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Ministers said the £3.2m plan would make sure patients benefited from the most up-to-date technological advances.
A cochlear implant is surgically-implanted behind the ear.
It works with a sound processor to allow people with severe deafness to regain some hearing.
The effect can be dramatic - helping profoundly deaf children to go to mainstream schools and older people to be less isolated.
Newer processors are being developed all the time which improve sound quality.
Until now, they were only replaced if they stopped working.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said the government investment would "improve patients' quality of life".
She said: "This is a substantial investment in a small, specialised service which will make a real difference to those children and adults who rely on cochlear implants for a better quality of life.
"For children, especially young children, cochlear implants can give an understanding of sound that will help them develop speech and language skills that allow them to integrate into mainstream society.
"The technology in this area is developing all the time, with newer, better processors becoming available that can improve sound quality and the functionality of the device.
"It is only right that we give patients access to this life-changing technology and I'm extremely pleased to be able to announce the funding that will deliver a roll-out of this national five-year upgrade programme."
About one in every 1,000 children is severely or profoundly deaf by the age of three and this rises to two in 1,000 by the age of 16.
The use of cochlear implants is also increasing among older people who develop deafness as part of the ageing process.
Heather Gray, director of the National Deaf Children's Society Scotland, welcomed news of the technology roll-out.
She said: "With the right support, we know that deaf children can achieve as much as their hearing peers.
"But the persisting education attainment gap for deaf children shows we still have much to do to ensure we are getting it right for this small, often overlooked group of children.
"This investment is a step towards closing the gap and is very welcome."
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Severely deaf people who use cochlear implants will receive the latest hearing aid upgrades every five years, the Scottish government has announced.
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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said it wanted to ensure it did a "better job" next time Llanrwst faced flooding.
Some residents have complained a demountable dam was not raised early enough across the street to prevent nearby homes flooding on 26 December.
It was introduced as part of a £6.5m flood relief scheme across the area.
Officials, including NRW staff, met with residents to discuss concerns during a drop-in session on Thursday.
Llanrwst flood warden Sandra Holmes said: "Everybody is angry because all the areas that flooded or had sewerage problems, all of them could have been prevented.
"We've escaped before. The flood scheme does work and it has worked but it wasn't used."
The temporary flood barrier is kept in-situ and can be assembled in times of high flood risk.
Asked why the dam was not raised sooner, Tim Jones from NRW said: "The investigation will look into why it wasn't raised earlier, why the road wasn't closed at an earlier time.
"We need to find out what happened and why it happened and learn from that, so that next time we have a flood here we can do a better job."
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An investigation has been launched amid claims a flood relief dam was not raised in time to help prevent homes from flooding in Conwy county.
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Fans queued overnight for a chance to get on-the-day tickets for the sold-out production at the Barbican Centre.
Although the official press night is not until 25 August, some early reviews of the performance emerged on Thursday.
Writing in the Daily Mail, Jan Moir called Cumberbatch "electrifying" and "completely amazing" and gave the production five stars.
"By the time he took his bows... drenched in sweat, the audience were on their feet, clamouring for more," she wrote.
But The Times' Kate Maltby was less impressed, writing: "Cumberbatch has all the energy Hamlet requires, sweating around the Barbican stage like an oleaginous electric eel, but there's little subtlety in this performance."
"This is Hamlet for kids raised on Moulin Rouge," her two-star write-up continued.
"It's a wasted opportunity: Pure theatrical self-indulgence."
The appearance of reviews based on the production's first preview performance provoked dissent on Twitter.
Times columnist David Aaronovitch suggested his colleague Kate Maltby had shown courage in writing a negative appraisal of such a keenly anticipated production.
But actor Kerry Shale called her actions "unprofessional", while comedian David Baddiel said it set "a frightening precedent".
In a statement, the show's producers said: "No critics were granted access to the first preview of Hamlet. Our opening night remains 25 August 2015.
"Official photography from the production is due to be released early next week and therefore any current photography from the production is unauthorised."
Three years ago, Cumberbatch told the Daily Telegraph that the role of Hamlet was one he had "been interested in for a long time."
"I don't know if there is such a thing as a right age to play the part, but 36 or 37 seems appropriate to me, so I need to do it before long," he said.
The production is directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.
Friedman said she was "thrilled" to be producing the show, describing its star as "one of the most gifted and exciting actors of his generation".
The 39-year-old was last seen on stage in 2011, in the National Theatre's production of Frankenstein, directed by Danny Boyle.
He won an Olivier Award for his performance.
Cumberbatch earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.
The 26-year-old centre is joined by Wales wing Jasmine Joyce, who is the only female non-English player.
Glasgow Warriors centre Mark Bennett, who has 16 caps for Scotland, is one of four players from the 15-a-side game included in the men's squad.
The others are Scarlets' James Davies, Harlequins' Ollie Lindsay-Hague and Newcastle's Marcus Watson.
All four have previous sevens experience.
Davies is one of two Welshmen included, alongside Wales Sevens player Sam Cross, while Scotland Sevens regular Mark Robertson also makes the cut, with the rest of the squad coming from the England Sevens set-up, and Tom Mitchell as captain.
Britain's men will face New Zealand, Kenya and Japan at Rio, while the women play Brazil, Canada and Japan.
The confirmation of Team GB's rugby sevens players brings to an end all squad announcements before the games, which begin on 5 August.
Team GB chef de mission Mark England believes this is their "most talented team ever".
Rio marks the first time rugby sevens has appeared at the Olympics, although the 15-a-side game featured at the 1924 Games.
Team GB's women - under the guidance of Simon Middleton - have trained together since October, while the men's group coaches by Simon Amor assembled as late as May.
Great Britain sevens men: Mark Bennett (Glasgow Warriors, hometown - Glasgow), Dan Bibby (England Sevens, Putney), Phil Burgess (England Sevens, Farnborough), Sam Cross (Wales Sevens, Newport), Alex Davis (England Sevens, Bristol), James Davies, (Carmarthen), Ollie Lindsay Hague (Harlequins, London), Tom Mitchell (England Sevens, Wandsworth), Dan Norton (England Sevens, Bristol), James Rodwell (England Sevens, Cotteridge), Mark Robertson (Scotland Sevens, Galashiels), Marcus Watson (England Sevens, Weybridge).
Travelling reserves: Luke Treharne (Wales Sevens), Ruaridh McConnochie (England Sevens).
Great Britain sevens women: Claire Allan (England Sevens, Ealing), Abbie Brown (England Sevens, Exeter), Heather Fisher (England Sevens, Birmingham), Natasha Hunt (England Sevens, Gloucester), Jasmine Joyce (Wales Sevens, Haverfordwest), Katy McLean (England Sevens, South Shields), Alice Richardson (England Sevens, Worcester), Emily Scarratt (England Sevens, Leicester), Emily Scott (England Sevens, Corringham), Danielle Waterman (England Sevens, Bristol), Joanne Watmore, (England Sevens, Chester), Amy Wilson-Hardy (England Sevens, Poole).
Travelling reserves: Megan Jones (England Sevens) and Kay Wilson (England Sevens).
Bus operator EMT is putting up new signs showing a seated male figure, legs akimbo, next to a big red cross.
A similar campaign is planned for the city's Metro system.
The move follows an online petition by a women's campaign group, which garnered more than 12,000 signatures.
Manspreading - which was accepted as a word in the online Oxford dictionary two years ago - is already discouraged in some other cities around the world.
EMT said in a statement (in Spanish) that the aim of the new signs was to remind male travellers "of the need to maintain civic behaviour and to respect the space of everyone on board the bus".
The women's group Mujeres en Lucha (Women in Struggle) said in its online petition that it was not uncommon on public transport to see women "with their legs closed and very uncomfortable because there is a man next to her invading her space".
It's hashtag #MadridSinManspreading (#MadridWithoutManspreading) has been widely used on social media.
In 2014, New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority decided to crack down on the manspreading scourge with signs on the city's Metro that read: "Dude... stop the spread, please."
The US city of Philadelphia also launched a "Dude, it's Rude" campaign, while Seattle's transport provider put up signs showing an octopus with its tentacles draped over bordering seats.
Olivia Watling, a 15-year-old student from Ramsey in the Isle of Man, was admitted to Liverpool's Alder Hey hospital in November.
Her wish was granted by Little Mix singer Jade Thirlwall after the campaign #littlemix4livvy was launched by pupils at her school.
Jade said the band wanted to send "all their love" to Olivia.
Referencing the nickname given to Little Mix's fans, Jade said she had heard Olivia was a "massive Mixer".
A spokeswoman for the campaign, said: "Livvy woke up to the message and has been showing it to all her nurses.
"Well done to everyone that made this happen - just to see the smile on Livvy's face is so very special."
Her aunt Andrea Holroyd said: "Liv went to see Little Mix last year, she knows all the songs and all the dances.
"I can't tell you how amazing Liv is - she is in so much pain but she is so incredibly strong and brave. We are just finding things to lift her spirits."
Derek McCallan told BBC NI's The View programme that political uncertainty was not good for local government.
Last month, Stormont's power-sharing institutions collapsed over the fall-out from a botched green energy scheme.
A snap election will now take place on 2 March.
Mr McCallan said that the sooner "normal service is resumed", the better from the perspective of NILGA.
However, he added that if it is not resumed, a devolution bill "that goes beyond Stormont" is needed.
"Eleven councils now, seamlessly since 1972, have been delivering services, and they want to plan their local economies," he said.
"They want to assemble land, they want to get regeneration, they want to work with other government departments.
"If there isn't a budget in this looming uncertainty, then give the councils the power and the resources to do the job."
Last week, the head of Bombardier in Northern Ireland, Michael Ryan, said the manufacturing sector also needs to see a swift political resolution at Stormont.
Mr Ryan was speaking at an event that highlighted the importance of having an industrial strategy in Northern Ireland.
Former Moldovan runner Ciobanu missed out on one of the three places even though he was third fastest of the Irish qualifiers for Rio.
Fourth fastest Pollock was chosen along with the two quickest qualifiers Kevin Seaward and Mick Clohisey.
Ciobanu appealed Athletics Ireland's decision but this was turned down.
The Moldovan native has the option of launching a further appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne while supporters of Ciobanu are also said to be ready to deliver a petition to the Irish Minister for Sport, the Olympic Council of Ireland and Athletics Ireland.
Pollock's impressive 14th place at the World Half Marathon in March, plus his 21st spot at the World Championship marathon in 2013 led to the Holywood runner's selection.
Arthur Lanigan O'Keefe was also ratified on Friday to compete for Ireland in the modern pentathlon.
Drogheda took the lead through Sam O'Connor on the 33rd minute after Derry had dominated the early exchanges.
Derry's Rory Patterson saw a penalty saved but the Candystripes got another spot-kick 17 minutes from time.
It looked a harsh decision against keeper Stephen McGuinness who was unable to stop Aaron McEneff's penalty.
The replay is at United Park on Tuesday night.
Derry will feel they had enough chances to win the game on the night, but it was the Drogheda management who were protesting to referee Paul Tuite after the match.
The key decision came in the 73rd minute when experienced official Tuite ruled that keeper McGuinness had fouled Derry debutant Lukas Schubert.
It seemed McGuinness had got the ball before the Austrian, pushing the ball behind for a corner.
But a penalty was given and, with Patterson having failed form the spot earlier, McEneff stepped up to score his first goal for the Candstripes.
The first penalty was in the 57th minute after Josh Daniels had been tripped just inside the box by Kenneth Costello, but striker Patterson saw his casually-taken effort saved by McGuinness.
Early in the second half McEneff hit the crossbar twice while Schubert saw an effort strike the post as Derry pressed for a late winner.
The Everton midfielder's thigh injury has prevented him from training fully since he linked up with the Republic squad on Monday.
McCarthy, 25, may not be risked in Friday's friendly against the Netherlands but O'Neill said he would "definitely" be in his Euro 2016 squad.
"The doctor tells me he's making good progress," said O'Neill on Wednesday.
"He's got a little bit of time. He's been an important part of the team over the last two years.
"It's one of those things you just want to be right rather than rushing back."
McCarthy, who has won 33 Irish caps, missed the Euro 2012 finals to be with his ill father.
O'Neill reported that Ciaran Clark's ankle injury is "improving" while Shane Long was able to train even though he still has stitches in his knee injury.
While McCarthy's squad spot is secure, the Republic boss has decisions to make over his midfield options.
Eunan O'Kane, Harry Arter, David Meyler, Stephen Quinn and Darron Gibson are all battling to impress O'Neill and the manager admitted that he has still to make up his mind on his central midfield permutations.
"That's an area we'd certainly be having a look at and we'll be looking until after the second game (against Belarus).
"There are one or two places at this minute that are still undecided.
"The players I am talking about may have not had much game time, so it is these training sessions and matches that will ultimately make my mind up."
O'Neill also has a decision to make on which three goalkeepers to bring to France and Shay Given may be handed an opportunity to prove his sharpness in Friday's game against the Dutch.
West Ham keeper Darren Randolph looks certain to be named in the squad with Given, Millwall's David Forde and Sheffield Wednesday's Keiren Westwood the contenders for the remaining two positions.
Given, 40, returned to Stoke duty last month after being out of action since sustaining a knee injury in the Republic's win over Germany last October.
The veteran hobbled off at half-time in Stoke's defeat by Manchester City four weeks ago but fears that he suffered a serious groin injury proved unfounded.
The Republic play the Dutch in Dublin on Friday night before facing Belarus in Cork on 31 May.
Their first match at the tournament is against Sweden in Paris on 13 June, with Belgium and Italy their other opponents in Group E.
It is a first world title for the Australian, who was third in the 2010 Formula 1 championship for Red Bull.
Webber's car experienced technical problems but a fifth-place finish was enough to take the title.
Audi's Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer came second when a win would have given them the crown.
Webber, 39, is in his second season of endurance racing after retiring from F1 in 2013.
His Porsche car number 17, shared with German Bernhard and New Zealander Hartley, had won the previous four races before the season-ending event in Sakhir.
The sister Porsche car number 18 of Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas won the race.
A government statement said there was no religious violence in the country.
The group are believed to be part of a government-sponsored delegation, mainly comprising supporters of the governing party.
Ghana is seen as one of West Africa's most peaceful and prosperous countries.
"The basis for this alleged request is completely false as no religious conflict is taking place in Ghana," said a statement from Deputy Information Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
"Ghana's mission in Brazil has been instructed to liaise with the Brazilian authorities to investigate the matter."
They have filed their applications in the southern city of Caxias do Sul, in one of Brazil's most prosperous areas.
The Brazilian authorities believe many of the Ghanaians are looking for the right to work legally in the country.
"This region - Serra Gaucha - is known as an area of full employment," federal police chief Noerci da Silva Melo said in Caxias do Sul, speaking to Agencia Brasil news agency.
"It has became a magnet for foreign workers. You go through the streets and you can see many Haitians and Senegalese selling pirate CDs and watches. The area is overcrowded now."
Source: Ghana's embassy in US
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Police said another 1,000 Ghanaians are expected to request refugee status once the tournament is over.
However, Ghana's Sports Minister Mahama Ayariga told the BBC he doubted this.
Those who have requested asylum are believed to be part of the official group of 650 fans sent to Brazil to support the national team.
Officials have previously said that the delegation mostly comprised supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).
"We feel scandalized," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
Caxias do Sul is more than 1,600 km (1,000 miles) away from the venues where the Ghanaian team played - the north-eastern cities of Natal and Fortaleza and in the capital, Brasilia.
Brazilian legislation allows potential refugees to work legally in the country once they have filed for asylum.
Most of the Ghanaian asylum-seekers in Caxias do Sul have been given shelter by local Roman Catholic churches.
Hamilton's Mercedes led Vettel's Ferrari by 0.196 seconds as Red Bull's Max Verstappen took third from the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.
Hamilton spent the first part of the session swapping fastest times with Bottas but edged clear by 0.366secs.
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Button ended up 0.141secs off the pace of McLaren team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne.
The 2009 world champion is standing in for Fernando Alonso while the Spaniard is racing in America at the Indianapolis 500 this weekend.
Button, who has moved to California and has spent the time since his retirement at the end of last season training and qualifying for the triathlon world championships, played himself in gently with a long run on the soft tyres before moving on to the popular ultra-soft, on which most running will be done this weekend.
He had not driven the car before this weekend, eschewing the chance to test in Bahrain in April because he felt it would be useless.
At the front, Mercedes appear to have a small edge on Ferrari at this early stage and Red Bull look to have taken a further step towards the top two teams after progress at the last race in Barcelona.
Verstappen damaged his car and needed repairs in the middle of the session but was sent back out again to end up 0.346secs off Hamilton's pace.
Red Bull said Verstappen had damaged his car's floor, probably by bouncing over the kerbs at the fast left-right at the Swimming Pool. When he was sent back out again, he ended up 0.346secs off Hamilton's pace.
His team-mate Daniel Ricciardo was fifth quickest, 0.083secs behind the Dutchman.
Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat was sixth fastest using the harder super-soft tyre, with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen seventh.
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Royal Navy pilot Lt Nick Grimmer heard the kitten meowing a day after travelling from Birmingham to the Royal Naval Air Station in Culdrose.
He dismantled the car with colleagues and found the kitten hiding inside the bumper of his BMW.
The kitten has been named Tigger by the pilot's colleagues in the 814 Naval Air Squadron, known as the Flying Tigers.
Lt Grimmer, 32, said: "The place he has felt most comfortable is in my flying helmet, which is the only place he is able to sleep."
The pilot picked up his car at Birmingham Airport on Monday and drove to the air base via Bristol and Bath.
He thought it most likely the kitten had climbed inside the car while it was parked for several days at Birmingham Airport.
He said the kitten was unharmed by the journey and he and colleagues are now trying to find his owners.
John Parker, 43, of Birkin Avenue, Hyson Green, was found in Hedderley Walk, in St Ann's, on Sunday, and died shortly after arriving at hospital.
Jonathan Jones, 39, of Barbury Drive, Clifton, is due to appear before magistrates charged with murder.
Detectives have more time to question another 39-year-old man who is also being detained on suspicion of murder.
A 14-year-old boy, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, has been released without charge.
A 35-year-old woman who was arrested on suspicion of GBH, which was related to an earlier incident involving the victim, has been bailed pending further inquiries.
Police still want to trace the occupants of a silver Ford Focus, which was seen in the Hedderley Walk area at the time of the incident.
It is not believed the occupants of the car were involved in the incident, but they may have more information.
Public Health England says 30 athletes and support staff have been affected, with two cases confirmed as the bug.
Botswana's leading 400m contender Isaac Makwala says he is "ready to run" in Tuesday's final despite being withdrawn from the 200m heats after vomiting.
German and Canadian athletes staying at the Tower Hotel fell ill last week.
A further 30 Germans due to arrive on Tuesday will be moved to other hotels.
German triple jumper Neele Eckhardt collapsed but was well enough to compete on Saturday, and was last in Monday's final.
The Ireland team, who are also staying at the hotel, have confirmed that one athlete - 400m hurdler Thomas Barr - has been affected.
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A Local Organising Committee (LOC) statement said: "There have been a number of cases reported by team members residing within one of the official team hotels.
"Those affected have been supported by both team and LOC medical staff. In addition we have been working with Public Health England to ensure the situation is managed and contained.
"As a result, further advice and guidelines have been issued to team doctors and support staff."
The Tower Hotel said investigations conducted with environmental health officers and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had shown the hotel was "not the source of the illness". That has also been confirmed by Public Health England.
The hotel added: "We have followed strict hygiene protocol, ensuring that those affected are not in contact with other guests and all public areas have been thoroughly sanitised."
Makwala, 30, was one of the favourites for the 200m.
And he is considered to be the main challenger to Olympic champion and world record holder Wayde van Niekerk in the 400m
The IAAF said Makwala withdrew from Monday's 200m heats "due to a medical condition on the instruction of the IAAF medical delegate".
He told BBC Sport: "I could have run. I did my warm up well and I was ready to run.
"This is bad. Sometimes I feel heartbroken. Yesterday, I was ready for this. I worked hard for this."
Niels de Vos, the head of UK Athletics and London 2017, said strict procedures were in place at the hotel in question.
"I guess in any event when you have 20,000 minimum accredited people coming in from every corner of the world there is the possibility that someone might come in with a bug and we think that's what's happened here," he said.
"We've moved people as appropriate and where people are coming in we've found alternative accommodation for them so we're doing absolutely everything we can."
Michelle Roberts, BBC Health
Stomach bugs that cause diarrhoea and vomiting are very common and easy to catch. You can get them from eating contaminated food or through contact with people who have got gastroenteritis.
If that infected person doesn't wash their hands before handling your food or touching objects and surfaces that you then touch, there's a good chance you could get sick too.
A person with gastroenteritis is most infectious from when their symptoms start until a couple of days after all their symptoms have gone.
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We've been poring through the division lists to get a Welsh breakdown of the House of Commons vote in favour of air strikes against so-called Islamic State targets in Syria.
The 11 Welsh Tory MPs voted with the government. Four Welsh Labour MPs - Stephen Doughty, Chris Bryant, Wayne David and Susan Elan Jones - voted with the government.
Twenty of the 25 Welsh Labour MPs voted against air strikes, including shadow cabinet members Nia Griffith and Owen Smith. They were joined by Kevin Brennan, Geraint Davies, Chris Evans, David Hanson, Paul Flynn, Carolyn Harris, Huw Irranca-Davies, Gerald Jones, Stephen Kinnock, Ian Lucas, Madeleine Moon, Christina Rees, Jo Stevens, Nick Smith, Mark Tami and Nick Thomas-Symonds,
Wales's only Liberal Democrat MP, Mark Williams, defied his party leadership to vote against military action.
Plaid Cymru's Hywel Williams and Jonathan Edwards voted against bombing and Liz Saville Roberts was a 'teller' for the noes (technically, her vote isn't counted).
Ann Clwyd is unwell and was absent from the vote.
Cardiff South and Penarth MP Mr Doughty told me afterwards: "We have to respect that the Labour Party is a broad family. People have genuine and principled views, including Jeremy. I respectfully disagreed with them on this occasion, but that doesn't mean that people don't think these things through very carefully."
Delyn MP David Hanson said: "It took a lot of deliberation but I didn't believe in the prime minister's plan for after the air strikes."
"I still support action against IS if it was under a concerted UN resolution with a proper ground plan. I also still support the action against IS in Syria."
26 November 2014 Last updated at 14:28 GMT
The giant tree is 45 metres tall and is actually made of 1,700 smaller trees put together.
The branches are decorated by 48,000 lights!
The organisers of Dortmund's Christmas market say the tree is the largest "real" Christmas tree in the world.
It examines how education is shaping the future in different ways around the world. It is the successor to the award-winning Knowledge Economy series.
If you have any ideas about an international education story send an email to the Global Education editor, Sean Coughlan, at [email protected]
You can join the debate about some of these stories at the BBC's Family & Education News Facebook page.
The seaside resort is the only Welsh location to feature in the list of top 10 places to visit.
London finished top and Edinburgh second in the list based on tourist reviews.
TripAdvisor spokesman James Kay said the fact Llandudno is a "great value destination" means it can hold its own against big-city rivals.
The 41-year-old beat Ricky Walden to progress at the Barbican in York.
The Welshman trailed 5-3 before winning three successive frames.
"I've been watching [at this stage] on TV but it's nice to be here," he said. "As it's colder and I'm not playing golf, I'm really enjoying playing."
Williams said he took "a few months off" after losing 13-3 to Ding Junhui in the quarter-finals of the World Championship in April.
But he moved into the last 16 of the UK Championship by making his experience count in a nervy finale.
"When I went 5-3 down, it could have been 5-3 either way," Williams told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"I made a lot of one-frame visits but I kept losing the scrappy frames, which are the ones I normally win.
"I'm over the moon because I know it was a big game for both of us. I'm 16th and he's 17th in the rankings so I knew it was going to be a lot of nerves both ways."
Police arrested Reuben Stretton, 20, of no fixed address, on Friday and charged him with the murder of 20-year-old Isaac Williams.
Mr Williams, who was found injured in Cropthorne Avenue, Evington, on 21 April, died in hospital on Monday.
A second man, Devan Garner, 19, of Octon Close, Hamilton, Leicester, has also been charged with his murder.
Charlotte Ford, 22, also of Octon Close, Hamilton, was charged with perverting the course of justice.
Mr Williams has been described by friends and family as a "quiet, polite lad".
Former coach Jon Whike said: "He was easy to coach, always smiling, with a big grin on his face."
A tribute on the Railwaymen's Boxing Club's Facebook page said: "Rest in peace Isaac a polite talented young man - our thoughts are with family and friends."
Ramush Haradinaj, 48, served as a rebel commander in the 1998-1999 Kosovo conflict, which eventually led to Kosovo declaring independence.
He was arrested last week on a warrant from Serbia, apparently from 2004.
A judge in the French city of Colmar says he cannot leave the country.
Mr Haradinaj, now an opposition leader in Kosovo, was arrested by police at Basel Mulhouse Freiburg airport, close to the Swiss and German borders in eastern France on 4 January.
The arrest increased tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008 and has demanded Belgrade drop its efforts to prosecute people linked to the conflict.
"All of this is a circus. This is an abuse of the law and what you are doing is political," Mr Haradinaj told the court during the hearing.
Kosovo's government called his release "a first step" and hoped that he would "soon benefit from full and total freedom to return to Kosovo".
The former rebel leader was briefly detained by Slovenian police in 2015 but soon released.
He was a commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army during the 1990s conflict, and Serbia alleges he oversaw a campaign of torture and murder against ethnic Serbs.
Mr Haradinaj has consistently denied the allegations, and stepped down as prime minister after just 100 days to face the charges.
He twice faced war crimes charges at the UN, but was acquitted both times.
James Allen, 36, was arrested in south Leeds at 07:20 BST and is being held on suspicion of murder.
Colin Dunford, 81, was found dead in Middlesbrough on Monday and the body of Julie Davison, 50, was found in Whitby on Wednesday.
Cleveland Police and North Yorkshire Police had issued an urgent appeal to find Mr Allen following the killings.
Mr Allen was arrested on his birthday after an off-duty officer saw a man fitting his description.
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Milsom, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "An off-duty officer travelling to work this morning saw a man fitting the description of James Allen on Crown Point Road in Leeds.
"They called for colleagues in support who arrived quickly and an arrest was made.
"We would like to thank all members of the community who have been contacting us to assist in this matter."
Mr Dunford, who was last seen alive at around 17:00 BST on Sunday, had suffered serious head injuries as a result of a significant assault according to a post-mortem examination.
He was found dead at his terrace house in Leven Street, Middlesbrough, on Monday.
Detectives said there was no sign of forced entry at the house.
Ms Davison, who lived alone, was found dead by her sister at her rented flat in Church Square, in Whitby, on Wednesday.
She had also suffered serious head injuries, police said.
Mr Allen, who is originally from Blackpool, is believed to have known Mr Dunford when he lived next door to him in Leven Street about a year ago but is not thought to have known Ms Davison.
Police linked the two deaths on Thursday and, after sightings of the suspect were reported in Leeds on Friday, three forces joined the search, with more than 100 detectives working on the case.
Judge Aydin Sefa Akay, from the UN's Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, was convicted of being a member of a designated terrorist group.
He faces more than seven years in prison if an appeal fails.
Separately, protests have erupted in Ankara over the jailing of an opposition secularist MP.
Enis Berberoglu from the Republican People's Party (CHP), the main opposition party, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for leaking "secret information" to a newspaper.
He is accused of handing over evidence showing Turkish intelligence services transporting arms over the border to Syria, a story which angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The editor and several writers from Cumhuriyet, which published the story, were detained in the wake of the July 2016 attempted coup as part of a widespread crackdown.
CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu joined protesters in the capital, and vowed to march all the way to Istanbul, about 450km (280 miles) away if necessary, the AFP news agency reported.
"I am going to walk and I am going to walk all the way to Istanbul," he was quoted as saying. "And we will continue this march until there is justice in Turkey."
The CHP, founded by Turkey's first president of the modern era, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, has not been subjected to the same clampdown as Kurdish opposition groups since the failed coup.
Judge Akay, however, was detained in the subsequent crackdown, along with tens of thousands of other officials.
Mr Akay has now been convicted of membership of the Gulen movement, founded by exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.
He has been released pending an appeal, but his passport has been confiscated and he is banned from leaving the country, the UN said in a statement.
The MICT, which is a subsidiary of the UN Security Council, has made repeated requests for his release, including an order in January which it says is legally binding on the Turkish government.
The president of the MICT, Judge Meron, said Turkey's action was "in further breach of Judge Akay's protected status under the international legal framework".
He urged the Turkish government to respect Mr Akay's status "and to resolve the situation consistent with international law".
Mr Akay is involved in reviewing the 30-year sentence given to Augustin Ngirabatware, a former Rwandan planning minister, by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
A part of the Turkish case against him was the use of encrypted communication service Bylock, Dogan news agency said, which Turkey says was created for Gulen supporters.
Turkey blames the Gulenist movement for the coup attempt and classifies it as a terrorist organisation.
Mr Gulen, who lives in exile in the United States, has denied involvement.
Followers of voodoo, or vodou as it spelled in Creole, which was brought to the Caribbean country through the slave trade in the 16th and 17th Centuries, celebrated the spirits of Baron Samdi and others.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has upheld a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) appeal after the 34 players - past and present - were initially cleared.
The players, including 12 currently registered with Essendon, are suspended for the 2016 season.
It was alleged the players were administered a banned peptide.
The long-running case has been through several layers of Australian and international sports governance. Essendon coach James Hird was banned for 12 months and the team's sports scientist Stephen Dank - alleged to have administered the banned substance, which promotes muscle growth - is still appealing.
He was previously found guilty of "trafficking, attempting to traffic and complicity in matters related to a range of prohibited substances".
The 2012 investigation examined the club's player supplements and sports science programme.
Essendon chairman Lindsay Tanner said the club was "currently digesting the decision" and would provide a further response shortly.
The Cas panel ruled that the players, including skipper Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell and Michael Hurley, were "significantly at fault".
Seventeen of the 34 have since retired or been delisted. The Australian rules season starts in March.
The 19-year-old, who cannot be named, was held in care by Somerset County Council.
The Court of Protection said the lack of a "proper investigation" showed a "systematic failure" by the council.
The council said it had apologised to the family for the distress caused.
At a hearing at the court in Bristol, Judge Nicholas Marston said staff had failed to respect the human rights of the woman and her family, who come from Yeovil.
The court was told that just before a period of respite care in May 2013, the woman's mother noticed bruising on her daughter's chest and contacted a doctor and respite care staff.
But after her admission staff concluded her injuries were unlikely to have been self-inflicted as no self-harm had been witnessed.
Based on medical report findings that it was "highly likely" the woman had received a "significant injury from someone or something other than herself", social workers decided she could not return home.
But a day before her mother spotted bruising, the judge said staff at her specialist school saw her "hitting herself on the sternum area".
Judge Marston said this information would have been "easily discoverable" if social workers had carried out a "proper investigation".
A spokesman for Somerset County Council said it accepted the court's ruling but it had been "completely motivated by serious concern for the young lady's welfare".
"We are working closely with them [the family] to provide the right care and support for their daughter now and in the future," he said.
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About 1.3m Britons live in European countries outside the UK, with 319,000 of them in Spain.
BBC North West Tonight asked people living in Salou for their thoughts, and also spoke to tourists in the wider Catalonia region.
Until recently, that was quite a common view in Britain, not just in certain newspapers but among many politicians. But a visit to Brighton this week should have been enough to convince anyone that games have serious value.
In the Metropole Hotel, often home to feverish politicking during party conferences, a less formally attired crowd has gathered for Britain's largest games conference. Develop, as the name suggests, is mainly for games developers, and they come to Brighton to listen (or doze through) presentations, to meet technology suppliers but above all to network.
This show is not so much for the US-owned publishing giants but for the myriad of tiny firms which make up Britain's thriving, if precarious, games development scene - and they desperately need to make contacts.
Typical was a two-man firm called Strangely Named, showing off "Bears Can't Drift?", a simple, attractive, racing game which they are building while holding down full-time jobs as university lecturers in games design.
But in the crowd of designers, students, entrepreneurs and technology vendors, there are also some research scientists. Their fields are genetics, public health and medical history and they have been invited here by the Wellcome Trust, the global public health charitable foundation.
Why? Well they have come to see the results of a project which seeks to prove that games industry skills can solve a problem which is puzzling scientists in many fields - how to handle big data. The Wellcome Trust, which somewhat to my surprise has been working with the games industry for some years, has decided that virtual reality might offer an answer.
So it has teamed up with Epic Games to launch the VR Big Data challenge, a contest where developers have to come up with innovative ways to visualise huge datasets. The finalists are gathered in the Metropole Hotel, showing off their projects to the research scientists who might use them.
The game developers can choose from three datasets - the University of Bristol's ALSPAC study of children born in the early 1990s, the Sanger Institute's genome browser, and the historical Casebooks Project which examines 80,000 medical records from the 16th and 17th Centuries.
Five finalists ask visitors to put on virtual reality headsets - the kind you might soon use to play a game - and take a wander through 3D data visualisations. An Australian team puts me in an HTC Vive headset to show me how a medical researcher might compare children to see whether there are common patterns among those with certain medical conditions. My guide through the visualisation is actually in Melbourne, but appears in my screen as a wand of light.
The contest is won by another firm tackling the child dataset, LumaPie. I ask one of the team, Pascal Auberson, why putting on a VR headset might be more useful to a researcher than simply examining a spreadsheet or looking at a conventional computer screen. "You can see depth and shape much more clearly," he explains. "It taps into the brain's natural ability to spot patterns."
But surely we should be writing computer programs to spot those patterns? "The human brain does some things better - you could write an algorithm to do it but you might as well just use your head."
What is really impressive is the range of skills that are present in games companies big and small - from designers to advanced software engineers - being employed in new ways. "We're taking the skills of game developers and applying them to the challenges of the science community, with which they've not had much interaction," Ian Dodgeon from the Wellcome Trust explains.
"As an industry we're used to handling big sets of data," Mike Gamble from Epic Games tells me. "Game worlds are built from millions and billions of polygons - human interactions, network interactions are very complex."
So the competition is an eye-opener for anyone who did not realise that building anything from Grand Theft Auto to Candy Crush Saga involves some extraordinarily smart and inventive people. Luckily, Britain is a global power in this field, a fact celebrated by the Culture Minister Ed Vaizey in a speech to the Develop conference.
Mr Vaizey has developed a good rapport with the games industry since persuading the chancellor to change his mind about tax relief that firms say is essential to stop a brain drain to Canada. But when I speak to him afterwards he accepts there is one part of the establishment that still needs to wake up to the potential of games.
I put it to him that much of the UK games industry is US-owned and that it's time for the financial community to start backing the sector. "This is the big story in tech," he admits. "The difference between the US and the UK is not about skills, it's about capital. We've got some ways to go in terms of getting that sophisticated investment community in the UK."
The games industry's scientific and cultural value are now being recognised. But an industry which supports thousands of jobs in clusters spread right across the UK, from Guildford to Dundee, still needs to persuade the City to come and play.
There's more about the VR Big Data challenge in today's edition of Tech Tent - on BBC World Service at 16:05 GMT/17:05 BST
Organisers have revealed the landmark and its rocky foundation will act as a canvas for animated projections charting 350 million years of history.
The free, ticketed event, called Deep Time, will be set to a specially-composed soundtrack by Mogwai.
It marks the start of Standard Life's three year sponsorship of the Edinburgh International Festival.
A viewing arena will be created on Castle Terrace for the late-night show on Sunday 7 August, developed by the company 59 Productions with academics from Edinburgh University.
It follows last year's, The Harmonium Project, which attracted thousands of festival-goers onto Lothian Road to see the transformation of the Usher Hall.
Leo Warner, creative director of 59 Productions, said: "Deep Time gives us an opportunity to build on the success of The Harmonium Project and to create a spectacular event that is more deeply connected to the story of the city."
Deep Time will explore the geology of a landscape formed by volcanic activity and the work of renowned Edinburgh scientist James Hutton (1726-1797), often referred to as the father of geology.
Standard Life chief executive Keith Skeoch said: "We are delighted to be supporting the Edinburgh International Festival in our sponsorship of this exciting and very unique opening event.
"This exciting highly-visual and visceral event is another great example of innovative and creative work which will be enjoyed by the live audience and millions of others through the power of social media and online."
Festival director Fergus Linehan said: "Standard Life has shown itself to be innovative and creative in its sponsorship of major events, and we look forward to working together to offer the people of Edinburgh and beyond a spectacular start to the summer festival season."
The research, to be presented to the Royal Geographical Society, says the issue of traffic pollution falls between the transport and environment departments, but is neglected by both.
It says ministers place cars at the centre of national transport policy.
The government said it is committed to improving the UK's air quality.
The research is being presented at the Royal Geographical Society annual conference, which begins on Tuesday.
The authors, from the University of the West of England, say cars, buses and lorries are the main cause of air pollution in 95% of those cities in the UK where the air is classed unfit to breathe.
That pollution is estimated to shorten the lives of more than 50,000 people a year.
This is far higher than the number of deaths caused by traffic accidents (1,713 in 2013) - yet road safety is a much higher priority for planners than pollution, the researchers say.
The report's authors, Dr Tim Chatterton and Prof Graham Parkhurst, say this has strong implications for social equity because households in poorer areas tend to suffer more air pollution, while contributing less to the problem, because they are less likely to drive.
Prof Parkhurst said: "Air pollution is the grossest manifestation of a failure of UK transport planning to take the environmental impacts of transport choices sufficiently into account.
"Currently, air pollution is a shared priority between Defra and the Department for Transport, but shared priority does not mean equal priority. Transport policy and planning has instead prioritised safety and economic growth."
The authors say the existing vehicle fleet is being replaced so slowly that reduced vehicle use is the only sure way to bring about changes in pollution levels.
They say this will mean a huge push to encourage walking and cycling - measures that would also help combat obesity.
Dr Chatterton said: "Air pollution-related morbidity and mortality are at epidemic levels - and, although less obvious, are more significant than road transport collisions as a cause of death and injury.
"There needs to be a strong political and societal commitment to protecting public health, particularly the health of children, whose life chances can be seriously compromised by exposure to air pollution.
"This will require not just improvements to transport infrastructure, but also changes across society in our expectations of how we, and those we connect with, get around."
The study included:
Road safety groups are likely to point out that although pollution harms young people, it tends to shorten the lives of those who are already ill or elderly.
Road deaths, on the other hand, are the principal direct cause of death for young people.
AA president Edmund King told BBC News: "Road transport is essential to keep the country running whether we like it or not, as 90% of freight and 85% of passenger journeys are by road.
"The ultimate aim is to keep the country running efficiently, safely and in a more environmentally friendly manner.
"Road vehicles are getting greener, cleaner and safer and government should do what they can to give incentives to speed up this process. Saving lives in road crashes won't suggest it should."
But Stephen Joseph from the Campaign for Better Transport said the research is a "wake up call" for local and Westminster politicians, as well as transport policy makers.
He said: "Transport computer models and assessments need to be reviewed too - currently they give far too much priority to small savings in journey times by car drivers, so anything that gets in the way of cars is treated as a cost.
"We see all round the country traffic planners and government agencies coming up with big road schemes, that will in practice add to air pollution rather than solving it.
"We need to change transport spending priorities to support alternatives to cars."
A government spokesman said it was "firmly committed" to improving the UK's air quality and cutting harmful emissions.
"That's why we have committed more than £2bn to greener transport schemes since 2011 and set out a national plan to tackle pollution in our towns and cities," the spokesman said.
"We have some of the safest roads in the world and are committed to making sure that record continues."
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Banks will reopen on Sunday. Finance Minister Samir Radwan says the economic situation is "very serious".
Analysts say the uprising is costing the country at least $310m a day.
In a separate development, the politburo of the ruling National Democratic Party has resigned en masse.
Hossam Badrawi, seen as a liberal, became the party's new secretary-general and also took over a position held by Mr Mubarak's son Gamal, Reuters news agency reported.
Meanwhile the army has tried to secure one of the entrances to Tahrir Square, where protesters remain encamped since Friday's mass rally.
Dozens of soldiers were seen trying to remove barricades in what appears to be an attempt to restore order ahead of the new working week.
A senior army official tried to negotiate the army's moves which led to arguments with the protesters, who accused them of attempting to retake control of the square.
Earlier there were reports of an explosion at a pipeline that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan. The blast caused a fire near el-Arish, Egyptian state television reported.
Mr Mubarak has said he will not stand for re-election in September but insists he must stay until then to prevent chaos in the country. Protesters are demanding that he goes immediately.
On Saturday, the president met the prime minister, finance minister, oil minister and trade and industry minister, along with the central bank governor.
By Jon LeyneBBC News, Cairo
There are still substantial numbers in Tahrir Square - it was a relatively peaceful night although there was some gunfire for a short period.
The strategy now seems to be to kill the protest with kindness. The authorities have used rubber bullets and baton charges and - some strongly suspect - paid thugs and nothing has worked, so they are saying 'it's ok, you can protest as long as you like'.
The government is encouraging people to go back to work - the banks will open again - and the hope is things will go back to normal and the whole thing fizzles out. They may think a hard core will remain in Tahrir Square which they can whittle down - but they may have underestimated how much they have lost control of much of the country - many other cities are close to chaos - whether it can return to a level where it can function normally is hard to predict.
But President Mubarak is not going to resign unless absolutely forced to and the opposition fears if he can make it to the autumn, he can last even longer.
Trade Minister Samiha Fawzi Ibrahim said exports were down 6% in January and that the authorities were providing extra food to try to stabilise prices and curb shortages.
Banks and the stock exchange have been closed for days, and many factories in the major cities have shut.
State media said the stock market would not now open on Monday as planned.
The BBC's Kevin Connolly, in Cairo, says the paralysis induced by the protests is having a huge impact on the creaking economy. Tourists have been frightened away and the prices of basic goods like cigarettes and bread have been soaring.
He says many Egyptians are beginning to wonder aloud how quickly daily life will return to normal regardless of the outcome of the struggle for power.
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Radwan admitted the economy faced a "very serious" situation and that he was in constant touch with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
But he also said the economy had a "solid base" and "so far, we are coping".
Economists at Credit Agricole say the uprising is costing the country at least $310m (£192m) a day and they have revised down their economic growth estimate for Egypt this year from 5.3% to 3.7%.
Hotel businessman Adly el-Misikawi told the BBC his trade was down 30% and although he believed the demands of the protesters should be met he said Mr Mubarak should stay in office to oversee a smooth transition
Mr Radwan also said there would be a meeting with opposition groups to try to end the 12 days of protests.
Egypt unrest: Protests map
He said Vice-President Omar Suleiman and "almost certainly Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq" would attend, adding that they would have "sufficient authority to negotiate with the opposition".
He did not say which opposition groups would attend. Egyptian television said the al-Wafd and Al-Tajammu parties would be at the talks.
However, the BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says if only these parties were involved the dialogue would have little credibility.
Leading opposition politician Mohamed ElBaradei told Germany's Der Spiegel weekly he would like to hold talks "with army chiefs, preferably soon, to study how we can achieve a transition without bloodshed".
The biggest opposition group in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, has said it will take part in discussions provided the government submits political reform within a specified time frame. But it also insists Mr Mubarak must leave office immediately.
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Mr Radwan said the transition of power had already begun, with Mr Mubarak saying he would not run again for president.
"It is setting a process in place to ensure a smooth transition of power without falling into the trap of the chaos scenario," he said.
Saturday's pipeline explosion targeted supplies to Israel and Jordan from Egypt's Port Said.
Gas was shut off and the fire was brought under control by mid-morning, state television said.
It also reported that the curfew had now been shortened and would be in effect from 1900 to 0600 local time (1700-0400 GMT).
Also on Saturday, Reuters news agency said a senior Egyptian security source had denied reports on the Fox news network that there had been an assassination attempt on Mr Suleiman which left two of his bodyguards dead.
On Saturday at a conference in Munich, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the "status quo" of undemocratic nations in the region was "simply not sustainable".
She said: "Governments who consistently deny people freedom will open the door to instability... free people govern themselves best."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UK PM David Cameron, also at the conference, both stressed the need for stability in Egypt.
Mrs Merkel added: "Early elections at the beginning of the democratisation process is probably the wrong approach."
On Friday huge crowds had demonstrated across Egypt for an 11th day.
More than 100,000 people - including large numbers of women and children - gathered in Tahrir Square for what was being called the "day of departure".
There were also demonstrations in Egypt's second city, Alexandria, and in the towns of Suez, Port Said, Rafah, Ismailiya, Zagazig, al-Mahalla al-Kubra, Aswan and Asyut.
However, there were suggestions that the protesters would now reduce their presence in central Cairo.
The UN believes more than 300 have died across Egypt since the protests began on 25 January, with about 4,000 hurt.
With geek chic an established fashion trend and wearable gadgets potentially the next big thing, what started as a flirtation between fashion and technology is turning into a close relationship.
Clothes industry executives are being appointed to high-profile tech firms, while mobile phone companies are literally getting their gadgets sewn into clothes.
England's capital is awash with impossibly long-legged models as the fashionistas descend for London Fashion Week so what better time to take a look at some of the hi-tech garments and accessories that have caught our eye.
One show debuted the world's first skirt made of smartphones.
Created using Nokia Lumia 1520 and 1020 handsets, the project is a collaboration between the Finnish firm, fashion designer Fyodor Golan and creative design house Kin. It took three months to complete.
Whether the world needs such a garment may be a matter for debate but there is no doubting the challenge of building one. Combining a heavy Nokia 1520 with fragile materials was problematic, and there were also issues with turning them on and maintaining battery life once attached to the skirt.
The phones each display different parts of an image to give the illusion of one big picture. The pictures change when the model moves, mimicking the way the tone of a fabric alters when it moves back and forth from light to shadow.
Annie Kearney, from Nokia Brand Lab, says that her firm has a long history of working with fashion.
"It's a technical work of art," she says.
"We wanted to experiment with the possibilities between fashion and technology.
"It's so much more than a skirt made of phones, it's playing with the idea of how tech can influence and be influenced by the world around it."
Anyone who has popped out for a spot of window shopping in their lunch hour but returned to the office laden with bags may agree that a programmable handbag that locks you out when it thinks you are overspending is a pretty good idea.
The brainchild of Australian comparison site Credit Card Finder, it uses an Arduino processor and an RFID (radio-frequency identification) tag, which are mounted in the base of the bag to track your credit card spending.
The bag is also fitted with a clock and can be programmed to stay closed at your most vulnerable times of day.
When you enter a shopping "danger zone" the bag lights up with an LED warning light triggered by a GPS chip. You can also nominate a person to receive a text message if you have a spending relapse.
In many ways the iBag is anti-fashion because it is all about stopping you spending. It's design could hardly be called cutting-edge either, so it is unlikely that any of the models at London Fashion Week will be carrying one.
But it serves as an example of what happens when DIY technology meets fashion to solve a practical need.
"It is designed to help people who are really out of control with their spending," says Michelle Hutchison.
The cost of the bag may trigger some warning signals of its own - at 199 Australian dollars ($179, £107) it isn't cheap.
Members of the public are being asked to register interest. The firm says it will only put it into full-scale production if there is enough demand.
Wearable tech hasn't yet fired up the fashion crowd's passions. Devices such as the Jawbone Up and Nike FuelBand might appeal to fitness freaks keen to track their every move but they don't exactly look great.
Canadian firm Pixmob has come up with a new way of making wearable technology cool and giving mass audience events the wow factor.
At this year's Superbowl the firm supplied each of the 80,000 ticket-holders with a hat embedded with LED technology.
During the halftime break the effect was quite literally a flash mob of pixels in which the audience became the light show.
The hats were controlled via wireless transmitters allowing PixMob to alter the colour, brightness and pulse of the lights.
At the Sochi Winter Olympics PixMob's technology was used in the opening ceremony, turning the crowd into a giant video screen via medallions around their necks.
It's certainly a novel use for wearable tech and a step-up from glow sticks or waved lighters.
London Fashion Week will be full of technology with models furiously tweeting each other and Instagramming from behind the scenes of the catwalk.
But the fashion world is also embracing coding as part of a national push to increase the digital skills of youngsters.
Last month Storm models joined young coders to develop a fashion app at an event organised by Free:Formers, a firm that organises computer-skill workshops to educate its clients.
The teams created a web app for a fictional event at London Fashion Week that interacted with Facebook and the ticketing service Eventbrite.
Some of the youngsters have been invited to go behind the scenes at Storm on the first day of London Fashion Week.
"I learnt about the principles of coding and I now have a general understanding of how a website can be built," model Stephanie Rad tells the BBC.
Google Glass has already had its turn on the catwalk, when it was demoed by models at New York Fashion Week back in 2012.
But most would agree that its image remains more geek than chic.
In January, Google released its Titanium Collection, a set of four stylish frames for Glass with the express purpose of de-nerding the wearable to make it appeal to a wider audience.
The frames can either be filled with dummy or prescription lenses.
It is not the only technology firm keen to show off its style credentials.
In the spring Apple will be joined by Burberry's departing chief executive Angela Ahrendts, who is set to shake up the tech firm's retail business.
In the autumn Burberry used the pre-released iPhone 5S to film a catwalk show and speculation is rife as to how Ms Ahrendts will further fuse technology and fashion.
Eight thousand yuan ($1,300; £830): That was the price for a cute four-year-old Burmese girl from a broken home.
Crouched in the doorway of her bamboo house, Khin Khin Oo's grandmother Ma Shan told me the story. "I grow corn and rice but my son is a heroin addict so we have no money," she said.
Ma Shan's family life is in disarray. Just a couple of metres away in the dark of the house, her son sits listening to us talk about him, staring blankly ahead.
Ma Shan's daughter isn't in much better shape. She ran off with another man (according to Ma Shan, having been drugged with spiked orange juice), leaving her two small children to live with her parents.
One of them, an energetic boy, plays in the mud by the stilts of the bamboo house, as we look at pictures of his sister Khin Khin Oo.
"One day her father Soe Khine came back for her," Ma Shan recounted. "But after she'd been away four days I knew something was wrong."
Fearing the worst, Ma Shan turned detective and, with a village elder, went to speak some of Soe Khine's friends. They quickly found out he was in financial trouble.
"He'd lost all his money playing cards," she said, shaking her head.
At that point, the Burmese police became involved. They found Soe Khine and he confessed that with the help of a local Kachin woman, he had sold his daughter to a Chinese trafficker.
The police followed the trail to the Chinese border town of Ruili, where they discovered that Khin Khin Oo had been traded again, this time for 12,000 yuan ($2,000; £1,277), to a childless couple who wanted to adopt.
After a week and a joint operation with the Chinese police, Khin Khin Oo was rescued and returned to her grandmother.
"While she was gone, I didn't even want to eat. I was so worried," she said.
Luckily Khin Khin Oo had been well treated, with the Chinese couple seemingly unaware that she'd been trafficked.
She was returned to her grandmother in Hankan who, fearing for her safety, sent her back to China this time to live with an aunt.
The trafficking of Burmese children like Khin Khin Oo is thankfully rare.
But Myanmar's north-eastern border region with China has become notorious for the exploitation of young women.
China's one-child policy and its preference for sons has created a shortage of women and wives.
Demographers estimate that by 2020, there will be a surplus of 24 million men, desperately looking for spouses.
The trafficking that we hear about along the Burmese border is complex, with the families often complicit in the financial transaction being made.
At his table in a camp for displaced people in Namkhan township, community leader Myint Kyaw is flicking through photos of missing women.
"These are four girls aged between 15 and 18 from Kutkai township who went to China to work. They haven't been heard of for eight months," he said.
"This lady is 26 years-old and missing too. We're trying to trace her through our community living in China."
In all, he estimates that about 10% of the local Ta'ang women have been sold or trafficked in some way.
Lamo Bokdin is one of those women. When she took a job in a restaurant in the Chinese border town of Ruili, she thought she was a normal employee.
"Then my boss told me I didn't need to work at the restaurant anymore and that I was to marry her brother," she said.
Forty thousand yuan ($6,500; £4,152) had apparently been paid to secure the deal.
"At first I refused but my boss said she would just sell me to someone else." So Lamo was forced to move to her husband's home in Beijing. For three months, she was kept as a prisoner in his house.
"I wasn't allowed to make phone calls and I had to stay inside. My husband said we could only go and visit my parents when we had a baby."
Then after three months of captivity Lamo found a way to escape.
"I lived at the top of the two-storey building. The house had small windows covered with netting - so I cut the net with scissors and jumped down into the street," she explained.
"Luckily, nobody who saw me land cared. So I took a car to the train station where the police helped me get a ticket out of Beijing."
Lamo now shares a tent with her sister and is rebuilding her life. She earns a small amount of money weaving traditional skirts.
She is one of the survivors of a thriving trade in human lives.
The posters around Kyoto were warmly welcomed by some, but touched a nerve among those concerned about rising right-wing nationalism.
But now there's a twist, as it has emerged that the model they feature is actually Chinese.
Kyoto residents began noticing the posters around the city earlier this month. They feature a girl smiling in front of the Japanese flag.
"I'm glad to be Japanese. Raise the Hinomaru with pride in your heart," the poster states, using the Japanese word for the flag.
On the surface the poster appears to promote benign patriotism. As one person said on Twitter: "What's wrong with being proud of your country in your country?"
But others saw it as unsettling nationalism. In recent years, right-wing conservative groups have become more vocal, advocating a move away from post-war pacifism and a revisionist take on Japan's wartime history.
Japanese Twitter users have called the message behind the Kyoto poster "frightening" and "pathetic", reported news portal SoraNews24.
The fact that it appeared in Kyoto, a major tourist destination, was not lost on many.
One Twitter user said the "self-styled anti-bigotry critics" who defended it were ignoring the feelings of Japanese people with foreign roots.
Another said foreign visitors might also be made to feel unwelcome, saying: "It's a very disturbing message that the posters are transmitting."
At first, there was no clue. The posters state no information that identifies the publishers.
But earlier this week, Huffington Post Japan reported that Jinja Honcho, the national association of Shinto shrines, had produced them.
Shintoism, the indigenous religion which is an intrinsic part of Japan's cultural identity, has had a revival in recent decades which is closely linked with the nationalistic movement.
A spokesman told the news portal they wanted to "promote raising the national flag on national holidays, to educate the public about the importance of those national holidays".
They had first produced that particular poster in 2011 and distributed 60,000 copies to shrines across the country.
Because someone found out the woman in the poster is not Japanese. She is, in fact, Chinese.
The image is a modified version of this Getty Images photo which was produced in Beijing and tagged "Chinese ethnicity".
That matters in Japan, because the rise of nationalism and World War Two revisionism has been met with strenuous objections in China, which suffered greatly under Japanese occupation.
The hashtag #YourPatriotismWasMadeInChina has been doing the rounds in Japan.
"This reminds of me of all those MAGA (Make America Great Again) Trump hats made in China," said one person. "China is supporting all sorts of patriots around the world!"
"This really gets you thinking. What does it mean to be Japanese, anyway?" said another.
When asked about the picture's use, Blue Jean Images, the Beijing-based company which produced the original photo, said: "We have no comment as this is a very sensitive issue."
But they confirmed to the BBC the model was Chinese and that the picture was taken in 2009.
The Jinja Honcho told Huffington Post Japan this was "not a problem", as the poster "does not specifically state that the featured person is a Japanese person".
The discovery has been greeted with disbelief and amusement not only in Japan, but also in China.
On the popular Chinese microblogging network Sina Weibo, one user posted the inflammatory joke: "Surely this proves that Japanese people are actually Chinese?"
Reporting by Tessa Wong and Yuko Kato
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The stone near the village of Serre was unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Bradford on Saturday and overlooks trenches used by the soldiers in the battle.
It is a replica of one in the Memorial Gardens in Bradford.
Pals battalions were formed as friends and colleagues enlisted together, many were formed in northern towns.
The inscription on the stone reads: "To the memory of the soldiers of the Bradford Pals and the other servicemen of West Yorkshire who served in the Great War 1914-18. 'And lo a mighty army came out of the North.'"
The stone was quarried in Bradford and transported to France.
The first Bradford Pals battalion was raised at the Bradford Mechanic's Institute in 1914 and a hundred-year-old union jack that flew above the institute was used in the unveiling.
Local dignitaries were present with representatives of veteran groups and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Councillor Geoff Reid, the lord mayor of Bradford, said: "We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to these brave men from Bradford who gave their lives during the First World War."
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Mott Macdonald will produce detailed designs for a revamp of the station's frontage, forecourt and concourse.
About £6m is to be spent on the redevelopment which is scheduled to be completed in 2018.
The station was constructed and added to during the 1800s. The pitched iron and glass roof over the concourse was built in 1876.
ScotRail Alliance, which is working closely with Highland Council and public transport body Hitrans on the project, said tenders for the construction work would be sought in autumn this year.
"Enhanced shopping options" in the concourse, along with a more "dominant frontage" and improved links to Falcon Square and the bus station, sites which are close to the railway station, would also be part of the redevelopment.
ScotRail Alliance's project lead Peter O'Connell said: "We look forward to working with Mott Macdonald and to seeing the designs for the redevelopment. Inverness is ready for a railway station that matches the dynamic and forward-looking development of the cityscape.
"Close collaboration with Highland Council and Hitrans and working with our immediate neighbours at the station, will deliver the best possible improvements to facilities and services in and around Inverness station."
Inverness Provost Helen Carmichael said: "We warmly welcome the start of the design phase of the Inverness Rail Station Improvement project.
"This is the opportunity to transform the station and its surroundings so they are far safer and more accessible, as well as more attractive to commuters and tourists wishing to continue their journey, on foot or by bike, when they arrive in Inverness."
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GB beat New Zealand 3-0 to set up a Friday final against the Netherlands.
In the 200m Justin Gatlin and Yohan Blake failed to qualify, while Jamaican Elaine Thompson won the 200m for a second gold after her 100m title.
Just as at London 2012, there were no medals for GB on day 12 of the Games, but Britain remain second in the table.
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The women's hockey team face the Dutch, who are aiming for a third straight Olympic gold, at 21:00 BST on Friday.
United States top the medal table ahead of Britain, who are level with China on 19 golds, but ahead on silver medals.
Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark must wait to be crowned Olympic women's 470 sailing champions after racing was postponed.
The men's and women's 470 sailing medal races did not start because of a lack of wind in Marina da Gloria, with both rescheduled for Thursday.
In the women's 200m, GB's Dina Asher-Smith finished fifth as Thompson triumphed in a time of 21.78 seconds.
Thompson, 24, added the 200m title to the gold she won in the 100m final on Sunday, beating Netherlands' world champion Dafne Schippers by 0.13secs.
Sisters Cindy Ofili and Tiffany Porter missed out on 100m hurdles medals as Brianna Rollins headed a US clean sweep.
Mo Farah continued his bid for a fourth Olympic title, coming home in third in his 5,000m heat after surviving a stumble.
But Savannah Marshall went out of the boxing competition as she lost to Nouchka Fontijn in the women's middleweight quarter-finals.
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Neymar scored after only 14 seconds - the fastest goal in Olympic football history - as Brazil thrashed Honduras 6-0 to reach the men's final in Rio.
The hosts will next face Germany, 7-1 winners against Brazil at the 2014 World Cup semi-final, as goals from Lukas Klostermann and Nils Petersen gave them a 2-0 win over Nigeria.
The United States secured a one-two in the women's long jump as Tianna Bartoletta upset defending champion Brittney Reese to win gold.
China continued their dominance of Olympic table tennis as their men's team beat Japan in Wednesday's final.
In other news, the Brazilian authorities have stopped US swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger from boarding a flight at Rio de Janeiro airport.
Two team-mates - Ryan Lochte and James Feigen - were barred from leaving the country, but Lochte has already left. Police have queried their accounts of a robbery they reported in Rio on Sunday.
Patrick Hickey, the president of both the European Olympic Committees and the Olympic Council of Ireland, has been arrested by police in Brazil investigating illegal Olympic ticket sales.
After criticism of Irish fighter Michael Conlan's defeat, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has dropped a number of officials after a review of their decisions at the Olympics.
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Jamaican sprinter Bolt kept his hopes of an eighth Olympic gold medal on track by running his fastest time of the season to win his 200m semi-final in 19.78 seconds
The 29-year-old was laughing as he crossed the line just two hundredths of a second ahead of Canada's Andre de Grasse.
"Andre was supposed to slow down. He didn't," joked Bolt, who has already won a third successive Olympic 100m gold in Rio and is aiming to match the feat in the 200m.
"I said: 'What are you doing, it is the semis?' He said he had to push me."
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Over the last year, 43 new Costa coffee shops opened in China's biggest cities.
"China, where we operate through two joint ventures, remains an exciting opportunity", said Whitbread in its full-year financial results statement.
Strong sales at Costa overall helped to bolster Whitbread's earnings, with annual pre-tax profit rising 18.5% to £488m.
Whitbread will also open 569 new coffee shops in the UK over the next five years, taking its total to 4,292.
There had been suggestions that it would sell the Costa chain, which was started by the Costa brothers in 1971.
However, Whitbread has insisted that it will hold on to the coffee chain. "We have absolutely no plans [to sell Costa]", said Mr Harrison told the Today Programme.
In addition to expanding its coffee business, Whitbread plans to increase its stock of Premier Inn rooms from around 60,000 to 85,000 over the next five years.
Whitbread's hotels and restaurants division delivered a 11.1% rise in revenue.
Whitbread has said that its chief executive, Andy Harrison, will leave the restaurant and hotel company. He will become chairman at home furnishing retailer Dunelm.
Mr Harrison will leave the company in July. He joined Whitbread's board in 2010 from easyJet.
A friend who wished to remain anonymous confirmed to the BBC on Thursday that the family's grandfather NK Paliwal had died.
Australian restaurateur Rupendra Dutta, 48, remains in hospital and is reportedly suffering a spinal injury.
His wife Anamika Dutta, 45, their son and two daughters aged between 12 and 20, and Mrs Dutta's sister were killed.
Witnesses said the family's hired SUV was speeding before it hit a barrier and flipped on Sunday.
The family friend said Mr Dutta remained in recovery and had not been told about his family.
On Tuesday the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) confirmed only that five Australians were involved in a crash, and did not provide an update on Thursday.
The grandfather is not believed to have been an Australian citizen.
One garden represents a landscape from northern France, complete with trenches and a mine crater filled with water.
Other themes are the growth of community gardens and how horticulture can help unemployed people find work.
BBC gardener Alan Titchmarsh has co-designed a garden to celebrate 50 years of the Britain in Bloom campaign.
Asked if he had any last-minute changes to make to his and Kate Gould's display, called From the Moors to the Sea, he said: "No, no, no. We're all done - we finished just about end of Saturday and it's all settling now.
"And we've had a good nice quiet night and everything's sitting up. Very happy."
The garden includes a dry stone wall, which was dismantled from its original site in Yorkshire and reassembled in Chelsea.
The Queen will visit the show, at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, London, later on Monday, ahead of its opening to the public on Tuesday.
One of those still working on his feature on Monday morning was Chelsea first-timer, Hugo Bugg, 27.
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Britain's gardens need you! That's the message from this year's Chelsea Flower Show to teenagers and twenty-somethings looking for a mission in life.
Sue Biggs of the RHS says too many people still think only "academic failures" turn to gardening.
But as she told me while standing in a family garden of stone, copper and rippling flowers and grasses - planted with the help of Homebase apprentices - it's a career that can roll together business, botany, architecture, design, and many other skill sets.
And among those making waves here are the young designers - like brothers Harry and David Rich with their "Night Sky" garden and 26-year old Hugo Bugg whose "Waterscape Garden" gives timely advice about how to plant wisely to absorb the run-off from storms and from floods.
He has designed a Waterscape Garden, subtitled Embrace the Rain. It is intended to illustrate global water issues and demonstrate practical solutions for home gardeners and commercial landscapes.
The No Man's Land garden, designed by Charlotte Rowe, was inspired by images of World War One.
She has focused on the landscape of the Western Front in France and put together a modern representation of the area, showing how the natural environment has regenerated.
"My grandfather, who I was very close to, went over the top aged 19 on the first day of the Battle of the Somme," she said.
"The idea behind it is that the land, No Man's Land, was fought over again and again with the front line moving very little, and the land got completely messed up and churned up.
"The concept is the healing of the land after severe conflict, and relating it to the human body and spirit."
Plants in the garden were grown by injured soldiers during a programme of horticultural therapy.
Another exhibit celebrating Britain in Bloom is a garden made from recycled or donated materials, which was designed by renowned gardener Jon Wheatley and put together by unpaid volunteers.
A display called Reachout suggests that horticulture can improve the lives of young people struggling with drug addiction or unemployment, by providing them with work and inspiration.
The "Techno Allotment" by Leeds District Allotment Gardeners Federation highlights how communities can grow their own food cheaply and stylishly.
The show's organisers are also raising funds through their charitable arm to create more jobs over the next five years at Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gardens in Wisley, Surrey; Harlow Carr, North Yorkshire; Hyde Hall, Essex; and Rosemoor in Devon.
RHS director general, Sue Biggs, said: "Horticulture is a vibrant, challenging and diverse industry with great job prospects. Career paths include botanist, nursery staff, designer, florist, horticulturist, plant collector, landscape architect, entrepreneur, journalist, TV presenter and many more.
"We also know that more than 80% of secondary school teachers who discussed careers with their pupils said that they themselves were not aware of the vast opportunities offered by a career in horticulture."
Christi and Bobby Shepherd died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a hotel in Corfu 2006.
Mr King will investigate Thomas Cook's "customer health, safety, welfare, relations and crisis management practices".
The company came under fierce criticism over its response to the deaths.
