdered a hostage. It is not clear when or where the incident took place. On Thursday, the president appeared to distance himself from his earlier remarks. "Helicopter to throw a person? And if that is true, I will not admit it," he said in an interview with ABS-CBN news. The president has made a similar claims in the past - and has a history of contradicting himself. On 16 December he told the BBC he had shot dead three criminal suspects while he was mayor of Davao. "I killed about three of them... I don't know how many bullets from my gun went inside their bodies. It happened and I cannot lie about it." He made a similar claim to business leaders in Manila a few days earlier, when he said he used to cruise Davao on a motorbike "looking for a confrontation so I could kill." Mr Duterte was mayor of the southern city of Davao for two decades, presiding over a big fall in crime but also being accused of sponsoring death squads. As president he has pledged to root out drugs and corruption in the Philippines, at the cost of millions of lives if necessary. Nearly 6,000 people are said to have been killed by police, vigilantes and mercenaries in the Philippines since Mr Duterte launched a war on drugs after being elected in May. Opposition politicians and human rights groups have called for his impeachment, but he remains very popular with voters who want him to clean up the country. Last week the Philippines independent human rights watchdog said it would investigate President Duterte's claims that he personally killed drug suspects.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to throw corrupt officials from helicopters mid-air, saying he has done it before.

The St John's hospital ward in Livingston will only open between 08:00 and 20:00 during weekdays and close at weekends for the next three weeks. It will still assess patients on weekdays but transfer children to Edinburgh if they need to be admitted. First Minister Alex Salmond and West Lothian Council have criticised the temporary closure. NHS Lothian said it was due to staff shortages. Dr David Farquharson, NHS Lothian medical director, said: "Reducing the service provided by the children's ward on a temporary basis has been a very difficult decision to make, but the risks of not taking this action are too great. "I am confident that arrangements are in place to manage this temporary change to the service and that this is the safest option for patients."

Limited opening hours have begun at a children's ward at a West Lothian hospital.

Richard Bean, who was a cleaning supervisor at Preston's Fishergate Centre, collided with a row of barriers on Leyland Road at Lower Penwortham. Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses after the 39-year-old died at the scene. In a tribute, his family said they were "devastated", adding he was a "loving husband, dad and grandad".

A scooter rider who "lost control" of his bike while approaching a bend has died, police have said.

The actor was struck by a hydraulic metal door on the Pinewood set of the Millennium Falcon in June 2014. The Health And Safety Executive has brought four criminal charges against Foodles Production (UK) Ltd - a subsidiary of Disney. Foodles Production said it was "disappointed" by the HSE's decision. Following the incident, Ford was airlifted to hospital for surgery. Following an investigation, the HSE said it believed there was sufficient evidence about the incident which left Ford with serious injuries, to bring four charges relating to alleged health and safety breaches. A spokesperson added: "By law, employers must take reasonable steps to protect workers - this is as true on a film set as a factory floor." Foodles Production is the company responsible for producing Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, and as such is culpable under health and safety law. Representatives of the production company will appear at High Wycombe Magistrates Court on 12 May. A spokesman for Foodles Production said: "Cast and crew safety is always a top priority. We provided full co-operation during HSE's investigation into the on-set accident that occurred in June 2014 and are disappointed in HSE's decision." Star Wars: The Force Awakens was filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. The eagerly anticipated movie is the most successful film ever at the UK Box Office. And has taken more than $2bn worldwide. Production of Star Wars: Episode VIII has already got under way at Pinewood, and is due for release in December 2017.

The production company behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens is being prosecuted over the incident in which Harrison Ford broke his leg.

Around them, groups of people, laughing and raucous, spill out from the many bars, taking no notice of the now-common sight of Syrian child beggars. Passing the two boys, I stopped to see if they were all right. Only the younger of the two, Ahmed (not his real name), aged five, lifted his head. His six-year-old brother, however, was unresponsive and in need of help. With a Red Cross unit just a 10-minute walk away, I decided to get the boy checked out. Seeing the child limp, a passer-by called an ambulance. Ahmed told me his brother's name, and turning to the barely conscious youngster I called: "Mahmoud? Mahmoud? Can you hear me?" He moved slightly, his breathing shallow. One bystander leant in, saying: "He just wants money, he's faking it," and then walked away. A few people approached, some asking what was happening, lingering for a moment, before going on their way. An ambulance arrived, and the paramedics began asking Ahmed questions about his brother, their voices competing with the noise of dance music blaring from passing cars. The scene caught the fleeting attention of a few of the people on a night out just feet away, attracting little more than nonchalant glances. With no way to contact his family, I took responsibility for the children. Mahmoud was loaded into the ambulance. Ahmed sat next to me, sharing a seatbelt and clutching a blanket in one hand and my arm in the other. "Where are you from?" I asked him. "Aleppo," he quietly muttered. "Where's your family?" "Here." "In Beirut? Where in Beirut? " "Airport, near the airport," he replied. We got to the hospital, only to find they wouldn't admit the child. "This is a private hospital," they said. Thinking it was a matter of money, I told them I would pay the bill, but they still said no. With no choice but to move on, we went to a second hospital. The first question they asked was: "You are going to pay for the bill?" - less of a question and more a demand. When I said yes, a nurse responded: "Are you sure? This can be expensive," implying that the cost might make me think twice about getting care for the child. Ahmed was sat in a wheelchair, wearing my jacket for warmth. Doctors asked him questions about his family. All he knew was he lived near the airport and there was no phone number to call. He was, after all, only five years old. He said he had 10 brothers and sisters. They begged too, but weren't in the same area. He said there would be someone on the street corner in the morning who regularly collected them at the end of their shift. He looked worried and asked when they could go - because if they weren't at the spot in the morning they'd be beaten. Mahmoud was dehydrated, hadn't eaten and was severely sleep deprived. He was just six years old and, like his younger brother, worked on the streets all night. The doctor told me the children could not stay in the hospital. He said unless they could find their legal guardian, the police would have to take them. "And then what?" I ask. The doctor replied in tone of both hopelessness and indignation: "I don't know, there's too many of them. There's no room. Shelters are full. Did you hear how many brothers and sisters he has? Ten! "There are 10 of them. We have over a million refugees here, and they keep coming. What can we do? This is not my problem." At that moment the police arrived. Ahmed gripped my arm, hiding behind me while I talked to the two officers. Mahmoud was awake, screaming and crying, begging to be let go, restrained by the doctors. I asked where they were taking the children, only to be told they would be taken to jail. The doctors tried to get Mahmoud to wash his hands before leaving, but the boy shrieked, kicking furiously away from the sink. He screamed that if his hands were clean he wouldn't look like a beggar and the ringleader would punish him. A policeman held him down and started to put handcuffs on his tiny wrists. I asked the officer to stop and Mahmoud thrashed out at this brief moment of freedom. The officer responded by striking the child. Shocked, I tried to calm the situation, getting between Mahmoud and the policeman. Mahmoud was let go and bolted for the front door. An officer grabbed one of his legs, bringing the boy down and dragging him back. It seemed they had forgotten Mahmoud was a child. I crouched down to try to comfort the small boy, repeating the same empty reassurance that everything would be all right. His little hands gripped my arm and we started walking out. Both boys were crying as they were put in the back of the police car. I put my hand on Ahmed's shoulder, telling another lie that it would all be fine, and that he and his brother needed to look after each other. I cannot be sure where they are now. Perhaps they are back with their family. Maybe whoever runs their begging ring is used to children dropping from exhaustion and ending up in jail. Or maybe they're still sitting in that cell. It is possible they have been taken to a children's home where they will at least have a roof over their heads, meals and education. But I fear that's too optimistic, and the likelihood is I'll be seeing them again soon on the streets of Beirut.

On a street in East Beirut, two small boys sit on the pavement, their heads between their knees, arms wrapped around their legs.

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), which has issued the advice, had previously heard complaints about "significant problems" with irresponsible owners. Farmers said some were unable to control their dogs around livestock and let the pets run through crops. The advice includes opening up less sensitive areas to dog walkers rather than trying to ban them completely. Drawing on the experiences of farmers and estate owners, the guidance also encourages landowners to explain why certain places should be avoided. The reasons include ground-nesting birds using the land and areas being used for rearing young lambs or calves. NFU Scotland, Scottish Land and Estates, The Kennel Club and The Scottish Kennel Club were consulted by SNH. Bridget Finton, SNH recreation and access officer, said almost four million adults visited Scotland's outdoors every year and about 48% of those people brought a dog with them. She said: "These high numbers show how dog walking helps lots of people get healthy outdoor activity, but it's really important to minimise the number of occasions when dogs cause land managers' concerns. "This guidance aims to influence the behaviour of the minority of dog walkers who act irresponsibly - actions that can have a big impact on livestock and wildlife, as well as those who are trying to enjoy the outdoors without getting dog dirt on their shoes." Gemma Thomson, of NFUS, said: "NFUS has been aware of increasing issues experienced by members as a result of dog access. "There have been a number high profile instances which have occurred recently. "NFUS is pleased to support the guidance, which should go some way to helping some land managers in ensuring that they are clear about access rights, and also assist them in finding innovative ways to address issues where they occur." Anne Gray, policy officer with Scottish Land and Estates, said a variety of problems related to dog walking were reported to her every year. She said: "These issues range from people not picking-up after their dog has gone to the toilet to dogs disturbing livestock, game birds or wildlife. "We hope this guidance will give landowners, farmers and other land managers helpful tips on how to manage dog-walking on their land in a positive and effective way. "We want everyone to have a good experience of being out and about in the countryside."

New guidance has been offered to landowners to help them avoid clashes with dog owners.

As well as the new cell block, the company which runs the prison G4S said a new visitors' centre, prison workshop and educational facilities would be built. An additional 78 jobs will be created. The Ministry of Justice gave the initial go ahead in January but more details were released in the wake of a series of announcements on UK prisons. Preparatory work has now started in Bridgend and the first prisoners in the new block - which has more than 200 cells - are expected to arrive by December next year. The prison, which opened in 1997, will see its eventual capacity increase to 1,723. The work will also include a new car park with 350 spaces, extended perimeter walls and security fencing. David Morgan, managing director of G4S Care and Justice Services, said: "This is an exciting time for the team at Parc and we are pleased to have been selected to deliver this project on behalf of the Ministry of Justice. "As well as providing new jobs for the area, the new house block when completed will allow more prisoners to be located nearer to their homes and families, which has been proven to be an important factor in helping prisoners in their rehabilitation on release." On Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice announced a former industrial site in Wrexham would be the location for a new 2,000-inmate super-prison.

A £35m expansion of Parc Prison in Bridgend will see the privately-run jail expanded by 387 places.

Overseas shipments fell 14% in July from a year ago and imports fell 24.7% leaving Japan's trade surplus at 513.5bn yen ($5.2bn; £4bn). The falls were the sharpest since 2009. The benchmark Nikkei 225 closed 1.6% lower at 16,486.01. The yen rose again on Thursday, passing the key 100 level against the US dollar for the third time this year. "Looking ahead, we expect the yen to weaken against the dollar towards the end of the year, so the annual growth rates of export and import values should start to recover in coming months," senior Japan economist at Capital Economist Marcel Thieliant said. "But with external demand sluggish, trade volumes are unlikely to stage a strong rebound." Japan's broader Topix index matched the Nikkei's fall, losing 1.6% to end at 1,290.79. Other markets are also trading mixed after Federal Reserve minutes diminished expectations of an interest rate increase next month. Seoul's Kospi rose 0.6% to end at 2,054.89. The Shanghai Composite fell 0.2% to finish at 3,104.11. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose by 1% to close at 23,028.08, led by shares of internet giant Tencent which reported better-than-expected profit on Wednesday. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.5% to wrap at 5,507.80 despite better-than-expected data that showed the country's jobless rate fell in July. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.7% due to an increase in part-time jobs created for last month's national election. Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP Capital called today's data "reasonably solid". However, the overall jobs market is "not quite as strong as it looks" due to the fall in full-time employment, he said.

Japanese share markets closed lower after exports fell for the 10th month in a row thanks to a stronger yen.