A criminal trial held in Greece in 2010 cleared Thomas Cook of any responsibility and awarded the firm damages against the hotel's owner.
But in May this year, an inquest jury ruled that the children had been unlawfully killed and said the tour operator had "breached its duty of care".
Thomas Cook was criticised after it accepted compensation of £3m for lost earnings and legal expenses relating to the tragedy.
It also told the media it had apologised to Christi and Bobby's parents before the parents had received the message from the company.
It later apologised to the family and gave £1.5m to the children's charity Unicef.
Thomas Cook also revealed last month that its former chief executive, Harriet Green, was awarded a bonus worth £5.7m, of which she would donate a third to charities chosen by the children's parents.
Justin King spent 10 years as the head of Sainsbury before leaving the company last year.
He will report his findings to Thomas Cook in September.
The Gaelic Athletic Association called in a hawk after pigeons perched on the pitch during recent showpiece matches.
Pigeons were an almost permanent fixture on the field during the All-Ireland football quarter-finals between Monaghan and Tyrone on 8 August.
But after the hawk's visit, they stayed offside during games.
The GAA's head of media, Alan Milton, said pigeons can often pose problems at Croke Park at this time of year, but they decided to take action after the birds began to stay on the pitch, even during play.
Mr Milton described this as "unusual" behaviour.
GAA pundit Joe Brolly, who was a spectator at the match between Monaghan and Tyrone, shared a photo of the pitch pests on social media.
Mr Brolly said the pigeons "simply moved around the pitch" for most of the game.
"Safest place in Croke Park during a Monaghan-Tyrone match," he tweeted from his stadium seat.
Many GAA fans may even be envious of the pigeons' free, bird's eye view of the action, but it appears it is not the football but fast food that is attracting the birds.
"We are putting grass seed down on a continuous basis and they like to drop in for a treat. They obviously find it very tasty," the stadium's director, Peter McKenna, told the Irish Independent newspaper.
"They are a nuisance at any time, let alone on match days."
The stadium director said pigeons were getting "used to the various tricks" that GAA staff used to deter them, so they had to change their approach.
On Monday, Mr Milton told the BBC there had been no repeat of the pitch invasion during weekend matches at Croke Park.
He said he believed the introduction of the hawk had played a part, but he put it down to a "combination of factors".
Less seeding would make the stadium less attractive to the birds, he added.
The GAA is not the first sporting body to use hawks to frighten off pigeons and seagulls ahead of major tournaments.
In London, an American Harris Hawk called Rufus has been deployed to patrol the skies above Wimbledon during the annual tennis championships.
In Wales, the Millennium Stadium once employed the services of a resident hawk, called Dad and in Scotland, a team feathered guards was recruited to deter pigeons from taking up resident at parliament buildings.
It is also not the first time the GAA has called in a hawk to settle scores at Croke Park.
In April 2013, the association introduced its Hawkeye detection system to assist referring decisions.
The technology tracks the ball's trajectory over goal posts, to remove any ambiguity over whether a point was scored or missed.
It is hoped the use of real hawks will mean Croke Park becomes a no-fly zone for pigeon pitch invaders.
Michael Carr, originally from Londonderry, had his vehicle taken from outside his house in May last year.
It was found two days later in Buncrana, County Donegal, having been set on fire and abandoned.
Mr Carr was then sent a bill for over 1,400 euros (£1,008) for the fire service attending the incident.
The letter, from Donegal County Council, warned the taxi driver that it "will resort to legal enforcement where necessary in order to secure payment".
Mr Carr said he is "worried about the consequences" of not paying as he could not afford the amount being asked of him.
"I'm paying for someone else to come into my house, steal things from me, steal my vehicle - I feel I'm getting penalised for it," he told BBC Radio Foyle.
The car was stolen by thieves who had broken into Mr Carr's house in Muff, County Donegal, as he was asleep.
Police found the car burnt out two days later.
He later received the letter billing him a total of 1,443.21 euro (£1,039) for "fire charges".
Mr Carr is now receiving final reminders regarding the bill but says he does not see why he should have to pay it.
"It does hang over me - it's a lot of money and I can't really afford to pay it.
"Everybody at the minute struggles, and 1,400 euro is a lot of money to be handing anyone."
But the fire service at Donegal County Council said its authority to charge for vehicle fires is set out in Ireland's Fire Services Act.
It said the charge is normally the "full cost of the incident plus 30% to cover equipment, consumables and administration".
It added: "Where a person is on social welfare and also working part-time and no contribution has been received from the insurance company, the invoice may be reduced by 75%."
The same virus may have infiltrated systems in NI, but not yet been activated, said the PSNI.
The warning follows Friday's cyber-attack which affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries.
The ransomware virus locked files and demanded payment to allow access and avoid data being destroyed.
The PSNI said it was working with national and international law enforcement agencies to reduce any risk to computer networks in Northern Ireland.
The police have also urged public and private sector organisations and businesses to help combat the threat of a cyber attack.
Det Ch Insp Douglas Grant, who heads up the PSNI cyber crime unit, said there is no evidence yet that the virus has infiltrated computer networks in Northern Ireland.
But he said that did not mean Northern Ireland has not been targeted.
"Thankfully we haven't experienced any of this current strain, but we must be vigilant because it could come to Northern Ireland at any point and it could have infections in our systems at the moment that just haven't activated," said Det Ch Insp Grant.
The PSNI said its cyber crime centre would continue to actively participate "in the national co-ordinated response to this attack and we would encourage all local businesses and public services to take immediate steps to protect their systems and reduce their vulnerability.
"We would also recommend that businesses and industries join the local Cyber Information Sharing Partnership (CISP) so they can receive the most up to date threat and mitigation information to help protect their cyber security."
The police said further information was available via the National Cyber Security Centre and appealed to anyone who believes they may be victims of cyber-attack to contact them.
The National Cyber Security Centre has advised companies to:
The police say organisations and individuals in Northern Ireland are being targeted on a daily basis by cyber criminals trying to steal data or commit fraud or blackmail.
They say it is a matter of when, not if, hackers target Northern Ireland in a large-scale attack.
The on-loan Manchester City winger scored his first Celtic goals in Saturday's 3-1 win over Hearts.
Roberts, 19, has been used mainly as a substitute since joining the Scottish champions at the end of the winter transfer window.
"The manager knows what I can do and I always do my best whenever I am on the pitch," said Roberts.
"I trust his judgement. He picks the team and I have to do whatever I have to do."
Hearts briefly led at Celtic Park through Jamie Walker's impressive strike, Gary Mackay-Steven levelling.
And Roberts, signed by City from Fulham for around £12m, came to the fore by finishing well either side of half-time to secure the three points for Deila's men - moving them seven points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
"It is a challenge for everyone," added Roberts. "Everyone wants to play in the team and be involved.
"You wouldn't be here if you didn't want to do that, so yes, everyone is competing, but it is healthy and good for the club and we are pushing in the right direction.
"I just enjoy playing football whenever I am out on the field.
"It was a very good three points. My first and second goals - it was a good feeling, especially in front of all those fans.
"Fans are who you play for. Without them, you would be nothing.
"It is joy to play in front of them and score goals for them and I will try to carry on doing that."
Christian Taylor, 50, who starred in the Channel 4 show The Hotel, rang up huge bogus refunds for rounds of cocktails at the Devon park.
He failed to attend his trial in September where he was found guilty of one charge of theft by an employee.
Taylor, who also did not attend his sentencing, claimed he had been set up.
A judge at Exeter Crown Court sentenced him to two years in prison in his absence.
Police are still hunting him and have nicknamed him the Scarlet Pimpernel because he frequently changes his name.
Judge Erik Salomonsen said Taylor was in a "position of trust" which he breached.
Managers became suspicious when they realised the huge refunds he was putting through the tills at Twitchen House Holiday Park at Mortehoe didn't match the stock records.
He started by creating refunds for fictitious rounds of Pimms, including one of 20 jugs costing £300, but moved on to other cocktails when this triggered a stock check.
In all there were 66 fraudulent transactions totalling £13,467.60. All were when he was on duty and 16 were caught on CCTV.
Taylor told police he had been framed and accused a colleague of altering computer records to cover up his own thefts.
When he was starring in The Hotel, filmed in the Grosvenor at Torbay, he called himself Christian Scott Lee but his original name is Nigel McCartney.
Taylor was also ordered to pay £850 compensation and £100 victim surcharge.
Amy Patterson, 21, was 18 months old when staff at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast told her parents a tumour on her spine was incurable.
But they later discovered a surgeon at Birmingham Children's Hospital who agreed to carry out a pioneering operation.
And 20 years on, doctor and patient have come face-to-face.
After a short stay at the Royal as a toddler, Amy was taken back to her home in Limavady, County Londonderry.
She was in so much pain that she could not bear to be touched, she had lost her mobility and would spend days and nights squealing in pain.
But her mother Hazel refused to give up.
Hazel, who was pregnant with Amy's sister Hannah at the time, contacted Birmingham Children's Hospital where the family were invited for a consultation with Dr Gerry O'Reilly and his mentor Dr Tony Hockley.
The team agreed to perform the pioneering surgery that saved Amy's life.
Now Amy, who is a student at Ulster University, and her family have met with Dr O'Reilly to thank him in person for the operation that saved her life.
The reunion took place at the family's home in Limavady, where Dr O'Reilly threw his arms around Amy, who he had not seen for almost 20 years.
"Saving Amy was one of the highlights of my career," he told the BBC.
"Paediatric neurosurgery is a job with tremendous highs, but also tremendous lows.
"To see a child who wasn't expected to live do so well and to meet her again today is surreal."
He said Amy's tumour, which was on her spine and neck, was very much "in the clockwork" and any attempt to access it could have caused serious damage.
Hazel said: "We didn't know if the team in Birmingham would be able to help us and they made us no promises, but speaking to them gave us hope for the first time that Amy might survive.
Hazel said Dr O'Reilly and Dr Hockley, who has since died, gave her daughter the gift of life.
She said: "We prayed for a miracle and a miracle happened."
Amy, who does not remember the operation, said it was lovely to finally meet Dr O'Reilly.
"I'm just so lucky to be here today," she said.
"I can't put into words what he did for us, especially my mum and dad who had to go through it all."
It made a profit of $3.53bn (£2.3bn) in the quarter, up from $3.03bn last year. Revenue was flat at $35bn.
The conglomerate has been trying to put its focus back on core industrial businesses, which include aviation and energy infrastructure.
It said orders for its aviation equipment jumped 47%.
Orders for oil and gas equipment and services, such as turbines and plant maintenance, rose 24%, said GE chairman and chief executive Jeff Immelt.
"In growth markets, equipment and service orders grew 17%. We ended the quarter with our biggest backlog in history," he said. Orders grew to $216bn in the first quarter from $210bn in the fourth quarter of 2012.
In the first three months of 2013 GE was awarded a $620m maintenance contract for QGC's Queensland Curtis liquified natural gas plant off the east coast of Australia.
It also won a contract to provide power equipment for the Emirates Aluminum smelter complex in Abu Dhabi, and another maintenance contract for a LNG project in Russia.
But the company said it had been affected by weaker-than-expected sales in Europe, especially in sales of power and water equipment.
"GE's markets were mixed. The US and growth markets were in line with expectations. We planned for a continued challenging environment in Europe, but conditions weakened further with Industrial segment revenues in the region down 17%," said Mr Immelt.
"We always anticipated that the first half of 2013 would be our toughest comparison," he added.
During the quarter, the company sold its 49% stake in NBC Universal to Comcast for $18.1bn.
AuroraWatch UK provides information on the likelihood of the aurora borealis for the UK, including Scotland, one of the best places for viewing it.
The aurora is caused by the interaction of solar wind - a stream of charged particles escaping the Sun - and Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere.
Heavy rain has affected University of Lancaster-based AuroraWatch.
In a message to its followers, a spokesperson for the space weather organisation said: "Due to Storm Desmond, Lancaster and the surrounding areas are heavily flooded and without power.
"The AuroraWatch systems have been affected by this and so we are not currently showing up-to-date data.
"We will restore service as soon as possible but the power is not forecast to be restored until Tuesday evening. Apologies for any confusion and wishing all in the local area the best."
Heavy rain and high winds have caused major flooding and disrupted travel and power supplies for large parts of England and southern Scotland since late last week.
In October, the organisation said it issued more amber alerts for sightings of the aurora so far this year than in 2013 and 2014 combined.
Amber is the organisation's second highest alert to draw the public's attention to opportunities of seeing the Northern Lights.
By October this year 14 were sent out and just two last year and eight in 2013.
At the time, displays were visible from Scotland, Northern Ireland and north England and Wales.
In some places, such as Inverness, the aurora was powerful enough to be visible through thin cloud.
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American Thompson, 22, was given a four-stroke penalty while leading the final round of the year's first major.
A television viewer spotted Thompson incorrectly replacing a marked ball in the third round, and told officials.
The R&A and USGA said players "should not be held to the degree of precision" provided by video technology.
The governing bodies want to allow tournament officials more flexibility to apply common sense in certain situations.
A joint statement added: "The use of video technology can make it possible to identify things that could not be seen with the naked eye."
The changes state:
Britain's four-time major winner Laura Davies told BBC Radio 5 live: "It's a great idea. It's just a shame it cost Lexi a major championship. My heart goes out to her."
BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter:
These changes lessen the influence of video referrals and strengthen the emphasis on player integrity when rules issues arise. If it takes enhanced footage to identify a rules breach, such evidence would not lead to a penalty.
This standard has been in place since 2014 with regard to the movement of a ball at rest.
The second change, when players use reasonable judgment to determine a specific location in applying the rules, relies on a golfer's integrity. It refers to how a player might take a free or penalty drop or replaces their ball after marking it.
This was the instance with Lexi Thompson at last month's ANA Inspiration when the American ended up incurring a four-stroke penalty for incorrectly replacing her ball in the third round.
It took video evidence, spotted by a TV viewer the following day, to spot the infraction and the subsequent furore prompted Tuesday's announcement. A broader review of the overall validity of television footage in deciding rules issues has also been set up.
It warns the closures threaten "the fundamental principles of a universal NHS".
Waiting times at local A&E departments increased sharply after those at Hammersmith and Central Middlesex Hospitals were closed.
The report says the reorganisation had no "up-to-date business plan".
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Consultation was inadequate and departments had been shut without providing adequate alternative healthcare, it added.
It said: "Overwhelmed and inconsistent" GP services are "clearly failing to meet demand across the region".
But a spokeswoman for NHS London said patients now had better access to GPs and that more A&E consultants and nurses had been recruited.
The Independent Healthcare Commission for North West London, led by Michael Mansfield QC, found the 'Shaping a Healthier Future' (SaHF) plan would cost at least £1bn, with "spiralling management and consultancy costs".
Cutbacks had been aimed at the most deprived communities, and many vulnerable patients were now forced to travel to hospitals with poor public transport links.
The commission was particularly concerned about plans to close the "exemplary" maternity unit at Ealing Hospital.
The SaHF programme had failed to consider the fast-growing population of North West London and the rise in the number of over-60s.
It had sought to save money in anticipation of NHS cuts that had not transpired.
•The decision to close Ealing maternity unit should be reversed immediately
•Reopen the A&E department at Central Middlesex Hospital
•The National Audit Office should undertake a review of the programme's value for money
•A new public consultation is needed as the proposals have changed significantly
•Substantial investment should be made in GP and out-of-hospital services
.•Ealing and Charing Cross hospitals must retain full 'blue light' A&E services for the foreseeable future
The plan aimed to redirect patients to Urgent Care Centres, but the commission said there was "widespread confusion" among GPs, consultants and patients about what the centres could do and who should go there.
It said they should be co-located with A&E departments wherever possible to avoid "fatal consequences".
NHS London defended the plan, saying patients were already benefitting from it.
"We now have eleven community hubs open across North West London, which provide a range of health and social care services in one place, closer to people's homes.
"Part of the improvement plan includes additional investment to modernise and increase capacity in our hospitals and community sites."
The official opening is on 14 November but South West Trains said it wanted to open the Berkshire station to the public "as soon as possible".
The project was due to be completed in August, but issues with ground works caused delays.
The station will be officially opened by Transport Minister Norman Baker.
The upgrade includes a new main building with retail units, lifts and a footbridge.
The former station building will be demolished once the new adjacent facility is ready for use.
Robin Ashton, from the Wokingham Chamber of Commerce, said: "We are delighted and it is very good news for the town.
"But we will be more pleased on the 14th (of November) when the site is properly delivered".
A South West Trains spokesperson said more than two million journeys were made through Wokingham station each year.
She added the upgrade would "encourage more passengers to travel by rail to work and for pleasure".
Children on their way to school will stop and look upwards to watch. There are also concerns the spectacle could halt rush-hour traffic.
And as Professor Martin Hendry, of Glasgow University's School of Physics and Astronomy says, that is hardly new.
"Thousands of years ago people were fascinated by eclipses because they thought there was some terrible fate about to befall the sun," he said.
"Chinese culture had it that there was a dragon trying to swallow the sun and of course they would all bang gongs to make it go away.
"And it always worked...because the sun would come back again."
The principle behind a solar eclipse is simple enough: the Sun shines on the Earth but occasionally the Moon gets in the way. It casts a moving shadow on the surface of the planet.
Where the Moon completely obscures the disc of the Sun, that is a total eclipse. Night makes a brief return.
On Friday that tight, dark shadow will fall on the northern Atlantic, passing over the Faroe Islands and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
A much wider shadow will surround it. People on either side of the path will notice morning reverting to twilight.
The Sun's disc will not be obscured completely but large areas of Europe, North Africa and Asia should get a good view of a partial eclipse.
Scotland is particularly well situated. At least 90% of the face of the Sun will be obscured wherever you are. The further north and west you go, the greater the eclipse will be.
In Glasgow, almost 94% of the Sun's disc will be blocked by the Moon.
In Portree, Kirkwall and Lerwick more than 96%. And in the far west of Lewis just over 98%. The merest sliver of the Sun will remain.
The dragon will start to nibble the Sun at about 08:30.
The eclipse will be at its greatest just over an hour later. And - gong-bashing or not - the Moon will have passed on its way not long after 10:40.
If you're thinking of taking a squint at the eclipse the best advice is: do not.
Even with 98% of the Sun blacked out, the remaining 2% is enough to blind you. Screwing up your eyes will not help. Looking through binoculars or a telescope will only make it worse.
Only dedicated solar filters and viewers are safe. Home-made "solutions", such as looking through sunglasses, clouds or exposed photographic film will not protect you.
One counterintuitive method is to look the other way. Take two pieces of card and punch a small hole in one of them.
It need not be a pinprick - up to four or five millimetres across will still work.
Tilt the card with the hole towards the Sun and use it to project an image of the eclipse onto the other card.
Congratulations, you have just made a pinhole camera (the more egotistical among us may even like to make a series of holes spelling out our name. Then you should be able to see your name, if not in lights, then in a series of tiny eclipses).
Solar eclipses are reassuringly predictable. The next big partial eclipse in these parts will be in August 2026.
What is altogether less predictable - now and then - is Scottish weather.
At the time of writing, the forecast is less than promising for most parts of the country. Many of us may be left hoping for a break in the clouds, or at least for the rain to stop.
The internet means that when someone gets lucky we all get to share.
Images are likely to appear from vessels in mid-Atlantic, from aircraft above the clouds, and from the blacked-out Faroes and Svalbard.
Beyond our atmosphere, the European Space Agency's Proba-2 satellite is ready to send pictures.
And if all else fails, we may be able to listen to the eclipse. Radio enthusiasts are being asked to tune their sets to medium wave frequencies in the hope that stations, normally only received at night, may be heard during daytime because of the effect of the Moon's shadow on the ionosphere.
Should you be thwarted by the weather, think of the lengths some people are prepared to go to to ensure a clear view of an eclipse.
One intrepid group went far into the Sahara desert. No clouds, big sky.
It would have been perfect if a sandstorm had not blown up.
The team claimed "new evidence" brought into question the decision to penalise the German for dangerous driving while battling Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
But after hearing the evidence, race stewards said "no new element" existed.
Vettel finished fourth in Mexico and was promoted to third before being demoted to fifth, behind Ricciardo and Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen.
Vettel, a four-time world champion, was penalised for a dangerous move while braking as Australian Ricciardo attempted to overtake.
Dutch teenager Verstappen was also punished after the race, which took place on 30 October.
He had overtaken Vettel by bypassing a chicane but was not asked to give up the position by the race director.
It was only after the race that he was penalised, demoted from third.
Ferrari were represented at Friday's hearing by engineering director Jock Clear.
He claimed there were two aspects of new evidence that had not been considered by race stewards when they gave Vettel his penalty.
These were:
The stewards acknowledged the race director had "absolute authority" to tell a driver to hand over position, but said he was not under an obligation to do so.
As for the GPS data, Clear conceded it did not contradict other evidence stewards had considered when deciding Vettel had performed an illegal move.
The character is the "feisty" sister of Chrissie Sugden, played by Louise Marwood, and the daughter of Lawrence White (John Bowe).
She is set for a dramatic entrance to the ITV soap in October, with ITV saying "she will continue to raise tensions" for months to come.
Series producer Iain MacLeod said she was a "brilliant addition".
He added: "She's funny, feisty and flirtatious - she might turn your fella's head but, importantly, she has a good heart."
He said "Emily couldn't be more perfect for this role" and that there is already an "electric" chemistry on-set between her and the rest of the cast.
Rebecca is also the aunt of Lachlan White, played by Thomas Atkinson.
Head, daughter of actor Anthony Head, said: "I am really looking forward to joining the Emmerdale cast, and so excited to be the one to put a face to the name Rebecca White.
"I can't wait to see how the village reacts to her arrival."
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Australian Day birdied the 16th and 17th holes but bogeyed the 18th to reach halfway on four under par.
Sweden's David Lingmerth also dropped a shot at the last but his three-under 67 lifted him up to second.
World number two Jordan Spieth is one under after a one-over 71 while England's Paul Casey (72) is two over.
"It was one of those days where you had to stay patient," said Day, who is bidding for a fourth PGA Tour win this season. "I'm just very pleased to shoot under par."
The Terriers had the best of the chances as they looked to extend their 100% start to the season, with Rajiv van la Parra, Steve Mounie and Elias Kachunga all having opportunities
But they ultimately had defender Tommy Smith to thank for saving a point with a goalline clearance from Ryan Bertrand's injury-time header.
Three games into their first Premier League season, Huddersfield are ahead of Manchester City on goal difference.
But having gone top when their match finished, they were usurped by Manchester United after their win over Leicester later in the day.
Saints boss Mauricio Pellegrino, meanwhile, has made an unbeaten start in the Premier League with two draws and one victory.
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Huddersfield have opened the league season with three successive clean sheets - only the second time a promoted side have done so after Charlton achieved the feat in 1997.
Few would have predicted their flying start to the campaign, but David Wagner's side have been a breath of fresh air.
"We have three clean sheets in the Premier League so I am very proud," said Wagner.
"We will go into this international break with a smile on our face.
"We wanted to show that we are brave. I am very happy."
The visitors may not have made the most convincing start to the game, but they remain unbeaten in the league this season.
And, were it not for Smith's late clearance, they would have stolen all three points, taking them - not the hosts - level on points with Manchester City.
While much of the attention has been focused on the future of defender Virgil van Dijk, the Saints have made a steady start under Pellegrino.
Despite Huddersfield having nine first-half shots, they showed defensive solidity, and will hope to welcome back the Dutchman once the transfer window shuts this week.
Huddersfield manager David Wagner: "I was happy how brave we were in the first half. Unfortunately, we didn't score and this is why we have to accept the 0-0.
"There were some good blocks and saves. We missed opportunities. Southampton had the best chances in the second half.
"It was an unbelievable save on the goalline [from Tommy Smith]."
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Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino: "We have to think about what we can do to be better in the next game. We have to keep going. Huddersfield are now really high. They are in a good moment.
"We had chances in the last 15-20 minutes and put them under pressure. There were moments for us and moments for them.
"It could have been three points, one point or none. It was tough from the beginning."
Following the international break, Huddersfield travel to London Stadium to face West Ham on Monday, 11 September at 20:00 BST. The Saints host Watford two days prior to that (15:00).
Match ends, Huddersfield Town 0, Southampton 0.
Second Half ends, Huddersfield Town 0, Southampton 0.
Offside, Southampton. James Ward-Prowse tries a through ball, but Oriol Romeu is caught offside.
Nathan Redmond (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Collin Quaner (Huddersfield Town).
Attempt blocked. Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Shane Long with a cross.
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Collin Quaner replaces Elias Kachunga.
Offside, Southampton. Nathan Redmond tries a through ball, but Sam McQueen is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shane Long.
Attempt missed. Steve Mounie (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Tom Ince.
Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Williams (Huddersfield Town).
Attempt missed. Danny Williams (Huddersfield Town) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kasey Palmer with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Huddersfield Town. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
Attempt blocked. Kasey Palmer (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince.
Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tommy Smith.
Substitution, Southampton. Sam McQueen replaces Dusan Tadic.
Foul by Nathan Redmond (Southampton).
Tommy Smith (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Southampton. James Ward-Prowse replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
Foul by Shane Long (Southampton).
Christopher Schindler (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Elias Kachunga.
Foul by Cédric Soares (Southampton).
Tom Ince (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Shane Long (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Christopher Schindler (Huddersfield Town).
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Kasey Palmer.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Zanka.
Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Mario Lemina.
Attempt missed. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
Dusan Tadic (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Williams (Huddersfield Town).
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Danny Williams replaces Philip Billing.
Foul by Jack Stephens (Southampton).
Kasey Palmer (Huddersfield Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Steve Mounie (Huddersfield Town) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tommy Smith with a cross.
Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Kasey Palmer replaces Rajiv van La Parra because of an injury.
Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Tom Ince.
The babies were born in May and are now playing with the rest of the group in the main enclosure.
They don't stray very far from their mum though.
In the wild meerkats live in large families called a "mob" or "gang" and as many as 50 meerkats can live in them.
All the adults in a mob share the responsibility of looking after the pups.
Meerkats live in large burrows underground, to escape the scorching heat of the South African sun.
These five meerkat pups are yet to be named, but are enjoying exploring their new enclosure with each other for now.
Newport will face the Premier League giants if they beat Plymouth Argyle in their second-round replay on Wednesday.
County are using a special pitch cover at Rodney Parade to ensure the games is not a victim of the weather.
"It's a massive game for us. The lads are buzzing, they are ready to go," Jackson said.
"The money would be massive for the club and we as players know we would get to play at Anfield.
"In League Two that's not something you get to do every day. It would be something to tell the grandkids.
"It would be the biggest game of my career so I'm going to be doing everything I can to help my team get there."
County boss, Graham Westley, said he had no fresh injury concerns, but Newport will be without Sean Rigg, who is still suspended after being sent off in the original game at Home Park, which ended 0-0.
The European Commission is proposing a force with a stronger mandate than the EU's current Frontex border teams.
But some governments see the powers as violating national sovereignty.
The commission is also proposing to resettle Syrian refugees directly from camps in Turkey to try to stop people taking the dangerous voyage by sea.
The new proposals follow the reintroduction of border controls by some countries within the EU's internal borderless Schengen area - including Germany, Austria and Hungary - to control the flow of migrants.
They also follow revelations that two of the Paris attackers entered the EU on the migrant route through Greece.
"If we want to preserve Schengen we have to improve our common external border management. The current security risks make action urgent," said European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans.
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The new European Border and Coast Guard will be created from Frontex and EU member states' own border authorities, which will continue to manage the border on a day-to-day basis, the commission said.
The new force will have a rapid reserve pool of 1,500 experts who can be deployed in three days and will have a mandate to intervene if member states are overwhelmed or are deemed to be failing to safeguard the EU's external borders.
"This is a safety net which, like all safety nets, we hope will never need to be used. But it is essential to restore the credibility of our border management system," added Mr Timmermans.
In addition, the commission also wants to bring in mandatory checks against EU and national databases on EU citizens arriving at and leaving the Schengen area.
That move follows a US move to suspend visa-free entry for citizens of many European countries who have made recent trips to Syria and Iraq as well as Iran and Sudan.
However, Poland says it will oppose any move to send in EU border guards without the host country's approval.
Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said such powers "would mean that this would be an undemocratic structure, not controlled by the member states".
But he said strengthening Frontex "is necessary in every sense".
Frontex - an EU agency based in Poland - is already poised to send border guards to Greece, where almost 800,000 migrants have arrived by sea this year. Most of them are refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Frontex says its role is to help enforce border controls, but the deployed officers work "under the command and control of the authorities" in the host country.
The deployment on the Greek islands near Turkey will boost the number of land and sea patrols, meaning more migrants will be identified and properly registered, a Frontex statement said.
Of those who have come ashore this year only one in five was intercepted by border guards, Frontex said.
Border controls and terrorism will top the agenda when EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday.
The UK is not bound by the plan for the new European Border and Coast Guard, because it is not in the 26-country Schengen zone.
But the UK can choose to contribute resources, as it did for the EU's search-and-rescue mission in the Mediterranean.
The 25-year-old, who will miss Euro 2016 and the start of the new Premier League season through injury, becomes the first signing for incoming City manager Pep Guardiola.
City have reportedly paid a fee of about £20m for Gundogan.
"When I learned of City's interest, my heart was set on coming," he said. "Things have moved very quickly."
The Premier League club's director of football Txiki Begiristain praised Gundogan's "work ethic and technical ability".
"He is an intelligent and versatile midfielder who can operate in a number of different roles," Begiristain added. "He will be a very important player for us in the coming years."
Gundogan dislocated his kneecap in training at the start of May and was also sidelined for the 2014 World Cup with a back problem that ruled him out for almost the entire 2013-14 season.
"The opportunity to work with a coach like Pep Guardiola is something I am really looking forward to and I am flattered to be the first signing the club has made this summer," he added.
"I will give everything to help us win titles both in England and the Champions League. These are exciting times. I have my best years ahead of me and I think we can achieve great things together."
The midfielder joined Dortmund from Nuremberg in 2011 and helped them reach the 2013 Champions League final, before signing a new contract in 2015 that still had a year to run.
The company has been under pressure from some investors to break itself into a holding unit and an operating company to boost shareholder value.
The South Korean technology giant also announced plans to increase dividends and said it would continue to buy back more shares.
Restructuring pressure had mounted after the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco.
In October, the company was forced to stop production of its flagship smartphone model after failing to resolve battery problems leading to overheating and the devices catching fire.
Samsung said it would bring in "external advisers to conduct a thorough review of the optimal corporate structure."
The firm pointed out that "the review does not indicate the management or the board's intention one way or another."
Samsung also said it would pay out half of its free cash flow to shareholders for 2016 and 2017 and raise the dividend for 2016 by 36% compared to the previous year.
In order to improve governance, the firm said it would nominate at least "one new, international, independent board member" as well as create a separate governance committee.
The company's statement comes after US activist hedge fund Elliott Management called for the firm to split into a holding unit for ownership purposes and a separate operating company.
The fund argued that a split would simplify the company structure making it easier to get a clear valuation of the firm's assets.
Currently, companies within the wider Samsung Group are linked through a complicated web of cross shareholding, linking Samsung Electronics to many other Samsung's firms and affiliates ranging from shipping, to heavy industries to insurance business.
That makes it difficult for investors to get a clear idea of what each individual Samsung company is actually worth.
The benefit of splitting Samsung Electronics into two companies would be that the cross-shareholding would affect only the holding company while the operating unit could be assessed separately - making it a lot easier to arrive at a clean company evaluation.
The proposal has won support from several of Samsung's investors and it is also thought that it would give back more control to the founding Lee family behind the company.
The 25-year-old made the announcement on BBC Breakfast, while appearing with her fellow bandmates.
"I've always wanted to be a part of the show - it looks like so much fun and the costumes are just gorgeous. I can't wait to get started," she said.
The dancing series returns to BBC One in September.
"Like so many little girls, I used to take dance lessons when I was in primary school and I really love dancing but this is going to be so different from anything I have done with The Saturdays," Bridge said.
"I'm used to being more relaxed, but I'm going to have to think about things like fingers and where my head is.
"That's making me really nervous because I think people will assume 'she'll be fine' but I've never done that before."
Her bandmate Rochelle Humes has previously taken part in the show - first in 2010 as part of a Children in Need special and then again last year for the Christmas edition.
Bridge first rose to fame, alongside Humes, in 2001 at the age of 12 as part of pop group S Club Juniors, amassing six top 10 singles in four years.
In 2007, the pair joined The Saturdays and, as part of the five-piece girl group, have scored four top 10 albums and 13 top 10 singles including Up, Ego, Missing You and number one hit What About Us.
Bridge will compete against 14 other celebrities for the coveted Strictly glitterball trophy.
Tess Daly will return as the main host of the show, alongside Claudia Winkleman after Sir Bruce Forsyth stepped down in April.
The 24.78-carat "fancy intense pink" diamond was sold to a well-known British dealer at an auction in Geneva.
Bidding at the Sotheby's auction was said to be fierce, and the sale surpassed expectations.
Last sold by a New York jeweller 60 years ago, the gem has been kept in a private collection ever since.
The diamond had been expected to command at least £625,000 per carat.
The previous record for a jewel at auction was set by a blue 35.56 carat diamond which sold for £15.2m at auction in 2008.
"This is the highest price ever bid for a jewel at auction," said David Bennett, the head of Sotheby's jewellery division, as the auction room in Geneva's luxury Beau Rivage hotel broke into applause.
It was bought by top diamond trader Laurence Graff, who bid by telephone, Sotheby's said.
The auction house said it sold jewels worth a total of £66m - a world record for a single sale.
Five hundred lots were on sale, including jewellery that belonged to Christina Onassis and Cristina Ford - who was married to Henry Ford II, grandson of the founder of the Ford Motor Company.
"I think this tells you a bit about the health of the market," Mr Bennett told reporters afterwards.
He said the pink stone - which is described as having an emerald cut with gently rounded corners - had a "soft sensual feel".
Pink diamonds of such a size are extremely rare.
"There's only one or two other stones I've seen like this in the 35 years I've been doing this job," said Mr Bennett. "I just love it."
BBC Geneva correspondent Imogen Foulkes said it was a "beautiful, rosy pink with an alluring sparkle".
The Popular Mobilisation announced that its fighters had "liberated" the Unesco World Heritage-listed site "after fierce clashes with the enemy".
The full extent of the damage to Hatra was not immediately clear from a grainy photograph published by the force.
IS has bulldozed, blown up and looted pre-Islamic sites it deems idolatrous.
Unesco has said the deliberate destruction of Iraq's cultural heritage constitutes a war crime.
Shia-led Popular Mobilisation militiamen launched the offensive on Hatra at dawn on Tuesday.
By Wednesday afternoon, they had retaken the archaeological site and had advanced to the edge of the adjacent modern town of Hatra, according to an AFP news agency journalist.
Hatra, located 290 km (180 miles) north-west of Baghdad and 110km south-west of Mosul, was one of the best-preserved of Iraq's archaeological sites before it was seized by IS in 2014.
Possibly founded in the 3rd or 2nd Century BC, it was a religious and trading centre of the Parthian Empire and capital of the first Arab Kingdom.
The city's numerous temples, where Hellenistic and Roman architecture were blended with Eastern decorative features, led to it becoming known as the "House of God".
Its high, thick walls, which were built in a circle and fortified by towers, meanwhile helped it withstand invasions by the Romans in AD116 and 198. It eventually fell to the Persian Sasanian dynasty in AD241.
More recently, the site was used in the opening scene of the 1973 horror film, The Exorcist.
In March 2015, Iraqi officials said they had received reports from locals that IS had destroyed Hatra.
The following month, IS itself released a video showing militants using picks, sledgehammers and assault rifles to destroy Hatra's walls and statues.
In November, a month after launching a major operation to drive IS out of Mosul, Iraqi forces recaptured the ancient city of Nimrud. Much of the site was reduced to rubble, with shattered statues and a ziggurat reduced to a fraction of its size.
The trial at 24 doctors' practices found people vaccinated before lunch produced the most defensive antibodies.
The University of Birmingham team suggested immunising people in tune with the body's natural rhythm could be a cheap way to save lives.
Experts said the study may mark the dawn of making use of "the body clock in the clinic".
Our internal clock alters our alertness, mood, physical strength and even the risk of a heart attack in a daily rhythm.
And our immune system also waxes and wanes through the day.
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The trial looked at 276 healthy people, aged over 65, getting the flu jab before the 2011, 2012 and 2013 flu seasons.
They were vaccinated either in a morning session (09:00 to 11:00) or an afternoon appointment (13:00 to 17:00).
One month later, patients vaccinated in the morning had produced significantly more antibodies against two of the three flu strains in the jab.
Similar antibody levels were produced for the third strain, the results in the journal Vaccine showed.
Dr Anna Phillips, one of the researchers from the University of Birmingham, said the results were meaningful and doctors should "definitely" think about performing flu jabs in the morning.
She told the BBC News website: "A lot of surgeries just try and fit in vaccination anyway so it's not going to risk any patient, it's not going to cost anything and even if we're wrong you've nothing to lose by doing this.
"I think it's fantastic, the idea of an intervention this easy to do and free is unheard of in terms of trying to change NHS practice."
It is not clear exactly what the critical difference between the morning and afternoon immune system is.
Levels of immune messengers called cytokines, the stress hormone cortisol and sex hormones - all of which affect the immune system - fluctuate in a daily rhythm.
And individual white blood cells also have their own internal clocks that alter their activity too.
Andrew Loudon and David Ray, a pair of body clock professors at the University of Manchester, told the BBC News website: "This may be the dawn of the body clock in the clinic.
"This is a most interesting study, and is among the first to show how the body clock can be used to make healthcare interventions more effective.
"There have been major advances in understanding how the body clock can regulate immunity in laboratory animals, but very little of that exciting science has led to changes in healthcare.
"This study shows that a simple intervention, giving the same vaccine at a different time of day, can result in a major gain in effectiveness."
However, other vaccines stimulate the immune system in different ways so it is too simple to conclude that all immunisation should take place before lunch.
There have been some suggestions that hepatitis B vaccination may be more effective in the afternoon.
But the concept of timing medicine to the body clock - the field of chronotherapy - is powerful and is also showing promise in treating cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
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It is the only world the two-year-old has known for the last 17 months after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
Now her mum, Mel, is hoping to take her little girl on a trip around the world - in the form of postcards.
She has launched a social media appeal asking for people to send in postcards to decorate Jessie's room.
They will also be used to teach her sister Macy, seven, about the different countries of the world.
The appeal was picked up on the Facebook page of Sheffield Online on Monday and has been shared more than 5,500 times.
Postcards have already come flooding into the children's hospital from Liverpool and York and as far away as the US, New Zealand and Australia.
Mel, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, said: "It's already had a massive impact on Jessie.
"Just seeing her with Macy, the two of them sat on the bed next to each other passing out an envelope each and saying 'go', and both trying to get into them.
"They were sat there and Macy was reading them to Jessie. It was amazing seeing the smiles on their faces.
"We've had a couple of animal ones and Jessie loves animals and as soon as she sees them that's it.
"One of them was of a kangaroo and she was over the moon, 'hop hop hop'. She loves them."
Jessie had a bone marrow transplant last year but suffered complications which has meant she has been unable to leave hospital and has to stay in isolation.
Mel says she had the idea for the postcards to decorate Jessie's room which the family have "had to make into our home".
"I thought it would be really nice to brighten the girls' room up and in the process teach Macy about different countries and where they are and teach Jessie there is more than four walls and a view out of the window.
"There's a big world out there we would like to take her to see."
Mel says her daughters have received around 500 postcards and letters in the post since the appeal was launched.
One woman also donated a rucksack containing around 2,000 postcards which she had collected throughout her life.
"I'm so overwhelmed by the response by people out there, that don't know us or what we've been through, taking the time to read and share it and send stuff in," said Mel.
"It's amazing. I didn't think we'd get anywhere near the amount of shares, let alone the amount of post cards.
"I'm just asking people to send a card if they go on holiday or if they have a favourite place they go to - we call our happy place - take a picture and let us see."
Postcards can be sent to Jessie and Macy Stocks at Sheffield Children's Hospital.
English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish representatives held discussions on the topic while attending the Uefa Congress in Helsinki, Finland.
Men's and women's sides competed under the GB banner during the 2012 Olympics.
Plans for the teams to compete at the 2016 Games were scrapped after protests from the Irish, Scottish and Welsh FAs.
Though there is no prospect of a return for a men's side, it is believed there could be a possibility of a women's team competing in 2020.
The associations of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have traditionally been against teams playing under a GB flag for fear of losing their status as independent football nations.
Wales boss Chris Coleman has previously said he is not in favour of the idea.
"I cannot accept we should be a Great Britain team. I think that is wrong. Our independence would possibly go away," former Football Association of Wales (FAW) president Trefor Lloyd Hughes told BBC Wales Sport.
British Olympic chiefs have already said they are in favour of fielding GB soccer teams in Tokyo.
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Adnan Akmal scored 74 not out as the hosts made 192, losing 12 wickets on day one of a two-day match as both teams agreed to spend a day batting.
Finn took 4-16 but will battle with Mark Wood for the third seamer's place.
Meanwhile, leg-spinner Adil Rashid, pushing for a Test debut, took 3-53.
Finn, who took eight Australian wickets to win the third Ashes Test in July, and Wood played alongside Stuart Broad in the last two Tests against Australia after James Anderson was injured.
But Finn expects Wood, Broad and the fit-again Anderson to be selected for the first Test, which begins on 13 October in Abu Dhabi, after the other three all played in the opening warm-up game earlier this week.
"I'd say I've staked a claim but I'd still be surprised if I played the first Test," said the Middlesex bowler, who took the new ball with fellow paceman Liam Plunkett.
"I think the guys bowled really well the other day, and it wouldn't surprise me if the team that was picked then is the team for the first Test.
"At the moment, I'm back-up to those guys but nothing is set in stone."
Finn's match-winning Ashes performance at Edgbaston came after he doubted if he would play Test cricket again during his two-year absence from the longest format.
On that occasion, Wood was rested and Finn believes it will be a straight pick between him and the Durham seamer.
"There will be disappointed people, regardless of who gets picked," added Finn. "I don't think the same attack is going to play all the way through the series.
"So if you don't play the first Test, it's not the end of the world - there are two others in very quick succession."
Attention will turn to England's batting on Friday, with Moeen Ali and Alex Hales both auditioning for the role as captain Alastair Cook's opening partner.
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She had been asked to give sworn responses to 25 written questions from a conservative legal group.
At least 21 responses used variations of "does not recall", the documents, provided by her lawyer, show.
Mrs Clinton denies handling classified information in her private emails.
Questions over her use of a private email server while secretary of state have dogged her presidential campaign.
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FBI releases email inquiry files
Her responses under oath to the Judicial Watch group were provided by her lawyer, David Kendall.
Mrs Clinton also made various legal objections to the wording or formation of 18 of the 25 questions, the documents show.
Correspondents say her answers provide no new information beyond what Mrs Clinton told FBI agents during a recent investigation.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the group's lawyers would be closely reviewing her responses.
"Mrs Clinton's refusal to answer many of the questions in a clear and straightforward manner further reflects disdain for the rule of law," he said.
Judicial Watch has filed multiple lawsuits to try to obtain copies of government documents from Mrs Clinton's time as secretary of state.
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Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Berlin, he said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third.
He also called for reductions in the number of tactical warheads in Europe.
However Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Moscow "cannot take these assurances seriously".
The US and Russian signed a joint agreement in 2010 to mutually reduce their stockpiles of nuclear weapons to a maximum of 1,550 warheads and no more than 700 deployed launchers.
By Jonathan MarcusBBC diplomatic correspondent
President Barack Obama is seeking to revive the process of nuclear disarmament which figured prominently during his first term, but which has largely disappeared from the agenda since then.
Reducing the stockpiles of strategic or long-range nuclear weapons further is one thing - though without a resolution of US-Russian differences over missile defence it may be difficult to make headway.
Are the Russians willing to play ball - perhaps by accepting parallel reciprocal cuts thus avoiding some of the lengthy timetable of a detailed new treaty?
If not, is Mr Obama ready to push forward with cuts anyway ?
Bringing shorter-range - so-called tactical nuclear weapons - into the picture could also be problematic.
Russia has an overwhelming preponderance of these weapons in Europe and has often seen them as tied to imbalances in conventional weaponry.
Opening up that whole can of worms could be difficult.
Mr Obama said the US was "on track" to cutting its warheads to pre-Cold War levels, but "we have more work to do".
He said he had determined that the US could ensure its own and its allies security and maintain a credible deterrent "while reducing our deployed strategic nuclear weapons by up to one third".
"I intend to seek negotiated cuts with Russia to move beyond Cold War nuclear postures," he said.
"We may no longer live in fear of global annihilation but so long as nuclear weapons exist, we are not truly safe."
Mr Obama added that the US would also work alongside Nato allies to seek "bold reductions" in the use of tactical weapons in Europe, and would also seek to forge a new international framework for the use of peaceful nuclear power.
He also said the US rejected the nuclearisation of countries like North Korea and Iran.
But Mr Rogozin, a former Russian ambassador to Nato, said Moscow "cannot take these assurances seriously" while the US is taking steps to build up its missile defence systems.
"The offence arms race leads to a defence arms race and vice versa," he said in comments quoted in Russia's state-owned Itar-Tass
Shortly before Mr Obama spoke, Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying that Moscow "cannot allow the balance of the system of strategic deterrence to be disturbed or the effectiveness of our nuclear force to be decreased".
A senior foreign policy adviser to Mr Putin said other nuclear-armed countries would have also have to reduce their stockpiles for such a plan to work.
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"The situation now is not like in the 1960s and 1970s when only the United States and the Soviet Union held talks on reducing nuclear arms," Yury Ushakov told a briefing in Moscow.
"Now we need to look more broadly... and increase the circle of participants in possible contacts on this matter."
Mr Obama's visit to Berlin is his first as American president.
His address to students and government officials at the Brandenburg Gate, which once divided East and West Germany, comes almost 50 years after President John F Kennedy's celebrated "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.
Mr Obama said that for the US, moving beyond the Cold War "mindset of perpetual war" also meant redoubling efforts to close the US prison camp at Guantanamo, tightly controlling the use of new technology like drones and "balancing the pursuit of security with the protection of privacy".
In her morning meetings with Mr Obama, Mrs Merkel had criticised Prism, the recently exposed US phone and internet surveillance programmes, saying: "We do see the need for gathering information, but there is a need for due diligence and proportionality."
The chancellor grew up in Communist East Germany, where police surveillance was widespread.
She acknowledged that the internet "enables enemies of a free liberal order to use and abuse and bring threats to all of us", but "an equitable balance must be struck".
Mr Obama said the monitoring applied within narrow limits to do with national security. It had detected 50 potential threats and saved many lives, he emphasised.
"This is not a situation where we simply go into the internet and begin searching any way we want," he told a news conference in Berlin.
Mr Obama's visit comes after G8 leaders backed calls for holding Syrian peace talks in Geneva "as soon as possible".
Speaking earlier, Mr Obama said the US was confident that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons during the 26-month-old conflict, but refused to spell out what aid might go the rebels.
"I cannot and will not comment on specifics on our programmes related to the Syrian opposition," he said, stressing his support for a political transition.
It could help develop new drugs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains, the University of Western Australia researchers said.
The protein, EptA, allows some strains to shrug off colistin, an antibiotic used when all other treatments fail.
It follows warnings that a so-called antibiotic apocalypse could be among the 21st Century's greatest threats.
The new research could help create treatments to inhibit the masking protein, according to lead researcher Professor Alice Vrielink.
"We can think about the protein as being like a lock of a door and it has a specific shape," said Prof Vrielink, a molecular biologist.
"If we know the three-dimensional shape, we can get an idea of what the key should look like."
The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and involved several other universities and organisations.
According to the World Health Organization, drug-resistant infections kill 700,000 people each year.
One study has suggested antibiotic resistance will kill an extra 10 million people a year worldwide - more than currently die from cancer - by 2050 unless action is taken.
Scientists have identified bacteria that resist the most common antibiotic of last resort - colistin - in locations around the world. It raises the prospect of untreatable infections.
"The ability of bacteria to overcome drugs I think puts us back into a very alarming situation in terms of public health," Prof Vrielink said.
Using a technique called X-ray crystallography, it maps the three-dimensional structure of EptA.
"The protein provides the ability for the bacteria to cloak itself from the immune system and from antibiotics," Prof Vrielink said.
"If can stop it from doing that, we de-mask the bacteria."
Prof Vrielink hopes the discovery will lead to a new treatment. She said it would probably involve one drug to unmask the bacteria, and an antibiotic to treat the infection.
"A therapeutic treatment is probably years down the road," she said.
"It's a long process but this is our first step towards that work."
Five teenagers were arrested over plans to target police at the memorial event next week, Australian police said.
The Metropolitan Police said there was no "specific threat" to the UK but security for Anzac Day events was being reviewed as a "sensible precaution".
Anzac Day honours Australian and New Zealand soldiers who have died in war.
Australians and New Zealanders in the UK traditionally observe the occasion, which takes place on 25 April each year, by holding services in Westminster and Hyde Park in central London.
Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said: "Following counter-terrorism arrests in Australia this weekend and allegations of attack planning against Anzac Day commemorations and police officers in Australia, we are reviewing security plans at related events in the UK.
"We already have protective security plans in place for major Anzac events in the UK but as a sensible precaution all forces have been asked to review security arrangements at related events to ensure they are safe and secure for the public and officers.
"While there is no information to suggest a specific threat to related events in the UK - and the current UK threat level remains unchanged - the public should remain vigilant."
The current UK threat level for international terrorism, set by the government, is "severe" - meaning an attack is "highly likely".
Anzac Day was established to mark the anniversary of the start of the Gallipoli campaign in World War One, and this year marks 100 years since that day.
Reports of sexual abuse and rape at the branches of Fosters Menswear in Salford and Ashton-under-Lyne, which have since closed down, have been made to Greater Manchester Police.
An 80-year-old man has been interviewed under caution.
Det Con Gary McCarthy said: "Our team is working hard to uncover the full extent of this historical sex abuse."
He praised the alleged victims for coming forward, adding: "We understand that reporting traumatic events can be extremely difficult, but I want to reassure anyone who is thinking about coming forward that we will be there to support them."
The dusky thrush was seen at Dukes Barn activity centre in Beeley, Derbyshire, in early December, prompting the arrival of about 1,000 twitchers.
A small donation was suggested for using its car park and food and drink was also sold to the birdwatchers.
The centre, which organises outside activities for disabled children, said it could now buy new equipment.
The thrush, which has only been seen about a dozen times in the UK, was believed to have been blown to Britain by "strong easterly winds".
It unexpectedly stayed for about a week feeding in the charity's orchard unfazed by all the attention.
Birdwatchers travelled from all over the country to see the bird after they were alerted to its presence by Beeley resident Rachel Jones.
David Johnstone, from Scotland, said he drove for about five hours to get a glimpse of the bird.
The small village felt the impact of its star attraction and at one point a bus was laid on from Chatsworth House's car parks to relieve the pressure.
Ann Poppal, who lives in Beeley, said what happened to the village was "astounding" but the attention also made life difficult for residents - some even got fed up with the birdwatchers.
However, Heather Cope, a manager at Dukes Barn, said the bird had left a lasting legacy.
She said: "I've seen it twice and I've seen lots of wonderful photographs, we're going to ask some of the people to send them so we can make paintings and big displays."
Wildlife experts believe the bird, which is about the size of a blackbird, has headed south to warmer climes.
Laugher led after his first of six dives and did not relinquish top position as he scored 554 points.
China's Siyi Xie and Yuan Cao were second and third with 539.15 and 510.05 points respectively.
British pair Tom Daley and Grace Reid went in the mixed 3m synchro springboard and failed to make it on to the podium as they finished fourth.
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The stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child officially opened to the public in London on 30 July.
The story is set 19 years after the final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
In the new play, Harry Potter has grown up and his own kids are going to school.
It's in two parts and lasts more than five hours.
The play has been on for two months already, but last night was its official opening.
Author JK Rowling told the BBC that fans had been "amazing" at not giving away any spoilers from the story.
The script of the play was released on the same night and thousands of people queued outside bookshops to get their hands on it.
The top seed took 10 games in a row to win 4-6 6-3 6-0 and set up a final against Lucie Safarova on Saturday.
Williams, 33, has been unwell throughout the tournament and struggled as temperatures soared in Paris.
"I don't think I've ever been this sick," Williams told ESPN. "I didn't expect to win that, I really didn't."
She added: "I got the flu after my third-round match and I've been really struggling ever since then. Hopefully this is the worst and I'll get better from here.
"I thought, 'If I'm going to lose, I'm going to go for winners.'
"The next thing I know it was a set all and I thought, 'I really don't feel like playing a third set.' I was so tired. I just fought for every point and here I am."
The American world number one, who pulled out of her post-match media commitments, is trying to win her third French Open and 20th Grand Slam singles title.
Earlier on Court Philippe Chatrier, 13th seed Safarova fought back to beat Serbia's Ana Ivanovic and become the first Czech woman to reach a Roland Garros final in 34 years.
Williams claimed her fourth victory in this tournament from a set down, something she has never managed before at a Grand Slam.
She looked down and out for the first set and a half against Bacsinszky, with the Swiss 23rd seed showing no nerves on her major semi-final debut.
Williams, meanwhile, wrapped herself in ice towels at the changeovers, shuffled slowly between points and looked close to breaking down at times.
Bacsinszky, 25, cracked a backhand return winner to go 3-2 up and served out the set, before moving a break up in the second after converting her sixth break point.
Williams had kept herself in the contest thanks to her mighty serve, but finally broke the Swiss for the first time to level at 3-3 and then smacked away a backhand drive-volley for a decisive 5-3 lead.
Bacsinszky had hit 16 winners in the first set but that dropped to eight as she came under pressure in the second, and there were just two in a one-sided decider.
With victory all but assured at 5-0, Williams hit a superb running forehand pass on her way to securing victory - and a 24th Grand Slam final place - in a little under two hours.
"Every tennis match is tough," said Bacsinszky, who left the court in tears.
"I'm not really looking at how my opponent is doing on the other side of the court. I'm more focusing on my plans.
"She's the only one who knows how she was feeling. I have no idea how fit she was or not. I knew on court it would be a difficult match. I never forgot that.
"She deserved to win today. It happens. It's only a tennis match."
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Former Latics and Scotland defender Caldwell was appointed boss in April 2015 and led them to the League One title last season.
But they are 23rd in the table after 14 matches this term and have failed to win in their past four games.
"I feel that we need to act now in the best long-term interests of the club," chairman David Sharpe said.
"It's undoubtedly the toughest decision I've had to make since becoming chairman."
Caldwell, whose side had won only two of their 14 league games since being promoted, is the sixth Championship manager to leave their job this season.
The 34-year-old, who made 111 appearances for Wigan as a player, was in his first managerial role, having replaced Malky Mackay with the team eight points adrift of safety in the Championship with five games to play of the 2014-15 season.
He was unable to save the Latics from relegation, but led them on a 20-match unbeaten run in his first full season in charge to help them back into the second tier at the first attempt.
The selling price far exceeded the $30,000 (£19,700) originally estimated for the rare LP record.
It was bought by an unnamed buyer from the Midwest, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The sale also broke the previous record for a similar item, the entertainment magazine reported.
The UK Parlophone copy of the album includes a high gloss cover and vinyl gatefold sleeve. According to the Hollywood Reporter it was believed to have been autographed by all four Beatles near its release in June 1967.
The Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which ran the sale, described it as "one of the most spectacular jewels in our auction".
Speaking before the sale, Beatles expert Perry Cox said: "With my being thoroughly immersed in Beatles collectibles for over 30 years, it takes something extraordinarily special to excite me, but I consider this to be one of the top two items of Beatles memorabilia I've ever seen - the other being a signed copy of Meet The Beatles."
The album features an official souvenir programme of the fourth annual Beatles Convention of Cavern Mecca, dated August 26, 1984.
The previous record for a signed Beatles album cover was $150,000, (£98,600) which was paid for a copy of the 1964 record, Meet the Beatles in 2011.
It was the first nation in Latin America to establish a welfare state, maintained through relatively high taxes on industry, and developed a democratic tradition that earned it the sobriquet "the Switzerland of South America".
But economic and political turmoil, in particular left-wing urban guerrilla attacks in the early 1970s, led the government of the day to suspend the constitution and launch a period of repressive military rule that lasted until 1985.
Since the restoration of democratic government, successive governments have liberalised the economy. Colonial towns, beach resorts and a year-round mild climate have contributed to a growing tourist industry.
Population 3.4 million
Area 176,215 sq km (68,037 sq miles)
Major language Spanish
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 74 years (men), 81 years (women)
Currency Uruguayan peso
President: Tabare Vazquez
Mr Vazquez's decisive victory in the 2014 run-off presidential election over right-wing challenger Luis Lacalle Pou cemented left-wing rule for another five years.
A cancer doctor by profession, Tabare Vazquez served as president in 2005-2010, being succeeded by his party colleague Jose Mujica. Uruguayan presidents do not serve consecutive terms.
Mr Vazquez pledged to focus more attention on improving education standards and fighting crime, while maintaining the generous social welfare policies of Mr Mujica.
Uruguayans can access a wide range of views via hundreds of privately-owned media outlets.
The state of media freedom is healthy and the UN has praised broadcasting legislation as being "exemplary".
Some key dates in Uruguay's history:
1726 - Spanish found Montevideo and take over Uruguay from the Portuguese; many of the indigenous people are killed.
1776 - Uruguay becomes part of the Vice-royalty of La Plata, which has its capital at Buenos Aires.
1830 - Independence.
1838-65 - Civil war between Blancos, or Whites - the future conservative party - and Colorados, or Reds - the future liberals.
1865-70 - War of the Triple Alliance. Uruguay joins Argentina and Brazil in war against Paraguay, which is defeated.
1903-07 and 1911-15 - President Jose Batlle y Ordonez helps expand cattle ranching, introduces major social reforms.
1933 - Gabriel Terra abolishes National Council.
1960s - Emergence of the leftist Tupamaros group, which stages guerrilla attacks. The military launches a brutal counterinsurgency.
1973-85 - Military rule characterised by extreme repression.
2013 - Uruguay becomes the first country to legalise the cultivation, sale and consumption of marijuana for recreational use, as a measure to counter drug cartels.
The airline said the disruption, which led it to cancel 600 flights, would knock £25m off its pre-tax profits.
Easyjet also said the crash by the Germanwings plane in March had deterred passengers from booking flights.
The share price fall came despite Easyjet reporting a profit of £7m in the six months to 31 March.
That compared with a loss of £53m recorded during the same period last year. Profits were helped by cheaper fuel and a strong finish to the ski season.
Easyjet said the second half of the financial year had got off to a bad start.
Chief executive Carolyn McCall said April had been a "one-off horrible month", with the disruption from the French air traffic control strike and following the Germanwings plane crash.
"A lot of passengers just didn't book in April. There is no question [that] when you see any tragic event, you just see a reaction to that from consumers," Ms McCall said.
Revenue per seat in the third quarter - stripping out the impact of currency movements - is now expected to have fallen by about four percentage points, with the change in the timing of the Easter holiday period also having an impact.
However, Ms McCall added that bookings had "picked up momentum again".
Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers, said: "Perhaps the fact that the market has become accustomed to being pleasantly surprised has resulted in a sharp markdown to the shares, given that the French air traffic control strikes will impact on revenue per seat in Q3.
"In addition, previously announced currency headwinds are also adding to the short-term gloom, whilst the general airline sector concerns such as geopolitical tensions are ever present in the background."
Airlines tend to incur losses in the winter and make most of their profits during the summer.
Easyjet's half-year profit was at the upper end of forecasts, since it had previously predicted an outcome somewhere between a £5m loss and a £10m profit, while revenues for the six-month period rose 3.8% to £1.767bn.
Total revenue per seat rose by 0.2% to £54.91, while costs per seat fell 1.4% to £38.66.
"The profit in the half reflects the delivery of our customer-focused revenue initiatives and a strong finish to the ski season, as well as the benefit we received from the lower fuel price and favourable foreign exchange movements," said Ms McCall in the results statement.
"As we enter the important summer season, forward bookings are in line with last year, and as we predicted, passengers are benefiting as fares fall to reflect a more competitive operating environment and lower fuel costs."
She told the BBC's Today programme that low fuel prices had been "enormously helpful" in the first half and that foreign exchange movements had gone in Easyjet's favour. However, she warned that currency movements would "go against us in the second half".
The company saw an exchange rate gain of £18m in the first half, but expects that to be reversed in the second half.
The airline said it was "well positioned to grow revenue and profit this year".
It predicted that the overall market for European short-haul flights would continue to grow, thanks to "improved economic conditions and a lower oil price".
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The Blues became champions of England for a sixth time with a 1-0 victory over West Brom on Friday.
Conte, 47, has been linked with the vacant Inter Milan job, while there is speculation over the future of striker Diego Costa and playmaker Eden Hazard.
"If you can continue with these players you can improve a lot," said Conte.
The former Juventus and Italy boss led Chelsea, who finished 10th last year, to the title in his first season in charge.
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Reports in Italy suggest Chinese-backed Serie A club Inter are prepared to offer Conte £250,000 a week if he leaves Stamford Bridge one season into a three-year deal.
The Italian said he and his squad had only "started to do our work".
"Now they know my idea, I know them, the characteristics of my players, and we can improve," he added.
Belgium international Hazard, 26, has been linked with Real Madrid, while Spain forward Costa, 28, was left out of a game at Leicester in January after a disagreement with a fitness coach, amid widespread reports of interest from Chinese clubs.
"The club want to fight to win every competition - we have the same ambition," said Conte.
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"For this reason we try to keep the best players."
Chelsea have two Premier League fixtures remaining - against Watford and Sunderland - before facing Arsenal in the FA Cup final at Wembley on 27 May.
Former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright: "The way he has got players playing, Victor Moses, Willian etc is incredible - he's kept the whole squad happy.
"There's been no red cards, discipline has been very good, and the amount of consistency through not changing players so often has kept the players together.
"Conte has also got that assured calmness - not so much on the pitch but behind the scenes."
Former England and Newcastle striker Alan Shearer: "Antonio Conte's passion and enthusiasm has filtered down to all his players all season.
"The big change was the shift in the system after they lost to Liverpool and were beaten 3-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates. They were playing four at the back and it wasn't working at all so he had to do something.
"They went to a back three, changed a couple of players, and then won 13 games on the spin, which was an incredible turnaround for a team that had struggled.
"They've certainly benefited without being in Europe by making only 38 line-up changes, the fewest in the league, so they've used that to their advantage.
"There is a case for mentioning all their players but I've got to pick out Cesar Azpilicueta, who has played every minute of every league game and turned in an eight or nine out of 10 performance every time."
Unlike local alligators, the species preys on humans and is thought to be responsible for up to 200 deaths a year at home in sub-Saharan Africa.
It is possible more of the beasts are at large in the state, experts say.
It is not known for certain how they reached the US. "They didn't swim from Africa," said University of Florida herpetologist Kenneth Krysko.
One likely possibility was that they were brought in illegally by unlicensed collectors, who then failed to keep them secured or intentionally released them, Mr Krysko told the Associated Press news agency.
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Aliens threaten Europe's environments
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The animals were found in 2009, 2011 and 2014 and were confirmed as Nile crocodiles by a recent DNA test.
The Nile species can grow to up to 6m (20ft), significantly larger than local alligators, which commonly grow up to 4m.
They are known to prey on shrimp, fish, insects, birds and mammals, including humans. They are also known to attack livestock.
Florida wildlife experts are concerned that the African species could pose a threat to the state's ecosystem if they breed in the Everglades wetlands.
The Burmese python was first sighted in the Everglades in the 1980s and there is now an established population of the snake.
"I have two words: Burmese python," wildlife biologist Joe Wasilewski said. "If you would have told me 15 years ago we would have an established population in the Everglades, I wouldn't have believed you."
Alien wildlife can wreak havoc in an unprepared ecosystem. When the Burmese python turned up far from home in the Florida Everglades in the 1980s it bred fast, sustaining its reproduction by feasting on endangered local wildlife, including alligators. There are now thought to be about 30,000 of the formidable snakes in the area.
But invading species don't always come in large packages. The Indian Silverleaf - or Sweetpotato - whitefly, just a millimetre long, is estimated to have caused more than $100m worth of damage attacking crops across California, Texas and Arizona in the 1980s.
Sometimes the species don't even have to invade, they are invited. Cane toads, native to South and Central America, were introduced to Australia in the 1930s in an attempt to control the grey-backed cane beetle, which was destroying cane crops. But with no natural predator, the poisonous toads spread like wildfire, killing native species as they went.
And invasive species aren't always obviously menacing either. In 1859, Thomas Austin had 24 ordinary rabbits shipped to Australia for hunting purposes. "The introduction of a few rabbits could do little harm," he reportedly said at the time. But Austin underestimated the habit of rabbits to reproduce like, well, rabbits. Soon there were tens of millions and they killed off local plant species, having a devastating effect on Australia's ecosystem.
PC Leigh Brightman, from Hitchin, appeared at the Old Bailey for a plea and case management hearing.
The officer, 36, denied all charges, including one count of rape of a girl aged between 13 and 15 and four of misconduct in a public office.
He is also charged with making four and possessing two indecent photographs of a child.
His trial at the Old Bailey is scheduled to start on 20 July.
PC Brightman is currently suspended from the Hertfordshire force pending the outcome of the trial.
The Australian was hit on the head by a stray Bhuvneshwar Kumar throw on day one of the fourth Test and did not take any further part in that game.
Scans gave Reiffel the all clear but he was advised to continue resting.
He is set to return to duty for the one-day series between New Zealand and Bangladesh, starting on 26 December.
Fellow Australian umpire Simon Fry, who is on the International Cricket Council's second-tier international panel, has stepped in for the fifth and final Test in the series, which India lead 3-0.
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Rangers and St Johnstone were knocked out of the Europa League in the first qualifying round, and Craigan reckons an earlier start to the season would make a difference.
"It's a no-brainer - starting early would allow our teams to be up to speed when these games come along," he said.
"Let's try something different and see if it can make us any better."
St Johnstone's Europa League bid was ended by Lithuanian side FK Trakai, who are already well into their domestic season.
But Rangers' conquerors, Progres Niederkorn of Luxembourg, last played competitively in May before they took on the Ibrox side.
Such defeats are, of course, all too common for Scottish sides and former Northern Ireland defender Craigan says a calendar change is well worth a try.
"We have tried changing the size of the league, we have tried adding play-offs to the league, we have tried adding the split between the top and bottom six, we have tried the Betfred Cup with earlier games at the start of the season," the Well coach added.
"The only thing we haven't done is change the time the season starts. If the worst-case scenario happened and it didn't work, then we can just change back.
"There should be nothing holding us back from giving it a try. People mention World Cups and Euros, but Scotland are not qualifying for those tournaments right now so we're bound to be able to work round it for two or three weeks every couple of years.
"I've also heard people say it would affect the credibility of the league. But it's performances in Europe that make a league credible.
"The changes we have made in the past are tinkering slightly. But something has to change because every year the same thing happens. Sooner or later someone has to say enough is enough."
The WRU and Wales coach Warren Gatland had initially agreed to the 49-year-old "gaining experience" in France.
Edwards was expected to start at Toulon next week on an intermittent basis but the WRU has now rejected the move after "the scope of the opportunity changed".
"Shaun will not be working with Toulon," said a WRU statement.
"He is a contracted employee of the WRU.
"Whilst we encourage coaching staff gaining experience in other environments, the scope of the opportunity has changed and would represent an unacceptable compromise.
"Shaun remains committed to Wales up to RWC 2019."
The WRU had initially agreed to Edwards helping Toulon as part of his continuing professional development in an informal reciprocal arrangement that allowed Toulon's conditioning coach Paul Stridgeon be part of the Wales backroom team in the build-up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
New Toulon coach Diego Dominguez, who has Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny in his squad, was an observer at Gatland's invitation in Wales' 2016 Six Nations camp and he hoped Edwards could in return offer his insight to his own players.
But Toulon owner Mourad Boudjellal was quoted in French media suggesting Edwards was joining Toulon's backroom team on a more formal basis than the unofficial role suggested by Gatland and Dominguez.
Edwards, who has helped Wales win two Grand Slams and three Six Nations titles since becoming the national team's defence coach in 2008, signed a new four-year deal in December 2015 that ties him to the WRU until after the 2019 World Cup.
The former Great Britain rugby league half-back won the European Cup twice and English Premiership three times while with Gatland at London Wasps before joining the Kiwi's backroom staff in Wales on a part-time basis.
Edwards was linked with the England defence coach role before his Wales position became full-time in 2011.
His impact for Wales has been widely praised and he also assisted Gatland on the 2009 Lions tour.
The side conceded just two tries as Gatland's team won the 2008 Grand Slam and their line was breached only three times as they completed the 2012 clean sweep.
Wales did not concede a try in almost four-and-a-half games as they won the 2013 Six Nations.
They did however ship 21 tries in their four summer defeats to Six Nations champions England followed by three games against world champions New Zealand.
Having called Thursday's election to seek an increased mandate for her Brexit strategy, Theresa May ended up losing seats and her Commons majority.
Conservative ex-minister Anna Soubry said: "The people have spoken - and they have rejected a hard Brexit."
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said the government's view of Brexit had not changed.
Negotiations with Brussels on the UK's departure from the EU are due to start on 19 June, and Mrs May is now seeking the backing of the Democratic Unionist Party to prop up her minority government.
The DUP supports Brexit - but also wants to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland and to maintain as far as possible the current access to EU markets - both of which would be jeopardised if the UK leaves without a deal in place, an outcome known as a "hard Brexit".
Ex-chancellor George Osborne said the DUP's position made Ms May's "central claim" - that no deal is better than a bad deal - "undeliverable".
And Ms Soubry - a leading figure in the Remain campaign before last year's EU referendum - told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme that Mrs May would have to listen to businesses and "wise owls" in her government who are calling for the single market to be a priority over immigration curbs.
This is not the approach adopted by the PM, who plans to withdraw from the single market and customs union and bring net migration below 100,000.
On the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, the pro-EU former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine described Brexit as "the cancer gnawing at the Conservative Party" and urged a "period of contemplation" on the subject before negotiations begin.
The "right leader of the Conservative Party", he claimed, could appeal to German and French presidents for a deal to keep us "within the European family" while addressing immigration concerns.
But Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell told ITV's Peston on Sunday that full single market membership was not "on the table" and would be seen by voters as not respecting the referendum result.
Speaking on Marr, Sir Michael said the government wanted maximum access to the EU single market and an "arrangement on immigration".
He said he believed there was a majority in the Commons for such an approach.
"I think everybody wants to see an agreement in the end that does respect what the British people voted for last year - makes sure that our cooperation with Europe continues, our trade with Europe continues, our security cooperation with Europe continues," he said.
Leave-backing Conservative MP Dominic Raab told the Sunday Politics the country was "quite clear that they want us to make a success of Brexit".
Jagger and Richards had their first proper meeting on platform two of Dartford station on 17 October 1961.
They bonded over a love of the blues and formed a musical friendship that would lead to the foundation of The Rolling Stones in 1962.
The heritage plaque was unveiled at the station on Thursday.
"We've held a low key event today because Dartford is a working railway station and platform two is a modest space considering the station's enormous role in pop music history," Dartford Borough Council leader Jeremy Kite said.
"I hope that in the years ahead many thousands of rail passengers will enjoy looking at the plaque and realising what a huge part the station played in bringing The Rolling Stones together."
When they met, Richards was on his way to Sidcup Art College, carrying a hollow-bodied Höfner cutaway electric guitar, while Jagger was travelling to the London School of Economics with some of his prized blues records.
The teenagers recognised each other as they had both gone to Wentworth Primary School in the town, with Jagger then going on to study at Dartford Grammar.
The Rolling Stones formed in 1962, and went on to become one of the most successful, influential and enduring rock 'n' roll bands in the history of music.
Earlier this month, the agency reported two polio cases in the Mayadin area of Deir al-Zour province, much of which is controlled by so-called Islamic State.
Fourteen new cases have now been confirmed in the same area, while another was recorded in Raqqa province.
It is the first re-emergence of polio in the war-torn country since 2014.
The highly infectious disease, caused by a virus, mainly affects children under five years of age.
One in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis. Among those paralysed, 5-10% die when their breathing muscles become immobilised.
WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters that the 17 children with acute flaccid paralysis first showed symptoms between 3 March and 23 May.
But lab tests had only recently confirmed that the children had "vaccine-derived" polio, rather than the more virulent "wild" version of the virus, he said.
Oral polio vaccine (OPV) contains small amounts of weakened but live virus, which replicates in the intestine for a limited period and can be passed to others living in under-immunised areas through faecal-contaminated water or food.
Mr Jasarevic said the outbreak meant there was significant under-immunisation in the Mayadin area, and that in response the WHO planned to vaccinate 90,000 children under the age of five there and 320,000 others elsewhere in Deir al-Zour.
"We are very worried, because obviously if there is already one case of polio of a kid that is paralysed it's already an outbreak," he warned.
"We know for example that for one kid that is paralysed there are almost 200 asymptomatic so it means that virus circulating, so it is very serious."
Mr Jasarevic said the WHO was also carrying out a health assessment to ascertain whether the virus was circulating in Raqqa, where US-backed fighters are attempting to drive IS militants out of the provincial capital, or if the polio sufferer had caught the virus elsewhere and travelled there.
More than 300,000 people have lost their lives in six years of conflict in Syria, which began with protests against President Bashar al-Assad before escalating into a full-scale civil war. Eleven million other people have been displaced by the fighting.
The overnight bombing targeted the rebels' last remaining supply route on the eastern side of the divided city.
Aleppo, once Syria's economic hub, has been the scene of fierce fighting since civil war broke out in 2011.
Despite recent efforts to calm the situation and introduce temporary truces, the battle for the city seems to be intensifying, correspondents say.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made clear his intention to recapture Aleppo, and on Friday one of his key allies - the leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, promised to send more fighters.
A recent truce brokered by the US and Russia expired earlier this month without renewal.
Russia has pledged to press ahead with its air campaign in support of President Assad's forces, saying rebels had failed to deliver on promises to break ranks with al-Qaeda loyalists.
The latest strikes focused on the Castello Road, the only remaining route out of the rebel-held east of the city, monitors said.
A local civil defence group said a child was among two people killed in the bombing.
PC Allan Smith, from Bovington in Dorset, admitted charges of harassment and disclosing police information when he appeared in court last month.
The 54-year-old has already been sacked from Dorset Police for gross misconduct following a force disciplinary hearing.
Dorchester Crown Court heard he had been receiving psychiatric treatment.
Smith, who also admitted a charge of using the police national computer for personal reasons, was suspended from duty after being charged in September.
He has been issued with an indefinite restraining order preventing him from contacting his victim.
The court heard he bombarded her with threatening text messages and phone calls between January 2013 and September 2014.
Supt Peter Windle, of Dorset Police's professional standards department, said: "Our thoughts and sympathies are with the victim in this case.
"We would like to thank her for her bravery in coming forward and reporting these offences and supporting the prosecution.
"Allan Smith was working in a position of trust as a frontline officer. He betrayed that trust and let down his colleagues and the police service.
"His arrest and prosecution reinforces the fact that Dorset Police expects the highest standards of professionalism and integrity from its staff."
Defoe pounced on Lukasz Fabianski's mistake to score, but Swansea equalised with Gylfi Sigurdsson's penalty.
Kyle Naughton was controversially sent off for a foul on Yann M'Vila but Andre Ayew put the Swans ahead by half-time.
Patrick van Aanholt's deflected shot levelled and Defoe struck twice to secure a second successive league win.
Relive Sunderland's victory at the Liberty Stadium.
Sunderland have now leapfrogged arch rivals Newcastle into 18th in the Premier League table, just one point and one place below Swansea.
Despite Defoe's heroics, it was referee Graham Scott who found himself as the centre of attention, with doubts hanging over three of the six goals as well as the seemingly harsh dismissal of Naughton.
Joining the select group of Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Harry Redknapp and David Moyes, Sunderland's Sam Allardyce became only the fifth manager to reach 450 Premier League games.
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The former Bolton and Newcastle boss did not have to wait long to celebrate the landmark, as Defoe put Sunderland ahead after just three minutes.
Fabianski inexplicably hit his goal-kick straight to Adam Johnson and was then only able to parry Fabio Borini's shot, allowing Defoe to tap in from what appeared to be an offside position.
Allardyce's elation soon turned to anger, however, as Swansea equalised in similarly dubious fashion.
Referee Scott awarded the hosts a penalty for what seemed like a Wes Brown trip on Ayew, but replays appeared to show the Ghanaian forward had fallen over his own feet.
Sigurdsson confidently converted the spot-kick, much to Allardyce's visible fury on the touchline.
If Defoe's opener and Sigurdsson's equaliser were debatable, Naughton's dismissal was a controversial flashpoint which prompted a vitriolic backlash from the home crowd.
The Swansea right-back won the ball from M'Vila but, having done so with studs showing, Scott showed him a red card.
Swansea interim manager Alan Curtis - who waited to confront the official at the interval - claimed Scott got "all the major incidents wrong", adding Naughton "clearly won the ball".
Despite the setback, his side initially responded well to their numerical disadvantage as Ayew latched on to Fabianski's clearance and scored with a powerful drive.
The Swans were not ahead for long though, as four minutes after the restart Van Aanholt's 20-yard shot deflected off Federico Fernandez and flew into the top corner.
While Allardyce was presiding over his Premier League milestone, this was Curtis' first since being named Swansea's manager for the rest of the season.
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Curtis' side defended raggedly throughout and there was a certain inevitability - and, once more, controversy - to Sunderland's third goal.
Defoe was offside as he collected Johnson's through ball but linesman Mark Perry did not raise his flag and the Sunderland striker finished calmly.
The England international striker was then perfectly placed to slide in from Van Aanholt's excellent cross to put the game beyond doubt with his fifth goal in two games.
Swansea, who are 17th in the Premier League table, remain just one point above Sunderland and Newcastle immediately below them.
Swansea manager Alan Curtis: "The first goal and third are clearly offside decisions. You can recover but when you play with 10 men for an hour, that's the one that killed us more than anything."
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce: "We manipulated or played with the situation as it panned out. That's all we can do. We have taken the opportunity rightly or wrongly to win the game. For us it's an unbelievable win. Today it's an enormous, enormous, enormous three points to give us encouragement and hope going forward."
Sunderland will look to make it three Premier League wins from three when they travel to Tottenham on Saturday at lunchtime, while Swansea host Watford at the Liberty Stadium on Monday night.
Match ends, Swansea City 2, Sunderland 4.
Second Half ends, Swansea City 2, Sunderland 4.
Offside, Swansea City. Lukasz Fabianski tries a through ball, but Bafétimbi Gomis is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Bafétimbi Gomis (Swansea City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Cork.
Substitution, Swansea City. Jack Cork replaces André Ayew.
Foul by Angel Rangel (Swansea City).
Danny Graham (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Sunderland. Duncan Watmore replaces Jeremain Lens.
Goal! Swansea City 2, Sunderland 4. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
Foul by Angel Rangel (Swansea City).
Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Patrick van Aanholt.
Substitution, Sunderland. Danny Graham replaces Fabio Borini.
Offside, Sunderland. Jeremain Lens tries a through ball, but Adam Johnson is caught offside.
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Patrick van Aanholt.
Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Modou Barrow (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland).
Substitution, Swansea City. Bafétimbi Gomis replaces Wayne Routledge.
Federico Fernández (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jeremain Lens (Sunderland).
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Angel Rangel.
Attempt missed. Neil Taylor (Swansea City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Substitution, Sunderland. Jack Rodwell replaces Lee Cattermole.
Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Cattermole (Sunderland).
Corner, Swansea City. Conceded by Adam Johnson.
Offside, Sunderland. Fabio Borini tries a through ball, but Jermain Defoe is caught offside.
Foul by Ashley Williams (Swansea City).
Jeremain Lens (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Vito Mannone (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
Modou Barrow (Swansea City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland).
Neil Taylor (Swansea City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Billy Jones (Sunderland).
Offside, Swansea City. Gylfi Sigurdsson tries a through ball, but Angel Rangel is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Angel Rangel.
Goal! Swansea City 2, Sunderland 3. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adam Johnson with a through ball.
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Modou Barrow.
Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Angel Rangel.
The former general was found guilty of genocide for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War Two.
Conducting his own defence, Gen Tolimir described Srebrenica - in which about 8,000 unarmed Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys were slaughtered - as an operation "against terrorist groups".
He was put on trial at The Hague after being arrested in Bosnia in May 2007.
During the 1992-95 war, Gen Tolimir was in charge of intelligence and security for the Bosnian Serb army and reported directly to Gen Mladic.
He was accused of knowingly participating in the forced expulsion of Bosniaks from the Srebrenica and Zepa enclave, in the knowledge that "individual killings would occur as a result of the joint criminal enterprise".
"It was his men... who were at the detention and execution and burial sites, making sure that murder operation did its evil work until the last bullet was fired and the last body buried," the prosecution said.
Although he succeeded in reversing some of the judgements on appeal, the genocide and war crimes convictions were upheld in April 2015.
He was also tried for the cruel and inhumane treatment of Bosniak civilians who were detained at Bratunac and Zvornik, as well as the destruction and theft of Bosniak property.
The tribunal said that Gen Tolimir had helped disable UN troops during the Bosnian Serb attack on Srebrenica by lying to Unprofor, the UN contingent in Bosnia at the time.
However, Serbia's former ambassador to the UN, Pavle Jevremovic, disputed the tribunal's account of Gen Tolimir's role.
He told the BBC that Gen Tolimir was "never considered to be a notorious sort of a character regarding the transgressions of international humanitarian law".
Gen Tolimir was born in November, 1948 in Glamoc, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
In 1993-96, he served as deputy commander for intelligence and security in the Bosnian Serb army.
After the signing of the Dayton peace accords in 1995, he served as Bosnian military representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
From November 1996 to January 1997 he was an adviser to Biljana Plavsic, the former president of Republika Srpska. He then retired from the army.
In February 2005 the Hague tribunal indicted him for war crimes.
Chand, 19, had been banned since last summer after failing a hormone test.
But the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) has suspended the International Association of Athletics Federations' "hyperandrogenism" rules for two years.
The rules will be scrapped if the IAAF cannot provide new evidence.
In a statement, the IAAF said the regulations had been adopted "following a lengthy and comprehensive consultation exercise" with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Athletics' governing body said it would meet the IOC and experts as soon as possible "to discuss how best to address this interim ruling".
In its ruling, Cas urged the IAAF to create a procedure where athletes should be allowed to compete in one of the female or male categories and should not be excluded as a "consequence of the natural and unaltered state of their body".
Chand's initial suspension was applied by the Athletics Federation of India in line with the IAAF's guidelines on women testing for high levels of naturally-occurring testosterone.
The Indian champion's legal team argued the ruling was discriminatory and flawed at a hearing in March.
And Cas has expressed its concerns not only over the validity of the guidelines, but also over a lack of evidence proving the precise degree of competitive advantage that a hyperandrogenic athlete would possess.
Chand, who has missed the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games during her suspension, has been the first athlete to challenge the regulations, introduced in the wake of the Caster Semenya affair in 2009.
The South African teenager was asked to take a gender test shortly before winning the 800m at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
Subjected to enormous media scrutiny, Semenya subsequently returned to the sport, winning an Olympic silver medal at London 2012.
In a statement, the group said it would end operations at its base in the city's West Marketgait in December.
Lloyds is moving the majority of the centre's work to its contact centre in Dunfermline, as it seeks to "focus on larger centres of excellence".
It is understood some Dundee staff will be given an opportunity to transfer to Fife.
The Bank of Scotland branch which stands underneath the West Marketgait offices will remain open with "no immediate changes" planned, Lloyds said.
A Lloyds spokeswoman said: "As we continue to adapt to the changing needs of customers and ensure we remain as efficient as possible, we are developing our business with a focus on larger centres of excellence.
"As a result of this, we have announced that, from 8 December, we will no longer undertake contact centre work from West Marketgait, Dundee.
"We will provide ongoing support for all colleagues affected by today's announcement as they work through what this change means for them."
London 2012 bronze medallist Alan Campbell will hope a strong showing in the single scull will help to secure a place at a fourth Olympic Games.
Enniskillen woman Nixon, 22, will be part of Britain's quadruple scull team.
The event is the last event ahead of the final Olympic qualifier in Lucerne.
Nixon, Tina Stiller, Jess Leyden and Rosamund Bradbury finished fourth at the World Cup regatta in Varese last month and will hope to be in the medals in Brandenburg.
"This weekend is going to give us more of a glimpse of what could turn up at the Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne," said Nixon.
"I think things are going well so far. Having more time in the crew is always a positive and we are making the most of that time together.
"I feel really lucky each day I get to go out with the girls. I am learning so much from them."
Campbell, representing Britain for a 10th successive year, will be facing a strong field in the single scull.
"I've seen the entry list and pretty much everyone you would expect is there," said the 32-year-old.
"Ondrej Synek is there, he's a three-times world champion now, and what Croatia's Damir Martin did in winning the World Cup in Varese last month was pretty exceptional.
"There are also a lot of new guys coming through and some people who are still looking to qualify for Rio, so they will really be on their game."
Campbell's fellow Coleraine Olympic medallist Peter Chambers will compete in the lightweight men's four this weekend.
Chambers' brother Richard has withdrawn from the lightweight men's double scull with Will Fletcher as he continues his recovery from a hand injury but another Coleraine man Joel Cassells will be in action in the non-Olympic lightweight pair with Sam Scrimgeour.
Cassells and Scrimgeour are the defending world champions in the class.
Anna Soubry, MP for Broxtowe, said she had been "persuaded" that the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract gas from shale rock was a "good idea".
Licences have been offered for possible future drilling in the area that Ms Soubry represents.
Campaigner Greg Hewitt, from Frack Free Notts, said her views went against public opinion in Broxtowe.
The area falls into what is known as the Widmerpool Gulf and could be explored for shale gas in the future.
Frack Free Notts held protests in Nottingham at the weekend and wants councils to refuse permission for all drilling work.
The group said water, air quality and damage to the land was "inevitable".
Mr Hewitt said: "We've held meetings and a lot of people have expressed their concerns, there's also a petition which 650 people have signed."
Ms Soubry said: "Having a proper informed debate is critical and the industry itself has now got to step up and make that case as well as us in government, in politics, who believe it's a great way of providing the energy that we need.
"We've go to make sure we keep the lights on."
Richard MacRae, from Broxtowe Borough Council, set up the petition against fracking in the area.
"My main concern is the loss of green space, we don't want it destroyed," he said.
During the process of fracking, water, chemicals and sand are blasted at shale rocks to release the gas trapped within.
Opponents are concerned about earth tremors, water contamination, disruption and CO2 emissions.
But the industry has insisted it can be carried out safely under the right regulations.
Any fracking will require planning and environmental permission from the council.
Judges commended Brodies for the quality of its legal services, growth in the Scottish legal market and track record for winning new business.
The British Legal Awards ceremony, which was hosted by Legal Week magazine, recognises the achievements of lawyers and firms across Europe.
This is the second consecutive win at the British Legal Awards for Brodies.
In 2013, it was named Regional Law Firm of the Year.
Announcing the award, the judging panel said: "Strong growth in client numbers, headcount and turnover have cemented this firm's position as a leading firm in its market."
Bill Drummond, managing partner of Brodies, said: "We're obviously delighted to be singled out in this way and would like to thank the large number of knowledgeable people - peers, experts, clients and commentators - who have experienced or taken a look at what we do.
"We'll continue to put clients at the heart of all we do and aim to ensure that if they're doing business in or from Scotland, they find us relevant, reliable and rigorous in representing their interests from start to finish."
Brodies, which runs offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Brussels, offers legal advice to private and public sector clients both in the UK and abroad.
The loo on Handa, off Sutherland's north west coast, was so expensive because it has to withstand gale-force winds and be environmentally-friendly.
This year, more than 7,000 people visited the isle which is home to more than 100,000 seabirds.
The toilet has been fixed so that it can compost faster.
Handa lies three miles (4.8km) off Sutherland's coast and is about 763 acres (309 hectares) in size.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT), which helps to manage the island, had the toilet constructed in 2012.
Its foundations are 2m (7ft) deep to stop it from blowing into the Atlantic.
Highland Council and the Scottish government contributed towards the cost.
SWT's reserves manager visited the operators of another remote composting toilet, at Stoer Head Lighthouse on mainland Sutherland, to get advice on improving the operation of Handa's facilities.
The trust said the island's loo had been "tweaked" and was now composting better.
Figures released this week by SWT show that 7,145 people visited Handa during its tourist season, which runs from April to September.
The number of visits came close to the island's record visiting figures of 7,324 set 12 years ago.
Handa is popular with wildlife enthusiasts.
The isle's thousands of seabirds include puffins and razorbills.
Great skua are another popular species with ornithologists who flock to the island, but the large birds are known to divebomb people and attack other seabirds.
"It is currently envisaged that the existing group will cease to be an operator of homes," the firm said.
Southern Cross added that the landlords were still committed to providing continuity of care to its 31,000 residents.
Trading in the company's shares has been suspended.
The Darlington-based Southern Cross and its landlords and creditors are a month into a four-month restructuring period, which was agreed in crisis talks in June.
The statement said that the details of the restructuring were not yet settled and there was still a possibility of further changes.
It had been expected that some of the landlords would leave the group, leaving Southern Cross operating with between 250 and 400 homes, but now it appears that the group is to disappear altogether.
By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent, BBC News
Ministers have been quick to promise that Southern Cross residents will not be turfed out on to the street.
But that does not mean that these vulnerable people are not facing a great deal of uncertainty and, potentially, upheaval.
The hope now is that the group will be broken up into chunks for other providers to take on.
If that happens the new owners may still want to close some of the homes - something that everyone agrees is both distressing and damaging for the health of those involved.
But the Southern Cross developments raise wider questions about the whole sector.
While the problems the group has faced have been linked to its business model, the situation has been further compounded by cuts in fees paid by councils.
Last year alone fees paid by local authorities for state-funded care home residents were cut by about 2.5% once inflation was taken account.
Suffice to say, the squeeze has been felt across the industry - not just by Southern Cross. It is getting increasingly tough to keep services going.
The process began when the UK's biggest care home operator said it was unable to pay its rent bills to its landlords.
The statement said that little or no value would be left for the shareholders.
"We regret the loss of value which shareholders have experienced," Southern Cross chairman Christopher Fisher said.
About 250 of the homes will immediately begin to be transferred to other operators.
The owners of the rest of the homes are still finalising their plans, but they may end up using the existing Southern Cross back-office staff and some of its management.
"We anticipate that the period of uncertainty which we have been experiencing will now draw to a close," Mr Fisher added.
But Michelle Mitchell at Age UK, said that despite the promises about continuity of care, "this has been a really worrying few months for Southern Cross residents and their families, with these latest developments only adding to their concern".
Labour MP John Mann called on the government to intervene to make sure that care home residents were not forced to move.
"No resident should be forced to move out of their home and in the big sell-off there must be no cherry picking of the better properties," said Mr Mann, who has four Southern Cross homes in his constituency.
"Government intervention is needed now so that resident needs are put first and to prevent an even greater disaster from unfolding."
Martin Green, chief executive of the English Community Care Association, said the collapse of Southern Cross showed there were serious problems with the funding of care in the independent sector.
"I think the Southern Cross issue which has come to a head today, is very much an issue that other providers are facing because of the levels of resource that they have to deliver care on," he told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme.
"Fees are a really big issue and we've had several years of nil increases, and of course we've had inflation rates running at 4-5%."
David Rogers, chairman of the Local Government Association's Community Wellbeing Board, said: "Councils take the welfare of care home residents extremely seriously and throughout this process that has always been their priority."
"It's greatly reassuring, and testament to the good work which has been going on behind the scenes and the resilience of the care home system, that a solution has been found which will hopefully avoid major upheaval for the vulnerable people involved."
Last year some 1.75 million bicycles were sold, about 2,000 more than the number of new cars registered, La Repubblica newspaper reported.
It attributed the change to a slump in car sales during the economic crisis and the rising price of petrol, as well as bikes coming back into fashion.
Car sales have slumped to the level at which they stood in 1964, it said.
Though bicycling has a strong tradition in Italy, the centres of big cities are largely dominated by cars and scooters.
Ahead of a cycling conference being held in Italy this weekend, President Giorgio Napolitano appealed to Italians to "catch up" with other European countries by making their roads more cycle-friendly.
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The woman was at home in Sloy Street, in the city's Saracen area, when she became aware of a man who had entered the bedroom at about 01:00 on Friday.
Police said he subjected her to a serious sexual assault before fleeing.
The man is described as being white, about 25 years old and well-spoken with a Scottish accent. He was about 5ft 7in tall, with blond hair and was wearing black trousers.
Det Insp Craig Willison said: "This was an appalling attack which has left the woman extremely distressed. We are ensuring that the victim is being fully supported whilst we continue our inquiries.
"Finding the person who has carried out this attack is a priority for Police Scotland, and I would ask anyone who may have been in the vicinity of Sloy Street around the time of the incident to get in touch with police immediately.
''This type of attack is rare and I would like to take this opportunity to reassure the local community that we are working tirelessly to identify the perpetrator."
The detective said there would be "an increased police presence in the area" and urged anyone with information or concerns to contact officers.
A two-week review into 56 legacy cases began last week.
Many of the delayed investigations involve killings linked to the security forces.
Lord Justice Weir said the MoD was not short of money as they were fighting wars across the world.
The cases involve 95 deaths where inquests have still to be heard.
These include some of the most controversial killings during the Troubles.
The judge made his comments when he was told the reason the MoD had missed deadlines for disclosing classified papers to the coroners' courts was due to resource pressures.
"The MoD is not short of money," he said.
"It's busy all over the world fighting wars and it's about to buy some new submarines with nuclear warheads - so it's not short of money."
He added: "This is obviously very low on their list of priorities."
The judge was examining the shooting dead of Belfast father-of-six Patrick McVeigh by a covert army unit, the Military Reaction Force, in 1972.
He also examined the cases of seven IRA men shot by the SAS in two separate ambushes in the early 1990s.
In the case of IRA men Kevin Barry O'Donnell, Sean O'Farrell, Patrick Vincent and Peter Clancy, who were killed by the SAS in Clonoe, County Tyrone, in 1992, the judge was told the MoD still had not disclosed documents to the court - more than a year after committing to do so.
The MoD also faced criticism for its handling of the stalled inquest for IRA men Michael "Peter" Ryan, Anthony Doris and Laurence McNally, who were killed by the SAS in Coagh, County Tyrone, in June 1991.
Lord Justice Weir stressed that the holding of investigations was not "optional".
"It's not like buying a new Jeep or getting a new regimental mascot," he said.
"This is not an option - this is an international obligation on the state."
He said the MoD argument that it was under resource pressure raised questions over the government's commitment to its obligations under international human rights laws.
El Hassani, 43, lies one shot off the lead after making three birdies and 15 pars in Rabat, Morocco.
"I hit a couple of fairways and I also made a couple of recovery shots like Seve Ballesteros," said the Moroccan.
Jason Scrivener, Francesco Laporta and Thomas Linard top the leaderboard after carding a four under par round of 68.
The European Tour and Ladies European Tour are staging both the men's and women's tournaments at the same venue for the first time this week.
The men are playing on the red course, while the neighbouring blue course is hosting the Lalla Meryem Cup. England's Florentyna Parker led at the end of the first day after a five under par 67.
Compatriot Liz Young is among the pack just one shot behind.
Soldiers from 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in Dishforth held the ceremony to mark the merging of the unit with another regiment in Somerset.
Its closure means there will be no British Army helicopter units based in the north of England.
The regiment has served in Bosnia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Its most recent operation was providing disaster relief in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
The ceremony was attended by the local mayor Kenny Fuller, who once served in the regiment as a helicopter pilot.
Mr Fuller described the event as "extremely emotional".
"I got a bit upset there when they were handing over the flag over to the regimental colonel," he said.
"It's quite moving."
One man was arrested when a car was stopped by police on the Naas dual carriageway shortly before 15:00 local time.
The suspected firearm and ammunition were recovered from this vehicle.
Shortly afterwards, a second car was stopped on the Long Mile Road in the west of the city and another man was arrested.
Both cars were stopped as part of an ongoing investigation into organised crime in the city.
The men are being held under the Republic of Ireland's Offences Against the State Act.
The 21-year-old has agreed a one-year contract with an option to extend the deal for two further years.
Originally from Mold in north Wales, Jones has also played for Sale Sharks and RGC 1404.
"It all came about quite fast - it escalated quite quickly to be honest," Jones told BBC Wales Sport.
"I enjoyed my time with the Blues and now I've got the opportunity to come out to France and I'm just going to get my head down and work hard and see what happens".
Perpignan play in France's ProD2 and face Bèziers and Carcassone in pre-season friendlies before opening their season campaign at home against Mont-de-Marsan.
If he can establish himself with Perpignan, Jones hopes to add a senior Wales cap to his five for the Under-20s and does not think his move to France will affect his chances of representing Wales in the future.
"I feel like in my position at my age it's not a major factor," he explained.
"I've just turned 21 and I know at my age not many people at 21 are going to play tight-head prop for Wales."
Taylor's 88th-minute decider came after Vale's JJ Hooper had cancelled out Aaron Phillips' opener for the hosts, with all three goals coming in the final half-hour.
It was Northampton's third win on the trot and lifted them 11 points clear of fourth-bottom Vale, who themselves are now five points adrift of safety after relegation rivals Oldham defeated Oxford.
Cobblers started brightly, with Michael Smith and Keshi Anderson firing over, while Luke Williams was also off target with another effort.
Leonardo Fasan pulled off a smart save to deny Anderson from the edge of the box as Northampton made all the running, with John-Joe O'Toole also failing to hit the target for the hosts.
Fasan denied Marc Richards in another Northampton attack before Vale created their first opening just before the break when Anton Forrester was denied by Adam Smith.
After the restart, Sam Foley fired wide for Vale before the home side created further chances, Richards failing to hit the target from a tight angle in the six-yard box and Taylor having a shot blocked.
It was going to take something special to break the deadlock and it came in the 63rd minute when an intended cross from full-back Phillips beat Fasan and found the top corner of the net.
Boosted by the breakthrough, Cobblers went in search of the crucial second goal. Smith went close with a header, while Richards blazed over from close range before then firing wide from the edge of the box.
But it was Vale who struck next, getting back on level terms in the 73rd minute when Northampton failed to deal with a corner and Hooper beat Smith from 15 yards.
Vale began to get on top in the closing stages but Northampton could have reclaimed their lead only for substitute Hiram Boateng to head wide from close range.
The home fans need not have worried, though, as two minutes from the end Taylor caught out Fasan from 30 yards to net home the match-winning strike.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Authorities said Faisal Mohammad, 18, had probably been "self-radicalised," and had not been in direct contact with the militant group.
Police shot and killed Mohammad after he carried out the November attack at the University of California, Merced.
The FBI said agents found IS propaganda on Mohammad's computer.
The US-born student was also found with writings that showed that he had planned the attack in advance. All of his victims survived.
He first stabbed two students in a classroom with a hunting knife, before attacking a construction worker who tried to help them. Mohammed then ran outside and stabbed a university employee.
A month later, a husband and wife killed 14 people at a staff training event in San Bernardino.
The FBI has also described Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik as being "self-radicalised" yet inspired by IS.
Billy Midmore, 23, was found guilty by a jury in 2016 of attacking Carla Whitlock in a Southampton street.
He was jailed for 15 years with five years extended licence for causing grievous bodily harm with intent.
Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, said Midmore had an "appalling" record and the sentence was "not excessive".
Ms Whitlock, a mother-of-six, was sprayed with drain cleaner containing sulphuric acid in Guildhall Square in September 2015.
Train CCTV showed Midmore giving a high-five and fist-bumping a friend hours later.
The trial at Southampton Crown Court heard the attack happened after Ms Whitlock brokered a drug deal which went wrong.
Midmore's brother Geoffrey, 27, was robbed of drugs and cash worth £2,000.
On the morning the acid was bought, Geoffrey Midmore sent a message to his girlfriend saying: " It's cool though - I know who robbed me and set it up."
Later that day, he messaged a photograph of the drain cleaner, with the words: "This is the one face melter".
At the appeal, Billy Midmore's barrister argued the later message was hearsay evidence and should not have been admissible at the trial.
The barrister, Mark Ruffell, also argued Billy Midmore should have had a chance at his trial to question his brother about the message and why he sent it.
The Crown had argued the brothers, from London, bought the acid together and the attack was a joint enterprise.
Lord Thomas said the sentence handed to Billy Midmore was "not excessive or wrong in principle" in view of the defendant's "appalling list of previous convictions".
He said he would explain his decision to refuse the appeal against conviction at a later date.
The department's spokesman would not give any details of what happened but confirmed one of the officers received medical treatment for her injuries.
Democratic Unionist Party MLA Edwin Poots has claimed one of the officers was scalded when a kettle of hot water fell during a struggle with an inmate.
He said the jail was under-staffed.
Mr Poots is a former Stormont minster for health and public safety and a current member of Stormont's justice committee.
On his Twitter account on Sunday, he wrote: "A prison officer scalded with hot water and five colleagues injured. How long is the SMT [senior management team] and Minister going to drag their feet."
He told the BBC that under-staffing in the high-security County Antrim jail was creating dangers for both staff and inmates.
In a statement on the latest incident on Sunday afternoon, the Department of Justice said: "In line with Prison Service policy, a full investigation will now be carried out."
A prison inspection report last year said Maghaberry prison was "unsafe and unstable" for prisoners and staff.
Last week, the BBC's Nolan Show revealed that prisoners were attacked by other inmates more than 800 times in Northern Ireland jails over the last three years, almost half of them in Maghaberry.
Appeal court judges said that, under law, the bakers were not allowed to provide a service only to people who agreed with their religious beliefs.
Two years ago, the family-run firm refused to make a cake iced with the slogan: "Support Gay Marriage".
The order was placed at its Belfast shop by gay rights activist Gareth Lee.
The firm argued that the cake's message was against the bakers' religious views.
Reacting to the ruling, Daniel McArthur from Ashers said he was "extremely disappointed" adding that it undermined "democratic freedom, religious freedom and free speech".
"If equality law means people can be punished for politely refusing to support other people's causes then equality law needs to change," he said.
"We had served Mr Lee before and we would be happy to serve him again.
"The judges accepted that we did not know that Mr Lee was gay and that he was not the reason we declined the order.
"We have always said it was not about the customer, it was about the message."
In court on Monday, three judges said it did not follow that icing a message meant you supported that message.
In their ruling, they said: "The fact that a baker provides a cake for a particular team or portrays witches on a Halloween cake does not indicate any support for either."
The judges also said that Ashers would not have objected to a cake carrying the message: "Support Heterosexual Marriage" or indeed "Support Marriage".
"We accept that it was the use of the word 'gay' in the context of the message which prevented the order from being fulfilled," they said.
"The reason that the order was cancelled was that the appellants would not provide a cake with a message supporting a right to marry for those of a particular sexual orientation.
"This was a case of association with the gay and bisexual community and the protected personal characteristic was the sexual orientation of that community.
"Accordingly this was direct discrimination."
The judges said that in the course of the hearing, concern was expressed about the role of the Equality Commission in the pursuit of the case.
They said that they had been assured that the commission was available to give advice and assistance to those such as the appellants "who may find themselves in difficulties as a result of their deeply held religious beliefs".
"The only correspondence to the appellants that we have seen, however, did not include any offer of such assistance and may have created the impression that the commission was not interested in assisting the faith community where issues of this sort arose," they added.
The judges said it "should not have been beyond the capacity of the commission to provide or arrange for the provision of advice to the appellants at an earlier stage and we would hope that such a course would be followed if a situation such as this were to arise in future".
Speaking publicly for the first time about the case, Mr Lee said he was both "relieved" and "grateful to the appeal court judges."
Michael Wardlow, from the Equality Commission, said the appeal court ruling against Ashers bakery was extremely significant and clarified the law.
"The judgement today was very clear. It said unequivocally, faith is important, but faith cannot set aside equality legislation that has been long fought," he said.
The appeal court upheld the original court's decision that Ashers in County Antrim discriminated against Mr Lee.
At that time, the judge said she accepted that Ashers had "genuine and deeply held" religious views, but said the business was not above the law.
The family's appeal was heard in May, but the judgement was reserved.
Paul Mahoney, 29, from Carnhill in Derry, had pleaded guilty to a number of offences.
Last month, a court heard that Mahoney put the movie industry at risk of losing £120m.
He made almost £300,000 through advertising revenue generated from illegal sites.
These offered access to the latest films and television shows, many before general release.
Mahoney, who is partially-blind, operated the online racket for six years. In one instance, more than one million films were illegally streamed over a period of six months.
A lawyer described the money involved in his sophisticated fraud as "quite staggering".
During this period he claimed more than £12,000 in state benefits. Almost £82,400 was also found hidden at the home he shared with his parents.
The judge described Mahoney's operation as cunning, clever and complex and added that Londonderry Crown Court had to impose the sentence to show that offending of this nature did not go unpunished.
The investigation against Mahoney was led by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) in conjunction with the PSNI.
The director general of Fact, Kieron Sharp, welcomed the judgement.
"Financially, it had the potential for causing great loss to the film and television industries in the UK," he said,
"This is about the people who work within those industries, who make those films, who need the funding to be able to make film and television programmes in the future.
"The message it sends out is that it's not a victimless crime. When people take films for free, somebody is suffering somewhere and also that if you are going to make money out of it and cause such loss, you will pay the penalty and go to prison."
An action plan has been agreed, but Thursday's EU summit ended with leaders recognising that more solidarity was needed - as much within the 28-nation bloc as in its relations with Turkey.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to build on the progress made in EU Commission negotiations with Turkey by visiting Ankara on Sunday, but she admitted that "there is still a huge amount to do".
Turkey is the main transit country for Syrian refugees and other migrants - many of them also fleeing conflict zones - hoping to start a new life in Europe.
It is driving a hard bargain with the EU because of the cost of sheltering more than two million Syrian refugees on its soil, and because the crisis has put it in a strong negotiating position.
Record numbers of migrants continue to risk their lives on crowded boats crossing from Turkey to the Greek islands and from chaotic Libya to Italy.
The relocation of refugees to other EU countries has started, but so far the numbers are small, and the scheme is hotly debated.
Eritreans are going from Italy to Sweden, and soon Syrians are to leave Greece for Luxembourg.
But the idea of having a permanent mechanism to relocate refugees inside the EU caused friction at the summit, so it was left out of the summit conclusions.
Mrs Merkel told a news conference that "for some reason some East European countries feel treated badly, and I need to understand why they react so strongly and are so tough on migrants".
Last month Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania opposed the relocation plan, but were outvoted.
The focus on Turkey is now bound up with its candidacy for EU membership and its desire for visa-free travel for its citizens in the EU's Schengen passport-free zone.
The summit conclusions say Turkey's EU accession process "needs to be re-energised".
That could mean the EU soon opening new policy areas - called "chapters" - in the accession talks, which have been stalled because of Turkey's long-standing dispute with Cyprus.
Yet growing violence in Turkey and a general election on 1 November make this a difficult time to be conducting such sensitive talks.
Twin suicide bombings in Ankara last Saturday killed nearly 100 people rallying for peace - the worst such atrocity in modern Turkish history. It came amid escalating clashes between Turkish forces and PKK Kurdish rebels.
That instability, the ruling AK Party's crackdown on opponents, and wider concerns about human rights make it controversial for the EU to be offering inducements in exchange for action to keep migrants in Turkey.
A deal on migrant readmission between the EU and Turkey was reached in December 2013, which on paper allows the EU to send failed asylum seekers back. But Turkey has not ratified the deal and the message of this summit is that such agreements must now be put into practice.
Turkey says that for it to take back migrants from Greece and other EU countries - an extra burden besides the many refugees it is housing - the EU must bring forward visa liberalisation. Ankara would like visa-free travel to start in mid-2016, rather than 2017.
Turkey is a candidate for EU membership, yet only Bulgaria and Luxembourg recognise Turkey as a "safe country of origin" when handling asylum cases.
Last year 23% of asylum claims by Turkish nationals in the EU were treated as well-founded.
If an EU state considers a country safe then it can legally send migrants back there, so now there is a drive to establish a common EU list of safe countries, to speed up migrant returns.
But the EU border force Frontex is still far short of the resources it needs - especially as the plan now is for Frontex to start initiating migrant returns itself.
So the conclusions stressed the need to fulfil the EU's funding pledges for Frontex, Turkey and UN agencies struggling with the surge in migrant numbers.
Ms Merkel said a figure of €3bn (£2.2bn; $3.4bn) in EU aid for Turkey was discussed "because Turkey has spent €7bn on refugees, but received only €1bn".
The bottom line is that much more money needs to be spent on tackling a crisis that European Parliament President Martin Schulz called "an epochal challenge, with migration flows unseen since the Second World War".
Williams, England's most-capped player, and Nobbs have been sidelined through hamstring injuries, while Duggan returns from an ankle problem.
The Lionesses face Bosnia in Bristol on 29 November (15:30 GMT).
It will be their first home game since finishing third at this summer's World Cup in Canada.
The same squad will also travel to Duisburg to play Germany on Thursday, 26 November (17:00 GMT) in a friendly.
Manager Mark Sampson said: "2015 has been an amazing year for the team and our supporters, full of special memories for everyone involved.
"To end the year with a match in Germany, one of the biggest tests in women's football, and then the team's homecoming in Bristol against Bosnia is a fitting way to mark such a big year for the game."
Goalkeepers: Karen Bardsley (Manchester City), Rachael Laws (Sunderland), Carly Telford (Notts County)
Defenders: Laura Bassett (Notts County), Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Gilly Flaherty (Chelsea), Alex Greenwood (Notts County), Steph Houghton (Manchester City), Claire Rafferty (Chelsea), Demi Stokes (Manchester City), Casey Stoney (Arsenal), Amy Turner (Notts County)
Midfielders: Isobel Christiansen (Manchester City), Jordan Nobbs (Arsenal), Jill Scott (Manchester City), Fara Williams (Liverpool)
Forwards: Eni Aluko (Chelsea), Jess Clarke (Notts County), Gemma Davison (Chelsea), Toni Duggan (Manchester City), Fran Kirby (Chelsea), Jodie Taylor (Portland Thorns), Ellen White (Notts County)
Mairi Hedderwick wrote and illustrated the hugely popular series of books, which were turned into a BBC TV series.
The awards will be given annually to one author and one learning professional who have had "an inspiring impact on young readers in Scotland".
Also honoured at this year's event was school librarian Susan Morton.
Mairi's Hedderwick books have been popular with children for more than 30 years and been translated into six languages.
She has written or illustrated more than 30 titles for children, including her most famous creation Katie Morag.
The author said: "Being given this award has been very good for me because I have sometimes put my head in the sand about the phenomenal success of Katie Morag and this very special event has made me face up to the fact of how important and key she is to the culture of Scotland, the country I love. I am so, so lucky.
"To be given this special award is definitely the crème de la crème icing on my cake. I promise to share a slice, or maybe two, with Katie Morag."
The Scottish Book Trust Award for Learning Professional was awarded to Susan Morton for the "significant impact she has had on her school community".
Ms Morton has been the school librarian at Inverclyde Academy for a year, and the award organisers said she had transformed attitudes towards books and reading among the pupils there.
Marc Lambert, chief executive at Scottish Book Trust, said: "Mairi has captured the imagination of children across the world with her beautiful stories and watercolours.
"The character of Katie Morag is a beloved part of Scottish culture and Mairi's strong support of nurturing quality writing, while her own work inspires readers, makes her so important to the literary landscape in Scotland."
He added: "From one room in a school, Susan Morton has shown the huge impact a motivated and creative learning professional can have on a whole community.
"Susan is an outstanding example of the wonderful work being done by many teachers and librarians across Scotland in nurturing a culture of reading for pleasure."
Sam Allardyce's side will play the 2010 World Cup winners four days after their World Cup 2018 qualifier against Scotland.
Like England, Spain had a disappointing Euro 2016 campaign - also exiting at the last-16 stage after a 2-0 defeat by Italy.
The two countries last met in a friendly in November 2015, with Spain winning 2-0.
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The clashes followed a match between the al-Ahly and al-Masry clubs in February of that year, and left 74 football fans dead.
The riots - Egypt's worst-ever football disaster - began after a top-league game at the stadium.
The case, and earlier sentencing, fuelled tensions and bouts of violence.
The verdict came as part of a retrial of 73 defendants in the case, in which another 40 defendants were sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
Other defendants were acquitted. The verdicts can be appealed against.
•74 people killed in Port Said stadium on 2 February 2012
•Clashes broke out between rival fans of clubs al-Masry and al-Ahly
•Fans flooded on to pitch attacking al-Ahly players and fans as match ended
•Most died of concussion, cuts and suffocation
Several police officers were tried in the case, alongside officials from al-Masry as well as Port Said fans.
None were among those who received death sentences, but Port Said's former security chief was sentenced to five years in prison.
Police were accused of letting fans from the local team al-Masry attack supporters of Cairo club al-Ahly, who had been vocal in supporting the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.
Many of the dead were crushed when panicked fans tried to escape from the stadium after a post-match pitch invasion by al-Masry supporters.
The violence sparked unrest in the capital, Cairo, where another 16 people died.
During the clashes, then-President Mohammed Morsi declared a state of emergency in the city.
Rachel and Nyomi Fee deny murdering two-year-old Liam in March 2014 and abusing two other boys.
In his closing speech, advocate depute Alex Prentice, said the pair had shown "an unyielding, heartless cruelty" towards Liam.
He urged the jury to find them guilty of all of the charges against them.
Mr Prentice said the extent of the injuries and the lack of medical assistance should assist the jury in working out the mental attitude of Rachel and Nyomi Fee towards the youngster.
He also said the two accused acted together with a "common criminal purpose" and described it as a "circumstantial case".
Mr Prentice told the jury it was a "harrowing case" and said they would need to be made of "granite" not to be moved by what had been heard. But he said sympathy should play no part in their judgement.
Mr Prentice told the jury of nine women and six men the most obvious thing for an adult to do would be to tell a doctor, nurse or hospital the real reason for injuries suffered by a child.
He said: "The conduct I say is set out on the evidence in the charges suggest a course of violence and cruelty towards the children.
"That's capable of providing you with evidence in relation to the murder charge.
"I ask you to find both the accused guilty of everything that's on this indictment. You're entitled to do that.
"There's sufficient evidence led in this case to justify the charges as they stand. The evidence is there in support of all that is on the indictment."
He added: "You can look at the awkward and very deliberate lies and explanations that were put forward.
"The most obvious thing would be to tell a doctor or a health visitor or a hospital immediately. If it's sexualised behaviour, that indicates a problem that has to be addressed.
"No, they hide it. They never tell anyone. They never mention it until the night Liam dies.
"In this case I suggest there's a clear and compelling case of the boys being ill-treated in a way that is completely unacceptable."
Nyomi Fee, 29, and Rachel Fee, 31, deny killing the toddler at a house near Glenrothes in Fife on 22 March 2014, by repeatedly inflicting "blunt force trauma" to his head and body.
They also face charges they neglected Liam and abused two other children.
The pair blame one of the other children in their care for killing Liam.
The women, who are both originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, deny all the charges against them.
The trial at the High Court in Livingston continues.
No one in the house was injured but the car damaged black railings, brickwork and some possessions inside the house in Long Leys Road, in Lincoln.
Lincolnshire Police were called to the house at about 02:00 GMT but the driver of the car had left the scene.
A 24-year-old man was arrested later on Friday, on suspicion of driving while unfit through drink or drugs.
Police said the man, who was suffering from minor injuries and was arrested elsewhere in the city, remained in custody.
One nearby resident, who did not want to be named, told the Lincolnshire Echo the people in the house "had a pretty lucky escape".
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said firefighters made the vehicle safe, mopped up some fluid on the road and handed over to the council building inspector.
A Sunday Mail article alleged that a syndicate, including a top police officer, was behind the recent use of cyanide to kill elephants for tusks.
The story was untrue and tarnished the force's image, the police said.
Some culprits involved had already been arrested, the spokesperson said.
The article undermined the police's investigation into poaching, police spokeswoman Charity Charamba told journalists in the capital, Harare.
Meanwhile, two travellers from Zimbabwe have been arrested at Hong Kong International Airport with 36kg (80lb) of suspected ivory, worth an estimated $46,500 (£30,000), in their hand luggage, the South China Morning Post reports.
Some of the items were found in a tailor-made vest, the paper quoted Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department as saying.
The Sunday Mail's editor Mabasa Sasa, investigations editor Brian Chitemba and reporter Tinashe Farawo were detained on Monday night.
They had "dented and tarnished the image of the organisation for no apparent reason", Ms Charamba said.
"The editor and reporters of the Sunday Mail cannot be allowed to hide behind the privilege of journalism to peddle these falsehoods," she said.
Journalists in future should work with the security forces to identify suspected poachers, she added.
The BBC's Brian Hungwe in the Harare says more than 60 elephants were killed with cyanide in or near Hwange National Park in south-western Zimbabwe last month.
Some of the carcasses were found without tusks and a sophisticated poaching syndicate involving locals and foreigners is believed to be behind the poisonings, he says.
The journalists are expected to be formally charged in court on Wednesday.
Loughty Dube, the director of the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ), said the arrests were "barbaric and unconstitutional".
"The police should simply have asked for a retraction, issued a statement with the correct position or registered their complaint through VMCZ," he told the AFP news agency.
The boss and co-founder of UK financial services business True Potential is showing me the firm's savings app on his iPhone.
But the screen freezes, revealing his account details. Mr Harrison has serious money invested.
"Well," he says, "if a car dealer is trying to sell you a Ford as the best on the market, you wouldn't expect him to be driving around in a Merc.
"It's about believing in what you're doing… If anything goes wrong - trust me - I know first."
Mr Harrison would prefer the exact figure was not disclosed. But it represents only part of his assets, which include a huge house next to Hadrian's Wall on the border between England and Scotland, and a luxury hotel.
Not bad for someone who was adopted soon after his birth in Cardiff, grew up in a Country Durham mining village, and whose first pay packet was £6 working as an apprentice for the steelmaker Consett Iron Company.
Set up a decade ago, Newcastle-based savings and investment firm True Potential now enjoys annual revenues of more than £70m a year, and is the second successful financial services venture that Mr Harrison has founded.
He ran his previous business, Positive Solutions, for six years from 1997 to 2003, before selling it to insurance giant Aegon for £130m.
So, now aged 66, what does Mr Harrison think is the secret of his success? "Work hard, lots of luck. There was no big plan. I just stumbled on, trying to make some money."
There aren't many businessmen who can claim that a broken leg was their big career break, but Mr Harrison is one of them.
Aged 33 at the time, after a number of years working on building sites, he was running his own bricklaying business and hating it.
"Everyone was earning more money than me," he says looking back.
Then during a casual football game he badly fractured his leg. Unable to climb up and down ladders at building sites, a career re-think was needed.
Family life: Married, with two daughters and two sons
What cars do you drive? Audi RS6 and Bentley Supersport
Favourite book? The Rational Optimist, by Matt Ridley
Best piece of business advice? Sell for a living
Your most irritating habit? Always making fun. Sometimes it isn't funny
Dislikes? Hipsters in skinny jeans
How do you keep fit? Run to the pub
Favourite drink? Mexican beer
First ambition? Be a professional footballer
Motto: Duck first, then run
"Everything is pure chance - either good luck, or bad luck," Mr Harrison says.
Good fortune found him in his local library in the north east of England, with his leg in cast, reading its only book on sales and marketing.
I'd make a good salesman, he told himself. And thanks to a friend who worked for the company, he got a job as a pensions seller at a company called Hambro Life.
Hardworking, but also easy going and affable, Mr Harrison rose to become a director.
But he attributes his success at Hambro Life (which went on to become Allied Dunbar), to yet more luck.
In the 1990s the UK pensions market expanded fast, and he says he rode the crest of the wave.
"It isn't false modesty," he insists. "I do work hard at what I do. But no matter how hard you work, you need a growing and thriving market."
However, he and Hambro eventually parted ways after what Mr Harrison admits was "a bit of tension".
This tension was caused by a light bulb moment he had while doing a master of Business Administration degree through the Open University in the early 1990s.
His university studies were increasingly done on a computer, and he wondered why writing investments couldn't be done the same way.
At the time selling financial products involved truck-loads of paperwork and thousands of back-office staff.
He wanted Hambro salesmen issued with laptops. Customers could be shown spreadsheets in the comfort of their homes. Sales could be signed off in days, not weeks.
It sounds quaint now. Back then "it was a revolutionary idea," Mr Harrison says. "It was also unpopular because it would have meant about 1,500 jobs going.
"I thought I was right, they thought I was wrong - so I left."
It was the catalyst for setting up Positive Solutions in 1997, which utilised computers from the start.
Mr Harrison says that he and a college re-mortgaged their homes to fund the firm, and "we would have been well and truly wiped out if it had failed".
Thankfully, it was a success, and within four years Positive Solutions was the biggest privately-owned UK independent financial advisor, turning over more than £10m a year.
Mr Harrison then sold up in 2003, before finally severing all links in 2006.
With a fortune in the bank, why didn't he just go and lay on a beach?
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It's a question his wife sometimes asks, he admits. "But I actually enjoy the work. I enjoy the craic, and I enjoy working with people."
So, in 2007 he and his investment partners launched True Potential - a year before the global financial crisis.
The timing wasn't great, but Mr Harrison says that merely meant that the expansion of the business was not as quick as it otherwise would have been.
"It slowed us down; probably cost us two or three years in terms of sales growth," he says.
But setbacks make you a better businessman, he believes. It's about "staying strong... Back yourself. You just have to get on with it".
A decade later, and True Potential is now enjoying annual sales growth of more than 27%.
"David Harrison is a genuine innovator," says Ian McKenna, an expert on technology in the financial advice marketplace.
"He's a hard-driving businessman who is making a real difference," adds Mr McKenna, who works for consultancy Finance & Technology Research Centre.
Mr Harrison likes to shrug it off as luck, but perhaps the most successful entrepreneurs make their own luck. David Harrison puts his money where his mouth is.
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The Gunners have exited at the first knockout stage for the past six years, having finished second in their group in five of those campaigns.
But they topped their section thanks to a 4-1 win in Basel and Ludogorets' shock 2-2 draw at Paris St-Germain.
"We wanted to do our job and got lucky with the PSG result," Wenger said.
Arsenal will avoid Monaco and Barcelona, who eliminated them in 2015 and 2016 respectively, as well as Atletico Madrid and Napoli in Monday's draw.
However, teams they could still be paired with include Bayern Munich, who knocked them out in 2013 and 2014, and one of Borussia Dortmund or Real Madrid.
"We can still have a difficult draw," said Wenger. "But there's less guilt when you finish first in the group because you feel you have done your job and you play the second leg of the first knockout tie at home.
"It is what we wanted but, at the moment, the difficulty of the draw will not be much different."
Arsenal's win in Switzerland came thanks to a Lucas Perez hat-trick, the Spaniard more than doubling his Gunners goal tally after making a £17m move from Deportivo La Coruna in August.
He twice tapped into an empty net, and got his third with a neat finish from just inside the 18-yard box.
"The first two were quite easy goals, created by the team," said Wenger. "But the third goal is a real striker's goal.
"He scored over 20 goals in Spain last year and tonight he showed why. He has a real eye for goal."
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Arsenal's success in topping their group is a tribute to their growing resilience, which saw them draw home and away to PSG in games where they were forced to suffer and battle for long periods.
They also showed the swagger when they needed it to ruthlessly put Basel away to fulfil their side of the bargain while Ludogorets delivered the big favour in Paris.
The different facets the Gunners have shown in coming out on top of the group suggests increasing maturity in Arsene Wenger's team and more justification for his belief they can make their mark in the Champions League this season.
The Guardian, Metro, Daily Star and I newspapers all led with Arsenal on their Wednesday back pages.
The 42-year-old was assaulted in her car in the grounds of Bonnyrigg Health Centre at about 11:00 on Thursday.
She suffered minor injuries to her face.
Police said a 46-year-old woman has now been arrested in connection with the incident. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.
The toilets at Staffin on Skye were among a number of Highland Council-run sites shut this year to save money.
The council has been in talks with Staffin Community Trust about alternative facilities.
In the meantime, two complaints have been received public urination and defecation in and around the village.
The nearest public toilet is in Kilmuir about 11 miles (17km) from Staffin.
Residents have told BBC Alba of people using ditches, a nearby quarry and the rear of the closed toilet block.
Highland Council it had cost £6,700 a year to run Staffin's loos.
A spokeswoman said: "We cannot confirm that people have been urinating and defecating in the area - we have found no evidence to support these claims.
"There have been two complaints made, one to environmental health and one to roads and community works.
"In addition to this we have had three enquiries about Staffin toilets."
She added: "The council has been in discussions with Staffin Community Trust and have agreed in principle to operate a seasonal - April to October - Highland Comfort Scheme within the community hall."
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She's the latest to be born at the park as a part of a special breeding programme. The newborn weighs a hefty 7 stone.
White rhinos numbers have fallen in the wild because of poaching. They're hunted because their horns are worth a lot of money.
This little one doesn't have a name yet, a competition will be launched to decide what to call her.
Lewis Knapp was hit by a silver Vauxhall Vectra at 04:30 BST on Saturday as he crossed Anderson Street near the junction with Beach Road.
The 20-year-old, of Boldon Colliery, died at the scene.
Northumbria Police said a 20-year-old man arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving in relation to the crash had been released on bail.
Performances should be shorter with no interval, he argues, while orchestras could drop their formal dress code.
The musician, who plays the BBC Proms next week, says the lack of new audiences has become critical.
"It's important to address this issue if we want to refresh the experience of hearing great classical music live without resorting to gimmicks."
Writing in the Radio Times, Hough accuses the programmers of becoming stuck in their ways.
"At some point in the early 20th Century we settled into a pattern: Concerts should start early evening and last roughly two hours with a liquid interval, either to drink a glass of wine or visit the ladies / gents.
"I think we should consider removing the interval and starting either earlier or later than 7:30pm - 60 to 80 minutes of music, then out."
Hough adds that he played such a concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic a few months ago, "and it felt charged with an energy that the traditional concert can sometimes lack".
The question of how to attract younger audiences has vexed classical musicians for years.
The focus usually turns to new ways of presenting music, such as last year's blockbuster Ibiza Prom; or educational outreach programmes, like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's "In Harmony" project, which uses music-making to improve the health, education and aspirations of children and young people in Everton.
But shorter performances have proved effective in attracting new audiences for the Montreal Symphony in Canada, which holds an annual festival called "Viree Classique" (Classical Spree) every summer.
The event boasts 30 concerts in 30 hours, all within walking distance of each other, with reduced ticket prices and a time limit of 45 minutes.
Reviewing this year's event, critic Paul Wells observed that the children he brings to the concerts "like classical music well enough, but like a lot of ordinary people, they find a regular-length symphony concert a bit of a chore".
"But at the Viree classique, at just about the time an ordinary person starts to wonder when the concert will end, it ends."
In his Radio Times column, Hough points out that shorter performances could even allow for two performances in one evening, boosting revenues for concert halls.
The pianist plays his the BBC Proms for the 25th time next Tuesday, 23 August, with a programme featuring Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. There will be an interval.
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The six-strong team is based at the Camp Hill Estate, near Bedale, preparing for the world championships.
It is being coached by Nicola Minichiello, a world bobsleigh champion from Sheffield who competed in three Winter Olympics.
Bedale is one of two Olympic-standard dry bobsleigh facilities in England.
Mrs Minichiello said, on a physical level, the Brazilian team is world class.
"Last year they competed in the world championships for the first time, and they were a tenth of a second behind the fastest starters in the world," she said.
"We know with bobsleigh that the start is a huge part of it. They do have to keep learning, they do have to improve their equipment."
She added: "They don't have a multi-million pound programme, so there are areas where they will struggle to compete against the rest of the world, but physically they are one of the best teams in the world.
"Every day is an adventure with these guys. They are always smiling, they have a good feeling about them."
Mrs Minichiello trained at the Camp Hill estate in Bedale herself.
Brazil does not have any bobsleigh training facilities, which is why the team is in North Yorkshire.
Mrs Minichiello compared the team to the one in the 1990s' American film Cool Runnings, based on the story of the Jamaican national bobsleigh team's debut in competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
"It's not actually about sport, sport is a part of it, but it's actually about life," she said.
"It's about showing them - and probably the other Brazilian young people that aspire to be them - that if you work hard, anything is possible.
"I don't like to compare it to Cool Runnings but it really is. It's about the underdog really being able to achieve and make the changes they need to to be able to compete."
The 35-year-old arrived before the 2016-17 season as a player-coach.
He has understudied leading goalkeeper Joe Day and became joint caretaker manager after Graham Westley's departure in March, 2017.
Newport survived in League Two and boss Mike Flynn said Bittner is "another good pair of eyes on the touchline".
Bittner said: "After an unbelievable finish to last season, when I think we showed to everyone what we are capable of, I am delighted to have re-signed for the club."
The Home Safe Hospital Stay pilot aims to install alarms for people worried about their homes being targeted by criminals while they are in hospital.
If an intruder enters their house, an auto dialler system will call numbers of their choice.
Light timers are also available to deter potential burglars by giving the impression the property is occupied.
If successful, the scheme could be rolled out elsewhere.
The scheme will be launched on Friday at the Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan Hospital.
It will be run by the Ebbw Vale and Tredegar Crime Prevention Panel and funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent.
The votes, which took place alongside the presidential election, legalise the growth and consumption of cannabis for those over 21 years old.
Arizona rejected legalising recreational use. Florida and North Dakota legalised medicinal use.
The drug will be an option in the management of conditions including cancer, Aids and hepatitis C.
California said the taxes on the sale and farming of cannabis would support youth programmes, environmental protection and law enforcement.
In other ballot initiatives across the US on election night:
Legal marijuana is among the fastest growing industries in America, with some analysts suggesting sales could reach $22bn (£17.6bn) by 2020.
Opponents, however, had said the proposition opened the way for promotion of the drug on shows watched by young people, exhibiting "reckless disregard for child health and safety".
In Massachusetts, the legislation is set to take effect in December, with similar taxation measures to those in California.
California was one of the first states to legalise the drug for medicinal purposes in 1996.
On Tuesday, voters in Florida and North Dakota followed suit, making medicinal use legal in a majority of US states.
Many states used the general election as an opportunity to put a range of questions to the public on matters such as tax, the minimum wage or the death penalty.
That's because it's April Fools' Day, when we all get to play the joker!
"It has been celebrated in the UK since at least the 19th century," explains Andrea Livesey, a historian from the University of Bristol. "Children were commonly the victims of these pranks!"
So we wanted to find out more about why we celebrate April Fools' Day.
The first of April some do say,
Is set apart for All Fools' Day;
But why the people call it so
Nor I, nor they themselves, do know…
18th century folk rhyme
Andrea told us that not everybody agrees where the festival come from.