Allies of George Osborne are studying an Institute for Fiscal Studies idea to return tax credits to 2003/4 levels, plus inflation - saving £5bn. Changes would cut entitlements for about 3.7 million low-income families by about £1,400 a year, the IFS said. Political allies of Mr Osborne say the move would increase incentives to work. The plan would return the per-child element of child tax credit to its real CPI-adjusted 2003/4 level. Government sources said it would represent a cutting of the system of tax credits put in place by former prime minister Gordon Brown, which they believe "papered over" poverty in the UK rather than seeking to address its "root causes". MPs and experts close to Mr Osborne believe reducing current tax credits would see low-income households encouraged to take on more work to keep their family income up. The IFS has calculated that for the poorest families it would mean a reduction of £845 per child per year. A family with two children, where at least one parent works full-time, would see their tax credit entitlement running out at £28,847 of gross earnings - rather than £32,969. However, senior Tory sources suggest that over the years tax credits have allowed big companies to get away with paying employees lower wages. They say the time has come for a shift from state pay-outs to companies shouldering more of the burden. David Skelton, director of the Conservative pressure group Renewal, told BBC Two's Newsnight that he agreed the tax credit bill could be lowered. "The issue at the moment is that we are facing tough fiscal choices," Mr Skelton said. He added: "What I would like to see is the burden moved away from the taxpayer and from the state towards some big profitable employers. "The point is you have a lot of employers who are basically getting subsidy from the state for low paid work and we'd like to see a shift towards those employers who can afford to pay the living wage to pay the living wage. "To encourage workers to work more hours if they can, if they are working part time at the moment. And also get to see a higher minimum wage over time as well. "So that shift in the burden should come from the state towards employers over the medium term." The UK can no longer "paper over the cracks of in work poverty", he added. Former Conservative minister Damian Green told Newsnight the idea was "clearly one of the options in front of ministers". "The scale of the cuts, it is quite big, they are necessary and we had a government elected about a month ago on the basis of doing this," he said. "I don't think anyone can complain that ministers are looking at options." Stephen Timms, Labour's acting work and pensions secretary, said plans to cut £12bn from social security would hit "working families and children hard". "It's clear that David Cameron and George Osborne's plan will make working families less secure," he said. The idea is among many being considered as the Tories wrestle with how to deliver their pledge to cut £12bn from Britain's £220bn budget for benefits and tax credits. There is widespread concern inside Downing Street that the cuts are impossible to do while repositioning the Conservatives as the party of working people. During the general election, Prime Minister David Cameron promised he would not be cutting many benefits - including the state pension, pensioner benefits, and child benefit. It means that a large amount of the £220bn welfare budget is now out of bounds. Many are concerned that there is little way to find £12bn of welfare cuts without cutting the income received by people in work through tax credits. Yesterday, Mr Cameron's ex-speechwriter Clare Foges wrote that it was time for a "mea culpa" moment over the bedroom tax, warning it will remain "a fly in the 'one nation' ointment".

The government is considering reducing child tax credits for millions of working families as part of its £12bn welfare cuts, the BBC understands.

Officials in Oregon are set to vote on whether the two places should become "sister communities". If the vote is passed, the community council in Dull insists it could have real benefits for the Scottish village. They intend to mark the "exciting" new partnership with a road sign and a street party. The potential link between the two locations was the brainchild of Perthshire resident Elizabeth Leighton, who passed through Boring while on a cycling holiday. With a population of 12,000, Boring is too big to be officially twinned with the tiny village of Dull. Marjorie Keddie, the chairwoman of Dull and Weem Community Council, said the result of the vote was likely to become known in the early hours of Wednesday morning. If the vote is in favour, a street party will take place in Dull on 23 June. Mrs Keddie said: "The party will show that we are neither dull or boring. "We are also excited at the prospect of a new road sign, which will say something like: 'Dull, in association with Boring' or 'in sisterhood with Boring'. "I'm sure it will stop a few people in their tracks for photos." Mrs Keddie, 68, said it was hoped that the move would bring in more tourists. "Already we've have four cyclists from overseas, who were travelling from John O'Groats to Lands End, stop here," she said. "It wasn't on their original route, but they had heard about it because of what's been going on and decided to do a stop-off in Dull. "Extra tourism is the main reason we're doing this, as most of the businesses here are holiday homes and lodges." Boring was named after William H. Boring, an early resident of the area and former Union soldier in the American civil war. Dull's name is thought to have come from the Gaelic word for meadow, but others have speculated it could be connected to the Gaelic word "dul" meaning snare.

Residents of the Perthshire village of Dull are due to hear this week whether efforts to forge ties with the US town of Boring have been successful.

Matthew Taylor told the BBC that he wanted to see a new standard of "fair and decent" work which the public and private sector could sign up to. He said that new flexible ways of working were very good for many businesses and people, but said a complicated tax system and lack of clarity on the law meant that employers and employees often clashed. Some were deliberately using so-called gig workers to avoid paying contributions to the Treasury, he said. What is the 'gig' economy? "There is no question - and Phillip Hammond said this in the Autumn Statement - that when self-employment rose that reduces the tax take to the Exchequer," said Mr Taylor, who is head of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. "There are reasons why that might be a good thing in terms of how those people are working, but it is clear to a certain extent what is actually going on is, people are creating forms of work for themselves, or businesses are creating forms of work, to try to avoid tax. "I think what should drive businesses is efficiency, productivity, innovation - not trying to evade tax. "So, if we can make the system one where those incentives are less strong, then that would be an improvement." His comments come on the day a report by the Trades Union Congress says the tax hit from the growth of "insecure work" could be as high as £4bn ($5bn) a year. The TUC said that represented nearly a quarter of the social care budget spent in England. The study claims that generally lower incomes for the self-employed and those on zero-hours contracts (which have been criticised for giving employees little job security) means that less tax is collected. "The real worry here is the growth in low paid self-employment," Frances O'Grady, the general secretary of the TUC, told me. "We see that both in terms of zero hours, and low paid self-employment, that people are much less likely to be paid as much as people in secure work." Research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies revealed last week that a permanently employed person pays an effective rate of tax of 31% on their income That falls to 22% for self-employed people, who pay lower levels of national insurance. Businesses also save as they make no national insurance contributions and can avoid maternity and holiday pay entitlements. Because self-employed people tend to be on lower incomes they also receive higher levels of benefits, another cost to the Treasury. The Chancellor has made it clear he is concerned about the issue and is likely to announce reforms to the tax system so that the treatment of permanent and self-employed workers is more equitable. The first announcement on any major policy changes could come as soon as the Budget on 8 March. Mr Taylor said that most people involved in new ways of working "choose and like" flexible jobs and zero hours, but some employees may face exploitation. "This is a very complicated system," he said. "And as we have seen with cases like Pimlico plumbers last week, or Uber a few weeks before, that the courts are making judgments which people find quite confusing. "How can we introduce greater clarity so people know what their rights are, so business people designing a business can design it in the right way? "It is clear to me the review I am leading on only makes sense if we as a country are committed to the idea of all work being fair and decent and [that] provides people with the opportunity for fulfilment and development. "We have been great as a country at creating jobs, but not enough of those jobs are good jobs that provide people with opportunities to grow and to develop. "I am hoping that the review will mark a turning point, a point at which as a country we say it is not just the quantity of jobs that matters it is also the quality." Mr Taylor said there may not be a need for new legislation and that workers on boards was not always the best option for businesses seeking to involve employees in how the firm is run. The Prime Minister initially appeared to support worker representation on boards before later backing away from the proposal. "Generally I think carrot works a bit better than stick," Mr Taylor said. "The problem with stick, when it comes to employment and tax, is that when you wave one stick people find a way round it and then you have to wave another stick and then you've got sticks all over the place. "So if there are ways of persuading people to do the right thing by encouragement, by support, through engagement, then that is the route I would prefer to use."

The head of Theresa May's inquiry into the way millions of people work has said there is evidence businesses are using self-employment laws to avoid tax.

It found Cardinal Sean Brady had names and addresses of those being abused by paedophile priest Brendan Smyth. However, he did not pass on those details to police or parents. Cardinal Brady said he accepted he was part of "an unhelpful culture of deference and silence in society, and the Church". "With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on the evidence I gave them," he said in a statement on Wednesday. "However, I also accept that I was part of an unhelpful culture of deference and silence in society, and the Church, which thankfully is now a thing of the past." The cardinal said he was "shocked, appalled and outraged" by Smyth and said he had trusted that those with the authority to act in relation to Smyth would treat the evidence seriously and respond appropriately. He accused the BBC of exaggerating his authority in the programme. "The commentary in the programme and much of the coverage of my role in this inquiry gives the impression that I was the only person who knew of the allegations against Brendan Smyth at that time and that because of the office I hold in the Church today I somehow had the power to stop Brendan Smyth in 1975. "I had absolutely no authority over Brendan Smyth. Even my Bishop had limited authority over him. The only people who had authority within the Church to stop Brendan Smyth from having contact with children were his Abbot in the Monastery in Kilnacrott and his Religious Superiors in the Norbertine Order." He added that he had worked with others in the Church to put these new procedures in place and looked forward to continuing that vital work in the years ahead. Senior Vatican Prosecutor Monsignor Charles Scicluna has defended Cardinal Brady. "My first point is that Fr Brady was a note taker in 1975, he did what he should have done. He forwarded all the information to the people that had the power to act," he said. "My second point is that in the interest of the Church in Ireland, they need to have Cardinal Brady as the archbishop of Armagh because he has shown determination in promoting child protection policies. You need to have leaders who have learned the hard way and are determined to protect children." The BBC investigation centres on a secret church inquiry in 1975 when a 14-year-old boy was questioned about abuse. Smyth abused him and others in guesthouses on trips across Ireland. In 1975, Cardinal Brady was a priest and teacher in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland, when he was sent by his bishop to investigate a claim of child sexual abuse by a fellow priest. That priest was later exposed as Ireland's most prolific paedophile, Father Brendan Smyth, who died in prison in 1997, one month into a 12 year prison sentence. The first child to tell his parents about the abuse was 14-year-old Brendan Boland. The man tasked with the secret church investigation that followed would later become the most senior priest in Ireland. Sean Brady's role in the affair became clear in 2010, when it became known that he had been present when the abused boy was questioned. He claimed, however, that the boy's father had accompanied him, and described his own role as that of a note-taker. However, the BBC This World investigation has uncovered the notes Cardinal Brady took while the boy was questioned. The child's father was not allowed in the room, and the child was immediately sworn to secrecy. What Cardinal Brady failed to tell anyone in 2010 was that Brendan Boland had also given him and his colleagues the precise details of a group of children, some of whom, were being abused by Smyth. By Mark SimpsonBBC Ireland Correspondent The Catholic Church has been knocked off its pedestal in Ireland, and its leader is battling to hold onto his own position. Cardinal Sean Brady has been under pressure for some time. But he has always made it clear he will not resign, unless there is specific proof that his failure to act allowed clerical child abuse to take place. Clearly, he does not believe the evidence in the BBC documentary meets that criterion. However, with the media spotlight on his past, the Catholic primate is struggling to shift the focus to the present and the future. That is a very uncomfortable position, for any church leader. Cardinal Brady did interview one of them and swore him to secrecy. This World spoke to all of the children who Brendan Boland had identified; they all told the programme that to the best of their knowledge none of their parents or families were warned in any way about the paedophile Brendan Smyth. Four of them had been abused by Smyth. Two of them continued to be abused after the 1975 inquiry. One of them - originally from Belfast - told the programme that Smyth continued to abuse him for another year. He also said Smyth abused his sister for a further seven years and then in turn, his four younger cousins, up to 1988. Cardinal Brady did consider his position as Primate of all-Ireland when his role in the secret inquiry was first exposed. The Catholic Church has said that "the sole purpose of the oath" signed by Brendan Boland in Cardinal Brady's presence was "to give greater force and integrity to the evidence given by Mr Boland against any counter claim by Fr Brendan Smyth". The church also points out that in 1975, "no state or church guidelines for responding to allegations of child abuse existed in Ireland". On Wednesday night, Brendan Boland told BBC's The Nolan Show Cardinal Brady should resign. "I can't understand why he can't see his failings," he said. "Resign. Own up to your failings." Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said it was a matter for Cardinal Brady to reflect on his decision following the BBC documentary. Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter said the programme's revelations were "tragic and disturbing". Abuse victims' campaigner Marie Collins, who was raped at the age of 13 by a hospital chaplain in Dublin, said Cardinal Brady should resign. "I'm amazed no bishops have come out and said he should go," she said. "We have priests and theologians being silenced by the Vatican - they can act against people whose views they feel are liberal, but they will not act against someone who not only endangered children but let them be abused. "If Cardinal Brady came out and espoused the view that women should be ordained, he'd be gone within hours." Andrew Madden, abuse survivor and author of a memoir, said: "He's not a wounded healer - he's a spineless self-serving careerist and that's why he kept his mouth shut all the years Brendan Smyth was abusing children" Gary O'Sullivan, editor of the Irish Catholic newspaper, said Cardinal Brady had questions to answer. "If a child can see the need to save other children, how come priests, ministers of Christianity, cannot have the same awareness?" he said. "If he wants to stay in this leadership position, he should show leadership and come out and answer these questions because this culture of silence failed children." This World: The Shame of the Catholic Church was first broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland on Tuesday. The programme is being shown on BBC Two at 21:00 BST on Wednesday.

The Catholic primate of all-Ireland has said that he will not resign as Church leader despite revelations in the BBC's This World programme.

The Brotherhood is an Islamist movement which has been declared a terrorist group by Egypt's military rulers. Reports suggested members of the group moved to London to escape a crackdown in Cairo and plotted a response to the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi, a Brotherhood leader. There has been no reaction yet from No 10 regarding the lawyers' announcement. The organisation's backing helped install Egypt's first civilian president, Mr Morsi, in 2012, but he was ousted in a military coup last year after widespread street protests. The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt but now operates in many states and has influenced other Islamist movements around the world with its model of political activism combined with Islamic charity work. The prime ministerial review ordered by David Cameron back in April into the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK was always going to be controversial. A number of Arab countries, notably the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, all see the Brotherhood as a threat to their rule and want the UK as their ally to ban it. There have even been veiled hints from the Gulf that trade deals with the UK could suffer if the review did not result in a ban. The report's author, Sir John Jenkins, UK ambassador to Riyadh, spent three months taking testimony from a number of sources, including secret intelligence, before delivering his findings to No 10 where they have remained unpublished since July. Whitehall insiders have been saying privately that - while there are concerns about some individual members - nothing has emerged to link the Brotherhood as an institution to any acts of terrorism. While the Brotherhood - or al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun in Arabic - says it supports democratic principles, one of its stated aims is to create a state ruled by Islamic law, or Sharia. Its most famous slogan, used worldwide, is: "Islam is the solution." In December 2013, the new Egyptian government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group after blaming it for an attack on a police station that killed 16 people. Mr Cameron commissioned the review into the group's UK links in April. The review was led by Sir John Jenkins, the UK's ambassador to Saudi Arabia - another country which has declared the Brotherhood a terrorist organisation. At the time, Downing Street released a statement which said: "The prime minister has commissioned an internal government review into the philosophy and activities of the Muslim Brotherhood and the government's policy towards the organisation." Since Mr Morsi's overthrow, more than 1,000 people have been killed and thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters detained in a crackdown by the interim authorities which has been condemned by human rights campaigners.