She says: "There is surprisingly little known about the origins of April Fools' Day and there are a large number of completely different - and quite entertaining - theories of its origin."
So let's have a look at some of them.
"Some have argued that a story told by early English poet Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century - where a fox plays a prank on a rooster (who is almost eaten because of it) - is the first reference to pranks taking place on the first of April."
The poet doesn't actually directly refer to April 1st though. In the poem, he says 32 days "syn March began", which people have said is "32 days since March began" which would be April 1st.
But those who don't believe this theory say he was just using confusing words to make fun of people in the poem.
Some believe the tradition started because of events in the calendar.
Something called renewal festivals date back to Roman times. These were a celebration at the start of a new year or season, when things went a bit topsy turvy.
"Servants could control masters or children could control their parents!" says Andrea.
March is the time of the Spring Equinox, so people think the joker tradition could come from this, as the beginning of spring and planting flowers was considered the start of the new year.
There is another calendar theory about when people started celebrating new year at the beginning of January, instead of the end of March.
Those who continued to celebrate it at the end of March, rather than on 1st January like we do today, were considered to be fools and had jokes played on them.
"The earliest concrete records we have about 1st April are from France and Holland in the 1500s and, because of this, people believe that it must have been a northern European tradition that spread to Britain," Andrea explains.
It is actually known as April Fish Day in some areas of Europe.
People think this is because there are a lot of fish in French streams and rivers around 1st April, and they are easy to catch - foolish fish!
So it soon became a tradition to play tricks on people on April 1st too.
"It is still a common trick in France, and elsewhere in Europe, to attach a paper fish to somebody's back on April Fools' Day, and also to give chocolate fish as gifts," Andrea says.
So it appears we don't actually know for sure where April Fools' Day officially started.
But one thing's for sure - people have been playing jokes on April 1st for a very long time!
So watch out that you don't get pranked!
He said Congress had been given ample opportunity to come up with its own plan but had failed to act.
Republicans in Congress say such action would be beyond Mr Obama's authority.
His remarks follow media reports he plans to extend protection from deportation, potentially affecting as many as five million immigrants.
At a news conference during a visit to Myanmar, Mr Obama said he had given the House of Representatives more than a year to come up with an immigration bill but they had failed to do so.
The Senate passed a far-reaching immigration bill in 2013, but the House has not taken up the legislation.
"There has been ample opportunity for Congress to pass a bipartisan immigration bill that would strengthen our borders, improve the legal immigration system and lift millions of people out of the shadows," he said.
"I said that if in fact Congress failed to act, I would use all the lawful authority I possess to try to make the system work better," he added.
"And that's going to happen before the end of the year."
Mr Obama added that as soon as Congress passed a bill he could sign, "any executive actions will be replaced".
But Republicans in Congress said the president should work with them.
"We're going to fight the president tooth and nail if he continues down this path," House Speaker John Boehner told reporters.
Mitch McConnell, the incoming Senate majority leader, urged the president to "work with us to try to find a way to improve our immigration system".
Some Republicans are pushing for the budget bill to include a statement prohibiting "the use of appropriated funds for the president's immigration machinations".
Such a move could provoke a block by the Democrats, or a veto by the president, which in turn raises the risk of a government shutdown.
Unilateral action has been expected on immigration but details of what the president was considering were first reported this week in the New York Times and Fox News .
At the centre of the reports is a plan to extend the president's "deferred action" plan, which was designed to protect young adults who were brought to the US illegally as children from being deported.
The plan is to include parents of children who are US citizens or legal residents.
The action is designed to prevent the break-up of families via deportations. The number of those affected by the suggested policy is based on how long an individual has lived in the US.
If the administration limits the "deferred action" to those who have lived in the US for more than 10 years, it would affect 2.5 million undocumented immigrants, experts estimate.
If the time limit is lowered to five years, it would stop deportations for as many as 3.3 million.
Other parts of the executive action reported by the media include:
They escaped late Monday evening from the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center in Nashville.
Police said some escapees had handed themselves in, some were brought back by parents and some were picked up.
The centre holds juvenile prisoners, many of whom have committed at least three felonies, a state spokesman said.
The teenagers who escaped ranged in ages from 14 to 19, said Rob Johnson of the Tennessee Department of Children's Services.
The escape occurred when a large group of teenagers went outside all at once after a guard shift change, Mr Johnson said.
Officials did not know if it was planned or spontaneous.
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Twenty firefighters were called to the warehouse-style Copdock Country Store in Old London Road, Copdock, at 0130 GMT.
The fire took hold in the office area and took two hours to extinguish.
Owner Mark Gladwell said a 22-stone (140kg) safe was taken and a corner of the building had been destroyed.
"All the records, computers have gone," he added.
"It's going to take a few weeks to get trading again from this part of the building."
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Its report said there was a wide variation in the way complaints were handled across the NHS, primary care and adult social care services in England.
Too often people were met with a "defensive culture", the report said.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has welcomed the move to improve care and said progress had been made.
The CQC published its report after a review of the NHS complaints system a year ago by the MP Ann Clywd and nursing expert Prof Tricia Hart.
The report, Complaints Matter, looked at feedback and concerns the CQC received, its own inspection reports and information from providers, such as GP practices, care homes and hospitals.
It said: "We consider that much more could be done to encourage an open culture where concerns are welcomed, particularly as high numbers of providers in these sectors report that they receive very few or no complaints at all."
The report said people could be put off making complaints about care because providers were not willing to listen to concerns.
This could mean opportunities were being missed to improve the quality of care provided, it said.
Prof Sir Mike Richards, chief inspector of hospitals at the Care Quality Commission, who led the review, said while most providers had complaints systems in place, people's experiences of them were not consistently good.
"We know from the thousands of people who contact CQC every year that many people do not even get as far as making a complaint, as they are put off by the confusing system or worried about the impact that complaining might have on their or their loved ones' care.
"More needs to be done to encourage an open culture where concerns are welcomed and learned from."
The CQC says it has been looking at how to make complaints handling part of its inspections of health and adult care services in England.
This is to ensure that people receive care that is safe, effective and responsive to their needs.
Mr Hunt said: "As part of our drive to confront poor care we're making sure people know how to complain and transforming complaints handling - now a crucial part of the CQC's tough, independent inspection regime.
"Today's report shows both that that progress has been made and that there's still more to do."
Ms Clwyd said: "I welcome this report and in particular the CQC's intention to develop a thorough inspection regime for complaints systems in hospitals.
"I want the many thousands of people who wrote to me in the course of my review to know that change is expected as a result."
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The club have made contact with Tim Sherwood as they look to replace Harry Redknapp, who resigned last week, and have placed Ramsey in temporary charge.
"If you got offered the chance to coach a Premier League team you would jump at the chance," said Ramsey.
"But, more importantly for me, is that QPR avoid relegation regardless of whether I am here or anybody else."
QPR lost 1-0 to Southampton in Ramsey's first game in caretaker charge and his second game will be at Sunderland on Tuesday.
Asked if he thought Sherwood would be appointed, Ramsey said: "I know that director of football Les Ferdinand, chairman Tony Fernandes and the owners will go through a process of elimination with other candidates.
"I'm sure the fans would want to see a transparent procedure that allows us to bring the best person in."
QPR centre-back Rio Ferdinand has not played since a 3-0 FA Cup defeat at home to Sheffield United on 3 January but is set to start at Sunderland on Tuesday.
Bobby Zamora is also likely to figure at the Stadium of Light as fellow striker Charie Austin is out injured. Centre-back Richard Dunne and full-back Nedum Onuoha are also both out.
"Rio was always in my plans for Tuesday's game. We spoke about it last week and he understands," said Ramsey.
"I said it last week, anyone who is fit and available and showing the right attitude and desire in training will be in contention.
"Rio's trained hard and applies himself superbly. He'll start at Sunderland, as will Bobby."
QPR have lost all 11 away games so far in the Premier League this season.
"I think there's a little bit of psychology when we're away, but the players are determined to turn the away form around," added Ramsey.
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Held at Dores on the shores of Loch Ness for the first time last year with one stage, this year's event will have a new tented stage area added.
Underground dance music acts Leon Vynehall, Dan Shake and Moxie have also been announced.
Previously confirmed for the festival on 20 August were Duke Dumont, Mark Knight and Boys Noiz.
Groove Loch Ness is held at the site of the cancelled RockNess music festival, which drew up to 35,000 people at its peak but has not been held since 2013.
Last year's inaugural event was organised in just eight months by four people working in the music industry in Scotland.
Authorities announced that only the first 10% of tickets for its Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto express services would be held at current prices.
Thereafter fares will jump by 10% for every 10% of berths sold, subject to a cap of 1.5 times the basic fare.
Many have criticised the move as a poorly disguised fare hike.
A railways spokesman told the BBC that the move was "experimental" and they would take passenger feedback into consideration.
The state-run Indian Railways, the third largest network in the world, operates more than 12,000 passenger trains, carrying some 23 million people daily.
However, the heavily subsidised service operates under massive losses.
In 2014, it lost $5bn in its passenger operations.
The three premium services are in high demand as they cover most of the country and are faster and more comfortable than regular trains.
Critics say the new fare structure is likely to make many train journeys more expensive than flights on India's low-cost airlines, many of whom cover the same routes in a fraction of the time.
The issue dominated conversation on Twitter on Thursday with #SurgePricing trending for much of the morning.
There was overwhelming anger at what was seen as a policy that would primarily have an impact on the middle class and the poor.
Many had tweeted at the Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu and the prime minister, requesting them to reconsider.
Lithium is naturally found in tap water, although the amount varies.
The findings, based on a study of 800,000 people, are not clear-cut. The highest levels cut risk, but moderate levels were worse than low ones.
Experts said it was an intriguing and encouraging study that hinted at a way of preventing the disease.
The study, at the University of Copenhagen, looked at the medical records of 73,731 Danish people with dementia and 733,653 without the disease.
Tap water was then tested in 151 areas of the country.
The results, published in JAMA Psychiatry, showed moderate lithium levels (between 5.1 and 10 micrograms per litre) increased the risk of dementia by 22% compared with low levels (below five micrograms per litre).
However, those drinking water with the highest lithium levels (above 15 micrograms per litre) had a 17% reduction in risk.
The researchers said: "This is the first study, to our knowledge, to investigate the association between lithium in drinking water and the incidence of dementia.
"Higher long-term lithium exposure from drinking water may be associated with a lower incidence of dementia."
Lithium is known to have an effect on the brain and is used as a treatment in bipolar disorder.
However, the lithium in tap water is at much lower levels than is used medicinally.
Experiments have shown the element alters a wide range of biological processes in the brain.
This broad impact could explain the mixed pattern thrown up by the different doses, as only certain dosing sweet-spots change brain activity in a beneficial way.
Prof Simon Lovestone, from the department of psychiatry at the University of Oxford, said: "This is a really intriguing study.
"In neurons in a dish and in mouse and fruit-fly models of Alzheimer's disease, lithium has been shown to be protective.
"Not only that, but lithium is used to treat people with bipolar disorder and some studies have suggested that people on lithium for this reason, often for life, might also be protected from Alzheimer's."
He said there should now be studies to see if regular, small doses of lithium could prevent the onset of dementia.
At the moment, there is no drug that can stop, reverse or even slow the progression of the disease.
Dr David Reynolds, from the charity Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "It is potentially exciting that low doses of a drug already available in the clinic could help limit the number of people who develop dementia.
"[Our analysis] suggests that a treatment that could delay dementia by just five years would mean that 666,000 fewer people develop dementia by 2050 [in the UK]."
The problem with this style of study - which looks for patterns in large amounts of data - is it cannot prove cause-and-effect.
Prof Tara Spires-Jones, from the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, at the University of Edinburgh, said: "This association does not necessarily mean that the lithium itself reduces dementia risk.
"There could be other environmental factors in the area that could be influencing dementia risk.
"Nonetheless, this is an interesting result that will prompt more research into whether lithium levels in the diet or drinking water may modify risk of dementia."
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Police were called to a report of loud music coming from a property in Kintyre Place in the early hours of Saturday.
Two officers were injured and required hospital treatment following the ensuing disturbance.
A spokesman said six men had been arrested for "various public disorder offences".
Former air force commander Rumen Radev, a political novice, won Sunday's election with about 59% of the vote.
He wants the EU to drop its sanctions on Russia and seeks closer ties with Moscow to help Bulgaria's struggling economy. It is the EU's poorest state.
Bulgaria used to be in the Soviet bloc.
Mr Borisov had backed the centre-right speaker of parliament, Tsetska Tsacheva, who won just over 35% of the vote.
The Bulgarian president has a big role in defence and foreign policy, but most key decisions are taken by the government. He has the power to send legislation back to parliament.
Bulgaria country profile
Mr Radev's triumph reflected widespread discontent with the government's poor record on tackling corruption and poverty.
His success came on the same day as that of Igor Dodon, a pro-Russian Socialist elected president of Moldova.
The coalition that Mr Borisov formed upon re-election in 2014 relies on the support of centre-left and nationalist parties.
Outgoing President Rosen Plevneliev is expected to chair negotiations to form a caretaker government, but early elections are expected as soon as March.
Mr Radev, 53, launched his presidential bid as an independent candidate, supported by a group of citizens, and only later got Socialist Party (BSP) backing. He will be sworn in as president in January.
He reached out to nationalists by opposing the EU's resettlement policy for refugees. That policy is also rejected by some other ex-communist EU member states in Eastern and Central Europe.
Mr Radev spent 27 years rising through the ranks of the Bulgarian air force. He also received training at the US Air War College in Alabama. Bulgaria joined Nato in 2004, along with other ex-Soviet bloc countries.
"Until recently, I flew a Soviet jet fighter. I graduated from a US academy. But I am a Bulgarian general. My cause is Bulgaria," he said.
A Bulgarian political analyst, Dimitar Bechev, says Mr Radev's socially conservative platform is not far removed from Mr Borisov's.
"His message will be that Bulgaria can have its cake and eat it - i.e. be a loyal partner in the EU and Nato, while reaching out to Russia," he said in the London School of Economics Europp blog.
"That is not very different from the position advocated by Borisov." The departing prime minister was formerly Bulgaria's police chief.
Mr Bechev says tensions may emerge between Mr Radev and Vice President-elect Iliana Iotova, who is a Bulgarian MEP and a BSP insider.
Media across Europe see the election of Igor Dodon and Rumen Radev as the Moldovan and Bulgarian presidents, respectively, as a victory for Russia.
Romanian TV describes Mr Dodon as "pro-Russian and anti-EU" while a headline on Romanian website Hotnews.ro reads: "Romania gripped more tightly in Russian vice."
Ukraine, which lost the territory of Crimea to Russia in 2014, is concerned. The popular channel, One Plus One TV, notes that Mr Dodon "says Crimea belongs to Russia".
Ukrainian fears are also reflected in social media. Prominent journalist Vitaly Portnikov suggests Russia is the winner in Moldova and Bulgaria. "Sunday belonged to the Kremlin," Portnikov tweeted.
In Germany, the public broadcaster ARD commented: "Political landslide in Bulgaria: More Moscow, less Brussels."
Belgium's L'Avenir newspaper has a headline reading: "Bulgaria comes closer to Russia". And in France, the headline in L'Express simply says: "Bulgarians and Moldovans elect pro-Russian presidents."
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They say that Yusufu Mieraili was born in Xinjiang, home to China's Muslim Uighur minority.
A Chinese official told the Global Times that the bombing may have been the work of separatists in Xinjiang.
No-one has laid claim to the attack, which killed 20 people.
Thai police say Mr Mieraili is part of a group responsible for the blast.
The Global Times reported a Chinese official as saying that he belonged to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a small Islamist separatist group said to be active in Xinjiang province in western China.
The Bangkok Post reported that he told investigators that his parents still live in the region.
The main suspect - a man wearing a yellow t-shirt who left a rucksack at the shrine moments before the 17 August blast - is still believed to be on the run.
Mr Mieraili was taken to the scene of the explosion on Wednesday morning for a crime scene re-enactment.
Wearing a bulletproof vest and with his hands bound, he was escorted by police to the elevated pedestrian skywalk above the shrine.
Mr Mieraili has confessed to handing a backpack to the suspected bomber at Bangkok's main railway station shortly before the blast, Thai police say.
China is closely watching the investigation in Bangkok, correspondents say, as speculation mounts that sympathisers of the country's Uighur community could be the chief suspects.
China has long faced criticism for the perceived harsh restrictions it places on religion and culture in Xinjiang, where the majority of Uighurs live.
Thailand recently found itself in the spotlight following its forced repatriation of more than 100 Uighurs to China.
Any confirmation that Mr Mieraili is Chinese would throw the spotlight on an ethnic conflict that China has long argued poses an international threat, the BBC's Jon Sudworth in Beijing recently reported.
Thai police arrested Mr Mieraili, 25, at the beginning of this month in Sa Kaeo province on the border with Cambodia. He was holding a Chinese passport but police warned at the time that it could be fake.
Earlier another suspect, Adem Karadag was arrested in a raid on a flat on the eastern outskirts of Bangkok.
The 29-year-old has been capped 66 times, and became the youngest ever Premiership captain when he took the role for Northampton in 2009.
But his career has also been controversial, and aggressive behaviour on the pitch has seen him get banned for a total of 54 weeks.
Hartley said that it was "a huge honour" to be named England captain.
Former England hooker Brian Moore said that Hartley's appointment is a "big risk" for the team.
But England coach, Eddie Jones, said "Dylan is an honest, hard-working bloke and I admire his aggressive and uncompromising approach to playing rugby."
Tony Hall said he was "thrilled" Evans was replacing Jeremy Clarkson, who was sacked after punching a producer.
He also said he hoped the new Top Gear would appeal to existing fans and bring in people who were "put off by part of how the programme was in the past".
"I'd like to see some women in the presenting team," he added.
Top Gear's close-to-the-knuckle humour and high-octane stunts are all part of the attraction to the show's 6.5 million viewers.
But it has a long history of controversy under its previous stewardship, including accusations of racism and inappropriate comments.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Lord Hall said he believed Evans would be able to reinvent the show as he knew "what makes a good programme".
"I hope that edge will be there and that sense of danger will be there. I need to leave it to Chris and the team to make up their mind about what they think is going to work best," he said.
"You've go to trust the talent and give them confidence to do the things they want to do."
Lord Hall also denied knowledge of claims Clarkson was offered his job back as the host of Top Gear, after the presenter told The Sun an unnamed BBC executive had "asked if I'd come back" last week.
"I have no idea what that's all about," the director general said.
"I made it absolutely clear when I said 'we're going to part company' that was it."
Clarkson's final episode of Top Gear will be broadcast on 28 June at 20:00 BST on BBC Two.
"Jess" said she had been expected to "walk the streets all day" after being placed in sheltered accommodation that only allowed tenants indoors overnight.
It comes as a new report suggests six out of 10 women leaving prison are unlikely to have a home to go to.
The Ministry of Justice said it was committed to working with ex-offenders.
Grim reality of life in a women's jail
Female inmates 'given tents' on release
Jess - not her real name - served around a year in jail for fraud and robbery and was later placed in housing, organised by the prison, after being released on an electronic tag.
Once the tag was removed, she had to leave the accommodation and found herself without a home.
She then contacted the charity Women In Prison who helped her find a place in sheltered housing.
"The only downfall with that one was that you were able to sleep there, but from, I think it was... seven o'clock in the morning to six o'clock in the evening you weren't allowed to be in there," she told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
"What do they expect me to do? They literally expect you to walk the streets all day which isn't very good, especially if you're vulnerable."
Jess lived in two further housing complexes before she was able to find a landlord who would accept her housing benefit, which enabled her to secure a one bedroom flat.
She criticised the lack of help given by the prison to help her find a permanent home.
"From my experience seeing other people in prison, to be honest, I don't think they're that big of a help when you're in there.
"I've seen girls come in and out of prison when I was there due to the fact they were on the street and they felt safer in prison."
A report by the Prison Reform Trust and Women in Prison - Home truths: housing for women in the criminal justice system - said 6,700 women were released from jail in England and Wales in the year to March 2016.
It said 60% of them did not have a home to go to and often many ended up in unsuitable accommodation, such as hostels.
The two charities found it was harder for women without stable housing to find employment, claim benefits or access support services, which could then increase their risk of reoffending.
Figures from the Ministry of Justice showed 45% of women were reconvicted within one year, according to the report.
The Prison Reform Trust is calling for a cross-government strategy to ensure women receive timely advice and support to help secure housing.
Jenny Earle, director of the trust's programme to reduce women's imprisonment, said: "A tent and a sleeping bag are no answer to meeting the housing needs of women on release.
"Safe, secure accommodation is crucial in breaking that cycle of crime, and all the harm it causes to our communities, to victims, to the women involved and to their families."
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said it was working "extremely closely" with all offenders before and after release.
"This gives them the support they need to find accommodation. However, the responsibility for making sure there is housing available ultimately lies with the local authority.
"We work closely with other government departments to make sure offenders are housed appropriately."
After kick-off was delayed when Hull were caught in traffic on the M62, Wigan struggled to contain the visitors as Steve Michaels, Albert Kelly, Jake Connor and Jamie Shaul scores put Hull 22-0 up after 41 minutes.
Liam Forsyth was the first to respond for Wigan with a 53rd minute try.
Three further late tries almost saw Wigan salvage a draw, but Hull hung on.
George Williams, Tom Davies and Liam Marshall touched down in a enthralling eight-minute period to give Warriors hopes of remaining the only unbeaten side in the league, only for Morgan Escare to miss the chance to level with the boot.
The win sees the Black and Whites move two places to the summit, with Castleford capable of going top on Sunday with victory over Catalans Dragons.
While Hull FC were relieved to leave Wigan with maximum points, their first-half display, inspired by Kelly who produced a superb solo try, was devastating against a Warriors outfit that badly stuttered in attack.
Forsyth, in his first season back in rugby league after spending time with Premiership rugby union side Bath, sparked the hosts to life with an effort that was ruled out in the corner minutes before finally landing his first score for the club.
Decisively, it turned out, Escare missed the conversion, the first of two costly misses from the tee.
Wigan coach Shaun Wane:
"It was a good effort. We were unlucky not to win the game.
"We were poor in the first half and bombed three tries on our right edge in the first 15 minutes.
"Against a team like Hull you have to take your chances. They are a good team, but I am proud of our efforts."
Hull FC head coach Lee Radford:
"I'm a little bit frustrated. I describe that game of rugby league as opening up a petrol cap, throwing a flame into the tank and burning all the fuel and then running on fumes all second half.
"That was what we did. Some of the errors some blokes were making were not acceptable. I'm really disappointed with that. If that game goes on another five minutes we get beat.
"The first-half effort defensively was great, the energy they played with one another was as good as it gets. But if you keep hold of the ball, you don't have to defend that hard, it's a real simple equation."
Wigan Warriors: Escare; Davies, Gelling, Forsyth, Marshall; Williams, Leuluai; Nuuausala, Powell, Flower, J Tomkins, Isa, Clubb.
Replacements: Tautai, Gregson, Bretherton, Navarrete.
Hull FC: Shaul; Fonua, Connor, Griffin, Michaels; Kelly, Sneyd; Taylor, Houghton, Bowden, Manu, Minichiello, Ellis.
Replacements: Green, Thompson, Washbrook, Matongo.
Referee: Phil Bentham
It is the third year in a row that the 30-year-old Scot, now based in West Sussex, has held the top spot.
Brash has been competing at Olympia in London, finishing fourth in the Longines FEI World Cup on Hello M'lady on Sunday.
"I was delighted with Hello M'Lady," said Brash. "She's only nine-years-old and she's getting some really good results at five star level."
With some of the biggest names in show-jumping at Olympia, the rider from Peebles admitted it was very competitive climax to a memorable season.
"All the riders chase the World Cup at this time of year, so you always have the best riders here," he said.
In September, Brash made show-jumping history, winning the Calgary Grand Prix, adding to triumphs in Geneva and Aachen, to complete an unprecedented Grand Slam on Hello Sanctos.
He is now looking forward to some down time.
"We have few weeks off now to celebrate Christmas before we get going again," he added.
Brash will soon begin preparing for the Olympic Games in Rio, having won team gold at the 2012 Games in London, where he narrowly missed out on an individual medal.
Navas, 27, passed a medical in New York to complete a deal worth an initial £14.9m, potentially rising to £15.9m over the course of his contract.
"Manchester City is an exciting project and this is the right moment for me to take this step," he told the club's official website.
Navas has suffered from chronic homesickness in the past and spent his entire career at Sevilla, which is 20 miles north of his hometown of Los Palacios y Villafranca.
He turned down a move to Chelsea after helping Sevilla beat Middlesbrough in the 2006 Uefa Cup final, citing a fear of living abroad.
Navas has suffered from anxiety attacks when away from home for extended periods and has been forced to leave training camps on several occasions.
The good news for Manchester City fans is that extensive counselling appears to have alleviated the problem.
"I'm very happy with the opportunity and the decision."
Navas, who has earned 23 caps for Spain, is City's second major signing of the summer following Fernandinho's arrival from Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of around £30m.
The Spain international has spent his entire career to date at Sevilla, which is 20 miles north of his hometown of Los Palacios y Villafranca.
He was a key part of the Sevilla team that won the Uefa Cup in 2006 and 2007 but was held back earlier in his career by a fear of travelling away from his Andalusian home.
A quick and direct right winger, he was a member of Spain's successful 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 squads and
"The Premier League is a competition where the football is very fast and will suit the way I play. I'm really looking forward to it," Navas said.
"I'm going to a great club in England and I want to continue developing my game there. The club has put a lot of faith in me and I want to repay them out on the pitch."
City are yet to appoint a successor to Roberto Mancini as manager, with Manuel Pellegrini expected to move to the club from Malaga.
The application by Memoria Ltd for the development near Northop was rejected by the county council in February 2015.
The company appealed the decision, claiming the council had "no technical evidence" to back up its refusal.
Currently, Flintshire residents use crematoria facilities in Chester, Wrexham, Colwyn Bay and a new site in St Asaph.
The council does not dispute the need for a crematorium in the county but it rejected Oxfordshire-based Memoria's plans because of concerns over road safety and the visual impact of the proposed buildings on their open countryside setting off Oakenholt Lane and Kelsterton Lane.
Evidence will be heard from the company, Flintshire council, and members of the public.
Objections will also be made by J Davies and Sons, a firm of undertakers whose application to build a crematorium at another site in Northop was rejected in 2014.
The hearing will last six days but a decision is not likely to be made before next year.
The piece, called Wrong War, and a print signed by the graffiti artist were bought by a customer in south London for £12,990 last month.
But two weeks after delivering them, the dealer who sold the works learned that the cards used to buy the pieces had been used without authorisation.
Police arrested a man in Plumstead, south London, on 8 February.
The man, 25, has been bailed pending further inquiries.
The suspected fraud came to light when the art dealer, from Essex, received bank letters stating that the cards used to buy the images did not have the authorisation of the cardholders.
Both payments were cancelled and refunded to the cardholders, leaving the dealer without the artworks and out of pocket.
The Metropolitan Police began an investigation when, in the meantime, the suspect contacted the art dealer again in an effort to buy more Banksy artwork.
Officers were informed about this order and made the arrest. They also searched an address in Charlton, south-east London, believed to be linked to the suspect, where they recovered Wrong War.
The signed print, entitled No Ball Games, was recovered after a member of the public bought it from the suspect and became suspicious of the transaction, police said.
The buyer contacted the Essex art gallery directly and returned the artwork.
Det Sgt Geoff Grogan, from Greenwich CID, said: "We acted very quickly after the victim contacted us and this gave us the opportunity not only to make an arrest, but also to recover the artworks.
"We believe that there may be more than one person involved.
"We are also in the process of contacting the card-holders who were unaware that their cards were being used.
"Our investigation is still open and will continue."
Fire crews called to a property in Montpelier Road just before midnight found part of the stone balcony and its iron railing missing.
Some of those injured had fallen into a basement below.
A Sussex Police spokesman said there were no suspicious circumstances. Building control officials have been examining the scene.
The 58-year-old, whose films include Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart, showcased her directorial debut at the German event in 2008.
Festival director Dieter Kosslick called her "a multi-faceted, creative film artist".
The 2011 festival is due to take place from February 10-20.
Other members of the panel, who will decide prizes including the main Golden Bear, have yet to be announced.
This year's judging panel was led by film director Werner Herzog.
Rossellin, the daughter of Italian film director Roberto Rossellini and movie star Ingrid Bergman, is the director of Green Porno - a series of short films on animal sexual behaviour.
The tattooed body of Sebastiano Magnanini, 46, was found tied to a shopping trolley in Regent's Canal in Islington on 24 September.
Michael Walsh, 41, of Wharfdale Road, King's Cross, has been charged with preventing lawful burial and conspiracy to commit fraud.
He is due at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on 27 October.
Previously, Paul Williams, 61, of no fixed abode was charged with preventing lawful burial and Daniel Hastie, 22, also of no fixed abode, was charged with fraud by false representation.
Both men were remanded in custody following court appearances and are due to attend further hearings later this month.
Mr Magnanini, who was originally from Venice, had been living and working in south London.
He was last seen by colleagues two days before his body was found.
An initial post-mortem examination did not reveal the cause of death and further toxicology tests are being conducted, the Met said.
The bus and train operator will take patients to hospital after it won the patient transport service (PTS) contract put out to tender by the NHS.
It will take over from the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) next year.
Campaigners against Arriva running the service had set up a petition on the Unison website, over fears of privatisation of the NHS.
The PTS provides non-urgent transport to and from hospital appointments for those who are too ill or vulnerable to use public transport.
The service currently employs 374 NHS staff and is for non-urgent medical appointments, rather than emergencies.
Arriva was named as the preferred bidder for the three-year contract 10 days ago, and has now been confirmed.
The unsuccessful bidders have until midnight on Monday to challenge the decision.
Allan Jude, Director of Ambulance Commissioning, NHS Blackpool, said: "'It is important to understand that this is not the emergency blue light service and the staff are not front line ambulance staff and never attend 999 calls.
"Ambulance staff on the Arriva contract will be fully trained in basic first aid, life support and resuscitation techniques including the administration of oxygen and lifting and handling and the service will offer patients the quality service they need."
Unison said the bus company won the contract as it was the lowest priced option, but that it scored lower on quality than NWAS.
Angela Rayner, of Unison North West region, said: "It is a disgrace that the winning bidder was not the provider with the highest standards, just the lowest cost.
"We know that privatisation is deeply unpopular with the public. Recent high profile privatisation failings have revealed just how badly things can go wrong - we don't want patients in Manchester to suffer as a result of this decision."
Among those objecting to Arriva running the contract is Cath Stone, of New Moston, Manchester, whose daughter Helena suffers from degenerative disease Costello's Syndrome.
She said: "It's a relief to know there are trained staff if anything happens to Helena in the ambulance.
"I fear they (Arriva) might not have as highly trained people.
"I want to feel confident that if they had a problem on the way they could save the life of the person there."
Contracts to run the passenger transport services in Lancashire, Merseyside, Cheshire and Cumbria were all awarded to NWAS.
One department website said that civil servants cannot "take part in fasting and other religious activities".
The move comes amid tightened security in the region which has been hit by a growing number of violent attacks.
Authorities blame separatist Muslim Uighurs, but Uighur leaders deny they are behind the attacks.
Activists have accused Beijing of exaggerating the threat from Uighur separatists to justify a crackdown on the Uighurs' religious and cultural freedoms.
State-administered Bozhou Radio and TV University said on its website that the fasting ban applied to party members, teachers and young people.
"We remind everyone that they are not permitted to observe a Ramadan fast," it said.
Similarly a weather bureau in western Xinjiang was reported by the AFP news agency to have said on its website that the ban was "in accordance with instructions from higher authorities".
The BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing says that this is not the first time that China has restricted fasting in Xinjiang.
But our correspondent says that with Beijing blaming extremist Uighurs for growing violence, the ban is likely to be seen by many Muslims as an attack on their religion, further increasing tensions.
Among those imposing a ban are a commercial affairs department and a government hospital which got Muslim staff to sign a written pledge that they would not fast.
State-run newspapers have in addition been running editorials warning about the health dangers of fasting.
Many Uighurs say that the suppression of their cultural and religious freedoms is fuelling the unrest in the region and attacks elsewhere in China.
Last month 13 assailants were killed in an attack on a police station in the restive province.
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The team at University College London used a constant stream of cells mixed with a polymer to weave the new tissues.
They think the technique could produce better results than other ways of building body parts for transplant.
The team of researchers tested the technique by constructing blood vessels in mice.
There are many methods being used to grow organs in the laboratory.
Some start with a synthetic scaffold which is then seeded with a patient's own cells and implanted. There are some patients who have had new bladders built in this way.
Another technique has been to take a body part from a dead body, just like an organ transplant, and use a detergent to strip out the native cells leaving a protein scaffold behind. This is then seeded with the target patient's cells. New windpipes have been made through this process.
The team at the University College London are using "electrospinning" technology to produce organs. They think it will overcome some of the challenges of seeding a scaffold by building the cells into the transplant in the first place.
It starts with a broth of cells and polymer. A 10,000 volt electric needle is then used to draw out a fibre.
Dr Suwan Jayasinghe told the BBC: "Like a spider weaves its web we are able to draw out this continuous fibre of polymer and cells and weave a web.
"We could make one as thick as a mattress and the cells will be embedded right through it."
The electrospinning technology has been used to create blood vessels by cross-stitching the fibres on to a rotating cylinder which is half submerged in a liquid to nourish the living cells.
The latest studies published in the journal Small showed mouse blood vessels with three distinct layers could be produced.
Dr Jayasinghe said: "At the moment no technology can make an organ, we are coming up with the process to patch up a defective organ not replace an organ."
The idea is that a patch of heart muscle could improve function after a heart attack.
However, it is early days for the field of electrospinning. In comparison, other methods for producing body parts are already being used in patients.
"There have been some successes in the field which is great, but I don't think it is as easy as some people portray and I don't think we'll have it easy either," Dr Jayasinghe said.
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With England struggling to fill gaps in their top order, Moeen hit an unbeaten 67 to push their lead over South Africa to 360 on day three of the fourth Test.
"They need a number two and a number five, but keep Moeen at eight," said Vaughan.
"He is a wonderful player and I like him in that position - I like the batting line-up being deep."
The left-hander, who has five Test hundreds, has batted in every position from one to nine for England.
Earlier in this series he was batting at number seven, but has been shifted down a place as the hosts looked to strengthen their line-up.
He forms a strong lower-middle order alongside Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow, with Chris Woakes set to return from a side injury for the three-Test series against West Indies.
"With all the power in Stokes, Bairstow, Ali, Woakes, I wonder why do we have to have a set order?" added Vaughan on Test Match Special.
"Why can't we go into a new era of Test cricket and say 'the top five are set, but six downwards, we'll juggle it about'?
"For example, on a day where right-handers are more use, we'll send one of those in."
Moeen's 59-ball knock, which included three sixes, steadied England from a position in which they were vulnerable to a South Africa resurgence.
At 153-7, the home side led the Proteas by 289, only for Moeen to counter-attack.
"It's one of my best innings for England in terms of trying to take the momentum and putting pressure back on the opposition," said Moeen.
"It was good fun, the situation needed some momentum and I backed myself and went for it."
Moeen's knock took him past 200 runs for the series and, coupled with his 20 wickets, the Worcestershire man is the first to do such a double since Andrew Flintoff in the 2005 Ashes.
His success comes after some confusion over his role at the beginning of the series.
In including Hampshire's Liam Dawson for the first two Tests, England coach Trevor Bayliss called Moeen the "number two spinner".
"That was the worst bit of PR this England team has done," said former England off-spinner Graeme Swann.
"Moeen is the best spinner in the country, but the fact they did that shows what he feels about his bowling. They haven't worked out how to get him to believe in himself properly.
"He needs someone to get in his head and tell him how good he is with the ball."
A brace of tries from Ukuma Ta'ai, plus further scores from Jake Connor and Jermaine McGillvary, established a 24-18 lead with 12 minutes to play.
But Carney and Evalds both crossed in a three-minute spell late on to secure a fourth win of 2016 for Salford.
However, Salford players clashed with some of their own fans after the game.
The Giants have won only one of their eight games this season.
Former Giants prop Craig Kopczak had given Salford an early lead and Gareth O'Brien added another for the Red Devils, only for the visitors to trail 12-10 at half-time after tries by Ta'ai and Connor.
Josh Griffin's score restored Salford's advantage, but McGillvary's effort and a second for Ta'ai looked to have earned a second Super League win of the season for Paul Anderson's men, before the visitors snatched victory in the closing stages.
Huddersfield coach Paul Anderson: "We were way better than we were Friday but our defence is costing us. We have to stop missing one-on-one tackles and cut the individual errors out.
"The offence is not quite firing but we still scored 24 points which is enough to win games.
"I feel under pressure because I put it on myself and I'm not comfortable losing games - it's not something I'm used to. If we can cut out the mistakes and put in the same effort and take some of the opportunities we are creating we will get there."
Salford coach Ian Watson: "We pride ourselves on our defence and the mentality of the guys to stick in there today when it got tough and come through the other side.
"The Easter period is tough, backing up with two games in four days.
"We have a good group of players who have belief in what they do and the conditioning they have done during pre-season."
Huddersfield: Brierley; McGillvary, Cudjoe, Connor, Murphy; Brough, K. Wood; Crabtree, Hinchcliffe, Huby, Patrick, Lawrence, Ta'ai.
Replacements: Rapira, Johnson, Leeming, Roberts.
Salford: O'Brien; Carney, Sau, J. Griffin, Caton-Brown; Wood, Dobson; Kopczak, Tomkins, G. Griffin, Murdoch, Jones, Flanagan.
Replacements: Evalds, J. Walne, Forster, Sarsfield.
Referee: Joe Cobb.
Roger Livermore, an ex-crown prosecutor for the Health and Safety Executive, said prosecutions should have been brought in cases of harm or death.
The Lord Advocate's office said prosecutions were not appropriate.
It said the fact that an incident had occurred did not mean there was "sufficient evidence" of a crime.
Mr Livermore's campaign is supported by Janette and Ian Black, whose daughter Nicola died while being inadequately cared for in a mental health ward.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran was belatedly prosecuted over Nicola's death four years after the incident occurred.
In a letter to Mr Livermore, Gary Aitken, the head of the health and safety division of the Crown Office, said he had looked at 11 incidents but had been advised by the Health and Safety Executive that they did not fall within its criteria for investigations.
The Crown Office said it had already investigated another 38 incidents raised by Mr Livermore but decided no legal action was required.
"Only in very limited circumstances is the provision of poor quality care or the exercise of poor clinical judgement a criminal matter," he said.
"Such issues may alternatively be dealt with by other regulatory means or by the governing bodies of professional clinicians."
Mr Aitken added: "The fact that an incident has occurred does not mean that here will be sufficient evidence to prove that a crime has been committed."
Mr Livermore is continuing his campaign for a public inquiry into the way the law is being interpreted in Scotland.
In a separate move, the Scottish government has confirmed its intention to introduce legislation to place a legal "duty of candour" on healthcare providers.
The government said it would force health and social care organisations to be open when harm has occurred and provide proper support and training.
It also intends to make the wilful neglect or ill-treatment of patients a criminal offence.
Pavey needs to finish as one of the top two British women and run a time of two hours and 36 minutes or better.
She will be at the Worlds in August to receive a bronze medal after her 2007 fourth place was upgraded when Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse failed a doping test.
"I've trained as hard as I could," said the 43-year-old.
"I've had a bit more illness than I would have liked but any busy parent can relate to that and I've kept training consistently."
Pavey will race her first marathon in six years on Sunday. She is up against fellow Britons Alyson Dixon, Louise Damen, Charlotte Purdue and Susan Partridge as they also compete to qualify for the World Championships, which are being held in London from 5-13 August.
With Callum Hawkins already selected, Tsegai Tewelde goes up against 10 other male runners in a bid to make the British team for the summer's event.
Meanwhile, Britain's six-time Paralympic champion David Weir says Sunday's race "could be" his last.
Ethiopian great Kenenisa Bekele, who is the 5,000m and 10,000m track world record holder, headlines the men's elite race.
The women's elite line-up also includes Kenyan Florence Kiplagat, who won last year's Chicago Marathon, compatriot and Tokyo Marathon champion Helah Kiprop, and Olympic 5,000m champion and fellow Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot, who will make her marathon debut aged 33.
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Drugs cheats like 2016 London marathon champion Jemima Sumgong are "ruining the sport", says European 10,000m champion Pavey.
Olympic gold medallist Sumgong, 32, tested positive for banned substance EPO in an out-of-competition test.
"It is a shame you have got a winner like Sumgong testing positive," Pavey told BBC Sport. "We're glad that she's been caught, that's one good thing to say.
"You want to believe in a good performance, you want to be looking at athletes winning Olympics and big events and admire their performance.
"There is still a lot more work to do to make sure others are going through the same anti-doping methods as we are in the UK - I had people on my doorstep a couple of days ago and that is what you want to see around the world.
"People like her are ruining the sport because every time you see a good performance, you're wondering is that for real or not."
Britain's Weir, 37, will be competing in the race for the 18th year in a row, on the back of winning the Paris Marathon men's wheelchair race earlier in April in one hour 29 minutes, 25 seconds.
He told BBC Sport: "I am just happy to be in good shape to compete. I don't put that pressure on my shoulders [to get the seventh title].
"I wait until the morning to see how I feel - I am in pretty good shape and I am happy with my performance over the past couple of weeks.
"I feel I am not getting any slower - to do that time on that course in Paris, a very rough, hard course. It just gave me a lot of confidence to perform mentally and physically in London.
Asked if it will be his last race, Weir replied: "It could be. But I have enjoyed the training and enjoyed just concentrating on the road, not thinking about being back on the track after the marathon."
In January, the six-time Paralympic champion said he will never wear a Great Britain vest again after an unsuccessful Paralympic Games in Rio last year.
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Ethiopian great Kenenisa Bekele, who won last year's Berlin Marathon in the second-quickest time ever, heads the men's elite field along with Kenya's Stanley Biwott.
"Times are very important," Bekele said. "On the track I don't see anyone out there looking like they can reach my marks at the moment. In the marathon, running two hours, 10 minutes and winning would not give you full happiness. Winning in two hours, four minutes would be a different feeling.
"But it is really challenging. It is almost 10,000 metres pace so it is difficult. I had to learn how to run differently from the track, a different foot strike. Every race, every course is different and I am learning with every one."
Brendan bids farewell
BBC commentator Brendan Foster is set to commentate on his last London Marathon - an event he has covered since its inception in 1981.
The 69-year-old, who will retire after the World Championships in London in August, said: "I'm looking forward to it.
"It's the 37th time I've done it, you'd think I'd be used to it by now. I've done every single one but it's as good as ever.
"The whole city comes alive and is awash with people and colour. It will be exciting at the front end, as it always is."
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I chose these photos because they represent a cross-section of what I experienced during the two weeks I was in Turkey covering the protests that engulfed the nation.
I flew there more interested in the undercurrent that exists in society and intended to shoot portraits and interviews, but when the violence erupted I had no choice but to cover it.
I am now working on a multimedia piece looking more deeply into the reasons behind the unrest and people's need to take to the street
Working in Turkey was difficult and I was hit with a tear-gas canister about 6in (15cm) from my head while covering a protest. I was lucky.
We felt we were being targeted and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's blaming of foreign media for the unrest did not make our lives easier.
Away from the protests I was drawn to the ferries that Istanbul is famous for. It's there I found some hope to the situation, examples that day-to-day life flows more strongly than the heated political rhetoric.
I was drawn to one moment in particular. As we were leaving Galata, two women sat talking to each other absorbed in a conversation, clearly emotional, and next to them sat a women in sunglasses and wearing headphones.
Both in the same space and obviously from very different backgrounds, but they were sharing a bench on a lovely day.
This acceptance, on a day-to-day level, is what defines Istanbul and the feelings of so many across the nation.
That said, I'm afraid for what's happening, particularly as it relates to language. This escalatory, combative rhetoric confounded and depressed me.
I've witnessed the results of the "us v them" language first hand in Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Uganda. The main difference with Turkey is that it has so much going for it, whereas the nations I mentioned were mired in poverty and were already in the midst of progressed division. But, in many respects life is good in Turkey.
Over the past decade, its economy developed and to see it fall apart because of ideology would be a catastrophe on an unfathomable scale. But history has long tentacles and perhaps their grasp is stronger than anyone could imagine.
The day after the security forces cleared Gezi Park in Istanbul, scene of the initial spark of unrest, they pushed into nearby neighbourhoods chasing small bands of protesters, and the area was then locked down. People spoke in hushed frantic tones in the apartment I was in. Fear, real fear. Fear with true consequence hung heavily around us. For the first time I saw people close their windows and turn off their lights.
And then, just as quickly as the security forces had entered, they withdrew. The lights came back on, windows opened, people banged on pots and pans and yelled in protest.
Here are some more of Jake Price's pictures from his time in Turkey. He plans to return again to complete his multimedia piece in the near future.
Alasdair Smith - from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) - came under fire from MPs on the Treasury Select Committee.
Last month the CMA produced its initial report on the current account market.
Mr Smith was repeatedly pressed to say how much consumers actually pay for supposedly free bank accounts.
Customers often forego credit interest, for example.
But while Mr Smith knew how much his own account cost, he said he was not able to give MPs any figures for other consumers.
Committee member Mark Garnier was highly critical.
"The answers you are coming up with appear to be lazy," he said.
"You haven't challenged the banks to come up with the costs. You have had the wool pulled over your eyes."
Mr Smith said there were "inherent difficulties" about answering that.
"But providing information to customers is at the centre of what we do," he said.
And he said the CMA - which is due to make a final report next summer - would consider "all possible routes".
Nevertheless he was repeatedly pressed by the committee's chairman, Andrew Tyrie, to provide a "bottom-line number" that would allow consumers to compare the costs of different accounts.
Further criticism came from a letter from the boss of Tesco Bank, which was read out to the committee.
"This report (from the CMA) has only begun to scratch the surface," wrote Benny Higgins, the chief executive of Tesco Bank.
"We must increase the transparency around the true costs customers incur when using their current accounts," he wrote.
The CMA report concluded that so-called "free-if-in-credit" accounts should be allowed to continue.
Such accounts have been described as a "con-trick" by Andrew Tyrie, as they do not show the true cost to the consumer.
The claims were made by Lisburn and Castlereagh councillors Geraldine Rice and Vasundhara Kamble.
Mrs Rice said she believed she was viewed as "old school" while Mrs Kamble - originally from India - said the party had been a "cold house" for her.
However, Mrs Long said there was no basis for the allegations.
"I'm disappointed that these councillors decided to resign and, in doing so, to sling mud at the party on their way out the door," Mrs Long said.
"That's unfortunate, but that was their decision.
"Obviously, given their good relationship with me in the past - I know both of them very well - there is no reason they wouldn't have been able to come to me and talk about it had there been any substance to these allegations at all."
The allegations by the two councillors, who have now left the party, were made to the Belfast Telegraph.
Mrs Rice, 70, has been a councillor since 1989 but claimed to have been told that she was not "an acceptable face for Alliance today".
She told the newspaper she felt stabbed in the back by a party that she "loved and loyally served for 28 years".
Mrs Kamble, who came to Northern Ireland from Mumbai in 1995, told the Belfast Telegraph she had "never felt welcome in the party".
However, Mrs Long told The Nolan Show that "all of the evidence in terms of our diversity of party membership and diversity of age within our party would actually stand against those claims".
She added: "Neither of them ever raised any concerns with me in this regard.
"This is not about racism or ageism or any of those things, this is about disappointment - natural disappointment - on their part for not being selected for particular roles.
"In Gerry's case, the evening before she went to the press she was not selected to be the next mayor of Lisburn."
However, speaking on the BBC's Talkback programme, Mrs Rice rejected Mrs Long's claim that she left Alliance solely because she was not given the mayoral position.
"That wasn't the only reason that I decided enough was enough. It was the total disrespect they showed to me, undermining me constantly," she said.
"There's only so much a person can take and, if people that you're working with do not show you any respect, then you can't go any further than that, you have to call it a day."
Mrs Kamble also rejected allegations that her resignation from Alliance had been motivated by a "sour grapes attitude" over this week's council appointments.
She told Talkback: "I was ready to leave this party long before this whole thing surfaced on Tuesday evening. It is only because my friend Geraldine Rice made me stay on in the party.
"I was really very disappointed and disillusioned with the general atmosphere towards me in the party and I was ready to leave the party long ago."
Rose, 36, was level with Stenson on 15 under par after 17 holes but the Swede bogeyed the last while Rose sank a birdie putt to win by two shots.
The 2013 US Open champion hit a four-under-par 67 to win on 16 under.
Open champion Stenson took silver with a 68, while American Matt Kuchar carded a 63 to claim bronze on 13 under.
"That felt better than anything I've ever won," said Rose.
"It was the best tournament I've ever done. Hopefully we've shown Brazil what golf is about. I'm glad it was close. Not for my nerves, for golf."
While several other high-profile golfers had decided not to compete at the Olympics, Rose had relished the prospect of becoming an Olympian since the moment the sport's return to the Games was confirmed in 2009.
Such was his eagerness to be part of the experience, he arrived the week before the Olympics officially started to ensure he was part of the opening ceremony.
The Englishman made history by hitting Olympic golf's first hole-in-one in the opening round and started Sunday with a one-shot lead, before shooting four birdies and just one bogey on his outward nine.
Stenson carded birdies in four of his first 10 holes and drew level with Rose when the leader dropped a shot on the 13th.
It looked like a play-off would be needed to separate them but Rose held his nerve on the par-five last, chipping his approach to two feet from the hole, while Stenson's spun away to around 20 feet.
The Swede then raced his birdie putt eight feet past the hole and missed the return to allow Rose the luxury of two putts for victory. He needed just the one.
Former world number one Tiger Woods: "Thrilled for Rosie, Henrik & Kuch, but all golfers in Rio this week should be proud."
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker on Twitter: "A Golden Rose. Brilliant from Justin Rose. Could not happen to a nicer guy. Marvellous!"
Wales and Real Madrid footballer Gareth Bale tweeted: "Class Justin Rose."
British golfer Ian Poulter: "Congrats to Justin Rose winning gold for Team GB. Great performance."
Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney: "Congratulations to Justin Rose. Gold medal, absolutely brilliant."
British former Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell: "Great gold medal win for Justin Rose, chased by Stenson and Kuchar, many congratulations to the GB Team."
The 20-year-old suffered anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the opening game of the Championship season against Bolton in August.
Head coach Darren Wassall told BBC Radio Derby: "He had an hour session and came through with flying colours.
"He joined in the whole session and he looks in fine fettle. He had a big smile on his face all day."
Wassall said taking part in the session was a "big moment" for England Under-21 star Hughes.
"He completed everything," Wassall added. "And for a player to end with a small-sided game and contact when you have been out of for six or seven months is a huge relief.
"With Will, we have a duty of care as a club to look after him. We certainly can't rush him, but the rehabilitation has been excellent. Hopefully he is through the worst of it now."
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue will be alerted by the council's 24-hour Telecare service in a pilot scheme to support residents in the Cotswolds.
John Beard, from the fire service, said it was "great" to help "plug a gap in social care" in rural areas.
Gloucestershire County Council said it would help to "deliver savings".
The pilot scheme, involving retained firefighters, is aimed at elderly and vulnerable people who do not have support from local friends or family.
Sensors which can detect fire, flooding, carbon monoxide and gas leaks have been placed around the person's home. A "falls detector" can also be worn around the neck or on the wrist and generates an emergency call if the wearer has fallen.
All of the equipment is linked to a 24-hour monitoring centre, which operates all year round.
John Beard said: "It's really great for the fire service to plug a gap in the social care of the people who need it most, particularly in our rural community.
"It's wonderful to be able to offer our existing infrastructure and well-trained professional firefighters to be able to deliver a service that otherwise we'd struggle to be able to do."
Commissioning manager Donna Miles, who works across Gloucestershire Commissioning Group and the county council, said: "It's about having the longer term ambition to keep people at home as long as we possibly can, which in itself will help prevent hospital admissions.
"It will deliver savings in delaying when somebody goes into a care home, from a county council perspective."
The pilot scheme will run initially in the in the Northleach, Chipping Campden and Fairford areas.
State run media said Thursday's exercise was also aimed at forcing internet data centres to hand over contact details of website owners.
China already operates a strict internet censorship regime.
Analysts say it appears to be tightening controls ahead of an important political meeting later this year.
Beijing also recently began cracking down on VPNs (virtual private networks) which allow internet users to circumvent censorship and surveillance.
Thursday's exercise involved officers from the internet surveillance department at the public security ministry contacting internet data centres and asking them to target websites that host content deemed harmful, state media said.
The centres were asked to practise shutting down targeted web pages quickly and to report details of their owners to the police.
The BBC's John Sudworth in Beijing says that over a two-and-a-half hour period the drill reportedly shut down a number of sites.
At least four participants confirmed the drill, including the operator of Microsoft's cloud service in China, Reuters reported.
A document circulating online and attributed to a cyber police unit said the drill had been held "in order to step up online security for the 19th Party Congress and tackle the problem of smaller websites illegally disseminating harmful information".
The Communist Party Congress, a key political gathering held once every five years, is to be held in the autumn.
China has a rapidly growing online population and many users have found ways to poke holes in the country's infamous "great firewall".
Apple recently removed several VPNs from its app store in China, saying it was legally required to do so because they did not comply with new regulations.
VPNs allow users to funnel internet access through another computer - often one in a different country - hiding their IP (internet protocol) addresses and allowing them to access websites censored or blocked by their service providers.
Beijing blocks some social media sites and apps, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Search engines such as Google are also blocked and access to many foreign media outlets, including the BBC, is restricted.
More than 100 fans were involved in city centre violence ahead of Manchester United's game against Sheffield United on 9 January 2016.
Bottles were thrown at officers amid the scuffles, but no-one was injured, Greater Manchester Police said.
Those taken to court were banned from games for three to five years.
The disorder began when a group of around 80 Sheffield United fans came face-to-face with about 40 Manchester United supporters after leaving a pub.
When the visiting fans reached Bengal Street in Ancoats the rival groups attacked each other.
Police footage showed one man launching a glass bottle.
A total of 15 Manchester United supporters were summonsed to court over the incident.
Eleven Manchester United supporters were handed banning orders on 24 January.
A twelfth man received an order when he appeared at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Monday.
PC Alex Robinson said: "This was a violent incident which resulted in significant disorder and would have been extremely frightening for anyone who witnessed the events that unfolded.
"Thanks to police intelligence, officers were able to identify the potential for conflict and ensure the disorder was quickly brought to a close."
The following men received five-year banning orders:
The following men received three-year banning orders:
Large groups gathered in the Belgrave Road area of the city following the match at The Oval in London on Sunday.
Police said they were forced to close roads and disperse the crowd following the clashes.
There were no reports of any arrests following the confrontation.
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Simon Cole, chief constable of Leicestershire Police, tweeted in relation to the incident: "Just sent my thanks to the six colleagues who suffered injuries yesterday evening here in #Leicester".
Police have yet to detail the extent of the officers' injuries.
Melton Road and Belgrave Road were reopened late on Sunday evening.
The callback affects products sold between September 2010 and June 2012.
The US Consumer Safety Commission (CPSC) said more than six million of the affected cables had been sold in the US and Canada alone.
It follows reports that people had been injured as a result of the China-made kit burning users.
The announcement comes nine months after a separate issue forced the company to pull its Chromebook laptops from sale after reports that their chargers had been overheating.
The latest case involves power cords marked with LS-15 on their sides that were sold alongside HP and Compaq "notebook" and "mini notebook" PCs as well as other hardware.
"HP customers affected by this program will be eligible to receive a replacement AC power cord for each verified, recalled AC power cord at no cost," said a message on the firm's site.
A CPSC webpage adds details of previous incidents: "HP has received 29 reports of power cords overheating and melting or charring resulting in two claims of minor burns and 13 claims of minor property damage."
HP is not the only computer-maker to have been involved in such action over recent months:
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Competitive and amateur swimmers, not to be put off by the bad weather, found a novel use for the deep layers of snow which in some areas reached 40 inches (100cm), and posted videos of people launching themselves into the soft powder.
Chris McMahon and Drew Riebel in Morgantown, West Virginia, braved the elements for their snow swim.
"It started when we dared one of our friends to jump in the snow in their Speedos", they said.
"We thought it would be funny if we had a race".
Magz, from Fairfax, Virginia is a competitive swimmer and didn't want to let the white stuff get in the way of her fitness regime.
Mick Vanoosten from New Jersey was with his fellow college students at Montclair State University when they decided to do a snow swim.
"We had a practice swim in the morning and we were talking about doing it.
"We planned to do four different strokes in a sequence - it was freezing when we all dived in.
"After the snow swim we all sprinted inside and had a hot shower!"
Anna Newnam and her friend Grace from North Carolina also took the snow plunge.
Anna said: "We decided to do more than the usual dive into the snow and do a relay. It was fun but really cold!"
However, it is probably not a great idea to copy these swimmers as it could be bad for your health!
Compiled by Alison Daye
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The huge blizzard that blanketed the US east coast kept most people indoors, but it also provided ideal conditions for "snow-swimming".
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Newsround caught up with the film's writer, JK Rowling, to find out what fans can expect from the new film.
It's set in New York, with actor Eddie Redmayn playing Newt Scamander whose magical suitcase is lost and then opened.
That allows Newt's "fantastic beasts" to escape, spelling trouble for both the wizarding and non-magical worlds.
Take a look at what JK Rowling told Ayshah.....
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The stars were out for the European premier of new film, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them.
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The photo was taken by Crom Estate ranger Colin Beacom, who posted the image to the National Trust Fermanagh's Facebook page.
"It just got shared around by a few people, onto the BBC Newsline website and [it has] thousands of likes," he told the BBC.
"I've had messages from friends in England that have seen it… so it's travelled."
Mr Beacom said the photo appealed to the public because of the season.
"It's all the lovely autumnal colours and just this majestic buck swimming in the water, and the water was like a mill pond, not a ripple."
Mr Beacom and his colleagues spotted the stag while sailing to another island.
"It was really surreal," he said. "Nothing I've ever seen before."
"The water was just as calm as you could get it and just the head and the antlers above the water.
"So, I quickly grabbed the camera and got a few pictures."
Deer swimming is not unusual Mr Beacom said, but to witness it happening is "rare".
"Deer are an elusive creature as it is and if you're on the water usually on a boat with big noisy engines, they like to steer clear from all of that," he said.
"It is just coming to the end of the rutting season so the deer are very mobile and very vocal, so the chances are if you don't see them you usually will hear them."
Colin describes himself as a keen amateur photographer.
"I enjoy wildlife photography especially and there's no better place to do it than here at Crom," he said.
The 2000 acre Crom Estate is an important conservation area, home to about 40 deer in an enclosure, as well as wild deer in the surrounding woodlands.
The Alan Clarke award, named in honour of the late TV director, was last presented in 2015 to screenwriter Jeff Pope.
Actor and comedian Sir Lenny will receive his award on 8 May for his outstanding contribution to TV.
Krishnendu Majumdar, chairman of Bafta's Television Committee, said there was "no-one more deserving".
"This is fantastic," Sir Lenny said.
"I am truly humbled and truly hopeful that this award is a pan-industry acknowledgement that diversity must be at the heart of our industry if we are to reflect British society now and, most importantly, in the future."
Known predominantly for being a comedian, Sir Lenny first appeared on the ITV talent show New Faces in 1975 and then became a household name in the popular Saturday morning children's show Tiswas.
He went on to star alongside Tracey Ullman and David Copperfield in the hit sketch show Three of the Kind before earning his own Bafta-nominated series The Lenny Henry Show.
Mr Majumdar said that Sir Lenny's appeal "spans all generations and genres".
He also applauded him for his efforts to ignite debate and spur change with regard to the lack of diversity in the TV and wider acting industry, most notably when making the issue the subject of a Bafta lecture in 2014.
Sir Lenny's 40-year TV career also includes the BBC comedy drama Bernard & The Genie in 1991, White Goods on ITV in 1994 and the drama series Chef! on BBC One in the mid-1990s.
He also starred in BBC One dramas Hope and Glory (1999-2000) and The Syndicate (2015) and his comedy series Lenny Henry in Pieces won the Golden Rose at the Montreux Television Festival. He has also made several documentaries about diversity.
He was also one of the founding members of the charity, Comic Relief, along with Richard Curtis.
In February 2009 Sir Lenny made a splash in the theatre winning huge praise and a best newcomer award for his stage debut as the star of Shakespeare's Othello at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.
He returned to Shakespeare in The Comedy of Errors at the National Theatre in 2011.
The Lenny Henry show won two Bafta nominations in light entertainment performance and light entertainment programme categories in 1985 and 1989.
His other awards include a lifetime achievement honour at the British Comedy Awards, a best actor Critics Circle Theatre award and a Royal Television Society Fellowship in March.
He was knighted in the Queen's birthday honours in 2015.
Four people have been killed and 15 people hurt in the incident, which took place on Friday afternoon.
Police say one of the people killed in the attack was British.
The owner of the lorry said that it was stolen earlier on in the day.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said everything pointed to an act of terrorism, but authorities are working to find out the details of what happened.
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Alexander Worth, from Kings Worthy, died in the crash on Hook Road at North Warnborough, near Hook, on 26 August 2016.
Hampshire Constabulary said the 38-year-old man from Surrey had previously voluntarily attended an interview.
He is due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on 6 June.
Belinda Don was originally placed second on the party's list for the European Parliament elections in 2014.
However, the party wants to pass over her in the selection process to replace Ian Duncan, who is standing down as an MEP to work for the Scotland Office.
The Tories said Mrs Don was no longer on their "approved candidates" list.
The party is understood to want Iain McGill, the fifth candidate on their list, to replace Mr Duncan as their MEP.
Mrs Don served as an advisor and parliamentary assistant to former Tory MEP Struan Stevenson for 12 years.
It was reported at the time that Mr Stevenson wanted Mrs Don to be first on the list to replace him when he retired ahead of the 2014 election. The top spot eventually went to Mr Duncan, but he is now leaving Brussels as he is to be given a place in the House of Lords so he can become a Scotland Office minister.
She has not yet filed legal papers at the Court of Session, as Mr Duncan is still currently in place as an MEP. However, she said there were "unequivocal legal arguments" on her side.
Speaking out about the row for the first time, she said she was "deeply saddened that the leadership of the Conservative Party in Scotland seems to think that it is somehow acceptable to overturn the results of an election".
She said: "This is not just an internal party issue, but one that goes to the very heart of our democracy - they are trying to overturn an election result. In the 2014 European elections my name was on the ballot paper as number two on the list and 231,000 Scottish Conservatives voted for that list in that order.
"Having not received any reassurances that the list order will be respected in these new circumstances, I have prepared a draft writ to demonstrate the unequivocal legal arguments that apply.
"Ms Davidson is now in receipt of this draft writ, and I trust she will now see that the law is clear: the Conservative party does not have any right to remove people from the MEP list on a whim."
The Conservatives contend that to be elected for the party, a candidate must be not only on the relevant list held by the election returning officer, but on the party's own approved list of candidates - a list Ms Don is understood to have been removed from.
A spokesman said: "To become the European Parliament candidate for a region you must be on the approved Scottish Conservative candidates list."
However, Mrs Don contended that she had "remained totally loyal" to the party since the list selection in 2013.
She said: "I have no wish to prolong this regrettable public dispute and remain hopeful that once she is in receipt of clear legal advice, Ms Davidson will see her present course of action is contrary to the law.
"I also press her to take note of natural justice and democracy: no political party should ever seek to ignore the will of their members or the electorate as expressed at both their internal and external elections."
Prime Minister David Cameron published a summary of his taxes after criticism in the wake of the Panama tax leak.
Scottish Labour's Kezia Dugdale released her returns on Saturday, and was followed by Tory Ruth Davidson.
SNP leader Ms Sturgeon and Willie Rennie of the Lib Dems then published their documents the following day.
Minus pension contributions, which are not taxable, each opposition leader was paid more than £52,000 for their work as an MSP. Each paid about £10,000 in tax.
For her role as first minister, again minus pension contributions, Ms Sturgeon was paid more than £104,000, and paid £31,000 in tax.
Ms Dugdale was the first of the Scottish party leaders to publish her returns, saying she had "nothing to hide".
The figures showed Ms Dugdale had paid £734.40 in tax for earnings from her Daily Record newspaper column despite donating the full annual fee of £5450 to the Motor Neuron Disease Scotland charity.
Ms Dugdale said: "There is an obligation on all of us who seek to serve the public to be transparent.
"Not since the MPs expenses scandal has there been such palpable anger at the sense of unfairness at the heart of our society.
"Politicians need to not only play by the rules, they need to be seen to be playing by the rules."
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, who published her returns shortly after Ms Dugdale, also made charitable donations from her income without claiming relief.
Ms Davidson has repeatedly defended Mr Cameron over his tax affairs, saying the prime minister has been "very clear" about his finances.
Scottish Lib Dem leader Mr Rennie, who published his returns on Sunday, noted: "Compared with certain other party leaders my tax returns are rather dull, but here they are anyway."
As Ms Sturgeon published her returns, the SNP said both she and her predecessor Alex Salmond had forgone more than £20,000 in pay since 2009 through a system which sees minister put money from their own pay packets towards public spending.
Ms Sturgeon said: "There should be a presumption that if you earn money in this country, you should pay tax on that in this country.
"I'm going to continue to argue very strongly for reform of tax avoidance."
And, as a result of the SFA judicial panel decision, the case against Rangers has also been withdrawn.
A large-scale invasion by Hibs fans at full-time was followed by clashes between fans from both sides on 21 May.
Meanwhile, Hibs say they have now paid money to the SFA following damage to the pitch at Hampden.
Hibs won the match 3-2 to lift the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1902.
At an SFA board meeting in 2013, clubs voted against an amendment to the organisation's articles which would have led to strict liability - clubs being held responsible for the behaviour of their supporters.
And, on this basis, the judicial panel ruled that Hibs could not be punished following fans' actions in the aftermath of the match.
The SFA charged both clubs with breaches of disciplinary rule 311.
In both cases the following references were made:
The panel chair's notes of reason on the decision to dismiss the case against Hibs begins with the statement: "The Panel unanimously dismiss the complaint as irrelevant."
The notes continued: "[Compliance officer] Mr [Tony] McGlennan accepted that he is relying on Rule 28 to import strict liability to the club for the actions of the supporters. The panel has to be satisfied that the provisions are clear and unambiguous and do not conflict with requirements of procedural fairness and natural justice before taking that step."
And, in closing, the notes of reason state: "It may be thought odd that there is no apparent disciplinary sanction for this event. But that is a matter for the members to deal with, in clear terms, rather than for the Judicial Panel to innovate by a purposive interpretation of the rules. From the information which we have, there is a limited appetite for strict liability within Scottish football."
The panel also say the "decision is without prejudice to the right of the SFA to seek reparation or restitution".
Following the decision, Hibs said in a statement: "Hibernian FC welcomes the decision of the Judicial Panel which has dismissed the complaint raised against the club for the reasons set out in the judgment.
"Receipt of the complaint was the first quantification to the club of the damage to the pitch at Hampden. The club has today paid that sum to the Scottish FA."
Following the cup final, the SFA asked Sheriff Principal Edward Bowen to investigate the pitch invasion.
Bowen's independent report said the Scottish government should consider making it a criminal offence to run on to a football pitch and that neither club were to blame for crowd trouble.
Later in Hibs' statement on Wednesday, the club's chief executive Leeann Dempster said: "We hope that this now brings an end to the matter and the Scottish FA can concentrate on implementing the recommendations made by the Independent Commissioner, Sheriff Principal Bowen."
A shake-up of senior management and commissioning will see six senior posts scrapped and three new ones created.
Director Rhodri Talfan Davies told staff the changes should "simplify the way we work" and were "designed to make BBC Wales more creative, more collaborative and more open".
The National Union of Journalists said it wanted job losses kept to a minimum.
The changes come against the background of the BBC's "cash-flat" licence fee agreement, set in 2015.
Mr Davies said the target was a saving of 2% a year, although he hoped there would be a significant announcement on investment in new content by Christmas.
The way TV, radio and online content is commissioned will be brought together, he said, with the aim of boosting digital content and reaching younger audiences.
"Our audiences are changing fast and we must too," said Mr Davies.
"I believe these changes will simplify the way we work, speed up decision-making and give our commissioners the freedom to place even bigger bets and to explore new ways of serving all our audiences."
He added that BBC Wales' move to a new home in Cardiff city centre in 2019 was expected to deliver up to £3m worth of savings.
Mr Davies told staff he hoped to limit savings in content areas to around £3m over the five years, with any new investment secured likely to be spent on English-language TV programmes and news services.
"In the public sector, our efficiency record is second to none," he said.
"Across the BBC, our savings in this current charter period stand at about £1.6bn.
"Our principle, as always, will be to protect our services as far as possible, and minimise the impact on audiences. So, of course, we will push even harder on efficiency."
Responding to the news, the National Union of Journalists said: "Today's announcement comes at the end of more than a decade of severe cuts at BBC Wales.
"Our staff are being asked to take on more duties every year; the fact that programmes and services continue to be produced to such a high standard is a tribute to their efforts.
"We will be looking for assurances that any job losses will be kept to a minimum, so that the staff that remain can continue to serve the people of Wales."
The announcement came as UK Culture Secretary Karen Bradley published a proposed new BBC Royal Charter.
A new unitary BBC Board - replacing its current board of management and the BBC Trust - would include a member for Wales, with the Welsh Government to be consulted over their appointment.
The corporation will also now be regulated by Ofcom, which will place obligations on it to reflect Wales in its output.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said audiences in Wales would be "better served" by the new charter, saying: "Our nation's voice will be heard at the highest level of the BBC."
However, Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards said if Ofcom was now regulating the BBC it too should have a board member for Wales.
"Our unique position within this group of nations as a fully bilingual country brings its own challenges, as does our increasingly divergent political picture," he said.
"If Ofcom is to be charged with performing the role of external auditor, the UK Government needs to commit in the very least that there should be a permanent member on the Board representing Welsh interests."
The draft charter also requires the BBC to name all employees and presenters paid more than £150,000 a year.
Ms Bradley told MPs it would bring the corporation "in line with the civil service" on transparency.
It also sets out the BBC's agreement with S4C, whose funding from the licence fee will be pegged at £74.5m a year until 2021/22, when a review of the Welsh channel will have been completed.
Anthony Scaramucci's 10-day tenure as White House communications director was abruptly ended by President Trump's new chief of staff, Gen John Kelly.
Jokes, memes and salty comments have filled many of the 235,000-or-so tweets posted using the hashtag #Scaramucci since Monday.
Among the schadenfreude, people have been sharing their own tales of abbreviated employment.
US sports journalist Nubyjas Wilborn asked his nearly 4,000 followers what the shortest amount of time was they had spent in a job and why.
So what can would-be job-leavers learn from others' tales of employment woe? Here are five top tips borne from social media users' bitter personal experience.
Seething with righteous anger at the burning injustice of being excluded from the tea run may be slightly over the top, however.
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Rain probably isn't all that unexpected though, even if you live in Australia.
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Silence can also be deafening.
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Particularly if your job involves being in a confined space at 30,000 feet.
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Just not too carefully.
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The news came hours after Mr Blatter, 79, announced that he was stepping down from his role.
US prosecutors launched a criminal inquiry last week, with seven Fifa officials arrested in Switzerland, part of a group of 14 people indicted.
Two days after the arrests, Mr Blatter was re-elected president of Fifa.
However, he said on Tuesday that it appeared the mandate he had been given "does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football".
Mr Blatter said Fifa needed profound restructuring, adding that he would remain in post until an extraordinary congress was called to elect a new president.
No dates have been set, but under Fifa rules it is expected to take place between December 2015 and March 2016.
US officials quoted in the New York Times said they hoped to gain the co-operation of some of the Fifa figures now under indictment on charges of racketeering and money laundering to try to build a case against Mr Blatter.
Separately on Wednesday, Interpol issued a wanted persons alert for two former Fifa officials, Jack Warner and Nicolas Leoz, as well as four corporate executives. All six were on the list of 14 people indicted by the US authorities last week.
Meanwhile, South African's sports minister has again denied that a $10m bribe was paid to secure the 2010 World Cup, which was one of the charges to come out of the US investigation.
Sepp Blatter's key advisers cut dejected figures last night as their boss announced he was stepping aside.
The air of despondency in Zurich contrasts sharply with that in the rest of Europe. English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke and others who have pushed for reform rejoiced at the news that the man who has controlled Fifa with an iron grip since 1998 was finally going.
The question now turns to who will replace Sepp Blatter. What sort of Fifa will the winner inherit if the promised radical reforms take place? What next for the World Cup hosts Russia and Qatar?
Unless the electoral process changes dramatically Asian and African countries will once again be the power brokers.
Given anti-European sentiments amongst many nations in those continents the winner will need to be acceptable to all sides.
With Prince Ali of Jordan backed by Uefa, could he now return and claim the Fifa crown he was denied by Sepp Blatter last Friday?
Why did Sepp Blatter go now?
Resignation speech in full
Reaction from footballing world
How would Fifa officials be extradited?
Earlier the FBI, Internal Revenue Service and the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, who is involved in the US prosecutions, all said they would not comment on the Blatter resignation.
In its prosecution, the US justice department said 14 individuals were under investigation worldwide for allegedly accepting bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period.
Two vice-presidents were among the seven Fifa officials arrested in Zurich. They all await US extradition proceedings.
How Fifa makes and spends its money
Mr Blatter was back in his office at the Fifa headquarters in Zurich on Wednesday, the BBC understands.
His daughter, Corinne Blatter-Andenmatten, is quoted by Swiss Daily Blick (in German) as saying her father's decision "has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with the allegations going around".
The arrests overshadowed the vote for a new president, which Mr Blatter won, defeating his sole challenger, Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan.
Prince Ali withdrew despite forcing a second round, having lost the first by 133 votes to 73.
Uefa chief Michel Platini said an emergency meeting scheduled for Saturday to discuss the Fifa crisis and Mr Blatter's re-election - a move the European body had opposed - would now be postponed.
Mr Blatter, who is Swiss and has been Fifa president since 1998, said he would urge Fifa's executive committee to organise an extraordinary congress "for the election of my successor at the earliest opportunity".
Further allegations of corruption emerged on Tuesday with claims that Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke was linked to an alleged $10m (£6m) payment of bribes over South Africa's bid to host the 2010 World Cup. He denies any wrongdoing.
South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula told reporters on Wednesday that the payment was above board, aimed at supporting football in the African diaspora in the Caribbean.
"We refuse to be caught up in a battle of the United States authorities and Fifa," he added.
A separate criminal investigation by Swiss authorities into how the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were allocated is also under way.
Australian football chief Frank Lowy said on Wednesday that the race to win the 2022 bid, which was awarded to Qatar, was "not clean" and that he had shared what he knew with the authorities.
He said in an open letter that former Concacaf president Jack Warner had misappropriated funds worth $500,000 sent by Australia intended to develop the organisation's Centre of Excellence in Trinidad and Tobago.
Mr Blatter's departure "should open the door to major reform," he added. The Australian government spent about $40m on its World Cup bid but received only one vote.
The Crowsnest system is being designed for use by the new Queen Elizabeth Class ships.
The announcement was made earlier at Portsmouth's Royal Navy base where final preparations are under way for the arrival of the two carriers.
The MoD said it secured jobs at Thales in Crawley, Lockheed Martin in Havant, and Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil.
The new Crowsnest system will be integrated into the Merlin Mk2 helicopter.
The technology provides long range air, sea and land detection and tracking capability.
The 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth - the first of two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers - is expected to begin sea trials in March.
The second aircraft carrier, HMS Prince Of Wales, is expected to begin sea trials in 2019.
CCTV footage showed a man trying to set fire to Finsbury Park Mosque at 20:25 GMT on Friday and fleeing on a moped.
A "gallon of fuel" was later found outside with some burnt paper, but "thankfully it did not catch light," chairman Mohammed Kozbar said.
Scotland Yard is treating the attack as an Islamophobic hate crime. No-one has been arrested.
The CCTV shows the suspect approaching the mosque with a bag containing a jerry can filled with petrol, police said.
He attempted to set this alight before hurling it into the mosque compound.
"Scorch marks were found on clothing wrapped around the jerry can. This was a clear and deliberate attempt to cause arson. Although the petrol did not fully ignite, the threat and intent was obvious and the resulting fire could quite easily have endangered anyone inside as well as those living nearby," Det Sgt Stuart Smillie said.
Mr Kozbar said the mosque committee had received a letter in the past week informing them the building was under threat of an attack, but he did not know if it was related to the attack.
He said he first learned of the arson attempt, when he went to open the mosque at about 10:15 GMT on Saturday.
"Our security found a gallon of fuel outside and some half-burned papers," continued Mr Kozbar.
"Thankfully, the floor was wet as it had been raining and the fuel did not catch light.
"It makes us feel angry at first and then vulnerable."
He said the mosque had been targeted before by arsonists but never on such a large scale.
A statement on the mosque's website reads: "Someone tried to burn the mosque by throwing a Molotov bottle... It did not explode and no one got hurt and no damage was done.
"We would like to assure our community in Islington that such crime has no place within our society and we are determined more than ever to promote community cohesion and harmony."
The Met Police has urged anyone with information about the arson attempt to come forward.
The figures published by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) were described as the worst in a generation.
Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria had the most newly displaced people.
Jan Egeland, the NRC's secretary general, said the figures should act as a wake-up call to political leaders.
"Global diplomats, UN resolutions, peace talks and ceasefire agreements have lost the battle against ruthless armed men who are driven by political or religious interests rather than human imperatives," he said in a statement.
The figures, detailing the situation at the end of 2014, are contained in the NRC's annual Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) report.
It says the 38 million figure includes 11 million who were newly displaced in 2014.
Syria had the highest number of internally displaced people - people who remain in their homeland, as opposed to refugees, who cross borders.
The report said 7.6 million people had left their homes because of the conflict, now in its fifth year - at least 35% of the population.
Source: IDMC report
Ukraine, which has seen fighting between pro-Russian separatists and government forces, appeared in the report for the first time, with 646,500 people internally displaced there in 2014.
Last year, the UN said the number of people living as refugees from war or persecution had exceeded 50 million for the first time since World War Two.
The total number of people affected worldwide dwarfs the figures seen at the peak of the Darfur crisis in 2004, the violence in Iraq in the mid-2000s, and in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings in 2011, the IDMC said.
Aid agencies said the international community must invest much more in conflict prevention, and in support for the displaced.
A petition calling for a change in the law was set up after a Hertfordshire police dog and his handler were stabbed in Stevenage while chasing a suspect.
It is due to be debated in Parliament on Monday after topping 100,000 signatures in a month.
But the Home Office has said people who attack animals can already be jailed for 10 years so no new law is needed.
German shepherd Finn was stabbed in the head and chest and his handler, PC Dave Wardell, received a hand injury in Denton Road, Stevenage, after they pursued a suspect in the early hours of 5 October.
A 16-year-old boy from London has been charged with the assault of the officer and criminal damage relating to the dog.
A petition, set up on the UK government's petition site days after the attack, proposes that police animals "be given protection that reflects their status if assaulted in the line of duty" and has now received more than 120,000 signatures.
Responding to the petition, the Home Office said: "Under some circumstances assaults on support animals could be treated as criminal damage, allowing for penalties of up to 10 years' imprisonment.
"An additional offence dealing specifically with attacks on police animals may not result in more prosecutions or increased sentences."
But Mark Tasker from the Finn's Law Twitter campaign said: "The government's response is not that surprising. They must reply to any petition that achieves 10,000 signatures.
"We had a very positive meeting with the Home Office before the weekend and we feel confident that the government are reviewing all options.
"We believe we will see a new law within the next year."
Ratcliffe, 43, had been head coach of the slalom podium programme since 2013 and takes over from John Anderson.
As an athlete, he competed at two Olympic Games, winning silver in the slalom K1 class in Sydney in 2000.
"It is a privilege and honour to be offered this role," he said. "I'm keen to put all of our athletes right at the heart of what we do."
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Earlier partial results put former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah ahead with 43.8% of votes cast, short of the 50% needed to avoid a run-off.
The BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says there are increasing claims of fraud.
Final official results are due to be announced on 14 May after a period for adjudication of complaints.
Incumbent President Hamid Karzai is barred from standing for a third term. Eight candidates are vying to succeed him.
If none gains more than 50%, a second round between the two frontrunners is scheduled for 28 May.
Saturday's announcement will come two days after full preliminary results were expected to have been declared.
Our correspondent says the continuing delay is increasing suspicion that the result is being manipulated.
There are allegations on all sides that ballot boxes were stuffed and that the count itself was rigged, he says.
When 80% of votes were counted, Mr Abdullah's main rival Ashraf Ghani - a former World Bank economist - was in second place with 32.9% of the vote.
A second-round vote could be avoided if a power-sharing deal is struck between the two leading candidates.
However, both men have vowed to fight on if a run-off is required.
"We have not talked or negotiated with anyone about forming a coalition government," Mr Abdullah told reporters after Thursday's results.
Millions of Afghans defied Taliban threats to take part in the election.
Turnout was double that of the previous presidential election in 2009, despite a number of attacks in the run-up and bad weather on polling day.
The next president will face several challenging issues, including the expected withdrawal of foreign combat troops from Afghanistan later this year and attacks by the Taliban.
The Latics had failed to score in their first three league games but took an early lead through Leon Barnett's own goal.
Bury pushed for an equaliser but substitute Nicky Clark missed their best chance with five minutes remaining.
Oldham's early breakthrough came as Paul Green's cross deflected in off the head of Bury debutant Barnett.
The hosts replied with Danny Mayor firing wide but Latics' Lee Erwin then had a low shot superbly turned onto the post by keeper Ben Williams.
Erwin went close twice more before the break and Oldham continued to press after half-time, with Green firing over.
Bury finished strongly, with Clark seeing a close-range effort blocked by keeper Connor Ripley.
Ryan Flynn then broke, only to see Williams turn his shot wide, before Mayor exchanged passes with Zeli Ismail to square for Clark, but the Scottish striker scuffed his shot wide from six yards as Oldham held on for a welcome win.
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Match ends, Bury 0, Oldham Athletic 1.
Second Half ends, Bury 0, Oldham Athletic 1.
Attempt saved. Zeli Ismail (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Leon Barnett (Bury) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Zeli Ismail (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Charles Dunne (Oldham Athletic).
Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Zeli Ismail (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic).
Danny Mayor (Bury) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lee Croft (Oldham Athletic).
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Luke Woodland replaces Ryan Flynn because of an injury.
Foul by Zeli Ismail (Bury).
Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Nicky Clark (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Leon Barnett (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darius Osei (Oldham Athletic).
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Ben Williams.
Attempt saved. Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner.
Danny Mayor (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic).
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Darius Osei replaces Billy McKay.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Peter Clarke.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Lee Croft replaces Marc Klok.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Marc Klok.
Foul by Tom Soares (Bury).
Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Marc Klok (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Danny Mayor (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Law (Oldham Athletic).
Foul by Leon Barnett (Bury).
Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Danny Mayor.
Corner, Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Antony Kay.
Attempt saved. Danny Mayor (Bury) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Connor Ripley.
Attempt saved. Zeli Ismail (Bury) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Craig Jones (Bury) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Craig Jones (Bury).
Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
US Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Harry Harris made the comments in a speech in Australia on Tuesday night.
He said by pumping sand on to coral reefs and adding concrete, China had created "over 4sq/km (1.5 sq miles) of artificial landmass".
China has overlapping claims with neighbours in the South China Sea.
It has been reclaiming land in contested waters - something it said last year was "totally justified" as it had "sovereignty" over the area.
In recent months images have emerged of Chinese construction on reefs in the Spratly Islands to create artificial islands with facilities that could potentially be for military use, including an air strip.
Several nations, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan, also claim ownership of territory in the Spratly Islands.
Adm Harris described China's land reclamation as "unprecedented".
"China is building artificial land by pumping sand on to live coral reefs - some of them submerged - and paving over them with concrete. China has now created over 4sq/km (1.5 sq miles) of artificial landmass," he said.
"China is creating a great wall of sand with dredges and bulldozers over the course of months."
He said that considering China's "pattern of provocative actions towards smaller claimant states" in the South China Sea, the scope of the building raised "serious questions about Chinese intentions".
The row over territory in the South China Sea has escalated in recent years, raising regional tensions.
The Philippines has filed a complaint with UN's Permanent Court of Arbitration - but China says it will not engage with the case.
In Vietnam, anti-Chinese violence broke out last year after China moved a drilling rig into disputed waters of the Paracel Islands.
Last year, responding to a BBC report on the land reclamation, China's foreign ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said China's operations in the Spratly Islands fell "entirely within China's sovereignty and are totally justifiable".
Asked whether the reclamation was for commercial or military use, Ms Hua replied that it was "mainly for the purpose of improving the working and living conditions of people stationed on these islands".
Police said the birds were discovered in Oakley Wood, near Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire.
It is not clear how the dead kite was killed, but the two injured birds had been shot with a shotgun.
Red kites are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and anyone found killing one can face jail.
The surviving birds are now being cared for by the Tiggywinkles charity.
PC Robert Searle, of Thames Valley Police, said: "Fortunately incidents of this nature are very rare in the Thames Valley and a thorough investigation is under way."
The Chilterns Conservation Board said the reintroduction of red kites on the Oxfordshire-Buckinghamshire border in 1989 was one of the UK's most successful conservation projects.
There are about 1,000 red kites in England.
The Raspberry Pi 2 Model B is roughly six times more powerful than the prior version, the Model B+, according to the British charity behind it.
Previous versions of the kit have been widely adopted by schools and enthusiasts across the world.
But the Pi faces increased competition.
Another UK-based firm, Imagination, recently released a bare-bones computer of its own, and the Arduino, Intel Galileo, Gizmo 2, BeagleBone Black and Hummingboard also form part of a growing list of rivals.
The Raspberry Pi 2 makes two major changes to the previous version, while leaving other components unchanged:
As before, owners will need to add their own keyboard, a MicroSD card containing a copy of an operating system, and television/monitor-connecting cables in order to start programming. Enclosures bought for the previous Model B+ computers will also fit the new one.
"We think it's about six times more powerful for most applications," Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi, told the BBC.
"This means this is really a PC now.
"You can do most of the things with this that you can do with a PC. You can surf the web, you can watch videos, you can play games like Minecraft. But we also bundle it with the tools that children need in order to learn how to program.
"The great thing is - apart from those two changes - that we've managed to keep everything else the same.
"So, all of those tutorials that people have developed over the last few years will carry on working with this device. It just kind of broadens out the range of interesting stuff kids can do."
Existing software will need to be recompiled - meaning converted into a language the CPU understands - to take best advantage of the switch to the new multi-core processor.
The Raspberry Pi 2 can run a variety of Linux-based systems out-of-the-box, but its makers have also promised it will be able to support Microsoft's next operating system at a later date.
"For the last six months we've been working closely with Microsoft to bring the forthcoming Windows 10 to Raspberry Pi 2. Microsoft will have much more to share over the coming months," said a statement on the Raspberry Pi blog.
"The Raspberry Pi 2-compatible version of Windows 10 will be available free of charge to makers."
Microsoft itself has blogged on the topic.
"We see the maker community as an amazing source of innovation for smart, connected devices that represent the very foundation of the next wave of computing, and we're excited to be a part of this community," wrote Windows executive Kevin Dallas.
"Raspberry Pi has quickly become one of the maker community's favourite platforms because their highly-capable, low-cost boards and compute modules enable developers to bring their vision to life."
The new kit - most of which is manufactured at Sony's factory in Bridgend, South Wales - costs £22.85 excluding VAT, or $35.
One industry watcher was optimistic it would repeat the success of its predecessors.
"Its success is guaranteed - there's a great user-base already out there, but more importantly the Raspberry Pi has a level of name recognition that nobody else has been able to match yet," said Chris Green, principal technology analyst at the Davies Murphy Group Europe consultancy.
"Its makers seem to have a really good handle on what makes these devices really popular, both for the hobbyists as well as people wanting to use them in education.
"The improvements also address what people had been wanting - for graphics-intensive tasks the extra memory will help a lot. It's also quite handy for media streaming, you'll get a smoother experience when playing high definition video, with less buffering."
About 4.5 million units of the Raspberry Pi have now been sold, according to Mr Upton. But he added he didn't believe the market was close to being saturated.
"We're selling about 200,000 a month now," he said.
"The surprise to us is that people don't buy just one Raspberry Pi.
"There are a lot of people with five or six. And we think those people are naturally going to want this.
"We are very very close to it being the bestselling British computer. I think another half a million and we will go past the Sinclair Spectrum as the bestselling British computer."
The lower-specced Model A+, with just one - rather than four - USB socket, remains on sale costing about £7 less.
8 July 2016 Last updated at 16:51 BST
Bob Aston, from Heswall in Wirral, Merseyside, was still paying for his BT connection despite not being able to log on.
The company has now fixed the problem and apologised.
Mr Aston uses the web to shop online, browse the news and even use Skype video-messaging.
Ministers are due to publish draft laws modelled on Irish legislation introduced in 2010, with prison sentences of up to seven years.
However, a senior Irish drugs officer has admitted the law can leave police powerless to prosecute.
The Home Office said the UK system would be "flexible and proportionate".
The Irish Psychoactive Substances Act says it is illegal to buy or sell substances that are "psychoactive".
But a BBC investigation has found that Ireland's drugs squad is unable to act against a range of legal-high type drugs because of problems with the legislation.
To bring a prosecution, police must scientifically prove that a substance has a psychoactive effect. So far, there have been only four successful prosecutions in five years.
One form of synthetic cannabis linked to a number of deaths is being openly traded in some Irish towns, obtained on the internet and marketed as Clockwork Orange or Happy Joker. It costs about 10 euros a gram, or £10 a gram in the UK.
Source: Frank
One of Ireland's top drug squad officers, Det Sgt Tony Howard from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, said: "Unfortunately a prosecution cannot be taken."
"There are problems. It's not perfect legislation."
Police scientists have examined samples of the drugs but have so far been unable to prove that they are technically "psychoactive", he said.
"We are relying on scientists to assist us with these prosecutions and, unfortunately, they haven't been able to provide the evidence to us."
The admission has prompted calls for the UK Home Office to postpone similar legislation in Britain.
"The comments raise serious doubts about the likely consequences of the government's legislation," said Baroness Meacher, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Reform.
"I believe that, given these concerns, the government should pause the bill and call for a full impact assessment of the Irish psychoactive substances ban".
Despite Ireland's ban on legal-high type drugs, two young men on one estate in Monaghan recently died after using the synthetic cannabis.
"It killed them. It killed both of them," synthetic cannabis addict David O'Leary said.
"It killed my brother Michael in December and it killed my best friend two months before that. He took his own life."
David is also addicted to the drug, which he describes as more addictive and dangerous than heroin.
"It's a dirty, dirty drug. You want to cut yourself to pieces or cut your throat or hang yourself.
"Last week I had a plan to hurt my own brother. I had a plan in my head to get up and stick a knife in his stomach and twist it because he had money and I hadn't."
A public meeting was called after the body of one young man, PJ McQuaid, was found hanging from a tree in the middle of the Monaghan estate last October. He had been trying to beat his addiction to the synthetic cannabis.
The meeting turned angry after the local police chief explained that, even with the blanket ban on psychoactive drugs, Clockwork Orange was legal and his officers could do little to stop it.
"I blame the Garda (Irish police)," PJ's mother Sharon McQuaid said.
"They know who the dealers are but they just turn a blind eye."
Det Sgt Howard said the police had interviewed a number of people, but had to "act within the legislation that we have".
"I am aware of those cases where unfortunately we have had fatalities," he added.
A local community worker says whole families are addicted to the legal-high type drugs, empty packets are scattered like leaves across the Mullaghmatt estate.
"It is an epidemic, that's what it is," Packie Kelly said.
"The legislation doesn't seem to be working here. The availability of it seems to be endless. It's as easily got now as cigarettes."
Most of the supplies of the drug are obtained via the internet. David O'Leary says a large delivery arrived in Monaghan last week.
"It comes in a box and you open the door and sign for it and the smokes are in your hand. And that's it."
Another young man from a different Irish town had a similar story: "It is in every town. There's loads of it online," he said.
"One time it did my head in that much I took an overdose and ended up in hospital. I very nearly died."
A blanket ban on legal highs, which are often sold online or on the High Street, was in the Conservative Party's election manifesto and featured in the Queen's Speech.
The Psychoactive Substances Bill will apply to "any substance intended for human consumption that is capable of producing a psychoactive effect", the government has said.
What are legal highs?
Alcohol, tobacco and caffeine will be excluded, and there are also exemptions for food and medical products, while controlled drugs will continue to be regulated by existing laws.
Home Office Minister Lord Bates recently confirmed that the proposals are based on Ireland's legislation.
"As with the legislation in the Irish Republic, we have designed the enforcement framework so that the police, local authorities and other law enforcement agencies can adopt a flexible, proportionate response," he told the House of Lords.
Some brands of synthetic cannabis have already been classified as Class B drugs in Britain under the Misuse of Drugs Act, but the government says the blanket ban on all psychoactive substances is required to deal quickly with new products as soon as they emerge.
"We need a system that is nimble enough to be able to nip problems in the bud before they escalate," Lord Bates explained.
An amendment to the legislation has now been tabled calling on the UK home secretary to "conduct an impact assessment" of Ireland's Psychoactive Substances Act before the blanket ban is introduced.
The FTSE 100 share index ended the day 49 points, or 0.68%, ahead at 7,297.43.
Shares in Pearson were up 12.4% after it announced plans to cut costs by £300m a year by the end of 2019.
The company also launched a "strategic review" of its troubled US school publishing business.
The US business has proved problematic recently as students have been renting textbooks instead of buying them. As a result, Pearson has issued five profit warnings in four years.
IAG shares rose 5.5% after the airline group reported record first-quarter results.
The company - which owns BA, Aer Lingus and Iberia - said underlying operating profit rose 9.7% to 170m euros (£144m). That was despite IAG taking a 32m-euro hit to profits in the quarter as a result of the weak pound.
"IAG has been able to navigate its way through stormy conditions last year, posting a 31% rise in annual profits in February so this is continuing the trend and means it's on track to live up to expectations that this year will be even better than last," said Neil Wilson at ETX Capital.
Marks and Spencer rose 4.95% after the retail giant announced it had appointed former Asda boss Archie Norman as its new chairman.
On the currency markets, the pound was up 0.25% against the dollar at $1.2955 and edged up 0.14% against the euro to 1.1781 euros.
On the commodities markets, the price of Brent Crude oil was up by 1.5% to $49.12 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate Crude was up by 1.6% at $46.26.
In early trading on Friday, crude prices had hit five-month lows amid renewed concerns about a worldwide supply glut.
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust said it has asked some external suppliers to accept later payments into the next financial year.
But its sandwich supplier has refused and the trust is looking for a new one.
Alternatives are being offered. The trust said it was a "temporary issue", adding that "at no time have any patients not had access to meals".
More updates on this and others in Shropshire
NHS trusts in the West Midlands have a deficit of almost £200m between them - with Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust topping £8.4m, BBC Sunday Politics reported in November.
Simon Wright, trust chief executive, said steps have been taken to bring down spending.
He said: "However, further action is needed and we have had to make some difficult decisions about how these can be achieved whilst ensuring patient care is unaffected.
"The trust has asked some external suppliers to temporarily alter the timescale for payments until the next financial year in recognition of the additional pressures we are facing.
"Unfortunately our current sandwich supplier has not accepted these terms. We are now exploring new suppliers who can better manage slightly longer payment terms."
He has apologised for any inconvenience it may cause.
Speaking on social media, Martin James said: "Can't really blame the sandwich supplier for not agreeing to delay payment, they have to pay their suppliers, staff and overheads for running business."
Another from Lynda Parton said: "This makes me so sad, that our Shropshire hospitals can't afford to pay for sandwiches until start of next financial year."
The Wales international, 20, made his debut in the Good Friday derby defeat by Wigan, in which he scored his first of five tries in Super League.
He joined Saints from South Wales Scorpions in 2014, and was part of the unbeaten academy side in 2016.
"I have seen the raw potential Regan has," head coach Justin Holbrook said.
"He works hard in training and sets a strong example to the other younger players in the first team and academy."
Grace added: "This season has been a good one for me so far - I have made my debut in a derby and have played in some big games.
"I'm now looking forward to working hard, improving and doing the best I can for the Saints."
A total of 2,145 plants were discovered in Riley Square on Thursday night.
Three men, aged 50, 47 and 20, have been arrested on suspicion of cannabis cultivation.
Officers cut through shutters and secure doors to get into the premises, West Midlands Police said.
It said police acted after growing suspicious about the premises and executed a search warrant.
Local politicians and some staff have voiced concern that it could affect workers' jobs and lead to an increase in customers' bills.
About 20 opponents waving banners made their views known outside the meeting.
Severn Trent Water said it plans to build on Dee Valley's customer service record and make a "significant" investment in the region.
Dee Valley Water employs about 180 people and has 230,000 customers across the Wrexham and Chester areas.
Customers pay an average of £145 a year for their water compared with £172 for Severn Trent.
Severn Trent Water have outbid London investment firm, Ancala, which offered about £78.5m.
About 120 Dee Valley shareholders met at Wrexham's Ramada Plaza hotel to cast their votes, although some do not know yet if their votes will count.
Dee Valley is seeking clarity after one shareholder transferred ownership of more than 400 shares to individuals.
A court hearing to establish the validity of the votes and sanction the takeover is due to take place later this month.
Plaid Cymru and Labour politicians oppose the possible takeover with Wrexham MP Ian Lucas saying Severn Trent was "not welcome".
He said: "We wonder why it is that Severn Trent want to acquire Dee Valley Water and I think the short answer to that is that they want to pay more money to their shareholders.
"We are happy with things as they are. We want it to stay that way."'
A spokesman for Seven Trent said it was the "best long long-term owner for Dee Valley".
"We have always said we are committed to maintaining front line field force operations in Wrexham and Chester," the spokesman said.
"We have already met with Dee Valley employees since we announced our offer and attach great significance to their skills and operational and technical expertise."
Jon Platt, from the Isle of Wight, was taken to court after refusing to pay a £120 fine for taking his six-year-old daughter to Florida in April, but the case was thrown out by magistrates.
Mr Platt argued the law only requires children to attend school regularly.
Isle of Wight Council said it was following government guidance and was reviewing the outcome of the case.
Mr Platt took his daughter out of school to go to Florida with 15 other members of their family, despite an absence request being rejected by the school.
"I cannot allow a local education authority to tell me what is right for my kids - I know what is best for my kids," he said.
He insisted his children got "great value and great experiences" from the trip, with "no detrimental impact whatsoever" on their education.
Having refused to pay a £120 penalty, at a magistrates' court earlier this week, he had successfully argued Section 444 of the Education Act required parents ensured their children attended school "regularly", and did not put restrictions on taking them on holidays in term time.
His daughter had a 93.8% attendance rate the previous academic year.
"There is no complex loophole - parents have nothing to fear from LEAs ... if your children have attended school regularly," he said.
"LEAs are trying to use the legislation intended to stop truancy to stop parents taking their kids on holiday."
In a statement, the council said it took legal action based on "appropriate legislation, Department for Education regulations and guidance".
A DfE spokesperson said: "Head teachers have the discretion to grant term time holiday in exceptional circumstances, as they always have.
"But it is a myth that missing school even for a short time is harmless to a child's education."
Leicester, through their relentless battering of the thin red-and-black line, looked poised to nick it again at the death. That elusive first Premiership title appeared to be slipping through Saracens' fingers, just as it had 12 months previously.
"I can't lie," said Jacques Burger, the Sarries open-side flanker with the demonic defensive demeanour.
"It did go through my mind. We just said 'keep them out, keep them out'. It would have been heartbreaking to have lost it at that stage."
But the doubters in the ranks had nothing to fear. In that white-hot cauldron, in the face of 32 lung-busting Leicester phases, Sarries forged their future and created history of their own.
"In a sick sort of way maybe it was fitting it ended that way," said director of rugby Mark McCall.
"It tells you a lot about Leicester as a club, the way they never give up and don't lose easily. But it also says a lot about our character, our spirit, how we fought for each other, that we refused to yield during that period. I wish it hadn't been like that, but I am chuffed to bits and so proud."
We did it for each other. That is what we are about as a team and a club. That is our culture.
Richard Hill, World Cup winner and loyal Saracens servant of 15 years, spoke on the morning of the game about his club's emphasis on creating shared memories, of a sense of unity and of the oft-quoted 'Saracens family'.
It is an ethos that has seen the squad heading off for well-publicised bonding trips to the Oktoberfest beer festival in Germany and to Miami, where they trained with the NFL's Dolphins.
Their innovation, professionalism, attention to detail and evident collective strength is impressive to behold.
While this year's final was far from vintage, and there were errors aplenty on both sides, what was abundantly clear was that Saracens have, after years of under-achievement, finally delivered on their promise.
Their victory marks the realisation of a 16-year dream for owner and chairman Nigel Wray, who has underwritten the north London club since the infancy of professionalism.
The multi-millionaire businessman has seen luminaries such as Francois Pienaar, Phillipe Sella, Michael Lynagh, Tim Horan, Chris Jack and Thomas Castaignede - to name but a handful - pass through his doors with just a solitary Tetley's Bitter Cup win in 1998 to show for it.
It was fitting then that in the ecstatic aftermath of victory, Wray's contribution received due credit.
"For people like Nigel Wray, who has poured his heart and soul into the club, this has been a momentous day," said McCall.
The Northern Irishman was also happy to pin-point his predecessor, Brendan Venter, as the instigator of the blueprint on which their achievement was based.
His appointment as director of rugby at the start of last season, after serving as a consultant under Eddie Jones, proved a revelation.
His signing of South Africans Schalk Brits and Ernst Joubert, and Namibian flanker Burger, proved inspired.
Venter ushered in the new collective spirit, a higher sense of professionalism and it paid dividends - taking the Men in Black to the top of the table at Christmas 2009 and on to their first final last term.
His departure from the club - he returned home to South Africa for family reasons - in November barely registered in Sarries' performances as McCall - previously head coach - stepped up into the top job with ease.
You do whatever you have to do to win cups, and we won a cup today
"Brendan began the project, he kick-started this club and his finger-prints are all over this team," McCall said. "Stepping into his shoes was actually a very easy thing to do because of the systems, and people, and values already installed at the club."
But that is all in the past. In the warm glow of a landmark victory, a new dawn was on Sarries' minds.
"We want to be here every year and do what Leicester have done as a club," McCall beamed.
Considering the Tigers have been the most successful English club of the professional era - they have won nine league titles, as well as two Heineken Cups - that is some statement of intent.
But the sense of belief was certainly evident among his charges, not least in the teenage ice-man Owen Farrell.
The 19-year-old fly-half announced himself on the big stage with the tactical nous of a seasoned veteran, showing nerves of steel to land six kicks out of six, and make a series of stinging tackles in repelling that final Tigers onslaught.
His unbridled joy was clear for all to see when referee Wayne Barnes finally brought proceedings to an end.
"It was an unbelievable feeling when that whistle went," said Farrell junior, whose father Andy - a former rugby league Man of Steel - is now Sarries' head coach and mentor. "I've watched my Dad lift trophies since I was little, so to be part of that now is unbelievable.
"We did it for each other. That is what we are about as a team and a club. That is our culture. We are all about each other. Hopefully this is just a taster and there are many more [trophies] to come."
After one of the most impressive breakthrough seasons by a young stand-off in recent memory, it seems improbable now to recall that Farrell only got his chance through a combination of Glen Jackson's retirement, Derick Hougaard's season-wrecking injury and Alex Goode's failure to make a wholly successful switch from full-back, where he is more at home.
Next season Farrell will face competition from the arrival of Charlie Hodgson, and a fit-again Hougaard, but Saturday's performance will certainly have put him on Martin Johnson's radar after Toby Flood lived in his shadow for most of the afternoon.
That rivalry at number 10 illustrates the strength of a Saracens squad that looks well placed to build on this success.
The World Cup will be a factor in the early months of next season but compared to their semi-final contemporaries Tigers, Northampton and Gloucester, Sarries have benefited from a unity largely untroubled by international call-ups this year.
I think Sarries are only going to get stronger and stronger, which is daunting for the rest of us
Burger, as captain of Namibia, will be missed but Sarries proved they could cope without him while he was injured this season and have a ready-made open-side replacement in Andy Saull.
Kelly Brown will travel with Scotland, while Matt Stevens, Brad Barritt, Alex Goode and David Strettle are all good outside bets - but far from certainties - to be on England's plane to New Zealand.
If the South African selectors continue to defy all logic and ignore Brits, Sarries fans will be delighted.
Winning is a habit, and habits are hard to break as Sarries proved with a 12th straight Premiership win to land their maiden title.
Their brutally efficient style, built on thunderous defence, has its detractors - they were labelled "horribly boring but very clinical" by Gloucester centre Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu after his side's semi-final defeat.
But on Saturday they were more reminiscent of the Sarries side that lit up the final few months of last season with some scintillating running rugby.
They also showed they can adapt their game, a quick line-out in Leicester's half leading to the only try of the game for James Short.
As Burger surmised: "You do whatever you have to do to win cups, and we won a cup today."
That Saracens have now cleared that hurdle is ominous for the rest of the Premiership, Leicester included.
"I think they are only going to get stronger and stronger, which is daunting for the rest of us," said Harlequins' England number eight Nick Easter, who witnessed events at Twickenham on Saturday.
As Saracens lifted the Premiership trophy, it became clear the sun was not just shining on a fine summer evening, but illuminating a new English rugby dawn.
He said crocodiles had been given a higher profile in the current campaign than the crisis in the health service.
Speaking at the launch of his party's election manifesto, Mr Eastwood warned the election marked a "critical moment for power-sharing".
He said voters faced a stark choice between devolution, or a return to direct rule.
"If direct rule is the result delivered by Arlene (Foster, DUP leader) and Michelle (O'Neill, Sinn Fein leader in Northern Ireland) - it will take a long time to bring back our devolved institutions," he added.
"We know from history that bringing the institutions down is the easy part - getting them up and running again will be much more difficult.
"As we enter into the final stretch of this campaign, it is the very idea of power-sharing in the North which is now at risk."
The SDLP leader told supporters health and Brexit were the key priorities for them in the election.
"It is a disgrace that crocodiles have been given more mention than the crisis in health during the course of this campaign," he added.
He was referring to Mrs Foster's recent comparison of Sinn Fein to a crocodile that, if fed, would keep coming back for more.
Mr Eastwood pledged to bring in an emergency budget to deal with the problems in health on his first day in government, if he was elected.
"Taking the politics out of health doesn't mean that politics ignores the health crisis," he said.
The SDLP leader warned Brexit posed the "biggest threat to the economic, social and political interests of these islands".
He repeated his party's desire to secure special EU status for Northern Ireland in the Brexit negotiations.
The 46-year-old, who has been linked with the vacant Tottenham post, took over from Raymond Domenech in 2010.
Like his predecessor, Blanc endured infighting between players which he admitted had been a distraction before their Euro 2012 quarter-final defeat against Spain.
Marseille boss Didier Deschamps is the early favourite to replace Blanc.
Despite France's disappointing performance at Euro 2012, former Manchester United defender Blanc had initially been expected to carry on in the role for another two years.
Laurent Blanc lost the first two and last two games in between a 23-game unbeaten run with the country
However, following a long meeting with French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet on Thursday, both sides said they would take time to consider their positions.
Now Blanc has decided the time is right for a new challenge, and an FFF statement read: "Within the period provided for reflection, Laurent Blanc contacted Noel Le Graet to indicate his decision not to seek the renewal of his contract of national coach.
"Mr Le Graet has acknowledged and applauded the work of Laurent Blanc at the head of the France team since August 2010."
Blanc had taken France to Euro 2012 on a high, with their 23-match unbeaten run only ended by a 2-0 defeat to Sweden in the last group game of the competition.
But stories of infighting resurfaced once again, and finishing second to England in Group D meant they came up against world and European champions Spain in the quarter-finals.
"Blanc has done exceptionally well with the national team. There has been problems for the French over the last couple of campaigns and it will have been an experience for him but he is still young in his managerial career and will be looking to get back into club football."
Les Bleus's campaign ended on the worst possible note after their 2-0 defeat to Vicente del Bosque's side, with Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri involved in a row with a journalist for which he later apologised.
The French side also suffered criticism from previous manager Domenech, who said: "A major tournament reveals the strength of a group, a generation. The most glaring [weakness is] their inability to see anything other than their navel."
Blanc previously impressed as manager of Bordeaux, guiding the Ligue One side to a league and cup double in 2009.
As a player, he played for some of the biggest clubs in Europe including Barcelona, United and Inter Milan.
He earned 97 caps for his country and won the 1998 World Cup, although he missed the final having been sent-off in the semi, and experienced success two years later after victory over Italy in the European Championship final.
France's next fixture is a friendly against Copa America champions Uruguay on 15 August, before they begin their 2012 World Cup qualifying campaign against Finland on 7 September.
The Dover Seaways struck the dock as it departed for Dunkirk at 08:00 GMT. Passengers and crew were evacuated from the DFDS vessel.
Paramedics said four people were taken to hospital with "bumps and bruises".
A spokeswoman for the ferry company said: "We would like to underline that passenger safety is of paramount importance to us."
"We're working hard with all passengers and relevant authorities to provide assistance to those involved," she added.
The ferry is currently being assessed for repairs and has been berthed at the Eastern Docks.
One eyewitness told the Dover Express: "The ship's rudders went 30 degrees to starboard but by time they got to the entrance it was too late.
"It must have hit at about eight knots (10mph)."
South East Coast Ambulance Service said the injured were taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford.
"None of them are thought to have suffered life-threatening or serious injuries," a spokesperson said.
Carsten Jensen, senior vice president of DFDS Seaways, said: "All 320 passengers and freight have now disembarked the vessel and those who chose to continue their journey have been accommodated on other ferries.
"I would like to apologise to all passengers and freight customers who have been affected by this incident."
The Port of Dover said an investigation would begin to find out what happened.
Sea conditions in the English Channel were slight to moderate and visibility was good just before the ferry set off on its journey.
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Bowen's first of the night put the hosts 2-0 up, the forward nodding home a Kamil Grosicki cross six minutes after the Poland winger had teed up the opener for Adama Diomande.
Grosicki then finished a fine solo run himself for Hull's third.
Adam Armstrong tested Hull goalkeeper Allan McGregor with Bolton's best chance before Bowen added a fourth.
Defeat extends Bolton's winless away run in the second tier to 28 games dating back to April 2015, which was the season before they were relegated from the Championship.
Bolton's cause also took a heavy early knock as Jem Karacan was forced off following a challenge from David Meyler, which had the Trotters appealing for the Hull midfielder's dismissal.
While Bolton's woes away from home were compounded - and they remain winless since earning promotion - Hull put four past visiting opposition for the second time this season.
Grosicki, who was instrumental in Hull's devastating first-half display, was also among the scorers when Hull beat Burton 4-1 earlier this month for what was the Tigers' first win under manager Leonid Slutsky.
Norway international Diomande ensured he marked his first start of 2017-18 in style, creating Bowen's second goal a minute from the end after getting Hull started with his first goal since December.
Hull boss Leonid Slutsky:
"We are working very hard on the transfer market. The international break is a very important time for us. For everybody it's a break but for me and the club it's a very difficult time.
"We have a lot of players on our list. We're working very hard. Each player on the list is a really good player. But it's not easy because we have serious competition."
Bolton boss Phil Parkinson:
"How that's not a sending-off I'll never know. Meyler's left the ground two-footed and launched himself into Jem's standing leg.
"It's a leg-breaking challenge. It should have been a straight red. We won't know until we get him back to Bolton the seriousness of the injury."
"We were second best all over the pitch. They [Hull] were outstanding."
Match ends, Hull City 4, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Second Half ends, Hull City 4, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Michael Dawson.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Allan McGregor.
Attempt saved. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Filipe Morais with a cross.
Michael Dawson (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Foul by Jon Toral (Hull City).
Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Reece Burke (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gary Madine.
Goal! Hull City 4, Bolton Wanderers 0. Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adama Diomande with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Adam Armstrong (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Derik.
Foul by Jarrod Bowen (Hull City).
Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Hull City. James Weir replaces Kamil Grosicki.
Jon Toral (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers).
Substitution, Hull City. Jon Toral replaces David Meyler.
Substitution, Hull City. Stephen Kingsley replaces Max Clark.
Derik (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Adama Diomande (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers).
Foul by Adama Diomande (Hull City).
Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Ondrej Mazuch.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Adama Diomande (Hull City) because of an injury.
Michael Dawson (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt saved. Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Filipe Morais.
Attempt missed. Michael Hector (Hull City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Reece Burke.
Corner, Hull City. Conceded by Andrew Taylor.
Attempt missed. Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Michael Hector.
Sebastian Larsson (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers).
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Adam Le Fondre replaces Josh Cullen because of an injury.
Michael Hector (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Jarrod Bowen (Hull City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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There were also reports of loud bangs or explosions coming from inside the prison.
Police and specially trained guards were called to the Category B prison at about 17:00 GMT.
Ambulance and fire services were on stand-by, although no casualties were reported.
In a recent report on HMP Bedford, inmates claimed it was easier to get hold of drugs than clothes or bedding.
"We do know there's concerted ill-discipline, if not a riot situation going on at Bedford," said Steve Gillan, general secretary of the Prison Officers Association.
He said some guards at the prison had retreated to a "safe place" and teams of riot-trained officers had been deployed.
"There could be anything up to 200 prisoners involved. We don't know how many are out of the cells, some are still locked up," he added.
Mobile phone footage apparently from inside the prison was posted online, revealing chaotic scenes, with scores of prisoners out of their cells and in the prison's gangways, shouting and bellowing.
One video showed what appeared to be paper and furniture strewn across an atrium floor, although the footage could not immediately be verified.
However, Mr Gillan said: "The POA has been warning about this situation of violence in our prisons - it would appear it's coming to fruition."
The Ministry of Justice said it had no reports of any prison officers being injured in the disturbance.
A spokesman said: "Specialist staff are on site trying to resolve the situation as quickly and safely as possible. This is very much an ongoing incident."
A Prison Service spokesman said: "We are clear that prisoners who behave in this way will be punished and could spend significantly longer behind bars."
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon said on Twitter: "More troubling news concerning our prisons. The Justice Secretary needs to do more urgently to tackle crisis."
Last week Justice Secretary Liz Truss unveiled a White Paper detailing £1.3bn investment in new prisons over the next five years, and plans for 2,100 extra officers, drug tests and more autonomy for governors.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons also discovered incidents of self-harm had almost doubled from 67 to 121.
In a report on Bedford Prison published in September, almost twice the number of prisoners said it was "easy" to access drugs, compared to a previous inspection in February 2014.
The number saying they had developed a drug problem while at the prison increased from 4% to 14%.
The report found that of 72 recommendations made after the prison was last inspected more than two years earlier, only 12 had been achieved and four partially achieved.
It also said the use of drugs previously known as "legal highs" was having a "serious impact" on safety at the prison.
The inspection found that the physical condition of the prison, which has been on its current site since 1801, was poor, with many inmates living in cramped conditions.
Peter Clarke, chief inspector of prisons, wrote: "Standards in the prison have declined to unacceptable levels."
Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said after the report was published Bedford was "a good example of everything that is wrong with the prison system".
The prison held just under 500 male prisoners at the time of the inspection.
Crews were called to the field in Northallerton at about 14:35 BST and attempted to release the cow using strops and farm machinery.
A vet then had to be called to sedate the animal, with firefighters using a circular saw and a chainsaw to free the cow.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service tweeted: "A happy ending for all".
Policymakers "generally agreed" that the jobs market was improving faster than expected, revealed the minutes.
The Dow Jones closed up 59.54 points at 16,979.13, while the S&P 500 rose 4.91 points to 1,986.51.
However, the tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped 1.03 points to 4,526.48.
The Fed had said in its policy statement following its July meeting that there was "significant" labor market slack, but the minutes said "Labor market conditions had moved noticeably closer to those viewed as normal in the longer run."
Capital Economics economist Paul Dales said the statement suggested the committee "had started to shift its stance".
"The Fed has moved closer towards raising interest rates," he added.
The US central bank has kept benchmark interest rates near zero since December 2008, but has indicated it plans to move them up sometime next year.
Meanwhile, on the stock market shares in teenage fashion chain American Eagle Outfitters were one of the top risers, jumping 12% as its latest earnings beat forecasts.
And shares in Bank of America rose 0.5% on reports the company was close to a $17bn (£10.2bn) agreement with the Justice Department to settle charges it misled investors on mortgage-linked securities in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis.
On the night that Jumai was kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, she called her dad.
She was in the back of a truck, packed in with her schoolmates as men with guns tried to take them away. Her father, Daniel, told her to jump out of the van - but then the line crackled and the signal dropped.
He ran out of the house to try to find phone signal. When he called back, a man answered: "Stop calling, your daughter has been taken away". Daniel realised then that her fate was "in the hands of God". The next day he tried to call again but the line was dead.
Although some families of the missing girls were happy for us to use their photos and names, we have changed the names of Jumai and her father to protect their identity.
Until the girls were taken, the area around Chibok had been relatively peaceful. Islamist militant group Boko Haram had attacked villages further north and east but this busy market town had escaped.
Daniel, who lives in the nearby town of Mbalala, sent his daughter off to school on 14 April 2014 to sit the first of her final exams.
But late that night, in one of the most organised attacks of its insurgency, Boko Haram stormed the school compound and kidnapped Jumai, along with 275 of her classmates.
His daughter never managed to jump off the truck, like some girls who managed to escape. But Daniel has not yet given up hope that he will get her back. The two were very close.
"I understood her the best," he says. "She worked harder than any of her three brothers and she rode a motorcycle like a man."
A few months ago, Daniel decided to try his daughter's phone number again. A man's voice answered:
"This phone belongs to my wife, what do you want?"
"Who are you?" Daniel replied.
The man said: "Who are you?" Daniel ended the call.
A few days later he called the number again. Again the man answered.
"Why are you calling this number?" he asked.
Daniel lied: "I am calling you because I knew you from Maiduguri" - the largest city in Borno state.
"If you did know me you would not dial this number," the man replied.
He called himself Amir Abdullahi - addressing himself as a militant leader. After that, Daniel didn't call again.
Jumai is from Mbalala, a town about 11km south of Chibok and one of the worst-hit by the kidnapping. Twenty-five girls went missing from Mbalala alone.
Once a busy market town, where traders went from as far as Kano to buy beans and livestock, now the stalls are empty. The wooden bones of market stalls still fill the main square.
These days the army restricts everything people do here - they can't buy food in bulk or even cooking gas, generators can't run at night, so people just go home to darkness.
With no schools and no work to do, young people no longer stay here if they have the choice. Boys leave to find work elsewhere, girls of age get married as soon as they can.
Plying the little trade they can, women sell homemade snacks from plastic tubs at the side of the road.
When she wasn't at school, Maryam Abubaker used to help her mum sell these snacks, bean cakes and noodles. On the day that Maryam was kidnapped, just before she headed off to school, she was helping her mum at the stall.
"She made $50," her mum told us. "She is a great businesswoman. She was very lazy on the farm, but she was great with customers."
That was the last moment that Binti had with her daughter.
Maryam's best friend was her half-sister Hansatu. They did everything together, they shared the same friends and even made matching outfits for each other.
Hansatu loved fashion and wanted to be a designer. Just before she was kidnapped, she begged her mum to buy her a sewing machine.
After she disappeared, her younger brothers and sisters would see the clothes she left behind, they would ask where she had gone and when she was coming back. Eventually her mother bundled the clothes into a bag to stop the questions.
She shows us the outfit that Hansatu was supposed to wear on her friend's wedding day, a few days after the exam, which never happened.
"I am going to keep it until they come back," she says.
These belongings are the little that these parents have left to hold on to. Since their daughters were taken, they've received no information from the government on where they might be.
The last president refused to engage with the parents but even the new administration has done little to try to track them down. The truth is, no-one has any real idea where they might be.
For the family of Grace Paul, one photo is all they have to hold on to. Grace would be 19 now. She was a lovely singer, according to her dad. She loved maths and wanted to be a doctor.
The family have entrusted their last photo of her to their neighbour Aboku Samson to make copies of it for them.
The girls at Chibok secondary school represented the most ambitious young people in their village.
In a country where less than half of young people finish secondary school, they were the few in their community pushing for an education. And some had to fight for it.
Aisha Greman was 17 when she was kidnapped. Her father says she refused to get married while she was at school, though she was asked.
She was a hard worker and wanted to get to university so she could be a health professional.
Jinkai Yama was the oldest in a family of four girls. She desperately wanted to join the army and was a proud member of the cadettes girl's brigade.
Her three younger sisters ask about her all the time. Last month, when there were reports that a girl from Chibok had been caught alive in Cameroon, they were convinced it was her. But the girl turned out to be from Bama, a town much further north.
Whenever it is dark and raining outside, Jinkai's father closes his eyes and tries to imagine where his daughter is. Like many of the parents here, he has almost given up hope.
He and his wife don't believe the government is doing anything to find them. If they did, her mother says, they would have sent a team to Cameroon straight away. Instead, it took three days.
The mistrust is so deep that conspiracy theories abound.
Jumai's father Daniel believes his daughter's phone number is key to his daughter's whereabouts but thinks the government can offer him no help at all. He refuses to hand over the number to them.
The army seldom come to Mbalala, but every Sunday they pass through to shoo small traders away from the marketplace. The region is under lockdown after a series of suicide attacks. They are afraid of any place that people might gather.
When we visited, the army told us to watch out, that anyone could be a suicide bomber. By that, they even meant girls. Over the past two years, many of the suicide bombers used by Boko Haram have been girls.
They've attacked refugee camps and market places all over the region. In February, they attacked the market in Chibok town, just down the road, killing 13 people.
This fact hasn't escaped the parents here, though it can't be easy for them to accept. One mother told us how she felt about these accusations - that her daughter could be a killer. She refuses to believe it.
"I gave birth to that baby," she said. "Even if she comes to me with a gun in her hand, let her kill me, but I will still welcome her."
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The UK team at Sheffield University deployed the magnetic power of MRI scans to control the movement of a specially designed injectable cancer therapy.
Early trials in mice suggest the novel delivery method works.
But years more of studies are needed before it could be used in patients.
The hope is it will revolutionise the way doctors treat cancers that are tricky or impossible to remove surgically - tumours in the brain and spine and cancers that have spread around the body, for example.
A benefit of the new MRI method is it appears to hone in on cancerous cells with little collateral damage to the surrounding healthy tissue, which should mean fewer side effects for patients.
The scientists tested the method in mice with prostate cancer that had also spread to the lung.
They used a special cancer medicine - human white blood cells modified to carry a cancer-killing virus - to treat the mice.
Before injecting the treatment, they "magnetised" it by loading it with microscopic iron particles.
Once injected into the mice, the researchers were able to use the strong magnets in the MRI scanner to tightly control where the drug travelled.
Dr Munitta Muthana and colleagues say the technique is promising not least because it combines treatment and equipment that is readily available.
Dr Muthana told the BBC: "We need to do more studies first, but hopefully we will be able to start testing it in patients.
"We'd need to check that clinical scanners are strong enough...and if we can reduce the length of time that a patient would need to be in the scanner. The treatment took 30 minutes to a hour in mice.
"An advantage of using MRI is that you can also track where the treatment is going. It could be really useful," she said.
Dr Nick Peel, senior science information officer at Cancer Research UK, said: "Using viruses to kill tumour cells is one of many ways researchers are using the immune system to attack cancer. But getting the virus precisely on target is a real challenge.
"This early research in mice suggests that using a magnetic field from the MRI scanner could help propel the virus towards cancer tumours using metal nanoparticles.
"It's a fascinating idea - but more studies are needed to see if this approach could work in people, especially for tumours located deeper within the body. And we need even more research to show whether this could actually improve treatment."
Mayka Kukucova, 26, has been charged with murdering former jewellery store owner Andrew Bush, 48, from Bristol.
She said Mr Bush began to "shout" at her, "hit" her and "shot at" her when he returned to the house unexpectedly.
She left the courtroom in Malaga after breaking down in tears as images of her former partner's body were shown.
The court heard Mr Bush returned to his luxury villa near Marbella on 4 April 2014 with his new girlfriend Maria Korotaeva while Ms Kukucova was collecting her belongings.
Ms Kukucova's defence said "she shot him" during a violent struggle but the Slovakian swimwear model insisted she did not realise he was dead.
Giving their evidence at the Ciudad de la Justicia in Malaga, forensic medics showed the court images of Mr Bush's body, explaining that he had suffered three gunshot wounds.
They said the third, to Mr Bush's head, was the cause of his death.
Ms Kukucova told the court she fled the Costa del Sol mansion in Mr Bush's Hummer.
She later handed herself into police in Slovakia.
She was detained on suspicion of "consumed intentional homicide", before being extradited back to Spain. She has not entered a formal plea.
The court also heard the prosecution suggesting she may have been still in love with Mr Bush.
One lawyer asked her: "Were you jealous after seeing pictures of Mr Bush together with his new girlfriend online?"
A police officer, who attended the scene, told the court he found Mr Bush's body "face down on the floor, near the front door".
He said: "There was blood everywhere. A revolver was in his left hand."
The forensic medic said that when he arrived at the scene he had heard about a possible suicide.
But he added: "I only had to take one look to tell the police that this was not a suicide."
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"There was complete silence. The crowd was frozen still. It was like they weren't even breathing," he recalls. "They couldn't even raise their voices to cheer on Brazil. That was when I realised they weren't going to do it and that we'd won."
The slicked-back hair is thinner now, the pencil-thin moustache grey. But at 87, Ghiggia, the sole survivor from that 1950 winning team, is still recognisable as the pivotal figure of arguably the greatest upset in World Cup history.
Few expected a Uruguay victory. Certainly, no Brazilians did. A day earlier, São Paulo's Gazeta Esportiva newspaper proclaimed: "Tomorrow we will beat Uruguay!" Rio's O Mundo printed a photo of the Brazilian squad accompanied by the caption: "These are the world champions."
After a goalless first half, one minute into the second period Brazil took the lead through Friaca. But in the 66th minute, Uruguay's Juan Alberto Schiaffino equalised after connecting with Ghiggia's cross into the box.
The goal quietened the partisan crowd. But as victory in this World Cup was determined by points, rather than knock-out phases, a draw would still have seen Brazil crowned champions.
Ghiggia, a gifted right-winger in his prime, able to dribble the ball at great speed, has told the story of what happened next thousands of times. He tells it sparingly, matter-of-factly, with no sentimental indulgence.
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"I took the ball on the right," he recalls. "I dribbled past Bigode [the Brazilian left-back] and entered the box. The goalkeeper [Moacyr Barbosa] thought I was going to cross it, like with the first goal, so he left a gap between himself and the near post. I just had a second so I shot low between the keeper and the post."
The ramifications of that moment, 11 minutes from the end of the match, are still felt acutely to this day.
For Brazil the result was considered a national catastrophe. The match remains etched solemnly on the national consciousness as O Maracanaço (a Portuguese term roughly translated as 'The Maracana Blow', which became synonymous with the match). With just a touch of hyperbole, not to mention bad taste, the Brazilian writer Nelson Rodrigues referred to the defeat as "our Hiroshima".
Vilified by their fans, many of the squad slunk into retirement; others were never selected again. With the home strip, a white shirt with a blue collar, now considered jinxed, Brazil then adopted its famous yellow and green uniform. Five World Cup victories followed, but they have never fully erased the trauma of that defeat.
Barbosa, the Brazilian goalkeeper, never got over it. His miscalculation made him the obvious scapegoat. Despite a long career with the Rio de Janeiro club Vasco, he only played once more for the national team. Colleagues shunned him. After he was barred from visiting the Brazilian squad ahead of the 1994 World Cup, he told reporters, "In Brazil, the maximum penalty for a crime is 30 years; I've spent 44 years paying for a crime I didn't even commit."
Ghiggia says he thinks Barbosa was blamed unfairly. "I spoke to him years after the World Cup. I told him football is 11 men against 11 men. Goalkeepers are always under-appreciated. You can play well the whole match, but you let in a goal and they blame you. My marker didn't stop me, why didn't they blame him? Barbosa died [in 2000] with the ingratitude of the Brazilian people."
No match in Brazil's football history has been as analysed as the Maracanaço. Every 16 July is a time of reflection and introspection. Last year, the 63rd anniversary was marked with the publication of "Dossier '50", yet another contribution to the publishing empire built on critiques of the defeat.
Ghiggia has remarked previously that "sometimes I feel like I am Brazil's ghost. I'm always there in their memories."
Yet, given the pain he inflicted, the country's citizens seemingly bear him no ill-feeling. "They are always very affectionate towards me. Despite all that happened, people in Brazil still recognise me, they still come to talk to me about it. Recently, I was in Bahia for the World Cup draw and everyone treated me well."
Ghiggia travelled there from his home in the small city of Las Piedras, about an hour north of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo.
Between two of its central streets, down a narrow whitewashed alley, the World Cup winner lives in a modest semi-detached bungalow, with his 40-year-old wife, Beatriz, and their large German shepherd dog.
On the walls of the front room hang the many trophies he collected in a career spanning 24 years, six clubs, and two countries. Above the fireplace is a line drawing of the player in profile, aged 24, signed by all the members of the Uruguayan squad. Opposite, an oil painting of the Maracana, as seen from above, on 16 July 1950, the day of their famous victory.
For Ghiggia, who scored in each of the four matches he played in that World Cup, the overriding memory is one of joy. "I remember the happiness that we felt. That's what I remember the most. The satisfaction of beating the whole world."
The celebrations, by today's standards, were modest. "We looked for the team treasurer but we couldn't find him, so we had a whip round among the players and bought some sandwiches and a beer. Then we went to the dormitory to celebrate." It was Uruguay's second, and last, World Cup victory.
Ghiggia remained in the Uruguayan squad for the next two years, but never added to his tally of international goals. In 1952 he left the Uruguayan side Penarol to become one of the first South American players to move to Europe, spending eight years at AS Roma in Italy.
In 200 league games Ghiggia scored 19 goals, though Roma never finished higher than third in Serie A during his time there. He became a naturalised Italian citizen in 1957, which made him eligible to play for the national side. The following year he was selected to play for Italy in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup; he scored one goal in five appearances, but it was the only time the Azzurri failed to qualify.
In 1950 Ghiggia became one of only two players - the other to date being Brazilian legend Jairzinho, in 1970 - to score in every game of a World Cup
Did he feel divided loyalties playing for two different countries? "It was difficult, but I was also very proud. Of course my Italian inheritance qualified me, but it was something very special for them to select someone who had been born and brought up in another country."