A review of the Muslim Brotherhood's UK activity has cleared it of links to terrorism, its lawyers have said.

13 May 2016 Last updated at 15:20 BST Explosives lit up the sky and loud bangs were heard as a fire took hold at the shop on 05:00 BST on Bitterne Road West. The footage, shot by a local resident alongside a police cordon, shows a sudden large blast followed by fireworks going off in the street. No-one was injured but about 60 residents living within 100 metres (328ft) of the fire on the site of the Southern Fireworks Factory and the Flower Factory were evacuated from their homes.

The moment fireworks in a shop in Southampton exploded has been captured on mobile phone.

The biggest increase in cash payouts came from US firms at $52bn. Henderson said global dividends would rise by just 1% this year because of lower oil prices and slowing economies. Another factor acting as a drag on dividends would be the recent rise in the value of the dollar, the firm said. This will depress the value of dividend income from around the world once it has been translated into the US currency. "2014 was a superb year for income investors, with developed markets leading the charge," said Alex Crooke at Henderson Global Investors. "After such a strong performance in 2014, we now expect a pause for breath in 2015." About one-third of global dividend income came from firms on the US stock market. In 2014, dividend changes varied considerably from region to region: Global dividend income has now risen by 60% in the five years since 2009, far outstripping inflation and savers' interest rates in the UK, and also the growth of economies around the world. That underlines the vital importance to investors of dividend income, especially when share prices have stagnated, as reinvesting the dividends increases the value of a shareholding in a similar fashion to compound interest. Dividend payments are not evenly spread among companies, nor are they necessarily predictable despite firms often saying they aim to offer their shareholders steadily rising payouts. Just 10 firms accounted for 11% of all global payouts in 2014, and the top 20 accounted for 18% of all dividends. They were led by Vodafone whose huge special dividend early last year meant it was responsible for 20% of all UK dividend payments. Other giant payers in the past year have been oil firms such as Shell, banks such as China Construction Bank and HSBC, and technology companies such as Apple and Microsoft. By contrast, mining firms cut their dividends for the the third year in a row. "This was a result of commodity companies suffering from lower prices of their products in the face of slowing global demand," said the Henderson report. With the recent big fall in the oil price, Mr Crooke added: "We don't expect developed market oil companies to reduce their dividends in 2015, but there is a strong likelihood that emerging market producers will pay out markedly less this year as their profitability comes under pressure." The research was compiled by adding up the dividends paid by the 1,200 biggest firms whose shares are traded on stock exchanges around the world. The rest of the dividend income from smaller firms was estimated.

The total dividend income paid to shareholders around the world rose by 11% last year to $1.167 trillion, according to investment firm Henderson Global Investors.

7 July 2016 Last updated at 09:49 BST Speaking to Today programme presenter John Humphrys, he accepted that in retrospect it would have been better to challenge the intelligence used to justify the war, but stood by his decision to join the invasion.

Tony Blair says people will not accept that he means his regret over mistakes in the Iraq war until he disowns the decision to join the US coalition to topple Saddam Hussein.

In March 2015, thousands flocked to Leicester as the king's remains were escorted to the city's cathedral. The windows, which cost £75,000, are located near Richard III's tomb in the cathedral's St. Katharine's Chapel. A reverend called the dedication of the windows the "final act" in the story of the king's reinterment. The windows are approximately 2.5m (8ft 2ins) and 1m (3ft 2ins) high and were designed by stained glass artist Thomas Denny. They were previously plain glass and had been for about 100 years, according to the Reverend Pete Hobson. "It's not just telling Richard III's story," he said. "It's helping the person who sees them reflect on the questions of life and death that are raised by the life and death of Richard III." One of the pictures shows a forlorn, blue figure, which represents personal loss, inspired by the loss felt by the king after the death of his son Edward and wife Anne Neville. Another depicts women tending to people in the aftermath of battle. "It's a big day," Mr Hobson said. "It'll be the final act of the story of the reinterment of Richard for us." Richard was buried in a Leicester church, but the building was lost to later development. His skeleton was found in 2012 in an old friary beneath a car park. His remains were the subject of a High Court battle in 2014. A group unsuccessfully argued the remains should have been reburied in York.

Two windows inspired by the life of Richard III have been "hallowed" at the scene of the English king's reburial which took place over a year ago.

Seeing khaki military trucks near the EU's main buildings, police on the streets locking down security before tomorrow's summit certainly changes the atmosphere. But for the prime minister, it's tense for a different reason. By his own admission, David Cameron is trying to do something that has never really been tried before - change a country's relationship with the rest of the EU while already being a member. What he is demanding are fundamental changes to the institution in a negotiation that will be mind-bogglingly complex. Trying something that is politically bold, even though the actual changes he wants to make are often criticised as being tame, comes with significant risk. In the short-term, if he fails to persuade other countries that Britain should be able to limit benefit payments to EU workers in the UK he faces serious political embarrassment at home, not least from eurosceptics in his own party, including some cabinet ministers who have made this a red line. The focus on that measure is intense - not surprisingly. It is a promise the PM made in the Conservative manifesto, an area of huge public concern and serious political conflict. On the eve of the summit, there are all sorts of suggestions being made about the likelihood of a compromise. Several EU countries' officials have today made it absolutely plain that they have absolutely no intention of agreeing to the notion of Mr Cameron's four-year ban. So there is feverish anticipation of what the alternatives might be. One EU source told me that Angela Merkel had told the PM to make three years, rather than four, his opening bid in the negotiations. There's a suggestion that countries could agree to a proposal where during a so-called "ban", the same benefits would be paid, but the costs of those benefits could be covered by the worker's home country, rather than the UK. It is though, a very fluid situation and there is no one proposal on the table that is likely to be agreed this week. Instead, the PM's goal is to inject a hefty dose of political momentum into the process so that officials can get on with the nitty gritty in the next couple of months. In the next 36 hours, he needs his political counterparts to show they are willing to help. But is there a risk that all the speculation over benefits distracts from the bigger issue? In recent weeks there's been a building sense that the three other areas of reform are agreed. I understand that although there has been progress, concluding that those areas are somehow complete is a rather kind interpretation of where the discussions have really got to. Talking this week to people familiar with the talks, there are nerves, a frustration even, that misleading assumptions are being made about the rest of the process. In addressing the short-term political focus on whether a benefit ban could work, bigger questions about Britain's place in the EU as a country almost certain to never join the euro mustn't be ignored.

Tight security because of the recent terror threat isn't the only reason that Brussels feels tense tonight.

The 23-year-old has negotiated his release from League One Fleetwood, where he was still under contract. They have also signed Burton Albion goalkeeper Sam Hornby, 22, also on a two-year deal - the second keeper to move to Vale Park in as many days. Hornby, who was offered a new deal to stay with the Brewers, is yet to make his Football League debut. He spent last season on loan at non-league Kidderminster Harriers. The double deal takes manager Michael Brown's summer signings to five, following striker Tom Pope and Tuesday's two additions - winger Cristian Montano and keeper Rob Lainton. Davis, son of former Crewe manager Steve, is the second former Vale player to return to the club so far this summer following the signing of Pope from Bury. After coming through Vale's youth system, he made 31 appearances prior to joining Leicester City in June 2014. Having been signed to join the Foxes' development squad, he did not make a first-team appearance for Leicester before joining Fleetwood, initially on loan, in October 2015. He signed on a more permanent basis in January 2016, but only made eight appearances for the Cod Army last season, playing just 79 minutes of League One first-team football from January onwards. Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.

League Two side Port Vale have re-signed ex-Valiants defender Joe Davis from Fleetwood on a two-year deal.

The Robins, who were relegated to League Two in their penultimate game of the season, parted company with head coach Luke Williams on 5 May. In the past, Power has often been heavily involved in transfers himself. Power also tried a director of football model, appointing his friend Tim Sherwood to that position in November. But the former Tottenham boss has taken a step back from the role in recent times, after Swindon won only seven of their 31 games since his arrival. Following Williams' departure, Power has revealed there will be a change in the club's structure, with a new manager given a budget to control. They hope to make an appointment within the next eight days. Partick Thistle boss Alan Archibald has been linked with the vacancy at the County Ground, along with Mansfield's Steve Evans and former Queens Park Rangers boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Swindon Town's new manager will have 100 per cent responsibility for player recruitment, chairman Lee Power has told BBC Wiltshire.

The 32-year-old midfielder has made 395 appearances in 13 years with the Chairboys, while striker Paul Hayes, also 32, has signed a two-year deal. Marcus Bean is considering an offer of a deal until 2017 and fellow midfielder Sam Wood triggered a year's extension with his appearances this term. Alex Lynch, Gozie Ugwu, Ryan Sellers and Max Kretzschmar have been released. Meanwhile, 23-year-old defender Aaron Pierre has been offered an extension to his contract, which is currently scheduled to expire in the summer of 2017. Gareth Ainsworth's side finished 13th in League Two this season.

Wycombe Wanderers club captain Matt Bloomfield has signed a new one-year contract with the League Two club.

During the month, 61,760 mortgages were approved - just over a thousand more than in January. It was the third month in a row that approvals have risen, and the highest figure since August 2014. Even though the rise was small, economists said it indicated that the housing market had bottomed out, and was now facing a steady improvement. Nevertheless the number of approvals is still well below the recent peak of 75,453 in January 2014. "Housing market weakness has bottomed out, and activity is now gradually turning around," said Howard Archer, chief UK economist with IHS Global Insight. Last week the Nationwide reported that annual house price inflation had fallen from 5.7% in February to 5.1% in March.

The number of mortgages being granted across the UK hit a six-month high in February, Bank of England data shows.

Norwich man Lafferty sat out training on Wednesday because of a groin injury picked up on Tuesday. NI boss Michael O'Neill has expressed confidence that top scorer Lafferty will be OK to face the Poles in Nice. But Grigg, 24, said: "I am in the form of my life and the best shape I can possibly be." Media playback is not supported on this device The Northern Ireland camp are waiting for the results of a scan on Lafferty who scored seven goals during the successful qualifying campaign. If Lafferty isn't fit for Sunday's opener, O'Neill has several options up front besides Grigg. Should the manager adopt his favoured 3-5-2 set-up, he could well plump for a Conor Washington and Jamie Ward pairing. However, Grigg, 24, scorer of 28 goals last season as Wigan clinched promotion from League One, insists: "I will be ready if I am needed. "I am sure Kyle will be fine, but if he is not I am prepared to step up. "Kyle has been massive for us in our qualifying campaign and has proved his class. "But it has been a long time since we have had four strikers on form and chipping in with goals." Grigg, who has eight caps, scored his first international goal in the 27 May 3-0 home friendly win over Belarus. He has played in three successive League One promotion-winning campaigns having previously been with MK Dons and Brentford. "Since I signed for Wigan things could not have gone any better," said the Solihull-born striker. "My place in the Northern Ireland squad was in question but since Christmas the goals have been flying in and I have helped my club win promotion. "It was great when Michael O'Neill told me I was in. I felt I could not have done any more." Media playback is not supported on this device Grigg's exploits with Wigan received extra attention when club fan Sean Kennedy reworded a pop song and put it on Youtube. "Will Grigg's on fire" made it into the download charts and has raised money for charity. "It would be great to hear the fans singing at Euro 2016 when I am on the pitch," he said. "But first I have to give them something to sing about."

Wigan's Will Grigg says he is ready to step in if Kyle Lafferty is not fit for Northern Ireland's first Euro 2016 match against Poland on Sunday.

According to a summary of a statement published on a Basque newspaper website, the group wants to negotiate a "definitive end" to its operations. Eta has fought a 45-year campaign for Basque independence, but has lost support in recent years. Last year it announced an end to its campaign of violence. The new statement suggests the organisation wants to go a step further by disbanding completely and turning in its weapons. The full statement is due to be published on Sunday. The summary published on the website of the Basque newspaper Gara suggests Eta is ready for talks, but will attach conditions to disbanding. They include the transfer of Basque prisoners to prisons closer to their homes - a long-standing Eta demand. The Basque country straddles the border between Spain and France. Eta is believed to be responsible for more than 800 deaths, and is considered a terrorist organisation by the European Union and the US. It has been weakened in recent years by a loss of support among Basque people, and a number of arrests, including that of the group's alleged military leader in October. Eta's decision came on the eve of elections in the Spanish region of Catalonia, in which Catalan nationalists calling for a referendum on independence are expected to do well.

The Basque separatist group Eta has said it is ready to disband, give up its weapons and enter talks with the French and Spanish governments.