After a short spell with AC Milan, Ghiggia returned to Uruguay in 1963, where he played six seasons for Danubio, before retiring in 1968, just days before his 42nd birthday.
Following their retirement from football, all the members of Uruguay's World Cup-winning team were given jobs by the government. Ghiggia's was to ensure gamblers did not try to cheat the Casino Montevideo. On leaving that post, in 1992, he was entitled to a state pension of around $700 a month.
To make ends meet, he moved from Montevideo to Las Piedras. He even sold his World Cup winner's medal, but a Brazilian-Uruguayan business magnate bought it and returned it to him. He supplemented his income giving occasional driving lessons. Beatriz, his third wife, was his first student.
Ghiggia's World Cup exploits did not make him rich, but he will be forever revered. His image adorned a special postage stamp on his 80th birthday with the words 'Ghiggia nos hizo llorar' ('Ghiggia moved us to tears'), and a mould of his feet lies alongside Pele, Eusebio and Franz Beckenbauer at the Maracana's walk of fame.
Brazil will play host to a very different World Cup this time, Ghiggia believes. "Before, football was more of a spectacle. It was friendlier, more beautiful. Now football is about business. There's a lot of money in the game. That's why football has changed so much."
But with Uruguay and Italy in the same World Cup group, alongside England and Costa Rica, he will have a keen eye on events.
Ghiggia expects Uruguay and England to qualify - "Italy are not so good at the moment" - but despite a high regard for Liverpool striker Luis Suarez and Paris St-Germain forward Edinson Cavani, elsewhere he thinks the Uruguay squad is due an overhaul. "They will have to refresh the team," he adds. "There are a few of them who have been playing for years and they shouldn't be there anymore."
Maybe they are holding on for their own shot at World Cup immortality, their own moment to silence those who have dismissed their chances. Ghiggia, the great survivor, could tell them a thing or two about that.
Summer signing Ajose bundled home Athletic's opener just before half-time and netted the winner, also from close range, on 74 minutes, moments after Kieron Morris had fired Walsall level.
Walsall had the best of the opening half-hour but Charlton goalkeeper Declan Rudd made a superb double save on 29 minutes, foiling Simeon Jackson's point-blank strike and Morris' follow-up.
Back came Charlton as Ajose's classy 20-yard chip clipped the top of the bar.
The Addicks claimed a 42nd-minute lead as Ajose netted home from close range after Josh Magennis nodded down Ricky Holmes' inviting cross.
Walsall levelled on 72 minutes as Rudd allowed Morris' speculative 20-yard strike to find the bottom corner.
But the Addicks were back in front within two minutes as Magennis raced past James O'Connor and crossed for Ajose to poke home from a couple of yards.
Walsall almost levelled deep into stoppage time but Rudd pulled off a spectacular save to tip Jackson's volley onto the bar.
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Match ends, Walsall 1, Charlton Athletic 2.
Second Half ends, Walsall 1, Charlton Athletic 2.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Chris Solly.
Simeon Jackson (Walsall) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
Attempt missed. Florent Cuvelier (Walsall) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall).
Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic).
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Patrick Bauer replaces Nicky Ajose.
Substitution, Walsall. Erhun Oztumer replaces George Dobson.
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Tareiq Holmes-Dennis replaces Ricky Holmes.
Joe Edwards (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ricky Holmes (Charlton Athletic).
Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
Attempt saved. Florent Cuvelier (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Declan Rudd.
Attempt saved. Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Walsall. Florent Cuvelier replaces Franck Moussa.
Goal! Walsall 1, Charlton Athletic 2. Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh Magennis.
Goal! Walsall 1, Charlton Athletic 1. Kieron Morris (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Franck Moussa.
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
James O'Connor (Walsall) is shown the yellow card.
Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Franck Moussa.
Attempt missed. Matt Preston (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Chris Solly.
Substitution, Walsall. Amadou Bakayoko replaces Andreas Makris.
Simeon Jackson (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Charlton Athletic).
Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Ademola Lookman replaces Johnnie Jackson.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Jason Pearce.
Attempt missed. Andreas Makris (Walsall) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Johnnie Jackson.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Johnnie Jackson.
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high.
Attempt missed. Johnnie Jackson (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.
Attempt saved. Chris Solly (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Second Half begins Walsall 0, Charlton Athletic 1.
This is the deep scar made in the Earth's surface 66 million years ago by the asteroid that scientists believe hastened the end of the dinosaurs.
Today, the key parts of the crater are buried beneath 600m of ocean sediment.
But if researchers can access its rocks, they should learn more about the scale of the impact, and the environmental catastrophe that ensued.
They are particularly interested in a feature called the "peak ring".
This was created at the centre of the impact hole where the Earth rebounded after being hit by the city-sized object.
In geophysical surveys that can sense beneath the ocean bed, the ring looks like an arcing chain of mountains.
"We want to know where the rocks that make up this peak ring come from," explained Prof Joanna Morgan, the co-lead investigator from Imperial College London.
"Are they from the lower, mid or upper crust? Knowing that will help us understand how large craters are formed, and that's important for us to be able to say what was the total impact energy, and what was the total volume of rock that was excavated and put into the Earth's stratosphere to cause the environmental damage," she told BBC News.
The cataclysm that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous Period doomed many species, not just the dinosaurs. All the material hurled upwards would have darkened the sky and cooled the planet for months on end.
But even as it took life away, the event also opened up new opportunities for those species that survived. And the expedition team wants to know if the impact zone itself became a life cradle.
Because the asteroid hit what was back then a shallow sea area, it is likely the newly created crater was quickly filled with water.
This water would have infused the hot and fractured rocks, leaching chemicals that could then sustain micro-organisms. Very similar conditions are seen today along the volcanic ridge that runs down the centre of the Atlantic Ocean.
"So it's possible we may encounter some exotic life in the fractured rocks we drill," said Prof Morgan.
"This is very interesting for Chicxulub, but it's also fascinating to consider in terms of the early Earth or even Mars. On the early Earth, there would have been many more, larger impacts. We think life may well have originated in impact craters."
The team is using a "liftboat" called Myrtle as its drilling platform.
This will position itself close to the Yucatan Peninsula coast, jacking itself up on three legs to make for a steady station.
To reach the rocks of the peak ring, the drill will first have to navigate the thick muds on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico.
"There's less interest in the first 650m before the K-Pg (Cretaceous-Palaeogene) boundary, which is the carbonates," said Dave Smith, from the British Geological Survey.
"We've taken the view that we will open the hole to 500m and then set a casing and start coring. And we'll core continuously then down to the target depth which is 1,500m," the operations manager on the project added.
Some of the early core samples to come up should show evidence of how quickly life returned to the impact zone. Marine organisms should have re-established themselves in this sterile area on the scale of thousands of years.
Deeper cores are likely to make contact with the tsunami deposits that sloshed back and forth in the immediate aftermath of the impact.
The true peak ring rocks are at a depth of about 800m and below.
The team has given itself two months to get the job done.
"We've developed a drilling strategy that gives us multiple chances of getting to 1,500m, but at any stage you could get stuck for various reasons," explained Mr Smith.
"We're 30km off-shore, which allows us to re-supply easily. We've also timed the project so that we're pre the hurricane season. Hence starting now and trying to finish before June."
The science team has members from the US, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Canada, and China, as well as the UK and five other European countries.
The project is being conducted by the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD), as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).
Although the Myrtle carries labs to do some initial investigations, the main study will be done after the cores have been shipped to the IODP's repository in Bremen, Germany.
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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta described her as an "inspiring figure" whose death was a "big blow".
She was the lead singer of the main anthem for celebrations marking the adoption a new constitution in 2013.
A fellow singer said her death was cruel at a time when her son, who had sickle cell disease, "needed her most".
"The gap she has left will never be filled," Princess Jully told Kenya's Standard newspaper.
The newspaper quoted a family source as saying that Ms Abura was admitted to the intensive care unit, before she died on Thursday.
On 7 October, Ms Abura wrote on her Facebook account that she had lost more than 50kg (eight stone) in the last three years and she felt weak.
"Walking is a problem with pains all over. Doctor says I must add 30kg then lose it as I exercise and firm up," she wrote.
"The irony of life. I was not even losing weight intentionally! I allowed life to get the better of me. Learn from my mistakes." she added.
Ms Abura started as a gospel singer, releasing her debut album, I Believe, in 1990. She later branched out into afro-jazz and afro-fusion, with her last album, Rebirth, released earlier this year.
In a statement, Mr Kenyatta said her death was a deep loss to the nation.
"But even as we mourn Ms Abura, let us also celebrate her life and achievements. She was a good and inspiring figure in the music industry, and a great mentor to upcoming musicians," he added.
The Standard newspaper reports that popular signer Suzzana Owiyo visited Ms Abura in hospital on Wednesday and described her condition as unstable.
Kenya had lost one of it "greatest" musicians, it quoted Ms Owiyo as saying.
Ms Abura's exact age was unclear, but she was believed to be in her early fifties when she died.
The face-to-face came after a lengthy formal meeting earlier in the day that was the focus of much attention across the globe.
It remains unclear what was discussed. Journalists were not there and the pair spoke alone except for Mr Putin's interpreter, though they did remain in view of others.
According to US media, Mr Trump left his own seat at the table and moved next to Mr Putin, who had been seated next to Melania Trump.
Whether they talked at length for an hour, as reports say, or merely had a brief conversation, as the White House attests - the revelation has raised fresh scrutiny of a relationship that never seems to be out of the media glare.
But what is the diplomatic protocol at such events, and is what happened really so exceptional?
Sir Andrew Wood, a former British ambassador to Russia, says it is not "terribly unusual" for one leader to approach another for a discussion at such a dinner, although they are usually "quite formal affairs".
But what does stand out is Mr Trump having relied on Mr Putin's interpreter, unless it was, as the White House argues, just a purely friendly and routine exchange as the US president made his way around the room.
Mr Trump, lacking diplomatic experience or perhaps simply not caring about the optics, may have acted "on a foolish whim" to approach Mr Putin, Sir Andrew says.
The White House says that Mr Trump only had a Japanese-speaking interpreter present because he was seated next to Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Sir Andrew adds that the fact that a Russian-speaking interpreter was not waiting in another room suggests the discussion was not "pre-planned".
Michael McFaul, who served as US ambassador to Russia from 2012-2014 and was on President Barack Obama's National Security Council before that, said on Twitter that Mr Obama and then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had once met without an American interpreter during a "short pullaside" at a 2010 Nato Summit in Portugal.
Still, analysts say that given that Mr Trump and Mr Putin's earlier meeting at the G20 had attracted so much attention - with differing accounts of exactly what was said - and the ongoing US investigations into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, any discussion between the pair without US aides present was bound to lead to fevered speculation.
Vladimir Putin is, after all "not above being economical with the truth, and nor for that matter is Mr Trump," says Sir Andrew, now an associate fellow focused on Russia at think-tank Chatham House.
"I think it was unwise, if only because it gives rise to all this sort of questioning. And people aren't necessarily going to believe that Trump got whatever passed between them absolutely right, nor are they going to be sure that Putin would give a completely truthful account of it either."
Another former senior UK diplomat, who declined to be named, agreed that under normal circumstances - without the shadow of investigations into Russian connections hanging over Mr Trump - a short discussion between two leaders at a dinner would not be seen as out of place.
And they would not necessarily disclose it to the press.
"It does happen that people go off and they have these little side conversations," he says.
"And it does happen sometimes that you are in a format where there is not a note taker. And it does happen sometimes that you're in a format where the only interpreter you have is someone else's interpreter because your interpreter doesn't do the right language."
But what would happen in the UK government, he says, is that immediately after the discussion, a senior official would ask the prime minister exactly what was said and create a record of it.
"I think what is kind of dangerous is if that sort of thing doesn't happen and I suspect it doesn't happen with Donald Trump because he doesn't operate in that way."
He added that if the talk had really lasted an hour - as Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group consultancy, who first reported the undisclosed discussion, says - it would be "very odd" in the context of a formal leaders' dinner to "leave your place at the table" for that amount of time "to go and talk to someone because you want to talk to him".
And of course, that is not accounting for the fact that President Trump chose to go and talk to Mr Putin specifically when surrounded by other leaders, including those of key allies, he said.
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White House officials say President Trump spoke with "many leaders" and a senior European official working for an unidentified government represented at the dinner also told the Washington Post he did not regard the face-to-face with Mr Putin as "a sensation".
White House officials have also pointed to the fact that Mr Trump has met other world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, without aides in the room.
But Mr Bremmer of the Eurasia Group says that G20 leaders were surprised by what had happened.
"I know a lot of people in that group, and many of them - including all of America's principal allies - they found it remarkable, they were concerned by it, it was noteworthy and so it got out," he told MSNBC.
He said Mr Trump and Mr Putin had had an "animated" and "extremely friendly" discussion in front of other leaders, though they could not be directly heard.
Alejandro Fuentes, 45, died on Saturday in hospital after an ambush on Thursday night. He was a Voice contestant in 2011.
His death comes 10 days after singer Christina Grimmie, who appeared on the US edition of The Voice, was shot and killed in Orlando, Florida.
The number of murders in Chicago this year is up 72% from 2015.
Mr Fuentes had been celebrating his birthday with friends on Thursday night, the local medical examiner's office said.
He was in his car on the street outside Tras Bambalinas, a performing arts school he ran for young people in south-west Chicago.
A gunman ordered him out of the car - when he refused, the gunman shot him three times in the head.
No arrests have yet been made.
Ms Grimmie, 22, was shot by a fan in Orlando as she was signing autographs after a concert. Her attacker then killed himself.
The pilot is funded through a £39m Scottish government scheme that aims to detect cancer early.
The programme will make a new test available to patients who turn up at their GP with symptoms of the disease.
Previously, patients would have been immediately sent for a colonoscopy, but researchers at Ninewells Hospital say they have developed a better method.
The scientists, working with the University of Dundee, have created a new test which uses a faeces sample to test for blood content which can be a sign of cancer or bowel disease.
If blood is undetectable, this could rule out the need for a colonoscopy for many patients and speed the investigation of those that do.
The new test will be available at all GP practices in NHS Tayside during the pilot, which was launched at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee by Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison.
Ms Robison said: "The NHS in Scotland is committed to ensuring swift access to diagnostic testing and treatment for all patients in Scotland and we will watch this pilot with interest.
"Cancer services in Scotland have improved significantly over the past decade and increasing numbers of people are surviving cancer due to early detection and advances in medical treatment."
Bowel cancer is Scotland's third most common cancer, but there is a more than 90% chance of successful treatment if it is detected early enough.
The NHS Tayside pilot will run until June 2016 and will cost £35,000.
Kodie Blak posted a picture of Mothers Pride Scottish Plain bread on Facebook and said due to falling sales only one factory now produced it.
The comment prompted concern about availability of the bread, and the post was shared more than 13,000 times.
The firm which produces the bread said it had no plans to stop producing it.
A spokeswoman for Hovis, which includes the Mothers Pride brand, said: "We know that Mothers Pride has a very loyal consumer base who are passionate about the Scottish batch loaf.
"We do love and appreciate the strong response of support we've seen from Scottish consumers."
Mothers Pride is a batch bread made in a large baking tray, which means the loafs only form a crust on the top and bottom.
It differs from a pan loaf, which is baked in an individual tray and so forms crust round the whole bread.
The two types of bread were immortalised in the Jeely piece song - a Scots folk song written in the 1960s - in the line: "If it's butter, cheese or jeely, if the bread is plain or pan".
Mothers Pride bread, which has been in production for 80 years, is made in Glasgow by the only batch plant left in the UK.
For a time in the 1970's and 80's it was one of the UK's best selling white breads.
Alex Wright led the Irish team home as he finished sixth overall with Robert Heffernan 13th and Cian McManamon in 26th spot in Podebrady.
Spain took the team gold ahead of Germany, with German Christopher Linke winning the individual gold.
Donegal man Brendan Boyce narrowly missed out on bronze in the 50km race.
Boyce was in third place in the closing 10km but eventually finished 42 seconds behind Italy's bronze-medal winner Michele Antonelli.
In the junior women's 10km, Waterford's Orla O'Connor was 21st with Celbridge's Niamh O'Connor 27th as the Irish team placed ninth.
Team manager Patsy McGonagle praised the performances of the Irish walkers in Podebrady.
"I'm proud of this dedicated bunch. I'm looking forward to the World Championships in London with enthusiasm," said McGonagle.
Three airmen died in the incident involving two Tornado GR4s flown out of RAF Lossiemouth in Moray.
BBC Scotland understands that an agreement has been reached between the Crown Office and the MoD to permit publication of the crash investigation.
The Military Aviation Authority carried out the probe.
BBC Scotland understands the report could be published next week, which will see the second anniversary of the crash which happened on 3 July 2012.
The MoD said the report was due to be published "very soon".
A spokeswoman added that the MoD was unable to comment on the contents of the report until after it was published.
The Military Aviation Authority has provided a report on the incident to the procurator fiscal.
The Crown Office has not yet made a decision on whether a fatal accident inquiry will be held.
Moray SNP MP Angus Robertson said the report was overdue.
"Nearly two years have passed since the tragic collision of the two Tornado aircraft over the Moray Firth and there is public interest in the finding being released before any announcement about a fatal accident inquiry," he said.
Bangor-born Flt Lt Hywel Poole, 28, Sqn Ldr Samuel Bailey, 36, from Nottingham, and Flt Lt Adam Sanders, 27, who grew up in Lancashire, died.
Sqd Ldr Paul Evans, from RAF Lossiemouth, survived but was badly injured.
Stenny took the lead when Mark Gilhaney curled a shot into the bottom corner.
Forfar threatened a leveller through Gareth Rodger and Steven Craig before the latter found the net as the match entered its closing stages.
But McMenamin nodded home, leaving Cowden just two points clear of the League One relegation zone.
A section of its roadway has been been donated to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in Cambridgeshire.
Press officer Esther Blaine said the harbour was "crucial to the success of the Allies" and the roadway was "the only one of its type in the UK".
It was used to bring men and supplies from ships to Normandy's beaches.
The floating ports were called Mulberry harbours, while the flexible roadways linking them to the beaches were codenamed Whales.
For five months following D-Day (6 June 1944), they landed two million men, 500,000 vehicles and and four million tonnes of supplies.
After the war, a 24m (80ft) long, 27 tonne Whale section was taken to Pont-Farcy in Normandy where it served as a bridge for many years.
After its concrete supports were damaged in a storm in 1990, it was dismantled and eventually given to a voluntary group called Les Amis du Pont Bailey in 2008.
They dismantled and stored the Whale until they donated it to the Imperial War Museum in 2015.
The roadway was designed by Royal Engineer Maj Allan Beckett to flex in all directions to cope with the buffeting of the sea, and his family have helped finance the cost of bringing it to the museum.
When the Allies were planning the invasion, they knew they would need huge harbours for their ships and realised capturing one would be too costly in both men and time.
Instead, two temporary Mulberry harbours were built over six months by about 55,000 workers.
They were then towed across the Channel and put together off Omaha Beach and Arromanches.
This Whale was part of Mulberry B at Arromanches, which landed some 7,000 tonnes of supplies a day.
Crown-of-thorns starfish have have been described as a significant threat to coral.
The Cotsbot robot, which has a vision system, is designed to seek out starfish and give them a lethal injection.
After it eradicates the bulk of starfish in a given area, human divers can move in and mop up the survivors.
Field trials of the robot have begun in Moreton Bay in Brisbane to refine its navigation system, Queensland University of Technology researcher Matthew Dunbabin told the BBC.
There are no crown-of-thorns starfish in Moreton Bay but once the navigation has been refined, the robot will be unleashed on the reef.
"Later this month we begin deploying the robot in the Great Barrier Reef to evaluate our state-of-the-art vision-based crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) detection system," he said.
"Over the next five months we plan to progressively increase the level of autonomy the robot is allowed, leading to autonomous detection and injection of the starfish."
The technology has two key components - an image recognition system and the robot submersible.
"The core of the detection is a state-of-the-art computer vision and machine learning system," Mr Dunbabin said.
"This system has been trained to recognise COTS [crown-of-thorns starfish] from among a vast range of corals using thousands of still images of the reef and videos taken by COTS-eradicating divers."
Since the 1960s, the movement of nutrients from the land into the sea has meant that starfish numbers are growing and destroying large areas of reef, the researchers said.
Voters planning to cast their ballot at a polling place on 5 May must be registered by midnight on 18 April.
Applications for a postal vote must reach the local electoral registration office by 17:00 on 19 April.
Those wanting a proxy to vote on their behalf must apply to the local registration office by 17:00 on 26 April.
In an emergency, where you cannot go to the polling station in person, you can apply for an emergency proxy up to 17:00 on the day of the election.
It is possible to register to vote online here, and further information is available on the Electoral Commission website.
Anyone who has received a polling card for the election is already registered to vote. The polling card will tell you where and when to vote.
This will be the first Scottish Parliament election in which 16 and 17 year-olds can vote, with those who are aged 16 or over on 5 May eligible.
To be eligible to vote, you also need to be living in Scotland and a British or Irish citizen, a Commonwealth citizen who has the right to remain in the UK, or a citizen of another European Union country.
British citizens living overseas cannot vote in the election.
The 29-year-old joins the Potters on a free transfer after ending his four-and-a-half-year stay at the Nou Camp.
He made just nine starts for the Catalans, spending last season on loan at Greek side Olympiakos following a previous temporary stay at Schalke.
The 50-times capped Afellay has become Stoke's eighth summer signing.
Stoke boss Mark Hughes has also confirmed that the club remain interested in Ukrainian winger Andriy Yarmalenko, for whom they are reported to have made a £13m bid, having sold Steven N'Zonzi and Asmir Begovic for a combined £15m.
"We've expressed an interest, but we're not the only club," Hughes told BBC Radio Stoke. "I'm not sure how it's progressing. We're in the market for good players but we also understand that there are other clubs who covet players at that level.
"We are encouraged by the conversations we're having but we also know we have just got to be patient. If it can be done, then the club will try to make it happen."
Barcelona, for whom Potters manager Mark Hughes played in the 1980s, already had two ex-players, Bojan Krkic and Marc Muniesa, at Stoke.
And, having already signed ex-Barca winger Moha El Ouriachi earlier this summer, Afellay's arrival brings that number up to four.
Stoke secured ninth place for the second successive season in 2014-15, recording their best Premier League points total.
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The details are due to be announced on Thursday, with the closure expected to contribute towards the corporation's plan to save £100m by 2016.
Director general Tony Hall has said "tough choices" lie ahead if the BBC is to meet that target.
While a campaign to save BBC Three gathers pace online, several industry experts give their opinion on the changes.
I think it's a bit of an own goal by the BBC.
BBC Three is a massive creative nursery slope for talent and for shows. Outside of the "big four" channels, it has a better hit rate of successful shows than Channel 5 or Sky or anyone else. It, crucially, serves a young audience, which many other parts of the BBC don't. So it's a risky decision.
BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four cater for a slightly older segment of the population. BBC Three is the one television service which speaks to a younger audience. So that's the channel that should be ensuring loyalty to the BBC [by] talking to those people who pay the licence fee who are under 30.
It's got a really great slate of comedies, with shows like Uncle. It's got great drama with In The Flesh. It's doing its job really well. And if you're not talking to the younger audience now, they're not going to stick around.
You're handing places like Sky a massive opportunity.
I'm frankly quite puzzled. To close the broadcast channel but still keep making the content doesn't save you very much money, if any. And I don't believe it makes any sense to carry on spending £85m, which is BBC Three's budget, on purely online content.
If you're going to push the online experience, it doesn't make sense to do it with such narrowly-targeted content. If you're trying to push the iPlayer as a portal to a much wider experience, you want Torchwood, not Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. It's a contemporary myth that only kids only go online.
To me, this is a much more symbolic step by Tony Hall. It's his way of saying: "I'm putting an end to salami slicing, we will start closing some of our overstretched services."
I think this is "step one" of a two-step process, which is eventually to reduce BBC Three to a residual presence online: The library and a couple of new shows every so often.
From the outset, Tony Hall has made it pretty clear that the iPlayer is right up there in his top priorities. The idea is the iPlayer will become a gateway - "the front door" is the phrase he uses - to BBC content in the future. And one way you can supercharge iPlayer is to put a whole load of exclusive, shiny new BBC content up there which isn't available elsewhere.
The big debate here is: Is this driven by strategy or is it driven by savings? Is the BBC doing this to save £100 million or because they believe it is the best way to build relationships with young people who'll go on to become devotees of the BBC?
It's a huge step and I think the BBC will have its job cut out to sell this to viewers and to the industry.
Everyone puts in £145 for their licence fee, everyone should be entertained and BBC Three is an important part of entertaining.
It's not necessarily a youth channel but it is younger-skewed and I don't see why that should be cut just because sometimes people who are younger have quieter voices in the democratic process.
There aren't [any] easy decisions when cuts have to be made. I'm not silly, I understand that. But it seems to me that if a channel is put just online it's not getting the same rubber stamp of approval from the top.
Why should it be this channel? What is it about the content of this channel that doesn't deserve the same respect as the other channels? You get into a messy area of who gets to decide what people watch.
BBC Three does some great things around debate. We're trying to engage people in the political process. Those type of things become really hard once you're an online entity.
I'm a big supporter and a big fan of BBC Three. The TV landscape would be less interesting, less exciting, less attractive and less informative had BBC Three not been there.
But if you put that content into an online service, iPlayer, that doesn't even have "BBC" in its title, that dilutes the chance of an audience having any brand loyalty to the BBC.
Interestingly, Channel 4 did something similar when they cut shows like T4. Until then, they'd created a very strong brand loyalty by hooking people into the channel at a young age. That has now evaporated. The fear is the same is going to happen with BBC Three.
I think it is a fundamental mistake.
You could argue that if any part of the BBC's audience can be guided online it would be BBC Three's. They're sort of there anyway - but BBC Four's audience would find it harder.
But you have to remember what happened with 6 Music, a service very few people listened to. The mere act of putting it up for closure turned it into a national icon.
The public want the BBC to be more efficient but they don't want it to cut services.
This is as much about positioning as anything else. It's saying to the government you can't keep cutting the licence fee in real terms and expect to get away with it.
But viewers and listeners, licence payers, will not take kindly to it.
The 34-year-old, who has four Olympic titles, will concentrate on road races.
Chased down in the final 100 metres by Ethiopia's new world champion Muktar Edris, Farah won narrowly in a time of 13 minutes 06.05 seconds.
American Paul Chelimo was second as Edris, Farah's conqueror at London 2017, fell diving for the line.
Farah took gold in the 10,000m at the World Championships in London this month before losing his 5,000m crown, then won his final British track race in Birmingham.
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"I wanted to win, and it is amazing that I have won, but it was hard work," said Farah. "I will miss the track, the people, my fans.
"I have enjoyed running in stadiums for a lot of years, but now first of all I will enjoy being with my family."
The 5,000m was one of 16 Diamond League titles to be decided in Zurich.
Great Britain's CJ Ujah won the 100m Diamond League title with a season's best of 9.97 seconds, while American world champion Justin Gatlin could only come fourth.
"I wanted to do my A-game and I did it. I am the Diamond League champion - it feels amazing," said Ujah.
"This is like personal revenge for the World Championships for me. I was pretty upset not to be in the final so today I redeemed myself.
"It's great to beat the world champion."
Ben Youssef Meite of Ivory Coast came second in the same time as Ujah, with American Ronnie Baker third and Britain's Adam Gemili in eighth.
It was Ujah's fifth Diamond League success of the season after wins in Rome, Rabat, Monaco and Birmingham and it comes with a $50,000 (£39,000) prize cheque.
In the women's 4x100m relay, the British quartet of Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita, who won silver at the World Championships, were pipped on the line by Jamaica.
Olympic 100m gold medallist Elaine Thompson out-sprinted Neita as Jamaica finished in 41.85 seconds, one hundredth of a second in front of Great Britain.
Bahamas' Shaunae Miller-Uibo stunned Thompson, Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast and Dutch world champion Dafne Schippers to win the women's 200m title in 21.88 seconds.
Elsewhere, Botswana's Isaac Makwala, who was barred from the 400m final at the World Championships because of illness, cruised to victory in the absence of injured Wayde van Niekerk before celebrating with press-ups on the track.
Qatar's Ruth Jebet recorded the second fastest time ever in the women's 3,000m steeplechase of 8:55.29, less than three seconds behind her world record time of 8:52.78, set in Paris in August 2016. World champion Emma Coburn of the United States was fourth.
Farah's next race will be the Great North Run, which will be broadcast live on the BBC on 10 September.
The final 16 Diamond League titles of the season will be decided in Brussels on 1 September.
A relative or carer - potentially hundreds of miles away - can drive the machine around the house to check that everything is all right.
The pair can also have a chat through a two-way video call system.
The Giraff robots are 1.5m (4ft 11in) tall with wheels, and a TV screen instead of a head.
A relative or carer can call up the Giraff with a computer from any location. Their face will appear on the screen allowing them to chat to the other person.
The operator can also drive the robot around the house to check that medication is being taken and that food is being eaten.
NHS Western Isles will be piloting the Giraff for the first time in Scotland, as part of the European Union project Remodem, which aims to investigate ways to support people with dementia living in remote communities.
Health board bosses said earlier trials in Australia showed that people with dementia were not afraid of the machines. They hope the robots will help people living alone in remote areas to feel less lonely.
Chief executive Gordon Jamieson said: "We are absolutely delighted to have the Giraff here with us to trial and we have high hopes for how it may improve the quality of life for some dementia patients.
"As a new technology for us, the robot could also potentially be used in many other areas of healthcare to improve quality of care, live access to specialists, and speed up consultations, regardless of location."
He added: "Having seen the Giraff in action, I am extremely impressed with how easily it can be moved around by the 'controller' so that you can clearly see the environment of the patient, and can have a conversation and meaningful interaction, regardless of distance."
Hoggard, 40, took 248 wickets in 68 Tests for England and also played for Yorkshire and Leicestershire.
He will work to head coach Sall Briggs for the 2017 WSL competition.
"There is a massive amount of talent in the women's game, coupled with the tenacity and desire to improve," said Hoggard.
"I'm massively looking forward to helping the team get more game aware and to reach their full potential."
Briggs, who worked with England under-19 women's development programme before taking over at Loughborough added: "Matthew's a great addition to our coaching staff; his experience and knowledge will be invaluable to our bowling unit.
"His presence has already brought excitement to our environment and the girls are keen to learn as much as they can."
There were systemic failures at the state department, but no individual official ignored their duties, it adds.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has accepted all 29 recommendations contained in the report.
The 11 September attack saw Ambassador Christopher Stevens, as well as three other US officials, killed.
The ambassador died of smoke inhalation when he was trapped alone in the burning consulate building, after armed men had stormed the compound.
The assault triggered a major political row over who knew what and when. As a result, an independent panel - the Accountability Review Board- was charged with investigating the incident.
The report identified the state department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Bureau of Near East Affairs for criticism over their apparent lack of cooperation and ensuing confusion with regards to protection.
"Systematic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels within two bureaus of the State Department resulted in a Special Mission security posture that was inadequate for Benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place," the panel concluded.
However, the review has not suggested disciplinary action be taken against any individuals.
Despite "a lack of transparency, responsiveness, and leadership" among certain senior state department officials, the report found no "reasonable cause" that any specific individuals had "engaged in misconduct or wilfully ignored" their responsibilities.
It also said there had been "no immediate, specific" intelligence about the 11 September attack or threats to the consulate.
In a letter to congressional committees, Mrs Clinton said she had ordered the state department to implement the investigation's findings "quickly and completely".
She outlined some steps the agency would take, including sending hundreds of Marine guards to US missions abroad and assigning a state department official to oversee "high threat posts".
In addition, Mrs Clinton said the state department would request more funding from Congress to make improvements to security.
The probe concluded that the US personnel had "performed with courage and readiness to risk their lives to protect their colleagues in a near-impossible situation".
But the Benghazi mission had nevertheless been hampered by a lack of resources. The reliance on armed "but poorly skilled" local militiamen and contract guards was "misplaced," the report said.
"The solution requires a more serious and sustained commitment from Congress to support State Department needs which constitute a small percentage of the full national budget and that spent for national security," according to the review.
The probe also criticised the Libyan government's response to the attack, characterising it as "profoundly lacking".
The Obama administration's handling of the attack in Benghazi has become the focus of Republican criticism.
Officials initially said the attack had developed out of protests against an anti-Muslim video.
But later intelligence reports suggested it was possibly tied to al-Qaeda affiliates.
The woman was attacked while running in Tanners Lane, near Emmer Green, Reading, at about 08:00 BST on Sunday.
She passed a man on a skateboard and a few moments later he assaulted her, Thames Valley Police said. The victim managed to get away and hide in some brambles.
Callum Mcphee, 28, of Chalkhouse Green Road, Kidmore End, Reading, has been charged with attempted murder.
The woman received treatment from a paramedic and also was treated by her GP.
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Detective Chief Inspector Lis Knight said: "Shortly before the attack the victim was passed by a man who was riding a bicycle.
"We believe that this cyclist may have seen both the victim and the attacker prior to this incident."
Mr Mcphee appeared at Oxford Magistrates' Court and has been remanded in custody to appear at Oxford Crown Court on 25 August.
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The Disclosures Tribunal is chaired by Supreme Court judge Peter Charleton.
It will examine allegations that senior Garda officers were involved in a smear campaign against Sgt Maurice McCabe.
In his opening statement, the judge said the tribunal would examine how top officers react when concerns about police performance are raised.
The centre of concern, he said, was whether such reaction had possibly not only been one of distaste, but of "active and thought-through malice".
He said there was also a question as to whether those who air concerns had been targeted in their family life.
Sgt McCabe had claimed there was corruption in the Republic's driving licence penalty points system.
He was investigated by the child and family agency, Tusla, following allegations of abuse, that were later found to be untrue.
Mr Justice Charleton said there would be two modules in the tribunal - the first will concern the responses of Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan, former commissioner Martin Callinan and others at the highest command level to disclosures made by Sgt McCabe.
The second module will deal with members of the force who have made protected disclosures and whether they were mistreated as a result, he said.
The tribunal will abide by existing court rules, but rules of evidence will not apply, and hearsay is admissible, Mr Justice Charleton said.
He said the tribunal was expected to get on with its work and deliver results rapidly, adding that there were no preconceived notions as to "who is a villain and who is a victim".
"This tribunal is a drain on the resources of the Irish people, and it is paid for by their submission to the democratic structures of which taxation has been a central part in our tradition," he added.
"Every lie told before this tribunal will be a waste of what ordinary men and women have paid for through their unremitting efforts. Every action of obfuscation, of diversion of focus, and of non-cooperation is unwelcome for that reason."
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Djibril Sidibe had put Monaco ahead when he chipped keeper Alphonse Areola.
But Alves, who signed from Juventus on a free transfer earlier this month, netted a 51st-minute equaliser from a brilliant 35-yard free-kick.
The Brazilian, 34, then set up Adrien Rabiot to head home the winner for the Coupe de France winners.
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The game was staged in front of a capacity crowd of 45,000 in Tangiers, Morocco.
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North East Wales Carers Information Service (NEWCIS) said the money would enable carers to have a break as well as providing them with other assitance.
The money was awarded by a Big Lottery Fund People and Places grant.
Boss Claire Sullivan said the group would be able to support more carers with the money and help them to look after their own health and well-being.
South Africa thrashed Australia by an innings and 80 runs in Hobart on Tuesday to seal the three-Test series.
Captain Steve Smith said he was "embarrassed to be sitting here" at a news briefing after the game, but local observers were even more withering.
"Australian cricket is in crisis like never before," said one review.
"The captain has no answers. The coach has no answers. The men in suits are boarding planes," Peter Lalor wrote in The Australian.
"Heads have to roll, but no matter how many sacrifices are made, it will not satisfy the blood lust of the public, of whose game they are the guardians."
Former wicketkeeper Rod Marsh resigned as Australia's chairman of selectors on Wednesday, saying it was "time for some fresh thinking, just as it is for our Test team to welcome some new faces."
Writing for the ABC, Geoff Lemon said batting collapses had become "endemic" and "the defining factor" of a team which was all out for 85 in the first innings.
"But the point for Australia is the absence of players who can withstand this," he wrote.
"As batting orders have collapsed, so has morale, and there's no repairing a crushed meringue."
"What would Sir David Attenborough think?" asked The Age's Phil Lutton, rating seven current players "endangered" or "critically endangered" of losing their place in the side.
Anthony Sharwood said Australia was "getting towelled up" by a South African team missing its two best players, captain AB de Villiers and fast bowler Dale Steyn.
"There's just not the quality replacements out there. The question is why? Too many players growing up on the Froot Loops diet of T20 rather than the muesli of long form cricket?" he wrote in the Huffington Post.
Nor were the Australian players spared by the general public.
"The Australia cricket team are an embarrassment to Australia you showed no heart or fight," tweeted Joshua Lewis.
Devi Pokhrel wrote: "Make Australia Cricket Team Great Again! Gosh what's happening?"
Figures from the Food Foundation showed fresh produce makes up 7.1% of Welsh consumers' shopping.
It said the amount recommended by health experts was 20%.
Katie Palmer, from Food Cardiff, called for changes "to make a real impact on our nation's health".
The research follows the Food Foundation's launch of its Peas Please initiative in November last year.
It aims to secure commitments from the industry and government to increase vegetable consumption among the public.
Ms Palmer, who is also a member of the Food and Drink Wales industry board, said: "The Peas Please initiative aims to increase veg-consumption in the UK by changing the food environment so that retailers, manufacturers, restaurateurs and farmers are all contributing towards a systemic shift.
"We need representatives from all these areas to come together if we are going to make a real impact on our nation's health."
Djokovic, 28, beat Spanish 18th seed Feliciano Lopez 6-1 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-2) in a sweltering New York night session.
The Serb unleashed an angry tirade towards his player box after the second set but finally prevailed at 01:00 local time.
Croatia's Cilic withstood a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fightback to win 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-7 (3-7) 6-4.
On a sweltering day at Flushing Meadows, Djokovic and Lopez were still suffering in 27C and 66% humidity as midnight came and went.
Djokovic had dominated the opening set but was then furious at dropping the second, thumping his racquet on his bag at the changeover.
The world number one regained control in a lengthy Lopez service game at the start of the third and took a tight fourth in a tie-break after two hours and 39 minutes.
"He's one of the rare players that actually serves volleys on the first and second serve," Djokovic said.
"I'm just glad to get through in four. Obviously, it was frustrating at times but this is quarter-finals of a Grand Slam, this is what you expect."
Cilic, 26, looked to be on course for a straightforward victory after taking the first two sets, but Frenchman Tsonga was rejuvenated after receiving treatment to his knee.
He fought back to level against the ninth seed, only for Cilic, himself with a strapped-up right ankle, to win in three hours 58 minutes.
The world number nine, who claimed his first Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows last year, had squandered three match points in the fourth set before allowing 19th seed Tsonga to win a tie-break and take it to a decider.
"That was a big mental fight after that fourth set. It got physical towards the end. It was very hot," Cilic said.
Italian Roberta Vinci, 32, reached her first Grand Slam semi-final by beating France's Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 5-7 6-4.
The world number 43 will face Serena Williams in the last four after the top seed won 6-2 1-6 6-3 against older sister Venus.
Mladenovic struggled with the 34C temperatures on Arthur Ashe Stadium and received treatment in the second set.
The 22-year-old world number 40 had just survived two break points to lead 5-4 before needing treatment from her trainer, who used ice to try and cool her down.
She went on to take the second set, but looked exhausted as Vinci responded to close out the match, with the vital break coming in a 10-deuce game at 3-3.
"It's 11:30. To be perfectly honest with you, I don't want to be here. I just want to be in bed right now." Serena Williams reaches her limit when it comes to questions about her sister.
"I will always be the older sister. That's never going to change." Venus Williams can get back to looking out for little sister Serena.
"I was surprised, actually. I don't know. I really don't know why. But, you know, Jo shook my hand, and said, 'Congratulations.' But that was it. I don't know for the rest. If I provoke him or not I have no idea. I hope not." Marin Cilic did not get the warmest of handshakes from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
"He just hit the ball a little bit more properly than me at the right moment and that was a huge difference at the end, because he just made it. He just made it." So close but so far for Tsonga against Marin Cilic.
"Well, it's nice. I'm 32. I'm not young." Roberta Vinci on reaching her first Grand Slam semi-final.
"I am proud that I managed, even in very big difficulty and struggle, to not listen to me and stay positive and just try to fight till the end." Kristina Mladenovic won the battle with herself, if not Vinci.
The wreckage of the helicopter that disappeared this week while delivering aid near the Chinese border in Nepal was found on Friday morning.
Six US marines and two Nepali soldiers were on board. Three bodies have so far been recovered.
Tuesday's 7.3-magnitude quake killed at least 110 people.
It came as Nepal was reeling from the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake of 25 April which killed more than 8,000 people and injured many more.
The editor of the Nepal Times, Kunda Dixit, said the helicopter wreckage was found 56km (35 miles) from Kathmandu.
Lieutenant General John Wissler, head of the US task force in Nepal, said it was "unlikely" any survivors would be found at the site, which he said was in dense forest near the village of Charikot at an elevation of 3,352m (11,000 feet).
The helicopter went missing in the hours after the second quake.
Although the cause of the crash is not yet known, a nearby Indian helicopter heard radio chatter about a possible fuel problem, said Pentagon spokesman Steve Warren.
The marines had been working in the vicinity of Charikot, a village that was hit hard by the first quake, a spokesman for the US Pacific Command said.
The helicopter had been flying from Kathmandu airport as part of the US Operation Sahayogi Haat, which means "helping hand" in Nepali.
More than a dozen US military aircraft have been deployed to help carry out deliveries to areas cut off by the earthquakes.
Two Nepalese army helicopters were deployed in the search for the missing UH-1Y Huey helicopter, as well as 400 troops on the ground.
From listening to music and running, to colouring a picture and spending time with your family, you have sent us your photos and messages of your personal stories and how you manage day-to-day.
To bring more awareness of mental health issues, Josh recorded a video on YouTube about suffering from depression.
"I wouldn't wish depression on my worst enemy," he says.
"You shouldn't be ashamed to say you have depression - you are not alone."
"Joining a running club encourages social interaction and builds a support network," says Carolyn.
But she gives a tongue-in-cheek warning. "Running can be addictive," says the 36-year-old.
"Competitiveness can take hold and once you enter races, you are at risk of developing an awesome sense of fun, and a sense of achievement, as well as building camaraderie, determination and resilience."
Megan says her illness is "debilitating".
"There are good and bad periods. It's like there is someone living in your brain constantly telling you how useless you are.
"Colouring and baking have helped me to relax and distract my brain from negative thoughts."
Jennifer Rowland, Crewe: "Make sure you eat at least two meals a day - meals, not junk food. Look out of the window, got outside, remember the world outside your own head. Talk to your friends. Don't tell just one person everything, tell a few people some things that are on your mind. Smile at a stranger."
Laura, London: "At the end of each day, write a list of positive things from the day. Maybe something you've enjoyed, a compliment, something you achieved, or something beautiful you saw. Try to think of three, or more if you can. I write them on my phone - I've downloaded a diary app that reminds me."
Gemma Wilson, Tameside: "I keep a box that holds positive memories like a favourite perfume or body spray, a song or album, maybe even a good book/DVD that helps escape from reality for a little while. The slightest break gives you time to try and readjust enough to maybe think a little clearer."
Nineteen-year-old George Hodgson describes how his anxiety affected him.
"I couldn't leave my bedroom let alone the house, until I became so mentally ill, I had to go and see a specialist.
"Eventually after months and months of seeing a psychiatrist and a cognitive behavioural therapist, there was light at the end of the tunnel and I started my recovery.
"During this period I had the idea of Maison de Choup, my fashion label born out of my anxiety."
Rachel, Sandy, Bedfordshire: "Break things down into small, manageable chunks, with a reward for yourself for each thing you complete, even if that is just getting out of bed."
"I struggle with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder," says Charlotte.
"I am by no means cured but these tips all help me to manage my problems and take control of my life so I can be truly happy; which, right now, I am."
Singer-songwriter Abigail Blake, aged 21, says: "I have been struggling on and off with severe depression and anxiety for the last several years.
"Music has helped me stay positive, calm, and ultimately alive." She wrote Epiphany, a song about her experiences with depression.
Asha, London: "It is not about forcing happiness it's about not letting sadness win."
Compiled by Andree Massiah
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The vote will take place on 2 March 2017.
In Northern Ireland the government must be shared between two different political parties. The First Minister and Deputy First Minister lead the government - one representing each party.
Although they have different job titles, they basically have the same powers and must work together. Up until now the government has been run by the DUP - or Democratic Unionist Party - and Sinn Féin.
The argument between the parties is about whether the First Minister Arlene Foster - the leader of the DUP - ran things badly or not.
The Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, from Sinn Féin, says she did and he left his job because of this disagreement.
His party refused to appoint anyone else to the job and that means new elections have to take place.
The last Northern Ireland Assembly election was in May 2016 - the DUP and Sinn Féin got lots more votes than the other parties.
After the new election, the parties will have talk to each other again and try to work out how they will share power in the future.
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry has seen two of its three panel members resign, and has been criticised by survivors groups.
Mr Swinney rejected claims that the government interfered with the inquiry in "the strongest possible terms".
He said he was determined to build on the good work of the inquiry.
Speaking after the meeting with Mr Swinney, one of the abuse survivors, Dave Whelan, said the delays to the inquiry were "upsetting".
"I am emotional about it because we've been doing this for too long," he told BBC Scotland.
"I represent a group of former Quarriers residents where eight people have been convicted. My own abuser was convicted and we're still seeking justice.
"Many, many more people where actually abused in these care homes and in these institutions."
Andrew Lavery, from White Flowers Alba, said people needed to be held to account by the inquiry.
"There needs to be not just recommendations, but societal change," he said.
"[The inquiry must] seek to repair and redress the harm of the past instead of ignoring thousands of people who were abused, which is completely wrong."
Mr Swinney told the BBC he wanted to make sure the inquiry was "entirely independent" from government.
He said: "As we work to overcome the obstacles that we have experienced in the last couple of weeks, there is good work that is being undertaken by the inquiry.
"I'm determined to build on that, to reflect on the views of survivors and to make sure that their thinking and their approach is built in to how we take forward the inquiry."
The inquiry was announced in December 2014, to investigate historical abuse of children in care at institutions, boarding schools, hospitals and in foster care.
It was formally set up in October 2015, with Susan O'Brien QC chairing, alongside psychology professor Michael Lamb and Glenn Houston.
However, Mr Lamb resigned in June 2016, saying the inquiry was "doomed" by government interference.
Ms O'Brien followed one week later, making similar claims, but with Mr Swinney announcing that moves were underway which could have seen her removed over "unacceptable" comments.
Mr Swinney called the meeting to explain to survivors why he took the decision to investigate these comments, which led to Ms O'Brien's resignation.
A child abuse expert had complained that Ms O'Brien had made comments during an inquiry staff training session in February, including that one survivor had described being abused as the "best thing that had ever happened" to them.
Dr Claire Fyvie complained that even if this comment was meant to "lighten the mood", it was "wholly inappropriate" and demonstrated a "shocking level of misjudgement".
However, Ms O'Brien insisted that she had "done nothing wrong", saying she would "never underestimate the gravity of child abuse" and that she had "accurately reported without endorsing, what a survivor had said about their attitude to their own abuse."
She said she would resign because she had "no confidence" that the government would not simply find another reason to sack her.
Mr Swinney said he "absolutely rejects any charges of interference" with the independence of the inquiry.
Officers said they hoped to gain intelligence from interviews with a local 46-year-old man arrested on Tuesday.
April, 5, was with friends near her Machynlleth home when she got into a van at 19:00 BST on Monday.
The man police are questioning has been named locally as Mark Bridger.
He was found walking along a road to the north of Machynlleth by a police patrol.
Dyfed-Powys Police told a news conference on Wednesday they have been "overwhelmed" by the response from volunteers but now urged the public to leave the search to trained teams.
Supt John said more than 40 skilled officers, including dog handlers, searched overnight.
North Wales Police officers assisted Dyfed-Powys Police in the search and the South Wales force sent a team of eight search specialists.
Coastguard teams from Aberystwyth, Borth, Aberdyfi and Harlech as well as RNLI inshore lifeboat teams have assisted.
A spokesman for Milford Haven Coastguard said they expect to continue their searches along the River Dyfi on Wednesday.
Supt John thanked members of the public for their help, but said conditions were "very challenging" and he did not want officers distracted by concerns for the safety of those who wanted to help out.
"I need people to know it is a rural environment, very challenging conditions out there," he added.
"The weather yesterday wasn't great and I don't think the forecast is very good for today.
"The River Dyfi is in flood and we really do need to manage the risk of everybody there, not only the police officers, the mountain rescue team, but we are extremely concerned about large numbers of members of the public going into very challenging conditions.
"So what I am asking really is - notwithstanding the great support and the commitment that people want to show in helping us to find April - can we please leave this now to the trained and skilled people that we have?
"I don't want those officers to be distracted by the well-intentioned and enthusiastic support."
Mr John said experience suggested any breakthrough in the search for April would be at a local level, and the search is still centred on areas around the market town.
"It is likely that we are going to find somebody in the search parameter where she was last seen," he added.
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Hundreds of volunteers from across the country joined the search, and some people arrived at Machynlleth leisure centre before 07:00 BST on Wednesday, but were turned away.
On Tuesday, April's family said they were "shattered" by her disappearance.
A statement, describing April as a "beautiful little girl, said: "Please, please if you have our little girl, let her come home to us."
The 46-year-old arrested man is in custody at Aberystwyth Police Station.
He was arrested at about 16:00 BST on the A487 main road north out of Machynlleth, which remains closed in both directions as far as Cross Foxes, near Dolgellau, 12 miles away.
Officers said they had been looking for him.
Det Supt Reg Bevan described him as a "significant individual", and said a vehicle police had recovered - a Land Rover Discovery - belonged to him, and was "similar to the description given by the children".
He said: "Certainly, we were looking for a vehicle matching that description. The vehicle is of extreme interest to us, as is the gentleman in custody."
April's godmother Mair Raftree, 41, from Aberystwyth, described April as "a quiet girl".
"She would never go with anybody and ask for a lift. We just want her back safely," she added.
Describing April, sweet shop owner Alyson Jones said: "She's a typical little five-year-old.
"She's bright-eyed and polite and loves coming into the shop with her family to choose her sweets.
A further news conference is expected later on Wednesday morning.
On Wednesday, Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "My heart goes out to the family of April Jones and obviously I hope there can be a successful outcome to the search for her."
Dyfed-Powys Police have asked anyone with information to contact a dedicated hotline on 0300 2000 333.
The diversity and racial inequality campaign in America has been ditched after it was criticised as opportunistic and inappropriate.
Starbucks spokesman Jim Olson said the coffee chain's race initiative would carry on without the messages.
The campaign was launched after national protests in the US over several police killings of black men in New York and Ferguson, Missouri.
"While there has been criticism of the initiative - and I know this hasn't been easy for any of you - let me assure you that we didn't expect universal praise," a company memo from CEO Howard Schultz said.
Some customers said they didn't want to talk about race while being served coffee.
The #racetogether hashtag was also hijacked after being promoted on Twitter.
"Most people come to Starbucks for coffee," said Ninette Musili, a 19-year-old African-American student at the University of Michigan.
"Race is an uncomfortable thing to bring up, especially in a Starbucks."
Another customer, Shane Mulholland, 46, said Starbucks wasn't the place to talk about race.
"They're here for coffee. They're not here to push their political agenda," he said.
"I even contemplated not coming here because of it."
He said Starbucks should remain neutral on topics like race because it's an established brand, rather than risk putting customers off.
"There are other ways you can go about doing things to stimulate interest in what you're doing," said Mulholland.
"They must be doing so well they don't have to worry about losing customers over that."
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The news comes just a week after Apple unveiled its very expensive iPad Pro, a tablet aimed at persuading professionals to give up their laptops. Two very different strategies in a market in need of a shot in the arm.
Just a couple of years ago tablets were the future of computing. But now sales appear to have reached a plateau - indeed, figures from IDC showed tablet shipments down 7% in the second quarter of 2015 compared to last year.
It's the waning interest in the iPad which stands out from the statistics, but Amazon has also struggled. At the end of 2014 it was in fifth place in the IDC figures with sales down 70% over the holiday period compared with the previous year.
Today it showed off four tablets, all aggressively priced. The 10" and 8" Fire HD devices were touted as the ultimate entertainment devices, with high quality widescreen displays in a thin and light body. Then there was a Kids' Edition tablet, rugged enough to stand all kinds of battering, with access to plenty of age-appropriate material.
But it is the 7" Fire at £49.99 that is Amazon's key weapon and will have its budget rivals worried. The company says low-end tablets suffer from poor quality components and short battery life and deliver a poor customer experience - and insists the Fire is different. A demonstrator held one up alongside a Samsung tablet costing twice as much and showed that the screen on the Amazon device displayed video better.
At another point in the demo, an Apple iPad Air 2 with a broken screen was produced. This, we were told, had happened after 20 revolutions in a testing machine, while the Fire had survived being spun round 200 times.
Amazon also unveiled the latest version of its Fire TV set-top box. The key novelty here was that it displayed 4K video, the new ultra-high-definition standard, unlike the latest Apple TV unveiled last week. Again, it was about half the price of the Apple product.
Just like the new tablets, the real aim of the set-top box is to give buyers a reason to buy Amazon content, and in particular to sign up to an annual subscription to Prime, which gives them fast delivery and free access to its video service. The margins on the hardware are undoubtedly wafer-thin - Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos told me three years ago that the firm made no profit on its tablets and I suspect little has changed.
But Mr Bezos's hardware ventures have had mixed results. The Fire smartphone he launched with such fanfare a year ago has now been quietly withdrawn. He had made big claims for its unique technology but a high price seemed to deter many from giving it a try.
Now it is back to the bargain basement strategy- there is even a "buy five, get one free" offer on the new Fire. A cut-price tablet will probably not give Apple many sleepless nights - but the likes of Samsung and even Tesco with its Hudl, will be wondering whether it is worth continuing to pour money into a market where the competition seems unconcerned about making a profit.
Chief federal investigator Alexander Bastrykin and two men wanted in the UK for the murder of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko are among them.
The sanctions come amid worsening ties, including claims Russia ran a cyber campaign to influence the US election.
President-elect Donald Trump is seeking to restore closer relations with Russia.
US officials say the sanctions are not related to the hacking but come under a 2012 law designed to punish human rights violators.
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The move could be the last visible act against Russia by the outgoing administration, correspondents say.
Under the act named after Russian tax fraud whistleblower Sergey Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow prison in 2009, people on the list have their US assets blocked and are banned from travelling to the US.
It originally targeted officials implicated in Magnitsky's death but has since been broadened to cover other human rights cases.
The five men to be blacklisted are:
Litvinenko died after drinking tea laced with a rare radioactive substance at a hotel in London.
Both Mr Lugovoi and Mr Kovtun deny any involvement in the killing, and efforts to extradite the men to the UK have failed.
Last month, Washington expelled 35 Russian diplomats following allegations by US intelligence services that Russia had ordered the hacking of Democratic Party emails to damage Mr Trump's Democrat rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton.
Russia denies the allegations and on Monday described them as a witch-hunt, but has so far not responded to the expulsions.
But after the 35 were thrown out Russia declined to respond in kind, with Russian President Vladimir Putin saying his country would not stoop to "irresponsible diplomacy".
Mr Trump, meanwhile, is said to have accepted the findings of the report but has declined to single out Russia as the source of the hacking.
The movie, starring Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard and directed by Atonement director Joe Wright, took $15.5m (£10m) and entered the chart at number three.
It was outshone by space thriller The Martian which held on to the top spot for a second week, taking $37m (£24m).
Hotel Transylvania 2 stayed at number two, making $20.3m (£13m).
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Pan's relative lack of success ranks it alongside The Fantastic Four and Tomorrowland as one of the year's most disappointing big budget achievers. Pan was released over the four-day Columbus Day weekend, which remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas in 1492.
"It's a huge misfire," box office analyst Jeff Bock told Variety. "We won't see another Peter Pan film for a while."
The film's story is an invented prequel of JM Barrie's Peter Pan and Captain Hook adventure.
Levi Miller plays Peter Pan alongside Jackman's ruthless pirate and features Rooney Mara and Kathy Burke. It opens in the UK on 16 October.
Ridley Scott's The Martian, in its second week of release, has now notched up $108.7m (£71m) at the US box office.
Hotel Transylvania 2 also showed its staying power. Now in its third week, it has takings to date of $116.8m (£76m).
Workplace comedy The Intern, starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, earned $8.7m (£6m) and finished the weekend at number four, the same spot as last week. It has now made $49.6m (£32m).
Drug war thriller Sicario, starring Emily Blunt, brought in $7.4m (£5m) and came in at number five, dropping from its previous number three position. The film has overall takings to date of $26.7m (£17m).
The incident was reported at the Bekaot checkpoint in the northern West Bank. The soldiers were not injured.
The two Palestinian men, aged 23 and 38, were reported to be from villages south of Jenin.
Tension between Palestinians and Israelis has risen in recent months with a series of violent incidents.
The Palestinian Wafa news agency named those killed as Ali Muhammad Aqqab Abu-Maryam and Said Judah Abu-al-Wafa and said they had been shot "in cold blood".
The Israel Defense Forces said the soldiers had "thwarted the attack and shot the assailants".
Relations between Israelis and Palestinians remain tense amid a wave of attacks on Israelis by Palestinians and some Israeli Arabs which have killed 22 Israelis since the beginning of October.
During that time 149 Palestinians - more than half said by Israel to be attackers - have been shot dead by security forces or their victims. Others have been killed in clashes with Israeli forces.
Overnight, Israeli forces demolished a home in the West Bank belonging to relatives of a Palestinian - Muhannad Halabi - shot dead in October after killing a rabbi in Jerusalem's Old City.
Israel says home demolitions, which have come under international criticism, are a way of discouraging Palestinian attacks.
On Friday, an Israeli Arab wanted for shooting dead three people in Tel Aviv on 1 January was killed by security forces in northern Israel.
Nashat Melhem was followed to a mosque in his home town of Arara and died in a gun battle, police said.
Police said Melhem, 29, was the gunman who killed two Israelis at a bar, then the Israeli Arab driver of a taxi who picked him up after the attack.
Melhem's father, Mohammed, had identified his son as the suspect and reported him to the police. Mohammed Melhem and several relatives have been arrested in connection with the case.
Police have not yet established a motive for the Tel Aviv killings.
Leftover food from 10 of its UK stores will now also be available to local charities through the UK food redistribution charity Fare Share.
Tesco said of the 55,400 tonnes of food it threw away in the last year, 30,000 tonnes could have been eaten.
Most of this is currently used for animal feed.
Tesco has been working with Fare Share to donate surplus food since 2012.
Bakery items, fruit and vegetables, and convenience items such as sandwiches and salads make up most of the shop wastage.
It is trialling an app with UK food redistribution charity Fare Share and Republic of Ireland social enterprise Food Cloud, that will allow store managers to inform charities of the amount of surplus food held at the end of each day.
Beneficiaries will include homeless hostels, women's refuges and the children's clubs.
The scheme is already in place at Tesco stores in the Republic of Ireland.
"No-one wants to throw away food which could otherwise be eaten," said Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis.
"We don't throw away much food in our own operations, but even the 1% we do throw away amounts to 55,400 tonnes.
"This is potentially the biggest single step we've taken to cut food waste, and we hope it marks the start of eliminating the need to throw away edible food in our stores."
In April, Tesco reported the worst results in its history, with a record statutory pre-tax loss of £6.4bn for the year to the end of February.
That compares with annual pre-tax profit of £2.26bn a year earlier.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said such action was needed in the face of growing online crime and abuse.
But, in a speech in London, she said it must be accompanied by stronger safeguards to protect privacy.
Ms Cooper argued that the government "cannot keep burying its head in the sand and hoping these issues go away".
She said: "In the face of growing online crime and abuse, and the use of online communications by criminals and extremists, the police, intelligence and security agencies need to be able to operate more effectively in this digital world.
"But for them to do so, we also need stronger safeguards and limits to protect our privacy and sustain confidence in their vital work.
"The oversight and legal frameworks are now out of date. That means we need major reforms to oversight and a thorough review of the legal framework to keep up with changing technology.
"Above all we need the government to engage in a serious public debate about these new challenges and the reforms that are needed."
Ms Cooper said the issues involved were "too important" to be ignored because they had implications "for our liberty, our security, the growth of our economy and the health of our democracy".
Last year, ministers hoped to include new measures on data monitoring in the Queen's Speech.
The plans, which would have allowed the police and security services to track emails and other online communications, were blocked by the Liberal Democrats.
Critics of the proposals denounced them as a "snooper's charter".
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said his party would not support any extension of existing laws which would end up with a "record kept of every website you visit and who you communicate with on social media sites".
But senior Labour figures said technological advances were presenting new problems that must be addressed.
Ms Cooper said: "Online communication and technology is forcing us to think again about our traditional frameworks for balancing privacy and safety, liberty and security.
"Perhaps most serious of all has been the growth in online child abuse. Last year the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Agency received 18,887 reports of child abuse - an increase of 14% on the year.
"The police and security services have been under pressure to explain why they did not know more about the murderers of Drummer Lee Rigby, and why more is not being done to disrupt the use of the internet by violent extremists looking to radicalise young people.
"And - with perhaps the widest ramifications of all - former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked hundreds of thousands of US intelligence documents and 58,000 British intelligence documents - raising serious concern about the impact on national security and about the scale of activity of intelligence agencies all at the same time."
May Brown was diagnosed with leukaemia in June last year and has had trouble finding a suitable donor.
Ethnic minority sufferers have a 20% chance of finding a match, whereas white patients have a 60% chance, according to blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan.
It said raising awareness was "vital".
The 22-year-old lives in Weymouth and was told she needed a stem cell transplant after a cycle of chemotherapy did not cure her leukaemia.
Originally from Nigeria, Mrs Brown was told a matching donor had been found last December, but they had then "become unavailable".
She said: "I was devastated, I was shocked because it gave me hope and was snatched away from me."
Anthony Nolan head of register development Ann O'Leary, said: "Growing and diversifying the bone marrow register will mean that people like May can have a second chance at life."
Mrs Brown's plea comes a month after mixed-race blood cancer sufferer Lara Casalotti made a similar appeal for ethnic minority stem cell donors last month.
Mrs Brown added: "I want to do whatever it takes to help raise awareness of the stem cell register.
"Please sign up as a donor and save someone's life."
Work on the new teaching block in Londonderry began last year after being given the green light by Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry.
When finished, the building will include a 340-seat lecture theatre, 20 classrooms and a café.
T&A Kernoghan Limited said it was "profoundly disappointed".
The Newtownabbey based company has been operating for more than 25 years but has run into financial problems.
It said that upwards of 50 jobs could be lost.
In a statement, Ulster University said: "The university continues to manage the construction work under way to ensure the continued progress of the development of the new teaching block at our Magee campus."
The steel frame of the building on the Northland Road is in place, some underground pipes have been laid but workers from T&A Kernoghan are no longer on site.
In April 2016, Minister Stephen Farry said the new teaching block would be an essential component of the Magee campus.
BDO Northern Ireland have been appointed as joint administrators over T&A Kernoghan Limited.
They confirmed to the BBC that "due to the extent of the company's financial difficulties, the joint administrators have been required to make all staff redundant and cease operations across the various building sites throughout the UK".
The new teaching block at Magee campus was expected to take two years to complete. It is unclear how long the project will be delayed.
The body of the 42-year-old was found in Gleneagles Street at about 14:30 on Tuesday.
Officers were initially treating his death as unexplained.
But they confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that there were no suspicious circumstances.
As with all sudden deaths, a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
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A typically bullish Springboks outfit led 14-3 at half-time, hooker Adriaan Strauss scoring the only try.
Strauss scored again after the break and while replacement scrum-half Henry Pyrgos crossed for the hosts, South Africa's defence kept Scotland at bay.
Defeat means Scotland will finish the year outside the world's top eight.
The consequence will be an unfavourable 2015 World Cup draw when it is made on 3 December, with two other sides from the top eight in the rankings in their pool.
"It was a better second half from Scotland, but they could not get that final pass. It is a defeat but Scotland cannot afford to have performances like they did in the first half. But there were some good performances and Dave Denton was good for Scotland."
While last weekend Scotland were picked apart by All Blacks guile, this time they were ground into the dust by Springbok brawn before the break.
South Africa were expected to bring intense physicality and directness and they started as expected, Pat Lambie pinning Scotland back with kicks out of hand and forwards and backs running straight and hard, their back row to the fore.
The visitors eschewed an early kick at goal, opting instead to go for the corner, but Lambie did give the Springboks the lead after Scotland were penalised for hands in the ruck.
Greig Laidlaw levelled the scores after South Africa were penalised for not rolling away before Lambie edged his side ahead again after some obstruction.
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And Scotland's defence finally crumbled under the heavy shelling when Strauss went over following a kick to the corner and a powerful South African maul.
Scotland lock Richie Gray left the fray after taking a knee to the head, to be replaced by Al Kellock, and there were more groans from the Murrayfield faithful when Laidlaw hooked a penalty wide.
Shorn of Gray's influence, Scotland's defence was splintered again when Francois Louw went on a charge and Lambie popped over the resulting penalty to increase the lead to 11 points.
The hosts finally entered South Africa's 22 after 32 minutes but some sustained pressure came to naught when Kellock was penalised for holding onto the ball.
Having led 14-3 at half-time, South Africa increased that lead to 18 points when Strauss latched onto a long pass from Scotland scrum-half Mike Blair and sauntered under the posts for his second try.
But Pyrgos, only just on for Blair, gave Scotland hope with a training-ground try, the Glasgow Warrior scything through the middle of the line-out after a tap-back by Kelly Brown.
The introduction of Pyrgos seemed to energise the Scottish forwards and there followed a period of furious pressure.
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However, a combination of sturdy South African defence and the lack of a cutting edge meant they were unable to convert the pressure into points.
First, Ross Ford's line-out throw on the 5m line was adjudged not to be straightm before a Pyrgos offload to Tim Visser, following a break by Brown, was intercepted.
South Africa's scrum disintegrated in the final 15 minutes but despite earning a string of penalties, and with a man advantage after a yellow card for Springbok replacement Flip van der Merwe, Scotland were unable to breach the vistors' line despite a concerted effort.
Heyneke Meyer's side face England next week looking to complete a clean-sweep of victories over northern hemisphere sides, having also beaten Ireland last week.
Andy Robinson, meanwhile, will be seeking the cold comfort of a victory over Tonga, which would still not be enough to get them into the top eight in the all-important rankings.
TEAM LINE-UPS
Scotland: Hogg; Lamont, De Luca, Scott, Visser; Laidlaw, Blair; Grant, Ford, Murray, Gray, Hamilton, K. Brown, Barclay, Denton.
Replacements: Jackson for Laidlaw (68), Pyrgos for Blair (47), Hall for Ford (68), Cross for Murray (68), Kellock for Gray (22).
Not Used: Traynor, McInally, Murchie.
South Africa: Kirchner; Pietersen, de Jongh, de Villiers, Hougaard; Lambie, Pienaar; Steenkamp, Strauss, J du Plessis, Etzebeth, J Kruger, Louw, Alberts, Vermeulen.
Replacements: M Steyn for Lambie (74), H van der Merwe for Steenkamp (61), Brits for Strauss (76), van der Linde for J du Plessis (52), F van der Merwe for J Kruger (68), Coetzee for Alberts (53).
Not Used: Taute, Mvovo.
Sin Bin: F van der Merwe (76).
Att: 58,893
Ref: George Clancy (IRFU).
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Kaepernick, 28, has been refusing to stand for the anthem in protest against the plight of black people.
The NBA has a rule stating players must stand for the national anthem.
Cleveland Cavaliers' James, 31, said it "doesn't mean I don't respect and don't agree with what Kaepernick is doing".
He added: "Standing for the national anthem is something I will do.
"You have the right to voice your opinion, stand for your opinion and he's [Kaepernick] doing it in the most peaceful way I've ever seen someone do something."
Golden State Warriors' guard Curry, 28, praised Kaepernick's actions, adding: "I respect everybody's voice, everybody's platform. Kaepernick took a bold step to continue the conversation."
Racial tensions are mounting in the US, where a string of recent police killings and subsequent revenge killings have sparked protests across the nation.
Father-of-three James said he feared for the safety of his own children when he watched reports of shootings.
"My son had just started the sixth grade," he added.
"You see these videos that continue to come out, it's a scary situation. If my son calls me and said if he got pulled over I'm not that confident that things are gonna go well and my son is going to return home."
Despite its rule on standing for the national anthem, the NBA has written to players saying it wants to work with them on how to address the issue ahead of the start of the season on 25 October.
A number of other NFL players have joined Kaepernick in protesting when the Star Spangled Banner has been played, including his team-mate Eric Reid.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticised Kaepernick, saying: "I think it's a terrible thing, and you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him."
The 2018 programme is the first to be directed by Underbelly, which is well known for organising events at the capital's annual Fringe festival.
Organisers promised the celebrations would be "refreshed, re-energized and better than ever before".
The 60,000-capacity street party will begin at 19:00 and last until 01:00 on New Year's Day.
Bands and DJs on stages, street performers, dancers, acrobats, flash mobs and fire eaters will combine to bring a carnival spirit to Princes Street.
Actor and presenter Sanjeev Kohli, best-known for playing shopkeeper Navid in the BBC comedy Still Game, will host the street party.
An extended fireworks display from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle will see in the New Year when the midnight hour strikes.
The three-day festival opens on 30 December with the traditional Torchlight Procession.
It will blaze a new path through the historic heart of the city this year, around Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament towards Holyrood Park.
The event will also mark the beginning of 2018 as Scotland's Year of Young People, organisers said.
The following day, families will have the chance to celebrate New Year together in West Princes Street Gardens at a new event entitled Bairns Afore.
The family-friendly celebration includes an hour of entertainment and ends with its very own "midnight" fireworks moment at 18:00, allowing families to take their children home before the late night fun gets under way.
On New Year's Day, people will get the chance to take part in the annual dive into the chilly Firth of Forth for the Loony Dook, raising money for a range of charities in the process.
At dusk, the Unesco city of literature will celebrate its literary heritage with projections across buildings and landmarks.
Underbelly directors Charlie Wood and Ed Bartlam said: "We are humbled and thrilled to be delivering a new programme for Edinburgh's Hogmanay in 2018.
"Edinburgh can claim to be the home of New Year festivals and we will work hard to ensure the programme delivers something fresh and exciting every year to keep residents, UK visitors and international tourists flocking to this world famous festival city through the winter months."
Winter Festivals Minister Alasdair Allan said: "Hogmanay hugely contributes to promoting Scotland as a fantastic visitor destination, a host of the world's major events and a dynamic country rich in culture and creativity.
"Most importantly, it enhances Scotland's reputation as a place where everyone is assured a warm welcome, whether they are visiting the country, are here for business or to study, or have chosen to live and work here."
The City of Edinburgh Council awarded the three-year contract for the Christmas and Hogmanay festivities to Underbelly earlier this year.
Unique Events had organised the city's official Hogmanay celebrations since they were established in 1993.
Tickets for a number of the events are on sale from Tuesday.
He guided the Highland club to a League Cup final, Scottish Cup victory, third in the Premiership and into Europe.
It was reported his exit was because of disagreements with Caley chairman Kenny Cameron over the budget for players.
But Hughes insists the problem wasn't the money available, but what he felt was the board's lack of trust in him.
"I've been in the game for 14 years, I've had great success, taken two clubs into Europe, produced players," he told BBC Scotland's Sportsound.
"You need to trust me that I know what I'm doing and I just felt that trust wasn't there.
"Kenny Cameron is not a bad lad. It got a bit sour towards the end, but I've texted him since and we've been in touch. I'm 100% convinced he does what he thinks is the best for Inverness.
"I felt I knew how to take the club forward, and I just felt my ideas weren't getting taken on board. It was nothing to do with the budget. I've never been a chequebook manager."
Dundee United approached Inverness last season asking for permission to speak to Hughes about the managerial vacancy at Tannadice after Jackie McNamara left the club.
Permission was refused, but Hughes admitted he wanted to at least hear what Dundee United had to say.
"I was very content at Inverness, I'd just signed a two-year extension," he said. "But I've always been taught in all the licences you do, go to any interview you get a chance to go to. You might not get the job that time, but you might make an impression on people.
"I went for an interview a few years ago at Sheffield United. I got a second interview and eventually they gave the job to Davie Weir.
"But a guy in the interview process moved to another English club and after the Dundee United episode, they came calling. That other club asked permission to speak to me. We knocked that on the head and no-one knew about it. That's how committed I was to Inverness."
Hughes felt Richie Foran was likely to succeed him in the manager's job at Inverness, but only at the end of the contract extension Hughes signed.
He admits he did not see Foran as a coach, but says the 36-year-old Irishman will benefit from having Hughes' assistant, Brian Rice, at his side.
"He's probably been flung in at the deep end and I wish him all the best," Hughes said.
"He's a rookie. I don't think that coaching is his forte, coming up with ideas, being innovative, but that doesn't mean you can't become a good manager if you have other people doing that for you."
Having managed in England before at Hartlepool, Hughes is keen for his return to the game to be down south, and says he is ready to get back into management.
"I've recharged my batteries, taken time out, analysed it," he said. "I'd like an opportunity down in England again, hopefully in the Championship. It wouldn't faze me one bit."
People can now check with police on whether someone has a criminal record for sexual or violent offences.
Information will then be passed on to the child's parent or guardian.
The system is already used in England and Wales. NI Justice Minister David Ford said it should make reporting easier.
"It has always been the case that people could, and should, bring concerns to the police about the safety of a child," Mr Ford said.
"These new provisions make it easier, allowing any member of the public to come to a police station and apply for information about a person who they believe is a risk to children.
"Information about criminal convictions will only be provided to the person with primary care responsibility for the specific child and only if it is necessary to protect that child.
"It is, however, important to note that if there is an immediate risk of harm to a child, this will be addressed through current child protection procedures."
PSNI Det Chf Super George Clarke said police were committed to keeping children safe.
"This scheme provides for someone to come to a police station, make an application and, in the application, they specify the child that they are concerned about and the person they believe may pose a risk to that child," he said.
"That application is then considered by the police and, where there is relevant conviction information, the police will make a disclosure to the parent or other caregiver of the child."
It was found in sealed bags in a lorry on the Moorfields Road, Ballymena, County Antrim, in May last year.
James Kennedy, 25, from Adelaide Road, Kensington, Liverpool, was arrested in Manchester airport on Friday.
A detective constable told the court she believed the defendant was part of an organised crime gang in England.
She understood the gang was bringing drugs into Northern Ireland for supply in the Republic of Ireland. She said she had serious concerns about the lifestyle of the defendant. He was arrested as he returned from a six-week stay in Barcelona where his aunt lives.
The detective constable told the court that mobile phone records suggested he had been in Dubai, New York and the Bahamas.
"It doesn't add up to what he earns - £250-£300 a week," the court was told.
A defence lawyer said the only evidence that the prosecution case had was a fingerprint on a box found in the lorry in Ballymena. There was no DNA from the accused on any of the bags of cannabis.
Police confirmed there was nothing to link him to the driver of the lorry who is currently on bail.
The court heard there was an innocent explanation in that Mr Kennedy was a car mechanic and handles a lot of boxes. The court heard he had a personal sum of money amounting to £32,000 for a car which he later sold for £17,000.
Bail was refused. Mr Kennedy is due to appear in court again on 2 February.
Afroman - best known for his 2001 hit Because I Got High - was seen hitting the woman, who was dancing on stage behind him at the Kress Live venue.
Biloxi Police said he was arrested for assault on Tuesday and later released on bail.
A spokesperson for the rapper said he would be issuing a formal apology.
An earlier statement issued on his behalf said it was "a completely involuntary reflex reaction to people infringing on his stage space," according to Billboard.
"It was uncharacteristic behaviour that was initiated by outside uncontrolled forces," the statement added.
Afroman, real name Joseph Foreman, was nominated for a Grammy in 2002 for best rap solo performance for Because I Got High.
A Biloxi Police Department statement said: "Mr Foreman was arrested for assault as a result of a citizen's affidavit, booked in, and released after paying a $330 (£214) bond."
Parliament should act to end free movement and curb the power of EU courts, Vote Leave said.
The government has warned of a "decade of uncertainty" as the UK attempts to disentangle itself from Brussels and form new trade deals.
But Vote Leave said a new settlement - including a UK-EU free trade deal - would be possible by May 2020.
The UK votes on whether to remain in the EU or to leave on 23 June.
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BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the Leave campaign's roadmap was an "effort to quash claims Brexit would lead to a leap in the dark".
But the Remain side have pointed out that Leave campaigners are not in power - "even though they're beginning to sound increasingly like an alternative Brexit government in waiting", says our correspondent.
Vote Leave said the government should invite figures from other parties, business, the law and civil society to join the negotiating team to "get a good deal in the national interest".
It called for immediate legislation in the current session of Parliament to "end the European Court of Justice's control over national security and allow the government to deport criminals from the EU".
"After we vote Leave, the public need to see that there is immediate action to take back control from the EU," Leave campaigner and Leader of the Commons Chris Grayling said.
"We will need a carefully managed negotiation process and some major legislative changes before 2020, including taking real steps to limit immigration, to abolish VAT on fuel and tampons, and to end the situation where an international court can tell us who we can and cannot deport."
Vote Leave said over subsequent sessions of Parliament it wanted to introduce:
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Conservative MP Steve Baker said the blueprint was a "legal framework" for how the UK would proceed after Brexit, insisting that it would continue to trade with the rest of Europe "absolutely fine" over the four year period of negotiations and afterwards.
"The reality is that we will continue to trade," he told Radio 4's Today. "It is worth remembering you can go into a shop and buy all sorts of products made in China, with whom we have no trade deal. We do more services business with the US, with whom we have no trade deal."
Speaking on LBC, Leave campaigner Iain Duncan Smith said the government would set out "red lines" for its negotiations with other members of the EU, and that there would be "no deal on the table if we don't keep control of our borders".
But Chancellor George Osborne said the UK would be left with "no economic plan" if it voted to leave the EU, requiring drastic measures such as tax rises and spending cuts to stabilise the public finances.
And a spokesman for Britain Stronger in Europe said: "The Leave campaign do not have a credible plan for Britain's future - all they offer is a leap in the dark that will put our economy at risk."
He said leaving the EU would mean "years of uncertainty that will risk jobs, risk investment and lead to higher prices in the shops".
Some took to social media to show their annoyance, and others have said their personal best times had been affected by the news.
Organisers apologised unreservedly for the mistake on Friday.
The Brighton Half Marathon took place in February, while the city's full marathon takes place next weekend.
In a statement, organisers of the half marathon said they were contacted earlier in March by UK Athletics and an ensuing investigation had confirmed the course was too short.
Organisers said a turning point was positioned incorrectly for the last three races.
Race director Martin Harrigan said: "We are a team of runners ourselves so we fully understand the impact."
Simon Dowe, chief executive of the Sussex Beacon charity, which organises the event, said: "We can't apologise enough for this mistake."
Brighton Half Marathon elite race winner Eleanor Davis, from Cornwall, said she ran the race specifically to get a qualifying time for the London Marathon.
She said: "To find out afterwards that it counted for nothing was pretty devastating and concerning, but luckily, the London Marathon have been really kind and waivered it for me, so I can compete."
Chris Mattock was one runner who called for his money back, tweeting: "So no refund despite invalidating the qualifying time that I needed from the Brighton half marathon? Thanks"
James Allen wrote: "So Brighton half marathon course has been 146m short for last 3 yrs! Must be April fools day surely!!#get the basics right#shocking#athletics"
But Matthew Grey posted: "Brighton Half-Marathon : "If we make it 150m or so shorter, people will say 'I always do my best times at Brighton, it's my favourite' ".
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Fifty thousand people were forced to move from the nearby town Pripyat, as radioactive material spilled from the plant.
On the 30th anniversary of the disaster, BBC Rewind looks at what was done at the site to stop further damage.
Security forces separated the women and raped them, the UN said, adding that it had documented 13 cases.
Forces also kidnapped, tortured and killed dozens of young men, it said.
Meanwhile, a court has sentenced four generals to life in jail for their part in trying to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza in May last year.
Nine other officers were jailed for 30 years and eight soldiers, including drivers and body guards, to five years for their role in the unrest sparked by Mr Nkurunziza's announcement that he would run for a third term.
He secured a third term in disputed elections in July.
The abuses documented by the UN took place immediately after rebel attacks in December against three military camps in the country's capital, Bujumbura, the UN's human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein, said in a statement.
The UN believes the army is taking revenge for the attacks.
Mr Hussein also called for an investigation into reports that nine mass graves were found in and around Bujumbura, warning about the "increasing ethnic dimension of the crisis".
Some witnesses say that violence from security forces was directed at the Tutsi minority.
Burundi has been plagued by tension between Tutsis and Hutus since independence in 1962.
However, analysts say ethnicity is not at the heart of the conflict.
The failed coup leader, ex-General Godefroid Niyombare, who is on the run, is a Hutu.
His allies sentenced to life in jail by the Supreme Court were a mix of ethnicities.
Gen Cyrille Ndayirukiye, the former defence minister, and Hermenegilde Nimenya, a police general, are Tutsis and army generals Zenon Ndabaneze and Juvenal Niyungeko are Hutu.
The winger went over before Rangi Chase extended the lead, and the hosts were 34-8 ahead at half-time lead thanks to Luke Dorn and Paul McShane's tries.
Jake Webster touched down on his return from injury and Luke Gale capped his excellent display with a late try.
Victory was Castleford's third in four games, but their play-off hopes are over after St Helens beat Hull FC.
Wakefield scored five tries through Tom Johnstone, who went over twice, Reece Lyne, Bill Tupou and Nick Scruton.
Chris Chester's side have lost six matches in a row and remain bottom of Super League.
On-loan former England forward Ben Harrison, who had been out since November after surgery on his wrist, knee and ankle, made his long-awaited return for Wakefield.
Castleford: Dorn; Hampshire, Minikin, Webster, Solomona; Chase, Gale; Patrick, Milner, Springer, Holmes, Savelio, Moors.
Replacements: McShane, Millington, Cook, Maher.
Wakefield: Hall; Lyne, Arundel, B Tupou, Johnstone; Miller Finn; Scruton, Moore, Arona, Molloy, A Tupou, Harrison.
Replacements: Sio, Simon, Yates, Anderson.
Referee: Gareth Hewer.
Graham will have surgery on the injury, which he suffered while playing for New Zealand in a World Cup qualifier.
The 24-year-old had made six appearances for the Spireites in all competitions this season.
"It is really unfortunate for him with his first-team and international career now starting to take off," physio Rodger Wylde told the club website.
Some batsmen walk, others don't. Broad should have done.
There are so many strands to what happened, towards the end of another totally enthralling day of Test cricket, as England were finally taking the upper hand in a match that has twisted one way then turned another.
There is nothing within the laws of cricket that says Broad had to depart. But when he chose not to, it became an issue for the spirit of the game.
There is no escaping the scrutiny when you do something like this. Television replays will show everyone around the world exactly what happened.
If you decide to stay, you decide to accept the consequences. You must accept the questions of sportsmanship. You must accept all the abuse that comes your way.
It shouldn't be forgotten that all this would have happened in the briefest of moments. Broad had been batting with resolve and patience, his whole focus on not getting out, on sticking around with Ian Bell to take England from deep trouble towards the sort of lead that their bowlers could attack.
Your mind is full of those things. In that instant, adrenaline running, fielders appealing, something inside of the head can just say: stay.
Then it is too late. Even if you regret it a few seconds later, even if you then change your mind, the die has been cast.
You stay, you get away with it. You might have done your team a favour, but you must then deal with the slating that comes with it.
These sorts of things can scar a player for years to come, change their reputations within the game.
Broad's body language afterwards told you all you needed to know - head bowed, shoulders slumped. He knew he had done the wrong thing.
Now we have the ramifications.
"There is no debate, it's quite simple. The Australians I have played with and have watched, with the exception of Adam Gilchrist, believe in standing and it's up to the umpire to give you out - there shouldn't be a moral argument. They should be upset, disappointed and angered by the umpires. If they keep making poor decisions, it's up to the ICC to do something about it."
How does it affect the relationship between the teams? Clarke was clearly furious afterwards, while Australia coach Darren Lehmann could not believe what had happened.
What does it mean for Aleem Dar, the three-time ICC umpire of the year? This was an awful decision, one no experienced official should have got wrong.
There are those who say that the Umpire Decision Review System was designed to eliminate howlers like this. Clarke, having used up his second review on a spurious lbw appeal earlier in the day, had none left when the Broad incident happened.
I believe that each team should only have one review per innings. Why? Precisely so you don't use it as Clarke did, as a gamble.
Save it for the blatant mistake. It should not be a tactic but a last resort. We do not want to see reviews used as a speculation.
In so many ways it's a huge shame it had to happen now, in the middle of a wonderful Test match at the start of what should be a brilliant Ashes series.
After the frenetic, breathless action of the first two days, this was something quite different - just as absorbing, but a head-down graft where Wednesday and Thursday had been wild rollercoaster.
When he was on 11, Broad, in his 58th Test, became the first player to score 1,000 runs batting at number eight for England. Godfrey Evans is second on that list with 833 (avg 23.80), New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, with 2,227, has the world record.
Every time England looked settled, looked likely to bat the tourists out of the match, Australia struck. For long parts of the day the tourists appeared to be in the ascendancy.
It was incredibly tense stuff. Only when England's lead edged past 230 did I start to believe they might have enough.
Under most circumstances that would be enough. But this has been such an unpredictable match that you can never quite be sure. Clarke could bat brilliantly. Shane Watson could go out at the top of the order and smash a rapid 70 or 80.
Ian Bell, 95 not out at the close from a partnership of 108 with Broad, deserves enormous credit for the way he took England towards safety.
He batted very well in Auckland over the winter, a real backs-to-the-wall effort, and this was a rather similar innings.
Some people do seem to enjoy having a go at him sometimes. But this was an excellent knock, many hours of relentless graft enlivened with occasional flashes of the old Bell class.
When he bats well, he's the prettiest English batsman of all, all flicks and nudges and glides down to third man.
His long occupation of the crease means all the pressure will now be on the Australian batting as this fine contest moves towards its decisive stages.
From here, England should win.
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Distill Ventures, which is part of the Diageo group, said it was investing an unspecified sum in Melbourne-based Starward Whisky.
This marks the second whisky investment for Distill, which was set up to back early-stage brands and help them grow.
Last week, it announced investment in Denmark-based Stauning Whisky.
David Gates, Diageo's global head of premium core spirits, said: "Australian whisky has rightly been gaining increasing global recognition recently and Starward has developed a uniquely positioned whisky to capture this opportunity."
Frank Lampen, co-founder of Distill Ventures, added: "The Starward team are exactly the types of entrepreneur we love working with.
"Their vision for the future is really exciting and this investment will enable increased production of their signature single malts and continued development of their innovation pipeline."
Last year Diageo had a 37% share of the Scotch whisky market in terms of volumes.
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Parent Anne-Marie Alder said she had been told her children's shoes are now "acceptable" by Baverstock Academy.
The school in Druids Heath, Birmingham, implemented a new rule on Tuesday to make plain black shoes compulsory.
Some parents said the policy was harsh but the school said ample notice was given.
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Ms Alder, from Druids Heath, said two of her children had been told their "polishable" shoes were now suitable, and her Year 11 daughter who is sitting exams and wore trainers had been loaned a pair by the school.
She said she was not given an explanation as to why the shoes were now deemed acceptable.
Ms Alder said the "ridiculous" decision on Tuesday had led to "chaotic" scenes and about 300 children were sent home.
Another parent, whose daughter was sent home but could not attend on Wednesday due to a hospital appointment, said she will be sending her daughter to school in the same shoes regardless of whether they are accepted.
Baverstock Academy would not say how many pupils were sent home on Tuesday and has not commented about why Mrs Alder's children's shoes are now acceptable.
Defending the initial decision to send pupils home, interim executive principal Sylvia Thomas said enough notice of the changes had been given, adding parents had given their support to her over the new rules.
They are designed to help overcome the problem of inertia - the seemingly stubborn refusal of more than 17 million UK households to switch energy suppliers regularly, despite the large potential savings available to those which do.
Ministers and regulators endlessly encourage non-switchers to seek out better deals for gas and electricity as the key to forcing the energy market to become more consumer-friendly.
But with fewer than 15% of households switching last year, this strategy seems not to be working.
The way the energy market now operates, people who switch suppliers benefit from the attractive low-price deals companies offer new customers.
Those who rarely or never switch mostly end up paying companies' notoriously expensive Standard Variable Tariffs (SVTs).
In a recent report on the energy market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found households on SVTs pay around £330 a year more than people who switched.
This gap has been growing - three years earlier, the difference was less than £200.
At Voltz, a smartphone-based switching service launched last year, head of operations Florian Ritzmann believes a key cause of inertia is distrust.
"The switching market has been poisoned by its past," he says.
"Doorstep mis-selling, fines for suppliers which mistreat customers, and comparison websites which allegedly withhold information from companies which don't pay commission have all helped spread mistrust among customers."
Most damaging of all, Mr Ritzmann says, is the way most energy companies switch customers back to expensive SVTs as soon as lower-priced deals run out.
"With energy," he says, "loyalty has never been rewarded."
As with conventional switching sites, once customers enter their basic contact details, energy supplier, consumption and tariff, the Voltz app will set out all the deals on offer and how much switching supplier should cut bills.
And, if a customer does decide to switch, with companies which pay Voltz commission, the process can be done on the app with a press of a button. With other suppliers, Voltz provides a button to let users call them directly to arrange a switch themselves.
For people who don't want to be bothered with switching at all, another new service, Flipper, will not only identify the best deals for its customers but switch suppliers on their behalf.
Flipper's co-founder and chief executive Talal Fathallah says once customers have signed up, their service takes care of everything.
Customers don't even have to know how much energy they use.
"We pull in your consumption data directly from your energy provider from your online account, or if you don't have one, we'll set one up for you," he says.
"We then find you a quote within one working day. You then will get an email telling you who your new provider is and information about your new deal."
Everything, Mr Fathallah says, including the choice of new supplier and the switching process itself, happens automatically.
Flipper's systems then regularly check users' accounts and, if better deals appear, it switches them again - automatically.
But automatic switching isn't the only big difference between Flipper and other switching services. Flipper doesn't take commission from the energy suppliers they switch users to.
Instead, it charges a £25 annual subscription which is only paid if a user gets savings of £50 or more.
"We've been offered commission by some energy companies," Mr Fathallah says, "but we turned it down because there would be a real conflict of interest issue for us."
Though it's still early days for Flipper and Voltz, both services are enjoying favourable reviews from what they claim to be a rapidly growing customer base.
As other new services join them - some are already up and running - it looks likely that the smart switching idea may catch on, perhaps finally providing a way to reduce the inertia which costs so many UK customers so much extra money on their gas and electricity bills.
Gerard Singer, 69, was found guilty of abusing former pupils at St George's School, based in Norfolk and then Suffolk, between 1978 and 1981.
One witness said he was given wine, tied face down to a bed and awoke with a "pain in his bottom".
Singer was convicted of 27 offences, including performing oral sex and gross indecency.
Prosecutor David Wilson told Ipswich Crown Court Singer "abused his position of trust" while a teacher at the school, which was first based at Wicklewood, Norfolk, and then Great Finborough in Suffolk.
The court heard Singer, who lives in northern France, was employed as a language teacher at St George's, which moved to Suffolk in 1980 when the Wicklewood school became girls only.
Mr Wilson said the teacher took advantage of his position by "befriending pupils before then engaging in acts of a serious sexual nature".
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He said gifts including a calculator and sweets were given to pupils to win their favour and the abuse also happened on trips abroad.
Mr Wilson said Singer left the country in 1981 after he had been confronted about the abuse.
The court heard that in 1998 he was convicted of offences of sexual aggression on minors under the age of 15 in France, relating to offences committed between 1994 and 1997.
He is due to be sentenced on the week beginning 29 August.
Suffolk Police began an investigation in 2009 when former pupils of St George's made allegations about abuse during their time at the school.
Former headmaster Derek Slade was found guilty in 2010 of abusing 12 boys and was jailed for 21 years. He died in March.
Alan Brigden, who taught maths at the school, was jailed for five years in 2012 after admitting 14 sex crimes against two boys.
In 2011 another teacher, Alan Williams, killed himself after being arrested on suspicion of sex assaults at St George's, when it was at Great Finborough, in the 1980s.
One victim, Gary, 48, who was abused by Singer when he was an 11-year-old child, said the verdict made him feel "he had been believed".
"The abuse affects me in many ways and how you live your life," he said.
"Always in the back of my mind for me is the trust issue...it has been difficult to trust another person. It has been very difficult, almost impossible, to have trust in a person because at school I had trust in a person and was abused.
"We can only learn from this. It's important people do come forward."
Speaking after Singer was convicted, Det Con Karen Crowther said: "This trial brings to a close one of the longest child sex abuse investigations carried out by Suffolk Police.
"I hope that now these matters have been dealt with it will help them to deal with the awful events that took place at St George's school."
Phillip Simelane, from Walsall, stabbed the teenager in a random attack as she made her way to school in March.
He had been released from prison, unsupervised, three months before the attack - despite warning signs over the state of his mental health.
The 23-year-old admitted manslaughter in a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court.
Mrs Justice Thirlwell, sentencing Simelane, said it was "likely to be a life-long order".
The judge added: "It is made for the nature of the offence and necessary to protect the public from serious harm."
She also expressed concern that Simelane had not been receiving treatment at the time of the killing.
Christina had been travelling to Leasowes High School in Halesowen on the number 9 bus, two weeks after her 16th birthday, when she was attacked.
Simelane, who was sitting behind her on the upper deck, stabbed her in the chest as he walked past to get off.
He was arrested a few hours after the attack following an extensive manhunt.
Simelane had previously been in prison for threatening his own mother with a knife. West Midlands Police said they had been called to his mother's address in Walsall about 20 times.
Seven days after completing a 101-day prison term for the threats, he was convicted for interfering with a vehicle and possessing cocaine. He was released from jail on 13 December.
But, according to the police, because the crimes were deemed minor offences there was no policy to monitor Simelane after he left jail.
During his time in prison, concerns were raised about his mental health and notes were put on his police file for suicide and self-harming risk, as well as for violence and weapons use.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provided psychiatric assessments for Simelane during his prison term.
Girl's killer threatened own mother
It said it was conducting an external review, commissioned by Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group, on behalf of all agencies involved in treating him.
In a statement, the trust promised a "thorough investigation", adding "we will seek to learn from and fully implement these findings across the healthcare providers involved".
Supt Richard Baker, who led the initial police investigation, said police and prison services were also carrying out reviews to determine what, if anything, could have been done to prevent Christina's death.
He said: "It was immediately apparent that Simelane suffered from mental health issues, and to this day we have not been able to interview him about what happened that day."
In court, Simelane entered his plea in front of more than 30 of Christina's friends and family, many wearing purple ribbons - Christina's favourite colour.
Speaking afterwards, Christina's great uncle Chris Melia said: "We have no sense of vengeance or revenge. We just want him out of the way and [to] remember Christina.
"The authorities didn't help him, [they] just let him out of the prison door and let him go, just abandoned him.
"If there had been some help and authority he wouldn't have been on the bus."
Prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith said CCTV captured Simelane carrying a white plastic bag containing what prosecutors said was a knife, 10in to 12in in length.
He said within seconds of Christina boarding the bus "the defendant got up and moved forwards three seats and pulled out the knife, which he then hid".
Simelane then walked towards where Christina was sitting, "leant closer to her", stabbed her and started to walk off, the court heard.
"Such was the nature of the attack, nobody else on the upper deck realised what had happened until Christina reacted," Mr Grieves-Smith said.
Other passengers on the bus tried to treat and comfort Christina before paramedics arrived within minutes.
She was stabbed at about 07:30 and was confirmed dead about 30 minutes later.
Following her death, friends gathered by Hagley Road in Birmingham to lay flowers in Christina's memory, while many more were left outside her school's gates.
A memorial garden dedicated to Christina is due to be opened at her former school on Thursday.
Speaking on behalf of the family, the great uncle said Christina was a "bright, beautiful girl" who was looking forward to her school prom and loved sports.
He added: "Her headmaster said, 'if a school could choose its pupils it would be full of Christinas'.
"Now the family asks the question - when this man was discharged from prison on 13 December 2012, why was the recommendation, made a few weeks earlier by mental health experts, that he be supervised after release whilst adjusting to life back in the community, not followed up?"
The 34-year-old scored his 12th goal of the season against League One leaders Sheffield United on Saturday.
But the striker, who has made 181 Cobblers appearances over two spells, is out of contract in the summer.
"I wouldn't have moved my family to the area if I didn't think there was a connection there," said Richards.
"Hopefully I'll pick a couple more goals before the end of the season. Who knows what might happen?"
Saturday's 2-1 defeat by the Blades - promoted to the Championship as a consequence - left Edinburgh's side six points above the relegation places with five games remaining.
And Richards has said the club are not "safe at the moment" going into Friday's match away at play-off hopefuls Millwall.
"We still need a point at least," Richards told BBC Radio Northampton.
"It's going to be tough at Millwall - they're doing OK in the league and it's always a hard place to go. We'll do well to get anything from there."
In an NHS staff survey at East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 42% of staff said they were targeted in 2014.
The trust, which runs hospitals in Ashford, Canterbury, Margate, Dover, is in special measures.
It said it had done work to address the issues found by the survey and identified by the health watchdog.
The number of staff who said they were bullied has risen from 31% in 2013.
It was put into special measures last September because of "serious failures" in patient safety.
The trust runs the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford; the Kent and Canterbury in Canterbury; the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) in Margate; the Buckland in Dover; and the Royal Victoria in Folkestone.
Sandra Le Blanc, director of human resources at the trust, said: "The questionnaires were completed... a matter of weeks after the trust was put into special measures following the publication of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) report.
"The results [of the survey] reflect where we were then as a trust, because bullying was identified as an issue in the CQC report," she said.
"We've done quite a lot of work since then to address some of the issues raised in the report."
She said a confidential phone line was set up for staff following the report and managers were putting in a programme of "good working practices".
Ms Le Blanc said she was unable to comment on why the number of staff reported being bullied had risen from 31% in 2013 to 42% in 2014.
"Bullying is a very complex issue. It's not just about the managers, it's also about staff's behaviours with other staff."
Dechreuodd adroddiadau gyrraedd y gwasanaethau brys brynhawn Sadwrn, fod tiroedd yn llosgi ar fynyddoedd Penrhys yn Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Daeth mwy o adroddiadau nos Sadwrn o danau gwair ym Maesteg, Sir Pen-y-bont, Cwmparc ger Treorci, ac ar Fynydd y Rhiw ym Mhen Llŷn.
Dywedodd Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru eu bod wedi eu galw i 36 o danau gwair dros y 24 awr ddiwethaf, a bod y mwyafrif wedi eu dechrau yn fwriadol.
Mae'r gwasanaethau brys yn dweud fod gwyntiodd uchel wedi ei gwneud yn anoddach ymateb i'r tanau, ond bod y mwyafrif dan reolaeth erbyn hyn.
Scotland's busiest motorway becomes an A-road for a six-mile stretch between Baillieston and Newhouse.
Labour MSP Wendy Alexander said ministers had sat on the conclusions of two reports on upgrading the A8.
The Paisley North MSP said work should have been completed by 2010 but that had now slipped to 2013/2014.
The Scottish government said the work on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow road may be carried out with other schemes to offer best value to the public.
Ms Alexander said a public inquiry into the proposals was held in 2008 and the reporter's conclusions were submitted to Scottish ministers in October of that year.
The former Scottish Labour leader said a separate report on the M8/M73/M74 improvements was submitted to ministers on 24 July 2009.
"The SNP government needs to explain why it is taking so long to make a decision on the upgrade of the A8," she said.
"Ministers have been sitting on more than one inquiry report for the past year and this project is in danger of slipping further and further behind the original timetable.
"Completing the M8 is vital for motorists who commute in and around Glasgow and Lanarkshire and to Edinburgh. Why have SNP ministers sat on their hands for 20 months and 12 months following receipt of Inquiry reports?"
A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said: "We expect to announce a decision shortly.
"Subject to approval of the M8 Baillieston to Newhouse scheme, Transport Scotland is considering packaging the M8/M73/M74 improvements and the proposed M74 Junction 5 Raith works to provide best value for the public."
George Coppen, 19, who is 3ft 10ins (1.17m) tall, was told last year 75% of his payments would be stopped.
Mr Coppen, whose car was taken a week before his driving test, won his case at a hearing in his home city of Derby.
The government said decisions are often overturned "because claimants provide more evidence".
Updates on this story and more from Derbyshire
Mr Coppen, from Mickleover, was informed of the news by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) after he was reassessed for personal independence payments (PIPs) in November.
He fought his case with Disability Direct and has now joined the charity's board of trustees in the hope of helping other disabled people in similar situations.
"It was an absolute nightmare," he said. "I had my test a week later and I couldn't keep my car which was so annoying.
"I've got arthritis and metal rods in my back... it took away my independence."
Mr Coppen, who was able to use his instructor's car to pass his test, has urged similarly affected people to "carry on fighting".
Amo Raju, chief executive of Disability Direct in Derby, said he was "delighted" for Mr Coppen.
"He can be a massive inspiration in getting people to feel confident enough to take their cases on," Mr Raju said.
A DWP spokesman said: "Just because a new decision has been made at appeal stage, it does not mean the previous decision was incorrect.
"In the majority of appeal cases, decisions are overturned because claimants provide more evidence."
Nearly 14,000 disabled people who rely on a specialist motoring allowance have had their cars taken away following government welfare changes.
A row over PIPs sparked the resignation of former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith earlier this month.
Denis William Mackie, 55, took more than £53,000 from the accounts of clients to pay his mortgage.
He admitted abusing a position of trust for his own gain.
The court heard Mackie transferred the bulk of the money into his mortgage account.
Mackie, of Bristow Drive in the Gilnahirk area of Belfast, voluntarily resigned from Law Society Financial Advice in 2014 after 23 years.
The court heard Mackie transferred the bulk of the money into his mortgage account.
But while Mackie was in debt, he lived beyond his means, holidaying in Hawaii, Las Vegas, Portugal and Malaga, as well as taking several hotel breaks on shorter holidays.
The court also heard he was afraid of losing his two children after the breakdown of his marriage and attended to their financial needs.
The judge said Mackie had not led what the prosecution said was an extravagant lifestyle; instead he had spent most of the money - £50,000 - on paying his mortgage.
The court was told that Mackie had shown real and valid remorse and had paid the money back after drawing down funds from his pension.
Mackie, whom the court was told had socially isolated himself because of the shame he felt, was jailed on Wednesday.
The judge at Belfast Crown Court said despite an early guilty plea and other mitigating factors he was handing down a jail sentence as a deterrent to others who held a similar position of trust.
Mackie will spend a further six months on licence.
10 February 2016 Last updated at 06:53 GMT
The properties in Bolton have suffered due to drainage problems in nearby land owned by water company United Utilities, and broken culverts under the ground.
The problems first began during the deluge that hit many parts of the region over Christmas.
United Utilities has apologised to the residents and repairs are under way.
Stuart Flinders from BBC North West Tonight reports.
On Facebook, Penny Sparrow used the word to describe New Year's revellers on Durban's beach because of the mess she said they made.
She was condemned by many on social media and the hashtag #RacismMustFall was trending on Twitter.
The South African Human Rights Commission is now investigating the comments, the News24 website reports.
Ms Sparrow took down the original post and replaced it with an apology saying that "everyone makes mistakes".
She tried to clarify her remarks in an interview with News24 saying: "I made the mistake of comparing them [black people] with monkeys. Monkeys are cute and they're naughty, but they [black people] don't see it that way, but I do because I love animals."
Leading politicians have also got involved in the row.
It emerged that Ms Sparrow is a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and its leader Mmusi Maimane tweeted that the "comments are racist. They are an insult to me and to our party."
The DA said in a statement that it has laid criminal charges against her "for infringing the dignity of all South Africans and for dehumanising black South Africans".
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula tweeted that Ms Sparrow was "an unrepentant racist".
Spokesperson for the South African Human Rights Commission Isaac Mangena said that its own investigation could lead to legal steps, News24 reports.
"It is very concerning to the Commission that 22 years into democracy there are still comments and actions that incite and promote racism.
"These utterances have gone viral and angered many. They open the wounds of millions who were formerly oppressed by the apartheid government."
Apartheid, which legally enforced a racial hierarchy privileging white South Africans, ended in 1994 with the election of the country's first democratic government.
I am in Freetown and I feel truly free.
Free from the pressures and pretensions of life in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, where the struggles of the middle class are over who drives the latest model of which car, and who lives in the poshest neighbourhood.
In Nairobi, many people, especially the young, are obsessed with the nauseating celebrity culture, whose lifestyle glitters so much it can blind you.
Landing from the heights of Nairobi's razzle-dazzle, Freetown humbles you.
First, if your heart was in your mouth as the aeroplane shook and trembled in the rainy season, then your heart will be in your hand on the ground as you take the ferry from Lungi International Airport, to Freetown.
You can tell who is a foreigner by the strained look in their faces, as the small ferry dances and slices across the waves.
I have been waiting to get to Sierra Leone for the last 20 years. I reported on the country since the early 1990s, from the safety of London.
I played my favourite Sierra Leonean music on the BBC Network Africa breakfast show, but never made it to Freetown. So when an opportunity arose, to come and train young journalists at the Africa Young Voices TV station, I seized it with both hands and feet!
Alighting from the ferry at Freetown, you can immediately tell the state of unemployment in the country, by the vast number of baggage handlers employed by the ferry companies.
The drive through the streets immediately brings home the effects of more than a decade of civil war, and the tragedy that was Ebola.
The city is overcrowded, with lots of informal settlements, and the infrastructure is bursting at the seams.
There is a serious problem of waste management. The current government, which has put a lot of effort into infrastructure projects and stabilising the economy, has its work cut out.
The people of Freetown are desperate to be free from the threats of disease.
Joseph Warungu:
"As soon as we began to talk politics, my spirit was brought crashing down"
But it is in my interactions with people that lift my spirits. They do not call it "Sweet Salone" for no reason.
The people here are warm, friendly and generous. And whether it is as a result of trying to forget the pain of the past or not, it is clear they love to have a good time.
Everywhere you go, you will find clubs and social places where people gather to set themselves free from the struggles of the week through great music, dance, food and laughter.
So I have had more than my fair share of Jollof rice and cassava leaves. For an east African, the pepper in the food is on the side of plenty-oh, and so a glass of water is always at hand - much to the amusement of my hosts.
I run a national mentorship programme for young journalists in Kenya in the form of a TV programme called Top Story. So I became completely at home when I eventually began to train the young Sierra Leonean journalists and broadcasters.
Their hunger for knowledge and skills and enthusiasm sent me on a high. But as soon as we began to talk politics, my spirit was brought crashing down.
Like my own country and many others in Africa, corruption is a big threat to the people.
Like Kenya, here too society is divided into the two rival sides that will be seeking office in the next election. And the issues are exactly the same - a high cost of living, unemployment and demands for better governance.
After my first week here, I was ready to explore some of the key towns whose names have been on my lips as a broadcast journalist in the last 20 years - Bo, Makeni, Kabala, Kenema and Koidu…
Then I will perhaps be ready to re-engage with the rat-race of life and the paralysing traffic of Nairobi.
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Brown was beaten in Sunday's women's compound final by Russian Stepanida Artakhinova while in the men's compound open decider Stubbs lost to world champion Philippe Horner of Switzerland.
"Although it's disappointing when you don't win, it's probably the best thing that could happen to me," Brown told BBC Sport.
"I am going to go home and train so hard so it doesn't happen again."
The event saw 56 of the world's top Paralympic archers competing in seven categories at the venue, which will also host the sport during the Games themselves.
As well as the silvers for Brown and Stubbs, there was also a bronze for Britain's John Cavanagh in the compound W1 event.
The 13-strong GB team for London will be finalised later this month with the second selection shoot on 19 and 20 May at Lilleshall and both Brown and Stubbs, who led their categories after the first shoot was curtailed by bad weather, are keen to have the chance to defend their Paralympic titles.
"Although this event is important, it has been a big distraction because we still have the selection shoot ahead of us and we all want to do well at that to ensure we get to the Games themselves," said Stubbs.
"This test event has been good for us and it has helped us to see the venue and the facilities and it was important for us to be part of it. It is a work in progress but we are pleased.
"My final here could have been a bit better but I've learned from it and hopefully that experience will help me in the future and I can kick on. I was ranked first at the first selection shoot and I want to win my place on the team and be here at the Games."
Brown, who won team gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, had the added pressure of playing a key role in the Olympic Stadium opening ceremony on Saturday where she showed her archery skills in front of the 40,000-strong crowd and admitted it may have had an impact on her preparations for the test event.
"Having the chance to do that was an amazing opportunity. I honestly don't think it helped with the competition but I'm glad I did it," she said.
"However, there is no point in peaking at this event if you don't get to the Games themselves so in effect the selection events are the most important.
"I beat Stepanida at the Worlds last year but her shooting was down on what she did there and mine was a long way down.
"Sometimes losing is a better motivator than winning and I will make sure my arrows are all in the middle next time."
The 62-year-old now faces up to 20 years in prison for each count.
Prosecutors say he received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to award lucrative marketing rights to his country's World Cup qualifying matches to a Florida based company.
He was arrested in Guatemala in January and later extradited to the US.
He is among more than 40 individuals and entities from around the globe charged as part of a major corruption investigation at Fifa - the world governing body of world football.
Brayan Jimenez was head of the Guatemalan Football Federation (Fedefut) from 2010 until last year.
US prosecutors say he and former Fedefut Secretary-General Hector Trujillo took a "six-digit bribe" to sell the television rights to qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup.
Mr Trujillo was arrested in the US in 2015.
The US Department of Justice has said it asked for the arrests because the alleged offences were "agreed and prepared in the United States" and payments were also processed via American banks.
"The whole royal family are thrilled and the Crown Princess is doing well," royal spokeswoman Annika Soennerberg told AFP news agency.
The princess married Daniel Westling, 37 - her long-time partner and former fitness instructor - in June last year.
Sweden's heiress-apparent, 34, is extremely popular in Sweden.
Several recent surveys suggest a majority of Swedes would like to see her father King Carl XVI Gustaf - who has been embroiled in multiple scandals over alleged affairs and wild parties - abdicate in favour of his daughter.
The country's tabloids immediately went into a frenzy over the news, reports said.
On its website, the royal court said there was no need at present for the princess to alter her official schedule for 2011 due to her pregnancy.
"It is with great joy that I receive the news that the Crown Princess and Prince Daniel are expecting a child," Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said in a statement.
"You have a fantastic experience to look forward to and I want to send you both my most heartfelt congratulations."
The new baby, who will be the king and queen's first grandchild, will be second in line to the throne.
Victoria became the first in line to the throne in 1980, with a legal change that introduced equal primogeniture.
Marine Harry Robinson was recognised for his response to the incident in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province which left one British soldier dead and six injured.
The 24-year-old helped the injured despite being shot at by the gunman.
He received the award from the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace.
Marine Robinson said: "We were under fire for most of it. I have no idea how I didn't get shot because I wasn't being tactical in any way.
"I was on my knee just treating and then standing up and running to the next bloke."
Marine Robinson, of Taunton-based 40 Commando, said it was "almost pitch black" at the time and he was mostly "feeling for injuries" in the dark because using his torch attracted more gunfire.
After all the casualties had been assessed he remained with a survivor who had been shot six times.
The medic added: "The simple fact is you're the medic and you've got to treat him and you want to do the best job you can for that lad, everything else goes out of the window."
Sapper Richard Walker, a member of 28 Engineer Regiment attached to 21 Engineer Regiment, was killed in the incident on January 7 last year.
The 23-year-old was working on a construction task as part of preparations to hand the camp over to Afghan security forces.
The Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Military Cross is awarded to all ranks of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force in recognition of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land.
But should you be worried - and what can you do to protect yourself in the future?
"Don't panic," security expert Graham Cluley told the BBC, although he does add that there are plenty of reasons to be concerned.
People might suppose the breach is unlikely to affect them because the attack happened three years ago and there was no widely reported abuse of the data in the meantime.
However, hackers might have targeted users' emails.
Yahoo has also said it is investigating a later, separate issue that might have made some accounts accessible without passwords.
"Your email account is the central hub of your entire online existence - if they own that they can ask for password resets on other accounts you have online as well," explains Mr Cluley.
Plus, anyone using their account for work purposes - such as sending professional documents back and forth in attachments - could in theory become a target of industrial espionage.
Even if accounts could only be accessed with passwords, the way they were encrypted is less secure than more modern techniques, according to Mr Cluley.
He adds that it is possible the data, including names, telephone numbers and dates of birth, will - or already has - become available to buyers on the dark net, although so far there has been no evidence of this.
Security expert and writer Brian Krebs said in a blog, "For years I have been urging friends and family to migrate off of Yahoo email, mainly because the company appeared to fall far behind its peers in blocking spam and other email-based attacks."
Yahoo has reassured its users: "We continuously enhance our safeguards and systems that detect and prevent unauthorised access to user account."
Some may not think of themselves as Yahoo users but the firm provides some BT and Sky customers' email accounts.
"We are urgently investigating this with them," BT said in an online statement, in which it also advised those who had a BT Yahoo email account in August 2013 to reset their password.
Sky said it was advising Sky.com email account users to change their passwords and security question answers.
It's also worth remembering that Yahoo acquired Flickr in 2005.
Yahoo has said, though, that accounts for Tumblr - which it also owns - would not have been affected.
"Don't just change your Yahoo password," says Mr Cluley.
That is the place to start, but once this password is changed, he also recommends changing your password on all other accounts you use and making sure that you use a different one for each.
Security question answers such as "what is your mother's maiden name?" should also be altered.
It sounds like a lot of bother, but security experts are increasingly recommending that people use a simple password manager program such as Password Chef, LastPass or 1password.
Two-factor authentication allows users to verify logging in via, for example, entering a separate code sent to their mobile phone.
But the idea that online security stops with password management is outdated, says security expert Prof Alan Woodward at the University of Surrey.
"We're past that now," he says, adding that security professionals tend to enter fake information about themselves to online forms unless they can avoid it.
"I'm like the Queen, I have two birthdays - my online birthday and my real birthday," explains Prof Woodward.
"Do I give my real address? No - only for financial purposes like billing."
Yahoo accounts do allow users to see recent activity - for example, which computers were used to log in and where in the world they were located. Users can check this for any suspicious behaviour.
If users do want to move away from Yahoo after recent breaches, news site The Parallax recently wrote advice on how to do this.
Robert Geach, 54, fell into a filtration tank at the Falmouth Water Treatment Works in December 2013.
An inspector from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had raised concerns in 2009 about railing heights, trip hazards and working alone.
South West Water said since Mr Geach's death they have made further changes.
Mr Geach was working alone, unblocking a filter, when he fell. The inquest heard he had removed a grid that gave him access to valves above a sand filtration tank.
Bob Trivett, a senior manager at South West Water, said a system was in place where an alarm would be activated if an automated call was not answered by lone workers.
He said on the evening Mr Geach died it was 90 minutes after he did not respond to a call before someone was sent to find out what had happened.
He said since Mr Geach's death they have made changes to the lone working procedure so if staff feel a task is too dangerous they are now encouraged to ask a colleague to join them.
Following the 2009 HSE concerns South West Water carried out risk assessments as sites including Falmouth.
Mr Trivett said Mr Geech himself had told an asset technician doing the assessment that the company did not do anything in the sand filtration tank, so it was not risk assessed.
The inquest continues in Truro.
Edward Chilufya finally broke the deadlock in the 108th minute as he headed home Proper Chiluya's free-kick.
Play had to be stopped for six minutes during extra-time after teargas fired outside the stadium filtered inside.
The Zambians will meet either Senegal or Guinea, who meet in Ndola on Thursday, in Sunday's final.
Zambia's previous best finish in the tournament was a fourth-placed finish in 2007.
The team also reached the semi-finals of the competition's forerunner, the African Under-21 Championship, in both 1991 and 1999.
Like the host nation, neither the Senegalese nor Guineans have ever won the tournament before.
The television pundit took over for the post-split matches, replacing Paul Hartley after a run of seven defeats.
McCann steered his former club to safety, winning two and drawing one before finishing with two losses.
"I'm very proud to be involved with the team to get us out of trouble but I'm not proud to be associated with that," he said after the rout in Hamilton.
"Hamilton looked hungrier. They were aggressive and I have to question the desire of the players and the will. That's nothing to do with tactics.
"Both of our centre-halves were forced to play with muscle tears but there's no excuse for a performance like that.
"Hamilton wanted it more, they got it, and I'm embarrassed by the result.
"I happy that we're safe. That's the only consolation. The first three games, the boys were exceptional.
"In this league, if you are not up to the challenge and go and meet it head on, then you'll get rolled over."
Asked if the performance may have an influence on his decision to take up the position on a permanent basis, McCann replied: "Maybe.
"I have to take into consideration all of the five games," he said.
"And I'm a Sky employee. They've allowed me to come out of this job to do this one and the objective has been met. I've managed to keep the club in the Premiership.
"But that's not the way I wanted to finish the season. That was not acceptable.
"I'm not in a position to discuss my future right now. I'm still hurting about that result.
"That's something that I'm going to carry now for a long time because that's not something you want to be associated with."
The 11-year-old girl's dog was attacked on the King George V playing fields in Brickfields Road, Worcester.
Police appealed for information following the incident between 14:30 and 15:00 BST on 23 September.
They are trying to trace the owner, who is in his 30s, tall, with a large build and bald head.
Hook joined veteran scrum-half Mike Phillips and experienced hooker Richard Hibbard in being among the first eight players to be omitted.
Seven more will go when coach Warren Gatland finalises his squad on 31 August.
"I don't think Anscombe has proven enough at that level," said Davies.
Hook's versatility has counted against him according to former dual-code international Davies.
But the former Neath, Llanelli and Cardiff rugby union fly-half says 78-times capped Hook has also been guilty of "trying too hard" when given chances to impress in his favoured 10 jersey.
Davies wonders if Gloucester's Hook will have the "appetite" to continue battling to win Gatland's vote.
"It will be a call for James because he knows that he's maybe not what they want to play in that structural game," Davies told BBC Radio Wales sport.
The decision to add Phillips and Hibbard to those omitted amounted to "a bit of a shock" to Davies "because very rarely does Gatland make huge changes".
He added: "There's young scrum-halves coming up.
"Rhys Webb has taken his opportunity, Rhodri Williams [not a squad member], Lloyd Williams, Gareth Davies - there's enough strength there now.
"Are they looking for a sharper game away from that area because none of them has the physicality of Mike, but maybe they're a bit sharper than Mike around the base?"
And Davies felt Hibbard playing for Gloucester may have had an influence as Gatland pondered his hookers.
"Hibbard… he's gone to Gloucester, Scott Baldwin's done well, Ken Owens is back [from injury] so I suppose it's just a preference call for them."
Former Wales centre Tom Shanklin believes Gatland should have held on to the British and Irish Lions trio, whose combined total caps is 218.
Shanklin said: "They all offer a lot to the squad. You look at the experience that Mike Phillips brings, it way outweighs the other scrum-halves that are there.
"James Hook's utility could benefit the squad, he can play centre, ten or 15.
"And you look at Richard Hibbard and the physical edge that he brings.
"[These are] three big calls by Warren Gatland. We know he's not afraid of big calls but it took me by surprise."
Ex-Wales hooker Mefin Davies - like Shanklin, a 2005 Grand Slam winner - says after the initial shock over Hibbard, came a less worried realisation over that position.
"After reflecting on the reaction you've just got to realise, really, that Ken Owens and Scott Baldwin are still in the camp and they are very good hookers and have done well for Wales.
"Kristian Dacey is there as a youngster, very inexperienced, but he played a lot for Cardiff Blues last season."
The DUP leader said: "More and more people in Northern Ireland want to maintain the status quo."
Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said the United Kingdom would "never be the same again".
He said a similar debate to the "exciting and enthralling" one in Scotland was possible.
"I think we could do the same here, and we can do it without opening up divisions that would be detrimental to the institutions which we are part of at the moment," he said.
However, Mr Robinson said: "The law requires the secretary of state to be convinced there is the possibility of change - every opinion poll is going in the opposite direction."
He added: "I don't run away from any ballot that allows the people of Northern Ireland to determine what's best for them - I have no doubt what the outcome would be."
Mr McGuinness said "things have changed utterly", and Stormont politicians "need to have a united voice in entering into future discussions" on taxation and government spending.
"What we need to do is find a large measure of agreement on what extra powers we think can benefit the people that we represent, including fiscal powers," he said.
Mr McGuinness added: "From our perspective, we would want to enter that debate, recognising that there will be in all probability a commonality of approach between the Scots, the Welsh and ourselves.
"Our job here is that we have to have a united approach - can we get that? I think it is absolutely achievable."
However, Mr Robinson said: "I would always be more impressed when people ask for the transfer of full fiscal powers if they had shown a competence in dealing with the powers that we have.
"There is no point in giving to an executive more powers to manage their finances if they are not capable of taking difficult decisions with the powers they have."
The issue of implementing welfare reform in Northern Ireland has divided the parties in recent months.
Mr McGuinness said: "I'm not fighting with Peter Robinson and the DUP over welfare cuts - my argument is with David Cameron and the decision that his government took to bring that hammer blow down on us after we negotiated a programme for government."
Mr Robinson said the pledges made by the three Westminster party leaders in the days before the referendum would not change the issue.
"What is likely to be the limit of anything that would happen in Scotland in the issue of welfare reform is that they would have the same power as we have and the same ability that we have to top up any arrangements that have been agreed at a UK level," he said.
"That means that you have to find the money yourself.
"I'm happy to look at powers but that has to go alongside a mechanism to deal with those powers in an effective and efficient manner.
"If you have those kind of powers, you can't have deadlock in your executive."
Mr Robinson discussed the implications of the Scottish vote with his Welsh counterpart Carwyn Jones on Friday
Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "delighted" by the outcome of the vote, and the UK must now work to ensure Northern Ireland's devolved institutions function effectively.
"Just as Scotland will vote separately in the Scottish parliament on their issues of tax, spending and welfare, so too England, as well as Wales and Northern Ireland, should be able to vote on these issues and all this must take place in tandem with and at the same pace as the settlement for Scotland."
BBC Radio Ulster's Talkback and Evening Extra will be live from Scotland on Friday.
BBC Newsline's Tara Mills will be joined in Edinburgh by BBC NI's political correspondent Gareth Gordon to report on the reaction in Scotland to the referendum result on Newsline at 13:30 BST and 18:30 BST on Friday.
Many walk for days in sweltering conditions to reach El Rocio, normally home to fewer than 2,000 inhabitants. Others ride horses or travel in carts pulled by oxen or mules.
They are all brought together by the collective desire to worship a 13th Century effigy known as the Virgin of Rocio.
At first glance, it looks like a ritual that has gone unchanged for centuries.
But in recent years - behind the flamenco dresses, religious fervour and cold beer - there has been a cloud of controversy concerning the welfare of the animals taking part.
Since 2000, more than 230 horses, mules and oxen have perished during the week-long festivities, and many more have suffered non-fatal injuries.
In 2008 the number of equine deaths peaked at 25, causing an outcry among animal welfare charities which continue to highlight the fatalities.
The pilgrimage to El Rocio takes place in the late spring Andalusian sunshine, with temperatures already reaching more than 35C.
Between 12,000 and 15,000 horses, mules and donkeys and their charges pick their way across the region in large religious groups called "hermandades", pitching camp along route.
These extreme conditions and long days directly contribute to the equine deaths. Horses are most vulnerable because of a more sensitive disposition and as they are susceptible to colic, which can prove fatal.
"It's unavoidable that some animals die during the pilgrimage, despite the best efforts of their owners," says Lt Jose Alfaro, the head of Seprona, the wildlife and environmental protection arm of the Civil Guard in the province of Huelva.
He does, however, acknowledge that animals rented out are most at risk of mistreatment.
"The rented horses are often very old, injured or lame and their owners less concerned about their care," he says.
"Just last year pilgrims called Seprona to report an unidentified horse cadaver left abandoned en route.
"Our officers tracked down the horse's owner via its chip and discovered that it had been lent to an acquaintance, who failed to report its death when it had died along the way, which in itself is an offence."
Despite the continuing problems, this year's pilgrimage saw a significant drop in fatalities.
The eight deaths were the lowest since 2002.
That could in part be due to the cooler temperatures this year, but it could also be down to police and local authorities cooperating with animal welfare charities, which set up an onsite veterinary hospital for the first time.
The Refugio del Burrito charity and the UK's Donkey Sanctuary sent a 30-strong team of vets and animal welfare specialists, who treated almost 200 animals affected by injuries, exhaustion and dehydration.
Many of the animals had suffered neglect and cruelty, and several considered to be in danger were taken away.
Lt Alfaro said the "Romeros" (the Spanish name for pilgrims to El Rocio) had previously been suspicious of the charity volunteers "wearing blue t-shirts".
"This year most of them welcomed their presence and voluntarily brought their injured animals to the hospital for treatment," he said.
But there was still a significantly high number of cases of cruelty among rented horses and mules.
In one of the worst cases, two hired mules collapsed after 16 hours of carrying around revellers without rest.
The animals were treated by the charity vets and, with the assistance of the local authorities, were confiscated from their owner, who is now facing a fine.
But Lt Alfaro is buoyed by this year's "successes".
"I think it's wrong to focus on the deaths during El Rocio," he says.
"One should concentrate on the general impression of the animals' welfare, which this year has been much better.
"This year we've had no criminal offences for animal cruelty where an animal's life has been in danger, but 29 individuals have been reported for lesser cases of ill treatment or neglect.
"Next year we hope to bring that figure down even further."
Details of last Friday's incident have only just emerged.
Work at the site was halted this Friday afternoon to give all workers a refresher on health and safety.
Construction firm Morgan Sindall said it was conducting an internal investigation into the circumstances of the accident.
A spokesman for Aberdeen City Council added: "The responsibility for the site and the construction programme, as well as for reporting and investigating incidents, sits with the contractor Morgan Sindall Group.
"The health, safety and wellbeing of all those working on projects associated with Aberdeen City Council is of paramount importance to us and we will be kept informed by the contractor."
The £107m office, leisure and hotel development is due for completion in the summer.
Earlier this week, BBC Scotland revealed that only 10% of office space had been taken up for lease.
Witnesses said a motorcyclist placed a device on an embassy car in Delhi, causing a blast that hurt four people - one seriously. A bomb underneath a diplomat's car in Tbilisi was defused.
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran was behind both incidents.
But Iranian officials denied the claims as "sheer lies".
One of the victims of the Delhi bombing, the wife of a defence ministry official, was in a "critical but stable" condition, according to AFP news agency. It quoted a doctor as saying she had undergone spinal surgery.
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Mr Netanyahu told a meeting of his Likud party MPs that there had been "two attempts of terrorism against innocent civilians".
"Iran is behind these attacks and it is the largest terror exporter in the world," he said.
He also blamed Iran for recent plots to attack Israeli targets in Thailand and Azerbaijan that were prevented.
And he suggested that the militant Islamist Hezbollah movement was also involved.
Israel's foreign ministry said the country had the ability to track down those who carried out the attacks.
But Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast rejected Mr Netanyahu's accusation, calling it "psychological warfare against Iran".
"We condemn any terrorist action and the world knows that Iran is the biggest victim of terrorism," he was quoted as saying by the official Irna news agency.
Earlier, the state's ambassador to India Mehdi Nabizadeh had told Irna: "These accusations are untrue and sheer lies, like previous times."
In a statement, India's Foreign Minister SM Krishna pledged a full investigation, adding: "The culprits will be brought to justice at the earliest."
By Sanjoy MajumderBBC News, Delhi
The attack took place in a high security zone in the Indian capital, a kilometre from the heavily fortified Israeli embassy, and just down the road from the Indian prime minister's official residence.
Eyewitnesses say a man on a motorcycle drove up to the Israeli embassy minivan, sporting distinct blue diplomatic plates, and appeared to attach something to the back. Minutes later it exploded. The vehicle itself has been badly damaged - the back of it blown out. Police and emergency services cordoned off the site almost immediately. Forensic experts in white jackets and members of the bomb disposal squad examined the debris - trying to find traces of the explosive. They were joined by Israeli embassy staff.
Tonight Delhi has been placed on high alert with extra security outside Western embassies including that of the United States. India has not experienced this kind of an attack before and it's going to be a while before they make sense of what happened here.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the attacks, saying the US "stands ready to assist with any investigations of these cowardly actions". UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said he was "shocked and appalled" by the bombings.
The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, in Jerusalem, says security at Israeli embassies has been tightened in recent months following warnings of potential attacks, after Iran accused Israel of a series of attacks on its nuclear scientists.
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera said one of them, Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, died last month when motorcyclists placed a "sticky bomb" on his car - a technique similar to that used in previous attacks attributed to the work of Israel's Mossad.
Similarities seen in the Delhi blast could be an indication of the aggressors sending a message that attacks in Tehran will be repaid in kind, he added.
After the explosion in Delhi, Indian TV showed pictures of a burning car near the embassy.
The area around the vehicle was later cordoned off and forensic experts and the bomb squad were examining the burnt out remains.
The embassy is guarded by several layers of security and is in a well-defended area of central Delhi, close to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence.
David Goldfarb, the spokesman for Israel's Delhi embassy, said the diplomat's car was close to the building on Aurangzeb Road when the explosion went off.
He said they had no details as to who was behind the attack.
Officials in Georgia said an explosive device was attached to the bottom of a diplomat's car in the capital, Tbilisi, but was found and defused before it detonated.
Israeli embassy driver Roman Khachaturyan said he had just driven his child to school when he spotted the bomb.
"When I was driving I heard a noise. I got out of the car and saw something stuck to it."
The UK Home Office wants to build a 51-bed "short-term holding facility" on Abbotsinch Road to house those awaiting removal from the country.
It follows the announcement in September that the controversial Dungavel removal centre in Lanarkshire is to close in 2017.
The plans for the new centre were rejected by Renfrewshire Council.
Councillors said the new building, which was planned for construction on the site of a former British Airways social club, would be "detrimental to the economic development of the Glasgow Airport Investment Area".
The holding centre was to feature 20 bedrooms and ancillary accommodation over two floors.
The plans said the building would have to be "robust in order to hold and safeguard individuals detained by Home Office Immigration enforcement".
The Home Office said the "vast majority" of stays there would be for less than a week.
The decision to reject the holding centre was made by Renfrewshire Council's planning and property policy board.
The council's planning officers had recommended the application be granted with conditions.
Councillor Terry Kelly, convener of the planning board, said: "Members were unanimously of the view that the proposed facility would be contrary to the Adopted Renfrewshire Local Development Plan.