Wright fired home twice in quick succession before the Shrimpers were reduced to 10 men deep into first-half stoppage time, when Ryan Inniss was dismissed after being shown a second yellow card. Southend rallied in the second half, with substitute Nile Ranger heading home, but Wright's double saw the Gills come out on top. Wright's first goal of the afternoon came from the penalty spot after Southend defender Jason Demetriou brought down Cody McDonald. Wright fired the penalty into the bottom-left hand corner of the net and then doubled his tally when he bundled the ball home from close range after excellent approach play from McDonald. Play-off chasing Southend fought hard in the second half and netted a late consolation when Ranger nodded home Theo Robinson's right-wing cross. Match report supplied by the Press Association. Match ends, Gillingham 2, Southend United 1. Second Half ends, Gillingham 2, Southend United 1. Simon Cox (Southend United) is shown the yellow card. Attempt saved. John White (Southend United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Foul by Ryan Leonard (Southend United). Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Ben Coker (Southend United). Josh Parker (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the right wing. Goal! Gillingham 2, Southend United 1. Nile Ranger (Southend United) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Robinson with a cross. Foul by Cody McDonald (Gillingham). Michael Timlin (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt saved. Josh Parker (Gillingham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt saved. Scott Wagstaff (Gillingham) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Attempt missed. Simon Cox (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Attempt saved. Adam Thompson (Southend United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Foul by Lee Martin (Gillingham). Jason Demetriou (Southend United) wins a free kick on the right wing. Michael Timlin (Southend United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Scott Wagstaff (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Michael Timlin (Southend United). Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Lee Martin. Substitution, Southend United. Theo Robinson replaces Anthony Wordsworth. Foul by Joe Quigley (Gillingham). Jason Demetriou (Southend United) wins a free kick on the left wing. Attempt missed. Cody McDonald (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Attempt saved. Ryan Leonard (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Stuart Nelson. Attempt saved. Simon Cox (Southend United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Josh Wright (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Nile Ranger (Southend United). Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Lee Martin. Foul by Cody McDonald (Gillingham). John White (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Simon Cox (Southend United). Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Max Ehmer. Attempt blocked. Ryan Leonard (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Adam Thompson. Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Osadebe (Gillingham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Ryan Leonard.

Two Josh Wright goals in the space of four first-half minutes secured Gillingham victory over 10-man Southend.

It is the first time that the social media company has issued such a warning. Twitter emailed users to say that the hackers may have sought their email or IP addresses, or phone numbers, which it recently began collecting. The number of accounts affected by the suspected hack is unclear. Coldhak, a Canadian non-profit organisation, said it had received a warning from Twitter. "We believe that these actors (possibly associated with a government) may have been trying to obtain information such as email addresses, IP addresses, and/or phone numbers," the email stated. "At this time, we have no evidence they obtained your account information, but we're actively investigating this matter. We wish we had more we could share, but we don't have any additional information we can provide at this time." The Chinese and North Korean governments are thought to be responsible for some cyber hacking of western companies and governments. Some IT experts say the hackers who breached Sony's computer network late last year and leaked huge amounts of confidential information were backed by the North Korean state. Pyongyang has consistently denied involvement in the security breach. James Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, said that government-backed attackers have far greater resources at their disposal than criminal hacker gangs. They may be able to use other measures such as human agents or communications intercepts to successfully bypass any security measures, he said.

Twitter has sent warnings to a number of users that their accounts may have been hacked by "state-sponsored actors".

Christopher Field, 47, was found guilty of touching a girl under the age of 13 and making indecent images of another. The former head teacher of Woodcote Primary School, Oxfordshire, committed the offences at the school between September 2010 and November 2011. Police have said the teacher used his "position of trust" to groom the girls. Field, of Green Lane in Chieveley, was arrested in 2014 for the offences and was charged for the crimes in May last year. Det Con Sarah Berry said: "The [victims] have shown great courage in coming forward. "Both have been consistent and shown great determination in giving their evidence at court. "I am sad for them that Field did not admit his guilt and thereby could have spared them the pain of reliving the ordeal in court." A majority verdict was reached by a jury at Oxford Crown Court for two of the offences, but the jury failed to reach a verdict on two further counts of sexual assault and one count of causing or inciting a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity.

A head teacher who committed child sex offences against two of his pupils has been sentenced to four years and four months in prison.

Colston's Primary School said it was launching the consultation to "confirm our school's identity". The move comes after one of the city's music venues, Colston Hall, announced it would drop the "toxic" name in 2020. The school aims to announce its decision during its 70th birthday celebrations next year. In a letter sent to parents, the school asks whether it should "keep its name or has the time come for a change". "Having undertaken a vision and values project this year and received a formal request for consultation over the school name in May 2017, governors are delighted to be in a position to roll this out now," the school says. "This is a very important decision for our school, so please do have a careful think about it." Parents will be able to have their say via on online survey from 3 July to 21 October, while pupils will also be quizzed for their views on 13 July. Edward Colston (1636-1721) Source: BBC History/Nigel Pocock

A Bristol school is asking pupils and parents whether it should drop the 17th Century slave trader Edward Colston from its name.

A German U-boat scuppered off the coast of Kent in 1915 and a British A-class submarine which sank in 1912 off Dorset have been made protected historic wreck sites. Anyone diving the wrecks will need a licence from Historic England. Heritage Minister Tracey Crouch said the sites told an "important story about our past". She said: "As we mark the centenary of the First World War, it is fitting that we remember the role of the wider war at sea and I am excited that these sites will be protected for years to come." The A3 submarine was accidentally rammed in February 1912 by HMS Hazard while resurfacing off the Isle of Wight. It limped on before finally sinking off Lulworth. It was later salvaged before being sunk again east of Portland where it was used as a gunnery target. The U-8 was the first German submarine to be sunk in British waters when it was snared in anti-submarine nets off Folkestone. Forced to surface, it was scuttled by the destroyers HMS Ghurka and HMS Maori and abandoned. The crew survived and were marched through Dover to the castle. One of the propellers, stolen by divers, was returned to the German navy after it was discovered being used as a coffee table. The second propeller is still missing. Mark Dunkley, maritime designation adviser for Historic England, said: "The U-8 sits upright on the seabed in excellent condition and you can still see its periscopes and radio masts attached."

Two submarines which sank off the coast of England more than a century ago have been given protected status.

"We're going to do a very major haircut on Dodd-Frank," he said, referring to the Wall Street and consumer protection rules Barack Obama enacted in 2010. Dodd-Frank aimed to prevent banks taking on too much risk and to separate their investment and commercial arms. But Mr Trump said he wants "some very strong" change to help the bank sector. "We want strong restrictions, we want strong regulation. But not regulation that makes it impossible for the banks to loan to people that are going to create jobs," the president told a group of about 50 business leaders at a White House meeting. "We're going to be doing things that are going to be very good for the banking industry so that the banks can loan money to people who need it." Mr Trump had promised during his election campaign to relax rules on big banks, and subsequently ordered a review of the industry's regulations. Michelle Fleury, the BBC's New York business correspondent, says Republican policymakers are trying to see how they can pay for tax cuts. "They are trying to see if there is anything in Dodd-Frank that would save the government money and be used for tax reform," our correspondent says. But she added that any change would require a major piece of legislation passing through Congress. And Mr Trump's failure to push through healthcare reforms had shown how tough this might be. The president's remarks have the backing of Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive of one of the world's biggest banks, JP Morgan Chase. In his annual letter to shareholders, released on Tuesday, he said the regulatory burden "is unnecessarily complex, costly and sometimes confusing". Dodd-Frank was designed to resolve the too-big-to-fail problem that meant banks facing collapse had to be bailed out rather than wound down. But Mr Dimon said banks had essentially solved this issue by boosting the capital they held in reserve and introducing tougher risk controls.

President Donald Trump has promised sweeping reforms to "horrendous" US banking regulations that were introduced after the financial crisis.

Cardiff Blues player Williams, 22, suffered a "significant injury" to his cervical vertebrae and spinal cord in a tournament in Singapore in June. He will be at the Millennium Stadium to watch Saturday's match against the All Blacks as he continues his recovery. Media playback is not supported on this device "Hopefully we can give him something to cheer about," said McBryde. Williams who came through the Blues academy system, has been capped four times for Wales and scored a try in the 17-7 win against Tonga in November 2013. McBryde says having Williams at the match will "inspire" the Welsh team as they bid to end their long wait to beat the All Blacks. "It's quite inspiring when you talk to Owen how positive he is," said McBryde. "He just hopes for the best, keeps on working with the physios, that in itself is quite inspiring. "Everybody hopes that he's going to make a full recovery, having him there watching the game that will be inspiring as well." Wales have not beaten New Zealand since 1953 - the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, Dwight D Eisenhower becoming US President and Sir Edmund Hillary climbing Everest. And Wales fly half Dan Biggar believes Wales will have to be near perfect to end that long wait. "Anything below nine out of 10 from each of us is probably not going to be good enough," he said. "It has been a long time not to beat the All Blacks, and we have everything in ourselves to do it. "It would be probably the best moment in any of our careers to pull off a win against maybe the best rugby side ever to play the game. "There is not too much pressure on us. New Zealand are expected to come and win and we have no qualms about being the underdog on Saturday."

Forwards coach Robin McBryde says the Wales players hope to give injured centre Owen Williams a boost with their performance against New Zealand.

They happen when huge amounts of energy from the sun hit the earth's magnetic fields, pushing electricity to the north and south poles. But Earth isn't the only planet where you can see the Northern and Southern lights. They can be seen on other planets in our solar system too. Space scientists at NASA have been able to confirm that some of our closest neighbouring planets such as Jupiter and Saturn have their own auroras. These auroras are slightly different from Earth's, because their atmospheres and poles are different.

The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, are an amazing event in the night sky.

They beat the all-Scotland duo of Alex Marshall and Julie Forrest 11-5 14-9 in the final in Hopton-on-Sea. On Monday, Burnett and compatriot Stewart Anderson won the men's pairs. Burnett is now chasing the treble, having progressed to the second round in the singles - a title he won at the same venue in 2014. Rednall, from Stowmarket, was also the singles champion in 2014 and runner-up last year.

Scotland's Darren Burnett enjoyed more success at the World Indoor Bowls Championships, winning the mixed pairs title with England's Katherine Rednall.

The Diocese of Leicester is setting up a monastic community in the heart of the city - and wants a prior to run it. The role requires "spiritual maturity and wisdom... a discerning and prayerful heart" but may also involve deciding who does the washing. Earthly reward is about £25,000 pa, plus accommodation and a council tax waiver. Popular images of monks have not moved on much from the Middle Ages, partly because Henry VIII almost destroyed the lifestyle with the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1536. Canon Barry Hill, mission enabler for the diocese, said: "This will be a long way from that, while maintaining the traditional values of prayer. "It will see people taking a step back from the sometimes frantic pace of modern life, to get rid of some of the monkeys in our mind and push into the love of God. "This will be combined with taking that love into the community and showing hospitality to those who seek it." The community will give 18-35 year olds a year-long residency focused "prayer, study and service" with an emphasis on community work. The prior's role is open to both men and women, but only ordained priests need apply. New monks versus old monks According to the advert, the role will involve the "rare challenge of setting up a monastic order in the middle of a modern, multi-cultural city" - but also "organising cooking, cleaning and washing rotas". The church also said the new prior should be computer literate and familiar with social media. The community will be housed in old council buildings which stand on part of the former Grey Friars abbey, where the remains of Richard III were originally buried. Applicants have until 30 January, with the new community to start in September.

A unique job, with potential for infinite upward progression, is being advertised.

The visitors took the lead midway through the first half as Lewis Dunk's ball over the top was brought down by Sam Baldock, who chipped goalkeeper Keiren Westwood. Anthony Knockaert doubled Brighton's lead from close range. Gary Hooper fired home to pull one back for the Owls in the fifth minute of stoppage time but Brighton held on. Listen to Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield Baldock gave the Seagulls the lead after 26 minutes and Glenn Murray thought he had made it 2-0 with a volley from 12 yards, only to be flagged offside. The Owls almost drew level when Tom Lees' header following Ross Wallace's corner was cleared off the line by Oliver Norwood. Knockaert's fifth Championship goal of the season looked to have ensured a comfortable end to the game for Brighton but, after they failed to clear in their own box, Hooper halved the deficit. However, it was not enough to deny Brighton a fourth victory in six matches as Wednesday suffered just their second Championship loss in their past seven games. Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal: "It was a game that was very balanced, like we expected. It was a tactical game, especially in the first half. "We had a few chances and Brighton had one or two also, so it was very balanced. "In the second half, I thought we played better, more offensive and we pressed more. In the moments we pressed more, we created more clear chances and they scored in their solitary moment, the second goal." Brighton manager Chris Hughton: "I thought it was a good win and we were worthy winners, it's nice to send our supporters home happy. "I think any away win against what you regard as one of the best teams in the division is always a big result. "But I thought we deserved it and we should've had another goal, when Glenn Murray 'scored'. I thought it was onside, so that was a little bit of a blow. "But I think to have a percentage of control, in what was such a big game, is credit to our players." Match ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Second Half ends, Sheffield Wednesday 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Attempt saved. Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Fletcher. Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Attempt missed. Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gary Hooper with a headed pass. Foul by Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday). Jamie Murphy (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday). Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Glenn Loovens. Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tomer Hemed replaces Glenn Murray. Attempt missed. Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Gary Hooper with a headed pass. Attempt blocked. Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Hooper. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion). Attempt missed. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ross Wallace with a cross following a corner. Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Lewis Dunk. Attempt blocked. Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Reach. Foul by Glenn Loovens (Sheffield Wednesday). Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday). Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt missed. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Reach with a cross following a corner. Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by David Stockdale. Attempt saved. Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Hunt. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday) because of an injury. Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jiri Skalak replaces Sam Baldock. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion). Foul by Fernando Forestieri (Sheffield Wednesday). Bruno (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration. Goal! Sheffield Wednesday 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gaëtan Bong with a cross. Foul by Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday). Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing. Attempt blocked. Tom Lees (Sheffield Wednesday) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ross Wallace with a cross. Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jamie Murphy. Attempt blocked. Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Oliver Norwood tries a through ball, but Sam Baldock is caught offside.

Brighton beat Sheffield Wednesday to claim their first victory at Hillsborough.

The M27 was congested westbound near Downend Road bridge, causing long delays for motorists. Hampshire Constabulary was called at 13:30 GMT to reports of a body between junctions 11 and 12. The motorway was closed but has since reopened. The death is being treated as unexplained and it is unclear how the body got there, police said. Motorists were advised to avoid the area.

A woman's body has been found on a motorway outside Portsmouth.

Nicknamed John Coe, the male orca can be indentified by a notch on its dorsal fin. The injury to its tail was spotted during a survey by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT). The trust said consultations with experts suggested that it was "almost certainly" caused by a shark. John Coe is one of a small community of orcas regularly seen off Scotland's west coast. Members of the group have also been spotted at times off Peterhead and Girdleness in Aberdeenshire, Ireland's west coast and off Pembrokeshire in Wales. The group, which is believed to be the UK's only resident population of killer whales, is thought to contain just nine older animals. There are fears that it will eventually die out after becoming isolated from other killer whale populations. In a statement, the trust said: "Notable highlights during 2014 included two separate encounters with what is believed to be the UK's only known resident population of killer whales. "This small, isolated population of orca has never produced offspring since studies began, raising fears that it faces imminent extinction." It added: "Evidence of drama emerged when one of the group's males - known as John Coe - was observed with a large area of his tail fluke missing. "Consultations with experts suggest that this was almost certainly the result of a shark attack." The trust said it could not "realistically speculate" on the kind of shark involved. HWDT carried out its latest survey of whales, which included a young minke whale, dolphins, porpoises and plankton-feeding basking sharks, between May and October last year. The trust has now released information on the data it gathered, including a 25% increase in sightings of harbour porpoises and a 33% decline in observations of basking sharks.

A shark has been suspected of biting a chunk out of the tail fluke of a killer whale well-known to whale and dolphin watchers in Scotland.

The Serb, a six-time champion in Beijing, last played in the US Open final on 12 September, when he was beaten by Stan Wawrinka. Djokovic is next scheduled to play at the Shanghai Masters from 10 October. Find out how to get into tennis in our special guide. "I am extremely disappointed not to be able to compete at the China Open this year," said the Australian and French Open champion. "I'm still recovering from my elbow injury and have been advised not to play until my condition improves. "I will continue with my rehabilitation and hope to be able to return to the ATP Tour as soon as possible." Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Angelique Kerber are among those scheduled to feature in the combined ATP/WTA event in Beijing.

World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next week's China Open in Beijing because of an elbow injury.

Everyone wanted tariff-free access to EU markets, the shadow chancellor said. But there was a debate on-going within the Labour Party about whether the best option was continued membership or a separate agreement, he added. Jeremy Corbyn has suggested the single market is "inextricably linked" to EU membership and the UK cannot remain. Speaking on Sunday, the Labour leader said leaving the EU meant leaving the EU's internal market - whose members must abide by rules on the free movement of goods, capital, services, and labour. The party's international trade spokesman, Barry Gardiner, has gone further, saying the UK should also rule out remaining in the customs union beyond any transitional period, claiming that failing to do so would make the UK a "vassal state" unable to negotiate sovereign trade deals. However, many Labour MPs disagree with both positions - arguing that it is in the UK's economic interests to remain in both. They point out there are non-EU members, like Norway, which have full access to the single market and countries such as Turkey which belong to the customs union. And Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones is arguing Labour should be pushing for the UK to remain in the single market - even though it might mean not being able to impose any controls on immigration from the EU. Mr McDonnell insisted Labour had a "straightforward" position on the type of access the UK needed to its largest market after it leaves the EU in March 2019. "Our objective is tariff-free access to the market," he said. "That has been our objective since immediately after the referendum. "The structures - whether we are in or out - are a secondary matter. "We are not ruling anything out but what we are saying is that we are the fifth largest economy in the world and we have a special status in both our relationship with the EU and the rest of the globe and we feel we can get a deal that achieves tariff-free access." Pressed on whether he and Mr Corbyn disagreed on the matter, he said: "I think we are all on the same page with regard to our objectives... there is a debate around whether it is full membership or a new relationship or a separate agreement. "What we are saying is keep our eye on what is the most important objective, tariff-free access. We can achieve that." The BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said there was a "deep internal divide" within the party and the shadow chancellor was seeking to "soften" the party's stance following a backlash by pro-EU MPs and trade unionists over Mr Corbyn and Mr Gardiner's remarks Amid signs of growing internal strains over Brexit, the former shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander said she had never felt "more concerned" about her party's position. "My colleague Barry Gardiner's contribution to the Brexit debate, in which he argues for the UK to come out of the single market and customs union to facilitate Brexit was, for me, depressing and disingenuous in equal measure," she wrote in the Guardian. She accused her colleague of using arguments on sovereignty, immigration and the legal jurisdiction that "could have come straight out of Tory Central Office", Instead, she said Labour must focus on the damage posed to those on low and middle incomes of a so-called hard Brexit. The government has said the UK will leave the single market and customs union but could maintain some existing arrangements for an interim period to help British business adjust.

Labour has not ruled out continued membership of the EU single market, John McDonnell has said, as he sought to play down divisions over Brexit.

John Boreland had been warned by police in recent months that his life was under threat. The shooting took place in Sunningdale Gardens off the Ballysillan Road shortly before 22:00 BST on Sunday. Mr Boreland is believed to have survived a previous attack several years ago. Police warned him in recent months that his life was under threat. The shooting has been condemned by senior politicians. First Minister Arlene Foster said she was, "shocked and disgusted" and urged "everyone to work with the police as they investigate". Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said there could be "no justification for the murder of a well known loyalist in north Belfast". "This was shameful and I unreservedly condemn it," he said. The Secretary of State, James Brokenshire, said he was "concerned to hear of the fatal shooting in north Belfast" and added there was "no place for violence in communities". He was quite a known figure and certainly for quite a number of years, he would have been quite a feared figure within north Belfast. He was a leader of the UDA in the area and a close associate of two brothers, Andre and Ihab Shoukri. In fact, he served time in prison after being convicted along with Andre Shoukri on a range of extortion charges. The police at this stage say it's too early to ascribe a definite motive but he did survive an attack two years ago which was believed to have been carried out by former associates of his within the UDA. So this could be the result of an internal fight within the UDA because it has become so factionalised. It could be a dispute between rival groups of UDA members or former UDA members. However, because he was heavily involved in crime the police are saying, at this stage, that it's possible this could have been a criminal motivation or it could be a combination of both - it could be UDA and criminal factors involved. The DUP MLA Nelson McCausland said he had been at a church service in the area about an hour before the shooting. "I want to express my sympathy to the family because no-one has the right to take life," he said. "We've had too many murders in north Belfast down through the years. "These are things that should be of the past. We want to see guns off the street." Ulster Unionist councillor for the area David Browne condemned the shooting. "My sympathies go to the family of the person who was shot," he said. "These incidents used to be a regular occurrence many years ago and I would plead with those people who have done this to stop doing this. "If there is any thought of retaliation from anyone, please do not get into this spiral." There is a very heavy security force presence on the Ballysillan Road this morning. There are a number of police vehicles which have sealed off part of the road immediately around Sunningdale Gardens. People are already beginning to congregate, watching events as they begin to unfold. John Boreland was heavily involved in criminality, he was a member of the UDA. It appears as if this operation along the Ballysillan Road will continue for some time. Feet away from me, there are heavily armed police officers, traffic is beginning to move along on this road. John McBurney, a solicitor who served on a paramilitary disbandment panel, urged loyalist paramilitaries to "pull back from the precipice" in the wake of Mr Boreland's murder. He said that if the murder was motivated by "paramilitary, internecine warfare of some kind" then it was "exceedingly dangerous".

A prominent loyalist who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) has been shot dead in north Belfast.

Scott Diver, 16, was last seen at about 14:45 on Saturday 17 September at his home in Second Avenue. Police Scotland said a body found in a wooded area at Old Kilpatrick last week had been identified as the missing teenager. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report has been sent to the procurator fiscal. In a statement, Police Scotland said: "Around 13:00 hours on Thursday 3 November, police were called to a report of the body of a young man found within a wooded area near to Old Kilpatrick. "Sadly, the body has now been formally identified as that of Scott Diver who had been missing from his home in Clydebank since Saturday 17 September. Relatives are aware." Scott, who moved to Scotland from the Isle of Man three years ago, was captured on CCTV walking through nearby Dalmuir Park on the afternoon of his disappearance. His family later made public appeals for him to get in touch.

The body of a teenager who was reported missing in Clydebank nearly two months ago has been found in nearby woods.

"It must be clear that if Britain wants access to the internal market, all the rules and freedoms around the internal market must be totally respected. On that point we must be intransigent. I see the manoeuvres...  You cannot have one foot in and one foot out. If we start to dismantle the internal market by agreeing to the demands of a country that wants to leave, then we will be bringing about the end of Europe." (Paris news conference with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, 7 Oct) "Brexit negotiations won't be easy. If we don't say full access to the internal market is linked to full freedom of movement, then a movement will spread in Europe where everyone just does whatever they want. We have to make our interests align so that European industry federations don't put pressure on us." (Speaking at German trade and industry meeting in Berlin, 6 Oct) "We must try to formulate offers in a way so that the British remain close to us, also to have the chance to return some day." (At same meeting in Berlin, 6 Oct) "The UK wants to leave and pay nothing. It's not possible. There must be a threat, there must be a risk, there must be a price. Otherwise we will be in a negotiation that cannot end well." (Speaking at Paris Delors Institute, 6 Oct) "There are principles, and on these principles no country still remaining in the EU will budge. That is the position of France, just as much as it is the position of Germany." (10 Oct) "We want to work towards a constructive, open and close relationship with the UK, both bilaterally and also in terms of the UK's relationship with the EU as a whole. The UK can leave the EU, but the UK doesn't stop being a big European partner." (Bloomberg TV interview in Macau, 11 Oct) "It appears as if there's quite a lot of work that needs to be done in the UK before there's a clear view of what the British want. The British government is putting in some efforts to identify what kind of relationship they want. All the same, the UK's partners can't move ahead until the UK has done this work."  ​​(Bloomberg interview after meeting British Prime Minister Theresa May in Copenhagen, 10 Oct) "The first step must be taken by the UK... The internal market means free movement of people, goods, services and capital. That is not a selection menu, it is all inextricably linked. The negotiations will require significant British effort: a final agreement is not only in the interests of the EU but also of the UK..." (After meeting Mrs May in The Hague, 10 Oct) "Shutting the frontiers for a day would show people what it means to wait two hours to get into Italy or Spain, to have controls everywhere, to block all exchanges. One day. So that people see what it is to be outside Europe. It's terrible what I'm saying, but it would be good for people to understand. The UK wants to have its cake and eat it. Before, they were in and they had many opt-outs; now they want to be out with many opt-ins. We're not on Facebook where there's an 'it's complicated' status." (Speaking at a conference on Brexit in Paris, 10 Oct)  "It is their choice to go for a hard Brexit, and I would not be in favour of that at all." (10 Oct) "Whatever the final settlement, what we know with certainty is that Brexit has increased the risk to the Irish economy." (10 Oct)  "It will be a process like no other with far-reaching consequences - its final scope no-one can predict with absolute certainty. It is not only about trading arrangements and access to the EU's single market... is also about preserving our joint and unique culture, our decades of strategic partnership and our commitment to the same shared values..." (Speaking in London after meeting Theresa May, 11 Oct) BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

Key quotes from high-profile European and other figures on Britain's EU referendum, as compiled by BBC Monitoring between 6-12 October.

The image taken by Katherine Fotheringham shows a fog bow with a brocken spectre and cloud inversion. She captured the weather events while walking up Beinn a'Chrulaiste in Glen Coe on Sunday. The inversion, a phenomena which sees cloud form below the summits of hills and mountains, stretched all the way to Ben Nevis, said Ms Fotheringham. All three weather events are considered to be rare. On Sunday, fog bows were also photographed on Rannoch Moor and the Cairngorms. Brocken spectres are a spooky weather effect believed to be behind the myth of the Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui, sometimes described as Scotland's Big Foot. According to the Met Office, the brocken spectre effect is produced when a person stands above the upper surface of a cloud - on a mountain or high ground - with the sun behind them. When the person views their shadow the light is reflected back in such a way that a "spooky circular glory" appears around the point directly opposite, said the Met Office.

Three eye-catching weather events have been captured in one photograph in the Scottish Highlands.

It will house two of Flint's GP practices, as well as dental services and occupational therapists. The centre will replace services previously provided by sites including Borough Grove Clinic and Flint Hospital, which campaigners fought to save. Health Minister Mark Drakeford said it would bring "health and social services together under one roof". The centre is one of three being developed in north Wales, along with Llangollen, Denbighshire, and Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd.

Funding of £5m has been announced for a new health centre in Flintshire.

Brig John Donnelly told an inquest into the death of Cheryl James the Army had not fully realised the risks of placing young soldiers on lone guard duty. Pte James, 18, from Denbighshire, was found dead at Deepcut barracks in 1995, amid claims of bullying and abuse. The inquest is the second into her death after new evidence was disclosed. Brig Donnelly, the Army's director of personal services, told the coroner: "I recognise we didn't put sufficient guidance in place. "In 1995 we didn't fully recognise the risk of relatively inexperienced trainees, putting them on armed guard in relatively isolated positions... the risk that people may have to other people in relation to discharging the weapons." He added: "I owe Mr and Mrs James an apology for those failings." Earlier, the family's barrister, Alison Foster QC, told the hearing a police officer called in to review the case had questioned the Army's view that Pte James had taken her own life. She said the Surrey Police officer had cast doubts on the suicide theory because of the circumstances in which her body had been found. Reading from the statement made by an officer who reviewed Pte James's death in 2002, she said: "There was no exit wound, the apparent lack of blood on the ground, the way in which the hood of [her] waterproof jacket was covering the face... any one of these indicators would not cause suspicion... but taken together, they ask questions about the way and the manner of Private James's death." The teenager, from Llangollen, was one of four young recruits to die in shootings at the barracks in a five-year period. A previous inquest, in 1995, recorded an open verdict, but a new one was ordered by the High Court after Surrey Police were ordered to disclose new evidence. Pte James's father, Des, told the inquest that the police officer's statement had confirmed suspicions that he and his wife, Doreen, had had at the time of their daughter's death. A statement from Mrs James, who was unable to attend the hearing, said Pte James had been a "caring and happy child" but had seen a psychologist after taking an overdose of paracetamol while at school. She said she had bought her daughter a diary with a distinctive cover and said: "I believe she would have continued to keep a diary while in the Army... I've always found it strange that the diary has never been found." The court heard there had been three potential suspects around the time Pte James died, including two "unknown males". Pte James's schoolfriend, Lydia Daksh, told the hearing she hated the Army and had not wanted to return after her last visit home. "She just wanted to go Awol," she said. Who were the Deepcut four? Background to the deaths and timeline of events Ms Daksh said her friend was happy and bubbly, but had come to hate life in the Army. She also said Pte James had said she had been raped aged 13 or 14 after meeting boys at a party. "She didn't speak about it much, but after that it really affected her," Ms Daksh told the court in Woking. She was also asked about an incident of self-harming by Pte James. Ms Daksh said: "It was definitely after the rape occurred but it wasn't with the intent to kill herself." She agreed she had initially thought her friend had killed herself when told she had died, but she added: "Now I wouldn't say I felt certain." Another friend, Kirstie Mansfield, said the conclusion that Pte James had died by suicide had been "inflicted on us", and restated her belief that the soldier had not killed herself. The inquest continues.

The Army has apologised to the family of a teenage soldier who died at a base in Surrey 20 years ago for "failing" young recruits.

Born in Neath in 1794, Capt Rees Howell Gronow attended Eton and listed amongst his friends: the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, the Duke of Wellington, and the Prince Regent - the future King George IV. Reputedly the second-best shot in the British Army, he was also a socialite dandy, and an inveterate gambler, duellist and womaniser. He bribed his way into parliament and spent time in a debtors prison after losing the first of his two fortunes. His four volumes of endearingly witty Reminiscences and Anecdotes were a kiss-and-tell on London and Paris society of which any modern tabloid would be proud. They earned him a second fortune, which he promptly blew, leaving his young wife and four children penniless when he died aged 71 in 1865. But despite his larger than life persona, former Guardian deputy editor and historian David McKie said Gronow's telling of Waterloo bears up to scrutiny against other contemporary sources. "I first stumbled across his works in a second-hand book shop in Tunbridge Wells," he said. "He was only 21 at Waterloo, so by the time of writing he was looking back on events over 40 years before. "Nevertheless, his account of friends and comrades losing their arms, their legs, their lives, all around him feels real and immediate. It isn't boastful in the way of many other sources, and appears to be factually sound. "He clearly wants to entertain with his writing, but you get the sense of a man for whom recording history accurately is important." After the Napoleonic wars, together with Beau Brummell, Gronow became well known around London as a founding dandy; a group of fashionable young men who placed high importance on clothes, society and leisurely pursuits. They are credited with popularising the cravat and leading the switch from knee-breaches to long trousers, and are said to have polished their boots with Champagne. But this extravagance came at a price, and on 18 June 1823 - the eighth anniversary of Waterloo - he was declared bankrupt and thrown into the debtors' prison. "He shows admirable candour," McKie said. "Writing with the benefit of age, he's refreshingly honest about the follies of his youth, and how he can see the same weaknesses leading to the ruin of those around him. "Yet he's not apologetic either. He sees time in a debtors' prison as an occupational hazard for those who liked adventurous lives. After all, it wasn't seen as real prison, and inmates could have their meals, and even wives and mistresses, brought in. "He demonstrates the same pithy frankness when, after describing how he lost his chance of winning a parliamentary seat at Grimsby because he wouldn't bribe the electors, he goes on to record how, in a subsequent contest at Stafford, 'I set out to bribe every man, woman and child'." However, being an MP proved too much like hard work and Gronow soon retired to France where, aged 63, he married a Breton aristocrat 30 years his junior and had four children. He was in Paris for the 1848 uprising which forced out Louis Philippe, and again for the coup in 1851 when Louis Napoleon seized power. According to McKie, it was then that Gronow's memoirs truly came into their own. "He writes like an unquenchable gossip, but with the authority of a man well connected in the highest echelons of society. His descriptions are acerbic, but softened with humour. "In some ways he's a hard man to like; unthinkingly anti-Semitic and misogynistic, and in parts nauseously sycophantic towards Wellington. But in other ways he's a liberal who's ahead of his time. "He is scathing about the failures of the officer class to deal decently with those they command, and talks in uncommonly sympathetic terms about the plight of the poor during the Paris uprisings." He died in Paris on 20 November 1865 and, according to the Morning Post: "He left his widow and infant children wholly unprovided for." But for a man for whom all publicity was good publicity, perhaps the bitterest pill of all for Gronow to swallow would be that 150 years after his death, hardly anybody remembers his name.

Two hundred years after Waterloo, one of the most vivid and visceral accounts of the battle is found in the memoirs of a man history seems to have forgotten about.

The study suggested only 12% feel their work-life balance is "just right". Less than a quarter (22%) think they have "the right balance of time and money for their family to thrive". The poll was carried out by Family Friendly Working Scotland group, which works with the Scottish government. The organisation said inflexible work arrangements were often to blame, with many parents saying they missed out on special family moments. These included attending school plays or putting their children to bed. The poll suggested: Family Friendly Working Scotland said its findings showed 27% of working parents in Scotland worked more than two extra unpaid hours each week - the equivalent of an extra 2.5 weeks a year. Of those, 15% worked more than four extra unpaid hours a week, equating to 25 extra days a year. The findings were published as Family Friendly Working Scotland launched Nation Work Life week. Nikki Slowey, the organisation's programme director, said it was "disheartening that so few Scottish parents have the right work-life balance". She said: "Families need both time and money to thrive, yet less than a quarter of parents we surveyed said they have this. "As parents we want to support our children through the many milestones in their lives, whether that's starting school, starring in their school play or preparing for important exams. "But balancing this support alongside the demands of work can be very challenging, especially if your employer gives you little or no flexibility, or shows no understanding." Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, Ms Slowey added: "I don't think there are enough employers recognising the link between good family-friendly policies or good flexible working and how this is good for business. "Not enough organisations are making the link that actually when they have a family-friendly workplace their employees are more productive, more engaged, more motivated and that the absenteeism rates reduce, and that they are much more successful at recruiting and retaining staff." The Scottish government's Minister for Childcare and Early Years, Mark McDonald, said: "This poll shows how difficult it can be for parents in Scotland to achieve the right balance between the time they spend at work and with their family. "The Scottish government is determined to do all we can to ensure Scotland's workplaces offer flexible working arrangements so parents can achieve a balance that suits their family life, and employers can benefit from improved rates of loyalty and productivity."

Most working parents in Scotland are unhappy with the balance between their home and work life, according to a poll by a group of voluntary organisations.

That result allowed Alloa to leapfrog Airdrie into second courtesy of their 2-0 triumph at Queen's Park, while East Fife moved into fourth spot with a 3-2 home victory against Brechin. Stranraer and Peterhead served up a 3-3 cracker at Stair Park but they remain ninth and eighth respectively. Stenhousemuir are still bottom of the pile despite a 1-1 draw at Albion. The battle of the top two at the start of the day proved to be a mismatch as Sean Crighton sent Livi into a 34th-minute lead before Joe Gorman's own goal made it 2-0. Danny Mullen added a third and former Airdrie kid Nicky Cadden finished off the scoring before Ryan Conroy was red-carded for the home side late on. Greig Spence scored early for Alloa against Queen's Park and Jordan Kirkpatrick doubled their tally with five minutes remaining. Kevin Smith's cracker gave East Fife the lead against Brechin and Chris Kane made it 2-0 before Andy Jackson replied. Willie Dyer squared it but a Chris Duggan spot-kick won it for the home side. Brechin had Alan Trouten sent off before Nicki Paterson also saw red for East Fife. Peterhead took the lead at Stranraer through Rory McAllister but goals from Ryan Thomson and William Gibson gave the Blues a 2-1 lead. McAllister nodded the leveller and Grant Anderson made it 3-2 but Stranraer earned a point thanks to Gibson's second of the match. Michael Dunlop fired Albion Rovers ahead at home to Stenhousemuir but Mason Robertson earned the bottom side a point.

League One leaders Livingston extended their advantage at the summit to 12 points with a 4-0 win at Airdrieonians.

Antony Ricketts, 20, was also ordered to pay costs of £186.31 after being convicted in his absence in Carmarthen. He was also found guilty of putting non-recyclable waste out in blue bags in Barnsfield Terrace. "Bags of rubbish left littering the streets for days on end will not be tolerated," said Councillor Jim Jones, environment executive member. Ricketts must also pay a victim surcharge of £20 after the conviction under the Environmental Protection Act. Ricketts was warned by council officers, but problems continued and they found evidence linking him to black bags and contaminated blue recycling bags on several occasions. Two people from Llanelli have already been fined £100 after Carmarthenshire Council announced it was getting tough with householders who put out waste on the wrong day. Mr Jones added: "If a resident continually ignores the council's advice we have no choice but to issue a fine or prosecute them in court. "I hope residents take notice of this case and act responsibly to reduce the amount of rubbish littering our streets."

A man who continually put his rubbish out on the wrong day has been fined £200 by magistrates.

The 32-year-old died outside the home of 56-year-old Elizabeth Bryce in Overtown, North Lanarkshire, in 1998. Ms Bryce told the High Court in Glasgow the three men who dragged Mr Chhokar were Andrew Coulter, David Montgomery and the accused, Ronnie Coulter. Mr Coulter, 48, denies the charge and has blamed the two other men. Giving evidence on the second day of the trial, Ms Bryce told the court that she had been in a relationship with Mr Chhokar - whom she called Chhokar - at the time of his death. He often stayed at her home in Garrion Street, although he had his own flat in Caplaw Tower, in nearby Gowkthrapple. She told the court that Mr Chhokar arrived outside her home in his blue Ford Orion on the day he died. As she looked out of the window, he held up a takeaway meal and juice before walking towards the door. Ms Bryce told the court: "He started walking down to my gate and then I heard a kind of noise." The jurors were told that at this point Chhokar was out of sight. Ms Bryce said that when she next saw him, Ronnie Coulter and David Montgomery had one arm each and were dragging him across the street. Andrew Coulter was said to be walking in front. Ms Bryce told the court she grabbed a garden spade, ran outside and "shouted at Ronnie and Andrew" about calling the police, after which they went away. In evidence, she said that as Mr Chhokar was being dragged away he turned to her and said: "They have stabbed me." She said she "saw the glistening of a knife...under the light of the lamp post" but could not say who was holding it. Ms Bryce said she then saw Mr Chhokar walk across the road and up to his car. "He leant against his car with two hands on the bonnet...then he made a horrible noise," she said. "The blood just flew and that was it. He flopped down at the ground. I just could not believe it. "He was dead, just lying there. I was angry, confused. I wanted to do something, but there was nothing I could do." Ms Bryce said an ambulance arrived and she travelled to hospital with Mr Chhokar, but he was already dead. Under cross-examination by defence QC Donald Findlay, Ms Bryce admitted that Mr Chhokar could be violent: "He punched me, slapped me, flung things at me." She initially denied setting up a meeting between Andrew Coulter and Mr Chhokar on the night he died but admitted she did under further questioning from Mr Findlay. "I did it and I was stupid," she said. "It was to see if they could sort it out." Ms Bryce then said again that she could not remember setting up a meeting. During earlier evidence, the witness told the court that Mr Chhokar, who worked in a local Indian restaurant but also claimed benefits, had gone to his flat on the day he died to collect a giro cheque. He had discovered the door was kicked in and there was no sign of his giro, for just over ??100. Ms Bryce said: "He told me he had phoned the post office in Overtown and was told it had been cashed by Andrew Coulter." The witness told the court she was angry about the missing giro and spoke twice that day to Andrew Coulter's mother, Margaret Chisholm. On the second occasion she said Andrew Coulter was also there. She said: "I just said that Andrew had cashed Chhokar's cheque and said there would probably be consequences." The witness said that Andrew Coulter told her: "If anything happens to me, Chhokar is getting it." Mr Coulter, 48, from Wishaw, denies killing Mr Chhokar on 4 November 1998 by punching him, hitting him with a wooden baton and stabbing him. He has lodged a special defence of incrimination to the murder charge, blaming Andrew Coulter and David Montgomery. He also denies the other charges against him which include forging a giro cheque and stealing a cooker. The trial before judge Lord Matthews continues.

The Surjit Singh Chhokar murder trial has heard that he told his partner he had been stabbed after he was dragged across the street by three men.

Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A and B would be built 77 miles (125km) off the Yorkshire coast. Forwind Ltd said it would consist of 400 wind turbines producing up to 2,400 MW of electricity, enough to power nearly two million homes. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said the development had the potential to support hundreds of jobs. Mr Davey said: "Making the most of Britain's home grown energy is creating jobs and businesses in the UK, getting the best deal for consumers and reducing our reliance on foreign imports. "Wind power is vital to this plan, with £14.5bn invested since 2010 into an industry which supports 35,400 jobs." Forewind said it believed the project could generate between 4,000 and 5,000 direct and indirect jobs. The offshore farm would connect into the national grid at an existing substation at Creyke Beck, near Cottingham, East Yorkshire, the developers said. The company has already spent £60m on initial surveys and planning. Construction on the site is expected to start in 2019.

The government has approved plans for what is believed to be one of the world's largest offshore wind projects.

Stuart Fraser, the corporation's policy chairman, said the decision followed the cathedral's move to suspend its own legal action against the camp. The church said it had wanted to "engage directly" with the protesters. Occupy London Stock Exchange said it was "delighted" the two potential legal cases had been suspended. Mary Singer, an Occupy London protester, said: "We are all very happy to see that the threat of court proceedings against the camp is being reviewed by the City. "It is important that our right to protest is respected." The City of London Corporation said it wanted to "leave more space for a resolution" of what to do about the 200-tent Occupy London camp. The church said it had wanted to "engage directly" with the protesters. Mr Fraser said: "'The church has changed its standpoint and announced it is suspending legal action on its land. "Given that change, we've pressed the 'pause' button overnight on legal action affecting the highways - in order to support the cathedral as an important national institution and give time for reflection. "We want to leave more space for a resolution of this difficult issue - while at the same time not backing away from our responsibilities as a Highway Authority. "We're hoping to use a pause - probably of days not weeks - to work out a measured solution. "We will make a further announcement tomorrow lunchtime." Earlier in the day, the cathedral authorities said they had made the decision to abandon legal proceedings following a meeting with the Bishop of London, Dr Richard Chartres. The bishop has been in charge of the cathedral's response to the camp following the resignation of the Dean of St Paul's, the Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, on Monday. Members of the Chapter of St Paul's also met representatives from the camp on Tuesday morning. Dr Chartres said: "The alarm bells are ringing all over the world. St Paul's has now heard that call. "Today's decision means that the doors are most emphatically open to engage with matters concerning not only those encamped around the cathedral but millions of others in this country and around the globe." Canon Michael Colclough - speaking for the Chapter of St Paul's - said he hoped the church could be a "brokering agent" between the protesters and the Corporation of London. He said the church had said all along that it "couldn't condone this ending in violence". On Friday, the cathedral and corporation had announced they would try to obtain separate High Court injunctions to clear the 200-tent camp. A spokeswoman said the local authority was not opposed to the right to protest but did not want a "campsite" in the City. She said: "We have never asked protesters to leave, we have only asked them to move their tents." The Occupy London camp has been outside the cathedral since 15 October. People taking part have said they are protesting against inequality and corporate greed in the City. The church decided to close on 21 October on health and safety grounds as a result of the camp but partly reopened on Friday. Occupy London protester Sam Chase described the church's announcement as "wonderful news". The 48-year-old from Shepherd's Bush said: "The move by St Paul's was a wonderful development. "There are some people in the cathedral who have stood up for what they believe in. "A disobedient attitude to capitalism is needed." Meanwhile, the cathedral said it had also asked investment banker Ken Costa to head a group looking to reconnect "the financial with the ethical". Mr Costa, the former chairman of UBS Europe, would work with City, church, public figures and the former Canon Chancellor Giles Fraser, who would aim to represent the views of the protesters. Dr Fraser, who has been sympathetic to protesters, resigned from the cathedral last week. It is thought differences over the handling of the protest prompted Dr Fraser's decision, the BBC's religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott said.

The City of London Corporation has "paused" its legal action against the anti-capitalist protest camp outside St Paul's Cathedral.

He was convicted of contesting crimes against humanity. The former Front National chief was convicted of the same charge in 2012 after saying France's Nazi occupation had been "not particularly inhumane". France has strict laws against Holocaust denial. Mr Le Pen told a journalist his remarks "corresponded to my thought that the gas chambers were a detail of the history of war". Asked if "millions of deaths" could be called "point of detail", Mr Le Pen said: "It is not a million deaths, it is the gas chambers. I'm talking about specific things. I have not talked about the number of dead. I spoke of a system. I said it was a detail of the history of warfare." As well as remarks about the Holocaust, Mr Le Pen said in 2014 that the Ebola virus could solve Europe's "immigration problem". He was expelled from the party he founded last year by his daughter Marine Le Pen, the current leader, over his extreme beliefs. In 2015, Ms Le Pen was acquitted of inciting hatred after comparing French Muslims to the Nazis who occupied France during the war.

Former French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has been fined 30,000 euros (£24,000; $34,000) for calling the Nazi gas chambers a "detail" of World War Two.

Bill Milward "turned up the ball" for the second day of Royal Shrovetide Football in his hometown of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The game has been played almost every year since at least the 17th Century. The match ended in a 1-1 draw after the Down'Ards goaled the ball late on Wednesday evening. Mr Milward said: "I did practice a little bit - I tried with one hand to start but it over balanced me. "Every year you look forward to Shrovetide. It's one of them things that gets in your blood." Day one ended with a goal for the Up'Ards - those born north of Henmore Brook, but Matthew Etherington goaled for the Down'Ards at Clifton Mill, on Wednesday. Mr Milward added: "Best day of my life - I couldn't have had a better time of it." He first took part in the sometimes violent game when he was "about nine or 10" and continued to play until the outbreak of World War Two. The veteran - awarded a Legion d'Honneur last year - drove an amphibious landing craft when the allies launched their invasion of Nazi occupied France in 1944. The crowd sang happy birthday to Mr Milward as well as the traditional renditions of Auld Lang Syne and God Save The Queen before he threw the ball into the crowd. Shrovetide Football through the ages

A D-Day veteran who started an ancient game of football on his 100th birthday has said it was one of the best days of his life.

A man in his 20s was found injured by police at a property in Jubilee Court, Banbury, at about 08:00 BST. He was taken to Horton General Hospital but later died. His next of kin have been informed. The woman, 26, and man, 22, both from Banbury, are being held in police custody. Det Supt Chris Ward, from the Thames Valley Police major crime unit, said: "This is not believed to be a random incident. "We are currently at the very early stages of this investigation and are in process of determining the exact circumstances which led to the victim's death."

A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a stabbing in an Oxfordshire town.

Clinton House Nursing Home in St Austell, Cornwall, which is run by the Morleigh Group, cares for 30 "vulnerable" adults. Extra qualified nursing staff were put in place "to safeguard the health, wellbeing and dignity" of residents when fears were raised in October. Cornwall Council said the "unusual and serious" decision to move residents had been taken due to safeguarding issues. More on the care home closure, and other news Morleigh, which runs six homes in Cornwall, has confirmed three others are being investigated. In a letter to relatives, owner Tricia Juleff said the home faced significant challenges and she had therefore decided "the best option" was to close it. She added a new chief executive had been appointed to work with the authorities to support the transition of residents from Clinton House. Christine Stewart, whose 85-year-old mother Sylvia lives at the home, said she knew it was under investigation but was shocked at how quickly the authorities had moved. Ms Stewart, who first raised concerns about the home in 2013, said it was a "heartbreaking" situation and while she "supported and applauded" the authorities' action, she was "appalled" residents had been allowed to suffer. "I am saddened, but not surprised, that the problems have been allowed to get serious enough to force the complete closure of the home. "Now they have the added disruption of moving and I imagine it will be extremely difficult for most of them to cope." An action group involving the council, NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group, Devon and Cornwall Police, NHS England and the Care Quality Commission (CQC), was set up after concerns were raised by a relative on 26 October. The police force said no arrests had been made, while the CQC said the findings of its recent inspections of four Morleigh premises would be reported "in due course". Others being investigated include St Theresa's Nursing Home in Callington, Elmsleigh Nursing Home in Par and Collamere in Lostwithiel.

A private care home has closed amid serious concerns for residents' safety.

Saeed Karimian, 45, was shot dead in the Maslak neighbourhood, along with his Kuwaiti business partner. The vehicle used in the apparent assassination was later found burnt out. Turkish police are investigating. Mr Karimian had previously been tried in absentia by a Tehran court and sentenced to six years in prison for spreading propaganda against Iran. It is understood he died immediately after the gunmen - who were reportedly masked - opened fire on the vehicle on Saturday evening, while his business partner died later in hospital. Gem TV, which dubs foreign and Western shows into Persian and broadcasts them into Iran, has been criticised by Iran for showing programmes that go against Islamic values and has been accused of spreading Western culture. Family members told the BBC's Jiyar Gol that Mr Karimian had been threatened by the regime the past three months, and as a result was planning to leave Istanbul and move back to London. However, sources within the Turkish government have suggested the killing may be related to business and gangs, our correspondent says. Gem Group was initially established in London, but later expanded to Dubai. According to the group's website, it has 17 Persian-language channels, plus one each in Kurdish, Azeri and Arabic.

The founder and chairman of the Persian-language Gem TV company has been killed in Istanbul.

The company says its Dtek50 smartphone offers improved security over rival Android devices, and will cost less than its previous handset Priv. It is the firm's second Android handset after switching focus away from its struggling BB10 platform. One analyst said the phone was the "right move" but that the company still faced an "uphill battle" with devices. "The real challenge is whether Blackberry can convince enough corporate buyers to buy a batch of mid-range phones," said Nick McQuire, analyst at CCS Insight. "A lot of that comes down to the beauty of the device and what it has inside, but more importantly the price." The Dtek50 is a touchscreen-only device, without the physical keyboard often associated with Blackberry. The firm's boss, John Chen, has been open about exploring new partnerships to reduce the cost of handset manufacture. The Dtek50 shares the design of the Idol 4 - a handset produced by Alcatel, a Chinese-owned rival. "It's certainly a low cost, low risk way of going about it," said Mr McQuire. "It's a necessary move for the handset business and delivers on a promise Mr Chen has been making, about complementing the Priv with a number of other devices." But Blackberry says the phone has unique internal hardware, with its chips protected by cryptographic keys to prevent tampering and thwart hackers. Blackberry was once the predominant name in smartphones, but was slow to adapt to an era of data-hungry multimedia devices with big touchscreens, ushered in by Apple's iPhone in 2007. Its new operating system - BB10 - was launched four years after Google had released its Android software. By then, Android had taken the largest share of the market. Blackberry released its first Android smartphone in 2015. But the Priv - a large touchscreen device with a slide-out keyboard - came with a premium price tag (£579 in the UK) that put some people off. "The fact that we came out with a high end phone was probably not as wise as it should have been," Mr Chen later told The National. Although it is best known for its handsets, Blackberry says a majority of its revenue comes from the software it licenses to companies and governments. That includes its enterprise server products, which let companies manage the smartphones they give to employees. Mr Chen has been clear that he would not continue to produce phone hardware if it became unsustainable. "The biggest challenge Blackberry faces is that it has to consistently educate customers that it's not a dying company," said Mr McQuire. "Fundamentally its software business is good, and financially has been much stabilised in the last 12 months. "But news reporters only tend to touch the handset business, that's what people like to read about. "Its software security business doesn't get the same headlines. It's a decent business, but it's boring."

Blackberry has launched its first touchscreen-only Android handset, in a bid to diversify its range of devices.

A total project cost of about £1.65m has been attached to the scheme. It would see the existing Jim Clark Room in Duns expanded and enhanced to let cars and trophies go on display. A design statement accompanying the planning application describes it as an "exciting opportunity" to raise the profile of the Scottish sporting hero. Scottish Borders Council has already committed almost £620,000 to the scheme with a similar sum being sought from the Heritage Lottery Fund. A minimum of £300,000 has been set as a target for community fundraising. "It is envisaged that the redeveloped museum will attract more tourists and motor racing enthusiasts alike thus contributing to the local economy and the Scottish Borders generally," said the design statement. "The proposed alterations respect the original design of the building, whilst also addressing issues with the condition of its fabric, by creating a contemporary, fit-for-purpose visitor attraction for the 21st Century." It is hoped the development could be completed by 2018 - the 50th anniversary of Clark's death at Hockenheim in Germany, aged just 32. The driver was born in Kilmany in Fife, but raised in the Borders, and was crowned Formula One world champion in 1963 and 1965. He won a total of 25 grand prix races.

Plans have been submitted for a museum in the Borders celebrating the achievements of two-time Formula One world champion Jim Clark.

A French art dealer, who has not been identified by police, filed a theft report after forgetting the picture in the cab's boot on Thursday. He reportedly became distracted by a call on his mobile and only noticed he no longer had the picture the next day. The work is Concetto Spaziale (Spatial concept) by Argentina-born Italian artist Lucio Fontana, who died in 1968. The dealer had been making his way to a modern art gallery in Paris's third arrondissement. He tried to locate the taxi he had used but was unsuccessful and on Saturday went to police, Le Parisien newspaper reported. But the driver returned the work on Tuesday, AFP news agency quoted police as saying. Fontana's picture is one of a series of abstracts he made featuring the piercing of the canvas to create an actual dimension of space and using light. The artist became known for founding the spacialist movement, which called for the art world to embrace science and technology, according to the Tate Gallery.

An artwork worth €1.5m ($1.6m; £1.25m) has been found after it was accidentally left in a taxi in Paris.

The Saddlers shipped four second-half goals to suffer their heaviest league defeat of the season at Bradford City on Saturday - and Whitney is looking to them to "man up" after the 4-0 loss. "If you don't care, you don't change things," he told BBC WM 95.6. "There were a few harsh words but sometimes you need to have them." Whitney, whose side lie six points behind second-placed Burton with a game in hand, added: "Promotion is just words, but you have to turn those words into action. "They have to man up. They need to show me who's ready for the fight." Whitney's team selection to face Shrewsbury was going to depend on how his players responded to his immediate post-match inquest at Valley Parade. "Places are available on Tuesday," said the interim Saddlers head coach. "I'm going to see who wants it. I'm going to see who's hungry. "I need to make decisions after looking at it with a calm head. But I've asked them: 'Did you really do enough to challenge Bradford City? Did you do enough to want to get promoted? Were you willing to put your head on the line?' "Sometimes that's what you have to do. It's not always about playing pretty football." Whitney has the option of bringing back fully fit-again defender Jason Demetriou against Shrewsbury. He can also bring back 18-goal top scorer Tom Bradshaw, who has started the last two games on the bench, to face his old club. Whitney is also wary that local rivals Shrewsbury upset another promotion-chasing side on their own ground on Saturday, winning 3-2 at Gillingham. Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro's fortuitous late winner ended an untimely run of seven games without a win to leave Micky Mellon's side four points clear of the relegation zone with a game in hand. Victory for Shrewsbury would guarantee League One safety with two games to go. The Shropshire side expect to have midfielder Ian Black fit after injuring his neck in the final minute on Saturday, but fellow midfielder James Wallace (knee) and defender Jermaine Grandison (hip) are big doubts.

Walsall boss Jon Whitney wants his players to react positively when they host League One strugglers Shrewsbury Town on Tuesday.

After Hugo Lloris was carried off, Kane slotted home and scored with a deflected shot as Spurs went 2-0 up. Jamie Vardy steered in an effort before Wes Morgan headed Leicester level. Media playback is not supported on this device Kane converted a penalty and Foxes defender Jeff Schlupp scored an own goal as Spurs, despite Nugent's late second strike, held on for victory. Leicester remain bottom of the table but will feel aggrieved at a controversial penalty decision going against them as referee Mike Dean adjudged Nugent had fouled Danny Rose when the pair collided with the game poised at 2-2. The Foxes again came away with nothing from a valiant display as they lost an 18th league game out of 29 this season. Tottenham's credentials had been questioned following the way they wilted at Manchester United last Sunday and, even though they secured three points, they remain unconvincing with their vulnerable defence having let in 14 goals in their last six league games. Nevertheless, the White Hart Lane side are three points off fourth-placed Manchester United, who play fifth-placed Liverpool on Sunday, and have Kane to thank for keeping their rivals within reach. Spurs had Lloris carried off on a stretcher four minutes in after right-back Kyle Walker clattered into him trying to tackle Vardy, with Michel Vorm replacing him. The home side still took the lead two minutes later, as a corner was flicked on at the near post by the boot of Eric Dier and Foxes keeper Kasper Schmeichel could only palm the ball into the path of Kane, who slotted home. The 21-year-old, called up to the England squad during the week, added his second with a shot which went in via a deflection off Foxes defender Robert Huth. The home side should have been 3-0 up but Nacer Chadli fired over after Christian Eriksen's shot hit the post. Media playback is not supported on this device Leicester manager Nigel Pearson picked an attacking line-up, consisting of three strikers in Vardy, Nugent and Leonardo Ulloa and the move appeared to have backfired. However, Vardy fired in following a cross from Nugent and Morgan headed in a corner as the visitors took two of the many chances they created to draw their side level. Leicester were in the ascendancy before referee Dean ruled Nugent had fouled Rose, with Kane making no mistake from the spot as he sent Schmeichel the wrong way. Schlupp's own goal after an Eriksen effort struck Schmeichel and bounced in off him looked to have put Tottenham out of reach but the visitors refused to give in. Nugent scored an injury-time goal but Leicester did not have enough time to salvage something from the game. Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: "It was a very tough game. We suffered until the end of the game because we conceded a third goal. "We knew before the game that Leicester are a very good team. I think they deserve more. It was a very tough game and I am happy with the result because three points was very important after the defeat at Manchester United. "It (Kane's hat-trick) was great. I am happy for him and the team. Now to look forward and keep going. "We need to improve because we conceded three goals." Speaking about the injury to Lloris, he added: "He's in hospital with the doctor and we wait for news. "He got a big cut on the tendon of his knee. We hope it's nothing big." Leicester boss Nigel Pearson: "I'm a bit tired of having people's sympathy. We have made mistakes but there was an awful lot of positive aspects of our performance. "Unfortunately, the game's big talking point will be another contentious decision that we are on receiving end of again. "We stayed in the game and stretched them until the very end. But we have to start winning games, it is as simple as that. "We've got to try to get to the last five games well in touch because four of them are at home." Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 4, Leicester City 3. Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 4, Leicester City 3. Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jeffrey Schlupp. Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 4, Leicester City 3. David Nugent (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamie Vardy with a headed pass following a fast break. Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Andy King. Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Mousa Dembélé replaces Ryan Mason. Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Esteban Cambiasso. Own Goal by Jeffrey Schlupp, Leicester City. Tottenham Hotspur 4, Leicester City 2. Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paulinho with a through ball. Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Wes Morgan. Attempt missed. Marcin Wasilewski (Leicester City) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross following a set piece situation. Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur). Matthew James (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing. Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Kyle Walker. Substitution, Leicester City. Riyad Mahrez replaces Robert Huth. Attempt missed. Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Eric Dier with a cross. Offside, Leicester City. Marcin Wasilewski tries a through ball, but Leonardo Ulloa is caught offside. Foul by Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham Hotspur). Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt missed. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nacer Chadli. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City). Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 3, Leicester City 2. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. Penalty Tottenham Hotspur. Danny Rose draws a foul in the penalty area. Penalty conceded by David Nugent (Leicester City) after a foul in the penalty area. Ryan Mason (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Matthew James (Leicester City). Attempt missed. Robert Huth (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matthew James with a cross following a corner. Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Danny Rose. Attempt blocked. Robert Huth (Leicester City) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Matthew James with a cross. Foul by Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur). Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing. Attempt blocked. Matthew James (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jamie Vardy. Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Paulinho replaces Andros Townsend. Attempt missed. Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Esteban Cambiasso. Foul by Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur). Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing. Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Leicester City 2. Wes Morgan (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matthew James with a cross following a corner.

Harry Kane's first Premier League hat-trick got Tottenham's challenge for a top-four spot back on track with a hard-fought win over Leicester.

In March 2015, officials and historians condemned IS for the destruction of the archaeological site, which dates back to the 13th Century BC. The UN's cultural body described the act as a war crime. IS says shrines and statues are "false idols" that have to be smashed. Nimrud lies about 30km (20 miles) south-east of the major city of Mosul, which Iraqi government forces are attempting to take from IS. An Iraqi military statement said: "Troops from the Ninth Armoured Division liberated Nimrud town completely and raised the Iraqi flag above its buildings after inflicting loss of life and equipment on the so-called Islamic State." Meanwhile, human rights activists have accused Kurdish forces in Iraq of demolishing the houses of Sunni Arabs in at least 20 villages and towns in areas which had been under the control of IS. According to Human Rights Watch, some Sunni Arab villages have been almost totally destroyed. It says this amounts to a pattern of apparently unlawful demolitions of houses and other buildings. Buildings were marked with a X before being demolished by bulldozers, it says. A deputy minister in the Kurdish regional government, Dindar Zebari, denied there were policies or instructions given to destroy Sunni Arab homes. Instead, Mr Zebari told the BBC, the Kurdish region was a safe haven for almost two million Sunni Arabs. He added that some villagers in the areas which had been destroyed had supported or become members of IS, and the damage to homes was either the result of air strikes or bombs placed in the villages as the militants retreated. The unrivalled riches of Nimrud

Iraqi government forces say they have captured Nimrud, the site of an ancient Assyrian city overrun by Islamic State (IS) group militants two years ago.

Marian Kotleba won 55.5% of the vote in the run-off against Vladimir Manka from the Smer-Social Democrat party. Mr Kotleba is a former leader of a banned far-right organisation who now leads the ultra-nationalist Our Slovakia party. He has previously organised marches against Slovakia's Roma minority. The now-banned neo-Nazi party which Mr Kotleba formerly led had expressed sympathy for the Nazi puppet state which ruled Slovakia during World War II. The former teacher has called for Slovakia to withdraw from Nato, which his party brands a "terrorist" organisation. Of Slovakia's other seven regions, six were won by the social democrats, the party of the Prime Minister Robert Fico, according to AP.

A right-wing extremist has been elected regional governor of Banska Bystrica in central Slovakia.

It is a well-thumbed copy of Catch 22, Joseph Heller's classic satirical novel on the absurdities of war; not an inappropriate choice for somebody who's spent her entire life amid one of the Middle East's most intractable conflicts. But Rawan's life is about to take a different direction. Currently a student at Gaza's Islamic University, she has just won a scholarship to Oxford University to study linguistics and Italian. She is looking forward to moving from the minarets of Gaza to the city of "dreaming spires". "I'm very excited. I can't wait," she smiles. "It's going to be different but it's going to be fun." Few have made such a journey. But what is even more unusual is that all the other students at Oxford's Jesus College will pay some of the cost of Rawan's studies. As part of the recently established Jesus College Junior Members Scholarship most of the other students have each agreed to pay £3.90 ($5.90) per term towards Rawan's fees. The scholarship was set up by Oxford graduate Emily Dreyfus after she realised that few Gazans had ever had the chance to study at one of Britain's most prestigious universities. She says most other students at Jesus were happy to contribute. "They voted for this from the outset. They recognise that this is a very small contribution to make which has a disproportionately positive benefit." The student contributions will raise around £6,300 a year towards Rawan's living costs. This is only a fraction of the estimated £30,000 annual costs needed to complete the four-year course. But the university has agreed to waive around 60% of the tuition fees. The rest of the costs are being paid for by three charities: The Hani Qaddumi Scholarship Foundation, the AM Qattan Foundation and the Hoping Foundation which supports Palestinian refugees around the world. Rawan still had to apply for and win the place against fierce competition, but she knows the other students at Jesus have given her a rare opportunity. "I really appreciate that Emily believed in people here and she gave somebody like me a life changing chance," she says. Rawan has only once before left the tiny Palestinian territory, when she went on a study trip to the United States. Israel's blockade of Gaza and the ongoing conflict with Hamas which governs here make it difficult for Palestinians to leave through Israel. In the past, Israel has refused permission for Palestinian students to leave Gaza in order to carry out studies abroad. It is likely Rawan will leave Gaza through Egypt in order to travel to Oxford. She is currently completing a degree in English literature studying, among other books, George Orwell's Animal Farm and William Golding's Lord of the Flies. She says her favourite book is Mornings In Jenin by the Palestinian American writer Susan AbulHawa. The novel follows the story of three generations of a Palestinian family who became refugees after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Rawan is also a fan of JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. "Her style of writing is very subtle. There are little things in her stories that grab your attention." Education is highly valued in Gaza. There are no fewer than seven universities in the territory for a population of 1.7 million people. But Rawan is expecting a different study experience at Oxford. "The education system is completely different. I'm going to have my own tutors not like in Gaza where I am among hundreds of students who have the same teacher." She will also have to get used to mixed education. At the Islamic University, where she studies now, men and women are taught separately. "I don't think it's going to be a problem. The culture there is obviously very different but I'm open to that." Rawan also accepts that she is going to miss home. "Of course I will be homesick. But I have to go through that and get used to it because I have something more important to achieve." Emily Dreyfus expects the young Palestinian will be given a warm welcome. "I'm confident that she's going to have a wonderful time and I know that there are a lot of people at the college eager to meet her and to welcome her to their community." And Rawan is looking forward to telling people about a different side of life in Gaza. "Most people think it's like a war zone here and that everyone here is really depressed and involved in politics," she says. "But it's not always about war. It's also about families, friends and love. It's not only about the conflict with Israel." And despite the chance to broaden her horizons, she is adamant that once she has finished her four years in Oxford, she will return to Gaza. "I still haven't thought about what I'll do after university but I'll definitely come back here. Although it may seem difficult to live here, it's still interesting and adventurous at times," she says with a wry smile. "There is ugliness in Gaza but you can't leave it and turn your back on it."

Rawan Yaghi is a bookish 19 year old who, appropriately for a student of literature, arrives to meet me in Gaza with a text tucked under her arm.