"There was clear concern it would be detrimental to the economic development of the Glasgow Airport Investment Area - one of the key economic drivers for the city region.
"Members agreed that there was no established identifiable functional link between the proposal and Glasgow Airport's operations.
"The proposed facility's location in a commercial and industrial area would also introduce an inappropriate use through the attendant noise, activity and disturbance."
Dungavel, which opened near Strathaven in 2001, has been the subject of numerous protests, which branded the site "racist and inhumane"
Much of the criticism concentrated on the detention of children at the facility, before the practice was ended in 2010.
More recently it has focused on the length of time detainees were held at the facility and the conditions inside.
Last year, the BBC revealed that dozens of failed asylum seekers had been held at Dungavel for months and in some cases more than a year.
SNP MP Gavin Newlands said Renfrewshire Council should be "congratulated for rejecting" the new immigration detention centre near Glasgow Airport.
He said: "It was clear that the local community didn't want any part in the UK government's inhumane and ineffective approach towards immigration detention.
"The prime minister should take note of this decision and rethink her government's approach towards immigration detention - a system which detains pregnant women and allows the indefinite detention of some of the most vulnerable people in our society."
Green MSP Ross Greer, who was at a demonstration outside Renfrewshire Council's headquarters before the vote, said: "This must be an opportunity for Westminster to begin treating these vulnerable people with some dignity and respect.
"We're not holding our breath however, given that this is the same Home Office which paid for disgusting billboards telling refugees and immigrants to 'go home' and which regularly deports people back to situations where they are in clear danger."
Janet and John Stocker, aged 63 and 74, were killed in Sousse on Friday their family confirmed.
The couple, who had five children and 10 grandchildren, "tragically lost their lives as a result of Friday's atrocities" a statement said.
A minute's silence will be held on Friday to remember all the victims.
The family statement said: "Mum and dad were the happiest, most loving couple who enjoyed life's simple pleasures as well as the pleasures and love of their extensive family and their many friends.
"But most of all they were still very much in love with each other."
It said they were "both young at heart" and enjoyed "travelling to new places, exploring and appreciating local cultures, and they died together doing what they enjoyed most; sunbathing side by side".
Mr Stocker was a retired printer "born and bred in Peckham" while his wife came from Fulham and was a "fun-loving and devoted mother".
The family said: "They made a huge impact on our lives, and touched the hearts of so many people and they will both be sorely missed and never forgotten."
Britons killed by the gunman have started being repatriated to RAF Brize Norton ahead of a joint inquest being opened by the West London coroner.
One Belgian and one German are also thought to be among the dead.
Tunisian authorities have arrested several people on suspicion of helping the gunman Seifeddine Rezgui, who had links to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). Rezgui was shot dead by police.
Aaron Carriere, 21, and Josiah Manful, 20, were both repeatedly stabbed after their car was stopped in Montague Road, Leytonstone, last Saturday.
A gang of hooded attackers surrounded the car leaving Mr Carriere with fatal knife wounds to his neck.
Mr Manful died from fatal stab wounds to the chest.
In total, 11 people have been arrested over the murders.
Five men, aged 18 to 22, were arrested on suspicion of murder on Wednesday while a woman, 46, was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. They have been bailed pending further inquiries, police said.
Detectives are still trying to establish the motive for the double murder which happened at about 01:00 GMT, and why the Ford Fiesta stopped in Montague Road.
Another four cars were believed to be nearby at the time of the attack and police say they are keen to identify the vehicles and their occupants.
Det Ch Insp Neil Attewell said: "Someone knows the reason why these two young men were murdered and I am urging those who hold the information not to remain silent but to come forward."
Post-mortem examinations revealed Mr Carriere died as a result of the stab wounds to his neck, while the cause of death for Mr Manful was given as shock and haemorrhaging, as well as stab wounds to the chest.
Operators at Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua temple, known as the "Tiger Temple", are accused of wildlife trafficking and animal abuse. They deny the charges.
On Wednesday, wildlife officials found the bodies of 40 dead tiger cubs at the temple complex.
The discovery came during a week-long effort to relocate 137 tigers from the tourist site in Kanchanaburi province.
The temple operators had resisted previous attempts to remove the tigers.
Tiger Temple's long history of controversy
BBC visit to the Tiger Temple in 2012
Police intercepted the monk, and two other men, in a lorry leaving the temple in western Thailand on Thursday.
The authorities confiscated two full-length tiger skins, about 700 amulets made from tiger parts, and 10 tiger fangs, Teunchai Noochdumrong, director of of the Wildlife Conservation Office, told the BBC.
"This confiscation shows that the temple is likely involved in illegal tiger trade. They are clearly violating the law in selling, distributing of transferring the protected animals or their parts," she said.
Wildlife authorities in Thailand have said they will press charges against the temple.
On Wednesday, tiger cub corpses were found in a freezer at the complex, along with body parts from other animals.
Police Col Bandith Meungsukhum told the Agence France-Presse news agency the cubs would have been one or two days old, but it was not clear how long they had been dead.
They will be DNA tested to see whether they were related to other tigers at the site.
Officials say the temple operators could be charged with keeping the carcasses without permission.
The temple previously said it had decided in 2010 to stop cremating cubs which died soon after birth. It has always denied trafficking allegations.
Authorities started the operation to remove all 137 living tigers from the temple on Monday. Dozens have already been removed, and taken to animal refuges.
The site, west of Bangkok, is a popular tourist attraction, with visitors able to pose for photos with the animals for a fee.
It has been closed to the public since the raid.
Animal activists and former workers have claimed the tigers are mistreated and kept in small concrete cages.
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A release has been promised in theatres, on TV and DVD later this year, via an official Facebook page.
Appetite for Democracy is being captured by 3D company Rock Fuel Media.
"It doesn't quite feel like being at the concert but it does feel like the next best thing," said Screen Daily editor Wendy Mitchell of the 3D format.
"It brings so much more to a concert film to have that third dimension," she said. "It goes from being something we've all seen and experienced a lot, to an event, an experience, especially when you're going to the cinema to see it.
"It's very immersive, you get more of the staging of a big concert."
Concert films featuring established artists can be big business.
Miley Cyrus and fellow teen act Jonas Brothers have released 3D concert films, while Justin Bieber's Never Say Never holds the title for the highest grossing music concert movie in the US, with worldwide sales of $98.6 million (£74.3m).
However, the film split critics with one unimpressed reviewer calling it a "promotional documentary" and "an unimaginative concert movie."
Katy Perry: Part of Me, a documentary which chronicled the US pop star's life on stage and off, was released in July 2012.
It made a total of $32.4m (£24.4) worldwide and is the fourth highest-grossing music concert film of all time.
However, it is not just the commercial pop acts that are choosing to release their concert footage in 3D.
In 2008, U2 3D charted the Vertigo Tour of 2006 and rock band Metallica have announced the release of Through the Never on 9 August this year.
It is a combination of concert footage and a mini-film featuring actor Dane DeHaan, directed by Nimrod Antal, whose credits include Predators.
Mitchell said it seems like a natural progression for Axl Rose and his bandmates to put out a 3D film, after 27 years.
"For a band like Guns N' Roses, it's not trying to be pop perfection like Katy Perry. People want to see them rocking out and sweaty even if they are a bit older. A lot of their fans grew up with them, they don't have to be perfect."
She added: "These Vegas shows were well received, so it just seems that more people around the world will be able to experience that."
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Sean Heiss, from Surbiton, south London, killed Margaret Sheehy, 58, at her home in Kingston in June 2012.
Three months later, he nearly beheaded Clementina Liscano in Barcelona.
Heiss admitted killing Ms Sheehy, but denied murder on grounds of diminished responsibility. He must serve at least 27 years and three months in jail.
Judge Gerald Gordon sentenced Heiss at the Old Bailey after a jury convicted him by a majority of 10 to one on Wednesday.
The court had heard Ms Sheehy considered selling her flat and using some of the proceeds to help pay off her son's debts, but had then changed her plans.
But Judge Gordon ruled out greed as the motive for her murder and said: "In my view the cause of the killing that night was anger."
Heiss had quit his job and was £200 overdrawn in one bank account when he throttled Ms Sheehy on 11 June 2012.
He then stole her bank cards and escaped by Eurostar to Paris, travelling from there to Spain.
In October, he was arrested by Spanish police for stabbing Ms Liscano to death after she disturbed him while he slept rough by a cash machine.
Heiss, 30, who had suffered from psychotic illness in the past, did not dispute that he killed his mother but denied murdering her on grounds of diminished responsibility.
He was sentenced to 22 years in jail for the Spanish murder and extradited to the UK for murdering his mother.
Judge Gordon said Heiss' life sentence would run alongside any outstanding sentence for Ms Liscano's murder.
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The inclusion of the virtual assistant allows the device to be told to play music and buy goods via voice command.
The Smart InstaView also has a 29in (73.7cm) touchscreen that can reveal what is inside and warn if products are near their expiration dates.
South Korean rival Samsung also announced new fridges with voice recognition at CES - but they don't feature Alexa.
LG and Samsung are among several firms adding computing capabilities to what were traditionally thought of as "dumb" household products.
By doing so, users can control and check on their devices even when they are some distance from home.
In the case of LG's fridge, an app allows the user to see the view inside via a panoramic camera built into its interior. The suggestion was that the owner could then decide to buy milk or other products if they discovered they were running low.
The fridge can also remind owners of birthdays and anniversaries of friends and family members..
The device was announced at a press conference at the CES tech show in Las Vegas, kicking off a day of launches from some of the world's biggest technology brands.
One analyst at the event was unconvinced.
"Voice input is definitely going to be widely used - we're also seeing Alexa being built into other device from other manufacturers, and Google and Microsoft are also making available their own voice-controlled virtual assistants," commented Bill Ablondi from the consultancy Strategy Analytics.
"However, when I look at a fridge that you can talk to, that seems like a bit of a gimmick at this point."
The refrigerator is not the South Korean firm's only tie-up with Amazon to be revealed at the trade show.
LG had previously announced a smart speaker - the SmartThinQ hub - that is powered by Alexa.
In addition, at CES it unveiled Hub Robot, a droid designed to sit on a desk and interact with family members. It too uses Alexa to let them ask for information and control other household appliances.
Follow all our CES coverage at bbc.co.uk/ces2017
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The final was broadcast from the Ulster Hall, Belfast, on BBC Radio Ulster on Sunday.
Sixty choirs battled it out over the course of the past eight weeks.
Six schools from across Northern Ireland took part in the live final.
The awards to the two schools were presented by guest judge Connie Fisher.
The choirs taking part in the junior category final were: Pond Park Primary School, Lisburn; Fairview Primary, Ballyclare and St Lawrence's Primary School, Fintona.
In the senior category competing in the final were: Wellington College, Belfast; Regent House Grammar School, Newtownards and Carrickfergus Grammar School.
The two overall winning choirs will feature across a range of BBC Radio Ulster's programming and events during this year.
If you missed the programme, catch it again via the BBC Radio iPlayer by logging on to: bbc.co.uk/radio and follow the links to BBC Radio Ulster.
Films and photos of the choirs' performances are online at bbc.co.uk/schoolchoiroftheyear
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Manager Roy Hodgson made six changes to his side from the win over Wales and the move did not come off.
Which players struggled and do any of them deserve any credit?
One anxious second half moment of confusion with Chris Smalling and some routine work, but otherwise untroubled.
A real threat going forward with some good crosses and almost scored in the second half. Had little to do defensively.
Had little to do but what he did was solid and effective.
Same as Cahill. He had that one worrying moment with Hart but was never given much work to do.
Spent too much time going into challenges with his arms in dangerous positions and was deservedly booked. Did not make any sort of case to oust Danny Rose.
Dier is having an excellent Euro 2016. Solid as a rock as the defensive shield but also contributed as England pressed forward and looked like he might even break the deadlock late on.
Looked exactly what he is. Less than fully fit and off the pace after barely any game time for Arsenal last season. A poor selection.
Had a good spell in the middle of the first half but too many poor deliveries and simply not enough quality. Did not take his chance.
Positive opening with good feet, but lacked a cutting edge when in scoring positions.
Started well with some neat touches but then drifted out of the game. Came too deep and was marginalised.
Tireless running and hustling of Slovakia's defence. Should have scored in the first half. His effectiveness was reduced when Slovakia camped on the edge of their own area for the last 30 minutes.
Slovakia were already in base camp on the edge of their own area when he came on. Tried hard but could not fashion a breakthrough.
Almost scored seconds after coming on but still waiting to make his impact on the tournament.
One or two half chances but the pattern of the game was set when he came on.
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The race begins with a 173km stage to Scarborough on Friday, 28 April.
Stage two see riders start in Tadcaster and go 122.5km to Harrogate, before ending with a 194.5km stage from Bradford to Fox Valley, Sheffield.
"I can't wait to see the world's best riders tackling these routes," said Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of race organisers Welcome to Yorkshire.
"We've worked hard to design a course which showcases Yorkshire's stunning scenery, as well as delivering a thrilling sporting event.
"Last year, the race attracted two million spectators and generated £60m for the local economy, and we'll go from strength to strength again next year."
The women's Tour de Yorkshire will be held on the same stage as the second stage of the men's event, with the women starting in the morning and the men in the afternoon.
This is the third edition of the event, won in 2016 by Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, which was started to extend the legacy of the county hosting the 2014 Grand Depart for the Tour de France.
The race will start outside Bridlington Spa and head into Pocklington for the first intermediate sprint.
There are classified climbs up the Côtes de Garrowby Hill and Goathland before the race hits the coastline again at Whitby for the second sprint of the day.
The route continues on to Robin Hood's Bay for the third and final climb and then into Scarborough for the finish along North Bay.
Starting on Tadcaster bridge, this stage takes the riders through some of Yorkshire's best known market towns.
They will venture into Knaresborough, where the first intermediate sprint points are up for grabs, and the day's sole categorised climb comes on the fearsome Côte de Lofthouse before the descent into Masham.
It is then on to Ripon for the second intermediate sprint and the race will skirt Fountains Abbey before a fast approach to Harrogate. The action finishes along Parliament Street, just as it did on the opening stage of the 2014 Tour de France.
In the toughest stage in the brief history of the Tour de Yorkshire, riders will start at Bradford City Park before heading into Saltaire.
The action briefly joins the 2014 Tour de France route at Burley-in-Wharfedale before passing Bolton Abbey and into the Yorkshire Dales. Skipton is the next town on the agenda, with the first of eight categorised climbs totalling more than 3,500m being contested on the Côte de Silsden.
The following ascent comes on the cobbled rise up Haworth's main street and another climb at Leeming must also be tackled before they face the challenging Côte de Shibden Wall.
This cobbled climb could see splits form before the intermediate sprint at Clifton. The race then moves from West to South Yorkshire and into Penistone, and another sprint is on the cards at Stocksbridge before the riders embark on a 22km finishing circuit that features four categorised climbs.
These come at Deepcar, Wigtwizzle, Ewden Height and Midhopestones before the race finishes at Fox Valley.
The Scottish Local Government Partnership (SLGP) wants to be brought into negotiations on the cash given to local authorities.
The SLGP comprises Aberdeen, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire councils.
The government will only negotiate with local government body Cosla.
However, it said it had a statutory responsibility to consult all 32 councils on the terms of the local government finance settlement.
The SLGP, which broke away from Cosla last year, wants equal recognition.
It has now issued an ultimatum that if the government refuses to back down, the partnership will take it to court to challenge the decision.
The partnership said it had taken legal advice and believed it had grounds for a judicial review in the Court of Session.
Glasgow City Council leader Frank McAveety said: "The four members of the SLGP generate 47% of our country's economic output which is why the first minister's refusal to negotiate with us simply cannot be allowed to continue.
"The government's talks on the next funding settlement have already begun without us and in these we expect some of the biggest budget cuts ever seen.
"If she maintains her current plan to pass down these cuts to Aberdeen, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire without one single meaningful conversation, she is effectively turning her back on 25% of the population, including those in her own constituency.
"This is why we have sought independent legal advice and after careful consideration we have grounds to serve the first minister and her government with a judicial review writ at the Court of Session in Edinburgh."
He added: "We have sent clear warning of our intention to pursue such action if Nicola Sturgeon does not back down on this matter."
Mark MacMillan, the leader of Renfrewshire Council told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "We made the decision to break away from Cosla because one size doesn't fit all.
"There's so much change in local government, with the finance settlement and just the way government operates so the decision to come away from Cosla was one that was democratically taken by the four councils.
"We represent just short of a quarter of the population so it's vitally important, especially at this time of cuts."
SGLP convener, Aberdeen Council leader Jenny Laing, put the intention in writing to Ms Sturgeon.
She said: "The Scottish government gathers more power from Westminster but will not even discuss with the partnership, which includes two of Scotland's three biggest cities, the fundamental bread and butter issues which matter to the lives of ordinary people."
She said it would be "unseemly to drag this matter through the courts" but accused the government of acting in an "unacceptable" manner and said if there was no satisfactory response within 14 days the option of legal action would be "seriously considered".
A Scottish government spokesman said: "Scottish ministers will always talk to individual councils on matters that concern them. Indeed, ministers and officials have regular and extensive dialogue with a full range of stakeholders from local government as part of and alongside our formal partnership arrangements with Cosla.
"We will only negotiate on the final settlement with Cosla, the representative body for Scotland's local authorities. However, we have a statutory responsibility to consult all 32 councils on the terms of the local government finance settlement."
He told his party devolution had brought "peace and prosperity" and added that he looked back "with pride at all that we together have achieved".
He said after three years of problems at Stormont, the latest 'Fresh Start' deal means "politics can work again".
He is to quit as Northern Ireland first minister and DUP leader within weeks.
Mr Robinson announced his retirement on Thursday, two days after the agreement was struck between the DUP, Sinn Féin and the British and Irish governments.
The Fresh Start document addressed some but not all of the issues that had caused months of political deadlock and placed the future of devolution in doubt.
Mr Robinson told the DUP's annual party conference on Saturday "my work is almost done, and now it is time for the next generation to step forward".
"I wanted to make sure that I was handing over the reins of a political process that was stable and secure for the long term.
"After a seemingly endless process I am delighted that we have finally reached agreement on the way forward. We have resolved all those toxic issues that threatened the continuation of devolution."
"So as I prepare to bow out I do so in the knowledge that the province is on safe ground and this party is in good shape to take Northern Ireland forward."
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Mr Robinson was cheered and given a standing ovation as he took to the podium at the La Mon House hotel, with many of this party colleagues hugging him and shaking his hand.
He told them Northern Ireland's place within the UK is "secure" and congratulated them on maintaining their position as "Northern Ireland's largest party".
"Ulster is no longer at the crossroads - we're on the motorway and on a clear path to a better future," he said.
The DUP leader said the Fresh Start deal had removed "the threat of bankruptcy and collapse" from Stormont.
"The fundamental block on politics these last three years has been the refusal of some to face up to financial realities and accept welfare reform.
"That impasse soured relations; starved key public services of much needed resources, and threatened the executive with financial ruin.
"This deal ends that uncertainty and removes the obstacles to progress."
Outside the conference there was a small protest from same-sex marriage campaigners who criticised the DUP for blocking a recent assembly vote on the issue.
But inside there was nothing but hugs and cheers for the outgoing leader, with some members weeping openly as his last speech drew to its conclusion.
Mr Robinson is one of the founding members of the DUP and his political career has lasted more than 40 years.
He took over as first minister and DUP leader from the late Ian Paisley in 2008.
His formal retirement will not take effect until some time around the end of the year, but he said he intends to remain as a member of the DUP after he steps down.
A new science, technology, engineering and maths centre has been proposed for its current site at the Markeaton Street campus.
The university said the facility, which will include workshop space and a wind tunnel, would help meet growing demand for its engineering courses.
The four-storey building will accommodate up to 400 students, according to the university.
Its law school is also moving from the current Kedleston Road campus to Friar Gate Square at the end of the year.
The university will lease the £20m copper-clad city centre building, which will include two mock courtrooms and a specialist library.
The Labour leader's opponents said his actions had torpedoed talks on having some shadow front bench positions elected by MPs, rather than appointed.
Ms Thornberry said negotiations were continuing and Mr Corbyn should not be criticised for acting decisively.
Parliamentary Labour Party chairman John Cryer said he was not informed.
Mr Cryer said in a letter to MPs that the party leadership had not told him, or sacked chief whip Rosie Winterton, about the changes.
The PLP had held talks with party leaders over possible shadow cabinet elections.
A spokesman for Mr Corbyn said he was willing to continue the discussions on the idea of the party electing some of the shadow cabinet.
Ms Thornberry told BBC Radio 4's Today programme criticism of Mr Corbyn was unfair.
"On the one hand people criticise Jeremy for being weak and taking too long on his reshuffles and yet when he decides that he needs to do one in order to fill vacancies and reach out, people then criticise him for being too decisive and too strong. You can't play it both ways," she said.
"We stop fighting among ourselves".
"We have a job to do. We were elected to be MPs, represent our constituents and stand up to the government. That's what our priority ought to be and we need to get on with it."
In this week's reshuffle several MPs who quit the shadow cabinet in the summer in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership returned to the fold.
In other appointments, deputy leader Tom Watson was appointed shadow culture secretary and Jon Ashworth became shadow health secretary. John Healey returned to housing and Diane Abbott became shadow home secretary.
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In his letter to Labour MPs, Mr Cryer said the PLP in early September voted "overwhelmingly" for the return of elections to the shadow cabinet.
"This led to negotiations involving myself and the then chief whip, Rosie Winterton, and people from the leadership team," he wrote.
"As far as Rosie and I were concerned, the talks were held in good faith with the aim of striking an agreement which would allow some places to be filled through elections while the leader would retain the right to appoint others."
Mr Cryer said it then became clear on Wednesday that a reshuffle was under way, which "had not been discussed or mentioned" during the talks.
"It now seems to me that the party's leadership did not engage in the talks in any constructive way," he added. "Obviously, I deeply regret this turn of events."
Ms Winterton was sacked as part of the reshuffle.
But a spokesman for Mr Corbyn, who was re-elected as labour leader in September, said shadow cabinet elections were still to be considered by the party's national executive committee.
Labour's former home secretary, Alan Johnson - a former critic of Mr Corbyn - said he was still not up to the job of being leader of the opposition.
He told the Today programme "me and many of my colleagues" believed Mr Corbyn was not up to the job, adding: "Perhaps he'll prove me wrong."
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said while some of Mr Corbyn's critics had been welcomed back to the front bench, very few of his allies had departed.
The Labour leader's hold on his party's levers of power was firmer than ever, our correspondent added.
Davis Allen Cripe collapsed at a high school in April after drinking a McDonald's latte, a large Mountain Dew soft drink and an energy drink in just under two hours, Gary Watts said.
The 16-year-old died from a "caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia".
He had no pre-existing heart condition.
The teenager weighed 90kg (200 lbs) but would not have been considered morbidly obese, Mr Watts said.
"This is not a caffeine overdose," Mr Watts told Reuters news agency.
"We're not saying that it was the total amount of caffeine in the system, it was just the way that it was ingested over that short period of time, and the chugging of the energy drink at the end was what the issue was with the cardiac arrhythmia."
Caffeine would probably not have been seen as a factor in the teenager's death if witnesses had not been able to tell officials what he had been drinking before his death, the Richland County coroner said.
The main witness could not say which brand of energy drink Davis drank but said it was from a container the size of a large soft drink.
"We're not trying to speak out totally against caffeine," Mr Watts said. "We believe people need to pay attention to their caffeine intake and how they do it, just as they do with alcohol or cigarettes."
The American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) has warned against children and teenagers consuming energy drinks, saying their ingredients have not been tested on children and "no-one can ensure they are safe".
It says they have side-effects including irregular heartbeats and blood pressure changes.
Most energy drinks contain a caffeine equivalent of three cups of coffee and as much as 14 teaspoons of sugar, the AAP says.
Davis may have consumed about 470mg of caffeine in just under two hours, based on statistics from the website caffeineinformer.com.
It says a McDonald's latte has 142mg of caffeine, a 570ml (20oz) Mountain Dew has 90mg, and a 450ml (16oz) energy drink can have as much as 240mg.
In 2015, the European Food Safety Authority said drinking more than 400mg could lead to increased heart rate, higher blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, tremors, nervousness, insomnia and panic attacks.
Caffeine is a stimulant. It acts on the body's central nervous system within minutes, increasing alertness and reducing sleepiness.
But it has other effects too. It can raise your heart rate and make you feel jittery or anxious.
And once you've drunk it, it will take hours to clear it from your system.
Having a few cups of coffee or other caffeinated drinks a day is considered perfectly safe. But drinking too much or lots in a short space of time is risky.
You can overdose on caffeine and it is possible to die if you ingest too much.
Up to 400mg of caffeine a day appears to be safe for most healthy adults. That's roughly the amount of caffeine in four cups of brewed coffee, 10 cans of Coca-Cola or two "energy shot" drinks (although check the caffeine content of the beverage as it can vary).
Adolescents and pregnant women are advised to have less than this, though. Caffeinated drinks are unsuitable for toddlers and young children.
You may want to cut back on caffeine if you experience side effects such as:
Large animals like hippos, rhinos and the straight-tusk elephant all once lived in the UK but have disappeared.
Researchers think bringing back such bigger beasts could help aid recovery.
"Looking at which species are missing can help us understand which natural processes are not functioning," said Dr Chris Sandom from Oxford University.
Dr Sandom, who worked on the study, continued: "We propose the process of rewilding to help restore natural processes, like predation and pollination by insects."
Today in the UK we still have some larger herbivores but few big predators like lions.
Dr Sandom said: "In Britain today we have many medium sized herbivores like the red deer.
"In some places they're seen as a problem because they eat saplings, which prevents the regeneration of woodlands.
"Reintroducing predators like the lynx or wolf might be appropriate in some areas," he said.
It's an idea that has already been tried on a smaller scale - animals like beavers and sea eagles have already been reintroduced in parts of Britain.
But this study doesn't mean we'll have rhino roaming our countryside any time soon.
The scientists studied beetle remains and found there were a lot more dung beetles in Europe 120,000 years ago.
That suggests there were many more large herbivores roaming Europe before humans arrived.
After humans arrived in the UK woodland beetles were much more common, which suggests the big herbivores had gone.
The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The adventure seemed set to continue with a move to join Dutch Eredivisie side Roda JC Kerkrade.
But just four games into the campaign Church suffered a serious hip injury that wrecked his season.
The contrast of fortune could not have been more stark, as Church endured surgery followed by a lengthy rehabilitation.
"It's been a frustrating season for me off the back of last summer," said the 28-year-old.
"I had the opportunity to play in a different country, a different league and then four games in I had to have hip surgery.
"That ruined everything, ruined my plans... it was really, really frustrating.
"It's something [the hip problem] I've had over the years but I've never missed a day of training or a match through it.
"It's been niggling away in the background but I've always managed to get a hold of it to stop it getting in the way.
"But as soon as I went to Roda I didn't realise they played on astroturf and near enough half the teams [in the Dutch Eredivisie] play on astroturf.
"We were training in an artificial pitch every day and I think that was the main reason why, my hip couldn't really handle the impact of it.
"I remember playing against Feyenoord and after taking a shot I was in so much pain I couldn't carry on."
Scans confirmed the severity of the injury and surgery was followed by 10 weeks on crutches.
Roda allowed Church to stay home for three months to convalesce, before he returned to the Dutch club last January to continue his rehabilitation.
But with his one-year contract due to expire and Roda in the midst of a troubled takeover involving financier Aleksei Korotaev, Church left the club two weeks ago.
"It was was my decision to stop it prematurely because I'd worked so hard to get back as soon as I can... and be ready for the new season," Church said.
"I knew there's a lot of things going on at the club as well with the new owner, new manager, new staff and I knew straight away it wasn't something that I was going to be doing next year.
"We agreed to go our separate ways before the end of the season and I've managed to keep my fitness up, working hard and getting myself ready for whatever opportunity comes up next."
Church began his career at Reading, before signing for Charlton Athletic in 2013 and then MK Dons two years later, but was unable to command a regular first-team place.
The striker went on loan at the end of the 2015-16 season to Aberdeen, flourishing in the Scottish Premiership with nearly a goal every other game - the type of form that helped cement his place in the Wales squad for the Euro 2016 finals.
"The back of last season I went to Aberdeen, really had a good time and scored a lot of goals," Church said.
"Then in the summer was just amazing - to play in the semi-finals of the Euros was a dream come true.
"I want more of the same feeling and action from last summer, and I want to get back to playing at the top level."
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Now Church, back to fitness, is eager to recommence his playing career and says there is good interest from clubs for his signature.
"There's a lot of talks going on with clubs... so I'm just keeping tight, keeping focused on staying fit," he added.
"We've had interest from back in England, which is nice, but also ever since I made the move abroad a lot more options have come up all over the place.
"But we need to sit down; I've got a young family so we need to figure out what's going to be the best for them, and what's going to be the best opportunity for me in my career.
"I'm 28 now so I need to get back to what I was doing. The last five years haven't gone as well as I'd planned, so we really need to make sure the next move is the right one.
"The clubs know I'm a free agent now, I'm feeling fit, I know I can play at Championship level. I haven't played in League One since I was 18 or 19 on loan a couple of times.
"I know what I'm capable of, I'm sure clubs know all about me now... and I'm still really hungry."
While a frustrated Church has looked on from the sidelines, Wales have struggled to repeat their success during the current World Cup qualifying campaign.
Chris Coleman's side sit third in Group D, four draws from their five games leaving them four points behind leaders Serbia - who they face in a crunch game on Sunday.
The last time Wales played in Belgrade in 2012 they suffered a 6-1 humiliation in a World Cup qualifier.
Church played every painful minute of that defeat but the 38-cap man does not believe there will be any repeat of that result on Sunday, even with leading scorer Gareth Bale suspended.
"That 6-1 defeat was probably the lowest point in a lot of our Welsh careers, we didn't really know where to go from there," said Church, who made his international debut in 2009.
"Where we are now from where we were then is two different places... we've just got to put that focus in and that comes from the manager, and the players know how to win games now.
"We've got players who can do something out of nothing all over the pitch and we've got great leaders as well.
"Everyone knows the team we are and the quality of our players, but we've had a bit of bad luck and obviously now expectations are so high.
"Expectations are we should win the group and sail through to the finals but it's never as easy as that and that's shown throughout the campaign.
"It was always going to be tough off the back of getting to the semi-final.
"We've got such a good squad but this campaign we've been hit with injuries and suspensions, and looking at the squad it's a chance for players to come in and show what they can do.
"It just shows the level of the squad that we are today, especially compared to the last time we lost against Serbia."
Wales boss Coleman has said this campaign will be his last as Wales manager and the 47-year-old is admired by Premier League clubs including Crystal Palace.
"It doesn't surprise me at all that he's linked with a lot of Premier League teams," Church said.
"He's a fantastic manager and someone who I've loved working with. He's given me the opportunity, he talks to you, tells you what he's thinking.
"He's a great man and the whole squad absolutely loves him and the staff, and it's a real pleasure - an honour - to be part of Wales.
"When you're training with the squad and the manager it's an amazing place to be."
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Somerset are "still interested" in bringing back 36-year-old Gayle, despite his £4,900 fine for asking a reporter on a date during an interview.
The West Indies batsman was disciplined for "inappropriate conduct".
"If Somerset decided he was remorseful and wanted to sign him that would be no problem for me," said Shrubsole.
Somerset said negotiations to bring Gayle back to the club this summer are "ongoing".
He has been described as "box office" by the club's director of cricket Matthew Maynard, with Somerset selling out six of their seven T20 Blast games last year "essentially on the back of him signing".
Gayle, who scored 328 runs in three appearances for Somerset in 2015, is playing for Melbourne Renegades in Australia's Big Bash League.
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He was answering questions from Network Ten's Mel McLaughlin at pitch-side in Hobart on Monday when he made the remark, also telling her, "Don't blush, baby", which was widely condemned as sexist.
Asked whether it would bother her playing for the same club as Gayle, 24-year-old Shrubsole told BBC Somerset: "No, not at all.
"It's Somerset's decision entirely as to whether they want him to come back or not. He was exceptional when he was here in those three T20 games and the amount of runs he scored was unbelievable."
Shrubsole, who will be part of the England women's squad for the tour of South Africa, said she felt his comments were "inappropriate".
She added: "The matter has been dealt with and Melbourne themselves have come out and punished him and I think the matter will be closed."
Described as a "tour de force" by the prize's organisers, the extension saw the gallery win the £100,000 Art Fund prize for museum of the year on 1 July.
The shortlist encompasses housing projects, a school, a university building and a cancer care centre.
This year's winner will be announced in central London on 15 October.
Four of the six shortlisted buildings are located in London, with the final contender in Lanarkshire.
The rebuilt Everyman Theatre in Liverpool won last year's prize, the highest accolade awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Alongside the Whitworth, this year's shortlist encompasses housing projects, a school, a university building and a cancer care centre.
Jane Duncan, president elect of Riba, will chair the Stirling Prize jury.
She said this year's entries were "careful" and "respectful of their communities" but missing the "flamboyance" of previous years, when the likes of the Shard were nominated.
Riba president Stephen Hodder, who won the inaugural Stirling Prize in 1996, said the shortlisted buildings were all "surprising new additions to urban locations".
"In the shortlist we have six model buildings that will immeasurably improve the lives and well-being of all those who encounter them," he continued.
The buildings, he said, were "well-executed... both internally and externally" and "game-changers that other architects, clients and local authorities should aspire to."
The six shortlisted buildings are as follows:
Built for Wandsworth Borough Council at a cost of £40.9m, Burntwood School is one of the final projects to be developed under the Building Schools for the Future scheme that was established by the Labour government in 2004 and axed by the Coalition government six years later.
According to the Stirling prize judging panel, the scheme "may have been based on a wasteful methodology but... did have at its heart a desire to improve the fabric and learning environments of all our schools".
The judges said "the relationship between the new concrete buildings and the older buildings adds a sense of architectural history and depth to the whole site".
"The architectural expression throughout is bold, characterful and adds to a sense of this being more like a university than a school."
Built for the Peabody Trust, this 13-home apartment building is one that "oozes care" according to this year's judges.
The £2.3m building, the judges said, is "a brilliant piece of urban design" with "pale honey" bricks that give the work "so much more character".
The panel singled out the building's stairwell for praise, suggesting residents "must feel a million dollars, like stars on an ocean liner" as they encounter its "graceful curves" and "elegant swooping hand-rail".
Built for the Maggie's cancer charity for £1.8m, the only shortlisted building not in England is described by this year's judges as "a truly memorable addition to a noble tradition of specialist health buildings".
The structure conveys "a sense of dignity and calm" and has a "surrounding perforate wall of hand-made Danish brick" that offers "a degree of separation" from the nearby Monklands Hospital.
The judges suggested the building's largest room might prove particularly suitable for "big groups of... stubborn working-class men who find it hard to talk about or even admit to their problem".
Another centre built in west London by the charity, which offers support to people with cancer as well as their families and friends, won the Riba Stirling Prize in 2009.
Built for £132m, the NEO Bankside development is "a group of exquisite towers" behind the Tate Modern gallery in London that is, according to this year's judges, "a well-mannered example of a structurally expressive architecture".
Praising its "intricate weaving of public and private space", the judges said the un-gated luxury development offers "seductive.... high-quality housing you would be unlikely to see elsewhere in the world".
"Overall the scheme has a scale and a richness that is appropriate... to this important part of London," the panel continued.
Built for the University of Greenwich, the shortlisted building houses the institution's main library as well as its architecture, landscape and arts departments.
The Stirling judges praised the £38.9m development's "frisky gravitas", its "remarkable" acoustics and windows that had been "carefully considered to take advantage of key views, vistas and reflections".
The end result, they concluded, was "a very public university building... that will inspire future generations of architects" as well as "a startling building to put in [a] Unesco World Heritage Site".
The Whitworth, part of the University of Manchester, underwent the largest physical transformation in its 125-year history in 2014 with a project that doubled the gallery's size and connected the building with its surrounding park.
According to the judges, "the new architecture emerges quite seamlessly as an integral yet individualistic part of the whole assembly."
Two weeks ago, the Whitworth was named Museum of the Year, with judges saying the redeveloped institution had "cemented its place at the centre of the cultural national stage".
The six shortlisted designs all adhere to the modernist mantra that form must follow function. There's no room for baroque flamboyance or arts and crafts individualism. From the Burntwood School in south London to the Maggie's Cancer Care centre in Lanarkshire - clean lines, geometric forms, and plate glass are the order of the day. No fuss, no nonsense.
The steel braces that form the external diagonal grids on a group of luxury housing blocks situated near Tate Modern are about as flamboyant as any of the designs get. Restrained elegance abounds. A new university building in Greenwich and a social housing development in east London - clad in stone and brick respectively - both feature sober facades punctuated by recessed windows.
Perhaps the most striking design is the glass and brick extension to the Whitworth gallery in Manchester, which has transformed an institutional-looking building into a modern, bright visitor attraction. It'd get my vote.
It has launched a petition against what it calls a "broadcast blackout", saying it increased its vote share and has the same number of MPs - one - as UKIP.
The BBC based its decision on new rules for how broadcasts should be allocated.
The BBC Trust guidelines highlight an "unexpected discrepancy" between the number of UKIP MPs and its vote share.
Party political broadcasts take place three times a year in England, Scotland and Wales and once a year in Northern Ireland.
The latest allocations were announced on Monday, with UKIP joining the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems in the list of parties being offered broadcasts in England.
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said she was "astonished" her party was being denied "vital broadcast coverage".
"We've grown as a party by more than three times in the last 12 months," she said.
"I'm starting to wonder what exactly it is that we need to do to convince the BBC to grant us fair representation."
The party said it would request an urgent meeting with the BBC and urged support for a petition on the 38 Degrees website.
The BBC Trust, which carried out a public consultation on the new criteria for inclusion, said the previous guidelines, set in 2012, "did not anticipate the anomaly arising from an unprecedented discrepancy between representation (seats) and share of the vote in the last general election".
It said this was particularly the case with UKIP, which could have missed out despite having a larger vote share at the general election than the Lib Dems.
In light of the promised in-out EU referendum, it added: "The BBC Executive considers that it could be an exacerbating factor if a party which was unambiguously in favour of leaving the EU was unfairly denied" party political broadcasts.
In Wales, Plaid Cymru is also included, and in Scotland the list is made up of the SNP, Labour, the Tories and Lib Dems.
In Northern Ireland broadcasts have been offered to the Democratic Unionist Party, Sinn Fein, the Ulster Unionist Party, the SDLP and the Alliance Party.
He said Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire councils would have the amount they pay towards the total £745m cost of the bypass, and A90 upgrade between Balmedie and Tipperty, capped.
It means the Scottish government will pay 81% and the councils 9.5% each.
The 28-mile bypass is expected to be completed in 2018.
The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) was given the green light by Scottish ministers in 2009 but it has been delayed by legal action. Work is expected to begin in 2014.
Mr Brown made the funding announcement as he unveiled the shortlist of bidders for the contract.
Four consortia will compete: Granite City, North East Roads Partnership, Scotia Roads Group and Connect Roads.
Mr Brown said: "The benefits of the AWPR and Balmedie are clear, with the scheme expected to deliver 14,200 jobs in the north east and boosting the economy to the tune of £6bn over the next 30 years.
"After years of delay, we should not underplay the need to ensure the pace in delivering this vital project continues."
The A90 scheme will see the busy stretch between Balmedie and Tipperty in Aberdeenshire become a dual carriageway.
It will provide continuous dual carriageway between Aberdeen and Ellon, aimed at improved safety and faster journey times.
Al Ahly and Zamalek have both made offers that the Rugby Park side would accept for their leading scorer.
Coulibaly was granted permission to join his agents in Egypt to consider moving from Scotland.
Last week, Killie rejected a £500,000 bid from Zamalek for the 22-year-old former Tottenham trainee from the Ivory Coast.
Arriving as a free agent after a season at Peterborough, Coulibaly signed a three-year deal with the Scottish Premiership club in the summer.
He has scored 11 goals in 26 appearances for Lee Clark's side.
A team of US and Austrian researchers found that urbanisation could increase emissions by up to 25% in some developing nations.
However, industrialised countries could see emissions fall by about 20% as a result of ageing populations.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In their paper, they also showed that slowing population growth could deliver up to 30% of the cuts deemed necessary by 2050 to prevent dangerous climate change.
"If global population growth slows down, it is not going to solve the climate problem," said lead author Brian O'Neill, a scientist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (Ncar).
"But it can make a contribution, especially in the long-term."
According to the UN Population Division, the average annual global growth rate peaked at just over 2.0% between 1965 and 1970.
Since then, it has been steadily falling and currently stands at about 1.1%. By 2050, the UN projects that it will have fallen to an estimated 0.3%.
In contrast, the number of people over the age of 60 is increasing, and the UN predicts that it will almost triple, from 737m in 2009 to in excess of two billion by 2050.
'Not surprising'
Until now, most scenarios contained population projections but none had considered the "demographic influences" on emissions, the scientists wrote in their paper.
Although the scientists highlight what they see as the importance of including demographics in emissions scenarios, Dr O'Neill said it was not surprising that it had not been a key concern.
"When you set out to develop emissions scenarios, what you want to focus on are the factors that you anticipate will make the biggest difference," he told BBC News.
"Therefore, most scenarios have focused on alternative economic growth rates and alternative futures in terms of technological development."
Using UN-derived data, they developed a computer model that took into account population, environmental and technological factors, such as:
"When a population ages faster (as a result of people living longer and reduced fertility rates), emissions turn out to be less than they otherwise would be," explained Dr O'Neill.
"Although it is true that older households - for example - don't travel as much, we find that the dominant effect is that older [people] are less likely to be working.
"This reduced contribution to the labour force means that the overall economy grows more slowly. As a result, the overall use of energy within the economy goes down, and emissions go down."
As for the impact of urbanisation, Dr O'Neill added that urban households were, generally, less energy intensive that rural ones.
"The fuel choice, or electricity availability, is pretty much the same in rural areas as it is in urban areas, but what is different is that people maybe live in smaller houses or an apartment in cities, and if they have a car then perhaps they do not drive it as much."
Glow of the city
However, he added, urbanisation was a major source of greenhouse gases when an indirect effect on productivity was considered.
"Overall, we find that when countries urbanise, the labour supply is more productive, meaning that it contributes more to the growth of GDP.
"People are working in sectors that contribute more to economic growth, which increases energy demand, which increases emissions."
The UK-based Optimum Population Trust, a charity that is concerned about the impact of population growth on the environment, believes the Earth is already being stretched beyond its carrying capacity.
It says that the optimum human population - one that can be sustained in the long-term - is closer to three billion people.
Responding to the paper, chief executive Simon Ross said: "We welcome this analysis of the links between global population dynamics and... climate change.
"We believe this paper supports our assertions that reproductive health is an environmental issue, as well as a humanitarian and developmental one," he told BBC News.
However, he said a lower population growth alone would not be enough to prevent dangerous climate change.
"We need a combination of even lower population growth, reduced per capita consumption and better use of technology," Mr Ross observed.
"Assuming average global per capita consumption will continue to rise over time, [this] will require population to actually decline over time from current levels."
Writing in the paper, the scientists - which included researchers from the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and Austria-based International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - said the findings highlighted the importance of understanding population dynamics.
"Greater attention should be given to the implications of urbanisation and ageing, particularly in key regions of the world, including China, India, the US and the EU," they concluded.
"Better modelling of these trends would improve out understanding of the potential range of future energy demand and emissions."
She said she wanted to consult with other parties to find ways of creating "a parliament with teeth".
The Holyrood election on Thursday saw the Tories become the main opposition party in the Scottish Parliament.
The SNP plans to rule without a formal coalition deal after falling two MSPs short of an absolute majority.
Ms Davidson said a minority administration would provide an opportunity to hold the SNP "in check".
Her suggestions include ensuring the conveners of certain committees come from opposition parties, and for opposition party spokesmen and women to be given greater opportunity to question ministers.
She said: "I said during the election campaign that we would press for a parliament with teeth. Before the new parliament gets under way, we have an opportunity to act on that.
"Too often during the last parliament, bad laws were swept in thanks to the SNP majority. Now they are a minority administration, it puts parliament back in control.
"Some simple reforms now need to be considered - and I want all opposition parties to find common cause in putting those forward.
"We can hold the SNP in check - and ensure better government and a stronger Scotland as a result."
The Conservatives secured 31 MSPs in the vote, overtaking Labour which was left with 24. The number of SNP MSPs fell by six, to 63.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie, whose party finished in fifth place behind the Greens, said opposition to the SNP needed to be "far wider than a narrow Tory agenda".
"On issues like tax there is more that unites the Tories with the SNP than divides them," he said.
"And on issues like justice they are more likely to chase cheap headlines than push for reforms which help cut offending and reduce the number of Scots who are imprisoned.
"On education there is no indication that they will press for the urgent investment that is required to make our schools the best again."
A number of senior Labour figures have rallied behind Kezia Dugdale, saying she should stay on as Scottish leader to rebuild support.
Former Labour first minister Lord McConnell praised Ms Dugdale, despite the "terrible" result for his party.
He told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "When Kezia took over last year as leader, she was a breath of fresh air. She remains a breath of fresh air.
"I think her demeanour during this campaign, her relentless focus on the most important issues for people in Scotland and the ways she's conducted herself during the campaign - and since Thursday night, to be honest - is exactly what I want to see in a leader of the Scottish Labour Party."
Former Labour special advisor Paul Sinclair said Ms Dugdale was the party's "last chance" to save itself from oblivion" - although he was critical of her strategy during the election.
Writing in the Scottish Daily Mail, he said: "Labour needs a new story for Scotland. And it will only be able to craft one if it stops speaking to itself and truly listens to the concerns of Scots."
Glasgow City Council's Labour leader Frank McAveety said Labour needed to provide a coherent message on the constitution and suggested embracing the idea of a "federal Britain".
"That would be home rule for Scotland in a federal Britain," he wrote in the Daily Record. "The other parts of the Union would get equal powers for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"The House of Commons would be the federal chamber to which the home rule parliaments would send delegates.
"The precise details need working out - but if everything stays the same, we are tobogganing downhill to an independent Scotland and the break-up of the UK."
Currently there are about 500 British troops in the country, providing security in Kabul and training at the Afghan Officer Academy.
The BBC understands the request was made within the last few weeks.
Nato's secretary general Jens Stoltenberg is due to meet Theresa May at Downing Street on Wednesday and is expected to discuss the subject.
The request for more troops comes as the US considers increasing its military presence in the country.
The US military and state department are recommending sending at least 3,000 more US troops to Afghanistan to fight the Taliban, US media report.
There are 13,000 Nato troops currently in the country, 8,400 of them US.
US combat operations against the Taliban officially ended in 2014, but special forces have continued to provide support to Afghan troops.
The UK was involved in the conflict in Afghanistan against the Taliban and al-Qaeda for 13 years, from 2001 to 2014.
The last UK combat troops left Afghanistan in October 2014, but 450 remained in order to train, advise, and assist local Afghan forces.
In July another 50 were sent to aid counter-terrorism efforts and provide leadership training.
By Jonathan Beale, defence correspondent
The timing of the request may not be great for Theresa May ahead of the election. But it won't come as a huge surprise.
The US military have made no secret of their wish for more troops in Afghanistan. Barack Obama resisted the pressure. President Trump appears to be more willing to give his commanders a free reign.
If the US increases its military presence then it expects allies to do the same. It is, after all, a Nato-led mission, at least in name.
The MoD has received a formal request, but no numbers have been mentioned. One defence source expected that any increase would be small - between 10% and 20% of the 500 British troops already there.
Also expect caveats as to what they will do - and where they'll be deployed. No one in the MoD wants a repeat of Helmand.
Last month, the Taliban announced the start of their "spring offensive" a week after killing at least 135 Afghan soldiers in a military compound near the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif.
The group said it would use military and political tactics and that its main target would be foreign forces.
On Saturday Taliban militants seized a district just a few kilometres to the west of Kunduz in their continuing attempts to take the northern city. Thousands of families have been forced to leave their homes.
Latest reports suggest the Taliban now also control the main road to the east of the city which links the province to the north-east and is also the main supply route for the capital, Kabul.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "The UK keeps its contribution in Afghanistan under regular review to ensure it remains suited for the needs of the mission."
A Nato official told the BBC US authorities had written to the military alliance to ask about the future of its presence in Afghanistan.
The official added: "Allied leaders will consider future contributions at our meeting in Brussels later this month, and the issue will be examined in further detail by defence ministers in June."
A Nato source said they did not expect the secretary general to mention specific numbers in his meeting with Mrs May on Wednesday.
Yusuf Ahmed, Syria's envoy in Cairo, said the plan "reflected the hysteria of these governments".
The EU on Monday backed the Arab League's "bold" plan but Russia said violence must end before any peacekeepers could be sent.
Meanwhile the UN General Assembly has started a debate on the Syrian crisis.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who has been sharply critical of the actions of President Bashar al-Assad's government, is later set to address the assembly in New York.
The Arab League said it was ending all diplomatic co-operation with Syria, and promised to give "political and material support" to the opposition.
The League's moves come a week after Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Syria, which would have endorsed a previous Arab League peace initiative.
The EU backed the League's peacekeeping plan on Monday.
Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, said: "We welcome these bold decisions and the strong and clear commitment and leadership that the Arab League is taking to resolve the crisis in Syria.
By Jim MuirBBC News, Beirut
The Arab League decisions to halt all economic and diplomatic co-operation with the Syrian government may intensify the pressure and isolation for Damascus.
But the call on the UN Security Council to pass a resolution to set up a joint UN-Arab League peacekeeping operation is unlikely to bring swift results.
Any such move needs a ceasefire which does not exist, and which Syria would not accept because it would put rebels and government on the same footing.
It would also require a consensus at the Security Council which is not there. But the league's decisions give its members political cover for backing and financing the Syrian opposition. Syria already accuses some Arab states of paying and arming the rebels.
The appearance on the scene of al-Qaeda further complicates the picture as opposition activists strive to appear as peaceful victims of state oppression.
"The EU's first goal is an immediate cessation of killings and therefore we are very supportive of any initiative that can help achieve this objective, including a stronger Arab presence on the ground in co-operation with the UN to achieve a ceasefire and the end of violence."
He added: "We renew our urgent calls on all members of the Security Council to be constructive and act with responsibility at this crucial moment."
Russia said on Monday that it was studying the plan but that it needed "clarification".
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there had to be ceasefire in place before any peacekeepers could be sent.
"But the problem is that the armed groups that are fighting the Syrian regime do not answer to anyone and are not controlled by anyone," he said.
China, meanwhile, said Syria's problems needed to be resolved by diplomatic means.
Foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said: "China hopes all relevant parties can keep dialogue and communication to play a positive and constructive role in politically resolving the Syrian issue and easing the country's tension."
Speaking while on a visit to South Africa, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said: "I don't see the way forward in Syria as being Western boots on the ground, in any form, including in peacekeeping form, but of course if such a concept could be made viable we will be supporting it in all the usual ways."
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen in Cairo says the new Arab League resolution contains its toughest language on Syria so far and makes it much more likely that the issue will return to the Security Council.
Aiding Syria's rebels
Maps and videos of Homs fighting
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The fact that it is considering these moves shows the extent of the Syrian regime's isolation, our correspondent adds.
He says it remains to be seen whether Moscow will continue to lend its support to its old allies and trading partners.
The League's resolution also formally ends the observer mission it sent to Syria in December. It was suspended in January amid criticism that it was ineffective in the face of continuing violence.
The head of that mission, the controversial Sudanese General Mohammed al-Dabi, had submitted his resignation on Sunday.
Earlier, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri backed the Syrian uprising in a video message, telling the opposition not to rely on the West or Arab countries for support.
There have been reports that US officials suspect al-Qaeda involvement in two deadly blasts in the second city of Aleppo last week.
Meanwhile, fresh violence in the Syrian city of Homs was reported on Monday.
"Tank shelling has been non-stop on Baba Amr and the bombardment on al-Waer [district] began overnight," activist Mohammad al-Hassan told Reuters.
Activists say more than 400 people have been killed since security forces launched an assault on opposition-held areas on the city this month.
Human rights groups say more than 7,000 have died throughout Syria since last March. The government says at least 2,000 members of the security forces have been killed combating "armed gangs and terrorists".
Syria restricts access to foreign media and it is not possible to verify casualty figures.
Gorka Marquez needed dental surgery after two of his lower jaw front teeth were badly chipped when he was attacked by a gang of youths in November, a Strictly spokesman said at the time.
Mr Marquez did not make a formal complaint to police about the incident.
Lancashire Police said the force had checked CCTV from the area in Blackpool and found nothing.
A spokesman said the force had "carried out a proportionate investigation which is now closed" and "no arrests" were made.
The programme's makers said it was up to Marquez or his representatives to comment on the closure of the investigation.
Speaking at the time of the alleged assault, a Strictly spokesman said the 26-year-old Spaniard was in the Lancashire resort for a live edition of the show when he was the victim of an "unprovoked incident".
Mr Marquez was reportedly on his way to a nightclub with colleagues after filming the show's annual broadcast from Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
He was said to have been getting out of a car when a "random group of lads" ran past and assaulted him.
Mr Marquez tweeted his fans after the incident saying it was "a bad experience" but he was "feeling better".
The dancer made his Strictly debut in this year's series and had been partnering EastEnders actress Tameka Empson, who plays Kim Fox in the BBC soap.
They were eliminated in the second round but he has continued to appear in the programme as part of the weekly group routines.
Mr Marquez also stepped in to dance with singer Anastacia in week five when her partner Brendan Cole was ill.
He represented Spain at the World Latin Championships in 2010 and has toured internationally with stage show Burn the Floor, according to his biography on the BBC website.
Mr Marquez will appear as part of the group routines on Saturday's grand final show when the winner of the glitter ball trophy will be chosen.
Lindsay Rimer, 13, from Hebden Bridge, disappeared on 7 November 1994.
Two canal workers found her body, weighted down with a stone, in the Rochdale canal five months later. Her killer has never been identified.
Andy Glover, from Mytholmroyd, was checking for debris when he spotted something in the water.
He said: "We thought that it was a sheep.
"As we pulled it towards us, the body rolled in the water. There was no mistaking who it was, we saw the strands of hair on her face and knew we had found Lindsay Rimer."
Ms Rimer left her home in Cambridge Street at about 22:00 GMT and met her mother at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge.
The last-known sighting of her was caught on CCTV 20 minutes later as she bought cornflakes on Crown Street.
Her body was recovered a mile upstream from the town centre in April 1995.
"I got home late that day, and my wife was asking where I had been and why I hadn't phoned," Mr Glover said.
"I just said, 'We have found her.'
"I didn't need to say who, she knew instantly I was talking about Lindsay."
"It has stayed with me, it always will," he added.
In April, West Yorkshire Police said a new DNA profile had been identified which it hoped would lead them to identify the killer.
Det Supt Simon Atkinson, from West Yorkshire Police, said: "We are still waiting for that one 'golden nugget' that leads us to Lindsay's killer and hope that the person who knows what happened will come forward to help us solve the case, and bring closure to the Rimer family."
The visitors took the lead after only three minutes as Nicky Ajose chipped the ball into the area and Lauri Dalla Valle fired past keeper Ben Alnwick.
Peterborough equalised in the 66th minute, ending a goal drought of over eight hours, as Conor Washington turned in Marcus Maddison's parried shot.
The Railwaymen are one point above the relegation zone with three games left.
However, Leyton Orient and Notts County, who are a point behind Crewe, both have a game in hand.
Monday 18 June 1984 was the most violent day of the year-long miners' strike.
Thousands of pickets met huge lines of police - who were brought in from all around the country - outside the Orgreave coke works near Rotherham.
The miners wanted to stop lorry loads of coke leaving for the steelworks. They thought that would help them win their strike, and help protect their pits and their jobs. The police were determined to hold them back.
There was violence from both sides.
The debate goes on about who acted first, but police horses were sent to charge the crowd up the field and officers followed to make arrests. Many miners and police officers were injured.
The pictures of miners and police officers fighting shocked TV viewers.
The number of officers was unprecedented. The use of dogs, horses and riot gear in an industrial dispute was almost unheard of. Some of the tactics were learned from the police in Northern Ireland and Hong Kong who had experience dealing with violent disorder.
During the subsequent court case a police manual was uncovered which set out the latest plans to deal with pickets and protests.
Police vans and Range Rovers were fitted with armour so they could withstand the stones being thrown by some in the crowd. The miners suspected the whole operation was being run under government control.
Many believe Orgreave was the first example of what became known as "kettling" - the deliberate containment of protesters by large numbers of police officers. It marked a turning point in policing and in the strike.
It was the moment the police strategy switched from defensive - protecting collieries, coking plants and working miners - to offensive, actively breaking up crowds and making large numbers of arrests. In many mining communities faith in the police was destroyed, a legacy that lasts to this day.
There were questions in court about the reliability of the police evidence. Many of the statements made by officers were virtually identical. At least one had a forged signature.
Eventually the case was thrown out and the arrested miners were cleared.
The miners felt they had been set up.
They believed the intention that day was to beat them and make arrests, a show of force that would convince them they were not going to win.
That left a bitter legacy of hatred and distrust of the police in many mining communities.
The police said they were just doing their job in the face of violence from striking miners. The strike lasted until March 1985.
Hundreds of mines closed afterwards and many miners faced redundancy. Even the Orgreave coke works itself has now gone. Houses and a business park are now gradually taking over the site.
The IPCC's decision will disappoint the campaigners who say they want "justice". But they say this is not the end. They will carry on campaigning for a full public inquiry into the way the police behaved throughout the year-long dispute.
The Sunweb rider, 22, won the sprint ahead of Frenchmen Arnaud Demare and Bryan Coquard on the 175.5km stage from La Tour-de-Salvagny to Macon.
Belgium's Thomas de Gendt retained the overall lead, 27 seconds ahead of Australian Richie Porte.
Britain's Chris Froome of Team Sky, the defending champion, is sixth, still one minute four seconds behind.
Thursday's stage was the last opportunity for the sprinters before the race heads to the mountains for the final three days.
"It feels really good. I'm super happy that everything worked out today," said Bauhaus.
"At the Giro d'Italia, I came close to the podium twice. Now with the support of the team, I take the biggest win of my career so far."
Stage six takes the riders 147.5km from Villars-les-Dombes to La Motte-Servolex.
The Dauphine ends on Sunday and will be the final competitive outing before next month's Tour de France for many of the riders.
Froome is aiming to win the Tour for a fourth time this summer, with each of his previous victories in 2013, 2015 and 2016 preceded by winning the Dauphine.
1. Phil Bauhaus (Ger/Sunweb) 4hrs 4mins 32secs
2. Arnaud Demare (Fra/FDJ) same time
3. Bryan Coquard (Fra/Direct Energie)
4. Adrien Petit (Fra/Direct Energie)
5. Nacer Bouhanni (Fra/Cofidis)
1. Thomas De Gendt (Bel/Lotto) 17hrs 1min 25secs
2. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC) +27secs
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +51secs
4. Stef Clement (Ned/LottoNL) +55secs
5. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek) +1min 2secs
6. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +1min 4secs
14. Simon Yates (GB/Orica) +1min 30secs
29. Peter Kennaugh (GB/Team Sky) +2mins 18secs
A team of researchers speculates that this could have been Homo erectus, which lived in Europe and Asia a million years ago or more.
Meanwhile, the researchers report that they have also obtained the most complete DNA sequence ever from a Neanderthal.
Details of the work appear in Nature journal.
Finds at Denisova cave in Siberia have deepened our understanding of the human groups living in Eurasia before modern humans (Homo sapiens) arrived on the scene.
The Neanderthals were already well known, but DNA analysis of a finger bone and a tooth excavated at the cave revealed evidence of a human type living 40,000 years ago that was distinct both from Neanderthals and modern humans.
When this work was published in 2010, the team behind the discovery dubbed this human species the "Denisovans" after the Siberian site.
The Neanderthal toe bone was found in the same cave in 2010, though in a deeper layer of sediment that is thought to be about 10,000-20,000 years older. The cave also contains modern human artefacts, meaning that at least three groups of people occupied the cave at different times.
A high quality genome sequence was obtained from the small bone using techniques developed by Prof Svante Paabo and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and it reveals some interesting insights about both the Neanderthals and other human types.
For example, the researchers say, the Neanderthal woman was highly inbred and could have been the offspring of half-siblings who shared the same mother.
Other scenarios are possible though, including that her parents were an uncle and niece or aunt and nephew, a grandparent and grandchild, or double first-cousins (the offspring of two siblings who married siblings).
Comparisons of the genetic sequence of multiple human groups - Neanderthals, Denisovans and modern humans - yielded further insights into their evolutionary relationships.
The results show that Neanderthals and Denisovans were very closely related, and that their common ancestor split off from the ancestors of modern humans about 400,000 years ago. The genome data reveal that Neanderthals and Denisovans diverged about 300,000 years ago.
But it also threw up a surprise result: that the Denisovans interbred with a mysterious fourth group of early humans that were living in Eurasia at the time. Between 2.7 and 5.8% of the Denisovan genome comes from this enigmatic species.
This group split from the others more than a million years ago, and may represent the early human species known as Homo erectus, which fossils show was living in Europe and Asia a million or more years ago.
But Spanish researchers also recognise a species known as Homo antecessor, whose fossils show up about a million years ago at the Atapuerca site, near Burgos in Spain, and this may be another candidate.
Though Denisovans and Neanderthals eventually died out, they left behind bits of their genetic heritage because they occasionally interbred with modern humans. The research team estimates that between 1.5 and 2.1 percent of the genomes of modern non-Africans can be traced to Neanderthals.
Denisovans also left genetic traces in modern humans, though only in some Oceanic and Asian populations.
About 6% of the genomes of Aboriginal Australians, New Guineans and some Pacific Islanders can be traced to Denisovans, studies suggest.
The new analysis finds that the genomes of Han Chinese and other mainland Asian populations, as well as of Native Americans, contain about 0.2% Denisovan genes.
"The paper really shows that the history of humans and hominins during this period was very complicated," said Montgomery Slatkin, professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley.
"There was lots of interbreeding that we know about and probably other interbreeding we haven't yet discovered."
As part of the study, Prof Slatkin's colleague Fernando Racimo was able to identify at least 87 specific genes in modern humans that are significantly different from related genes in Neanderthals and Denisovans.
This, the researchers say, may hold clues to behavioural differences distinguishing us from early human populations that died out.
"There is no gene we can point to and say, 'this accounts for language or some other unique feature of modern humans'," Prof Slatkin explained.
"But from this list of genes, we will learn something about the changes that occurred on the human lineage, though those changes will probably be very subtle."
According to Prof Paabo, the list of genes "is a catalogue of genetic features that sets all modern humans apart from all other organisms, living or extinct".
He added: "I believe that in it hide some of the things that made the enormous expansion of human populations and human culture and technology in the last 100,000 years possible."
The Ulster Bank's monthly Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) tracks indicators such as new orders and employment.
Local firms continued to report rising levels of activity in May, but "a significant slowdown has been in evidence".
It also points to a "marked deterioration in business conditions" for the construction sector.
The bank's chief economist, Richard Ramsey, said a slowdown in the construction market in Great Britain "appears to have hit local firms hard".
Northern Ireland's largest construction firms do the bulk of their work in England and Scotland.
Mr Ramsey said the sector had seen its steepest decline in new orders since November 2012.
He added that the general slowdown across all sectors is likely to continue into the third quarter of the year.
"Much will depend on macro issues, including the performance of the UK economy and the forthcoming referendum on the UK's membership of the EU."
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"Such attacks are a blatant violation of international laws," the UN said.
Among the sites hit was a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital, where seven people were reportedly killed. France said such acts constituted war crimes.
Activists have accused Russia of carrying out the strikes but there has been no independent confirmation.
Russia has been backing the Syrian government in its offensive against rebels but says it only targets what it calls "terrorists".
Two medical facilities in Maarat al-Numan, which is in Idlib province, are reported to have been hit.
MSF said one of its facilities had been struck by four missiles in the space of minutes, leading them to believe it "wasn't an accidental attack, that it was deliberate".
It said seven people died with another eight still missing.
Mego Terzian, president of MSF France, told Reuters "either the [Syrian] government or Russia" was "clearly" responsible.
But the Syrian ambassador to Moscow Riad Haddad, said the US was to blame, a claim the Pentagon dismissed as "patently false".
"We have no reason to strike in Idlib, as Isil [Islamic State] is not active there," spokesman Capt Jeff Davis said.
A second hospital in Maarat al-Numan was also hit, killing three people, said opposition group the Local Co-ordination Committees.
The strikes follow a pattern of systematic attacks on healthcare facilities in Syria, says the BBC's Mark Lowen in neighbouring Turkey.
240 facilities hit up to late 2015
70 in Jun-Aug 2015 alone
697 medical personnel killed
40% of Syrians lack basic care
In Azaz, near the Turkish border, at least 12 people were killed in an attack on two hospitals and two schools, reports said.
One of those hit was a children's hospital. A worker for Syria Charity, which runs the facility, blamed Russia.
"The Russians have been targeting this area because it's what we call a liberated area, by moderate opposition - that's why we are 99% sure this was Russian airstrikes," said Anfal Sevik.
Unicef said six children were killed in the strikes on schools.
"Let us remember that these victims are children," a statement said. "Children."
Azaz has been the focus of intense fighting, with Turkey on Monday threatening Kurdish rebels with the "harshest reaction" if they tried to take the town.
Despite the bombardment Kurdish-led forces have captured the town of Tal Rifaat from Islamist rebels, the monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
A statement from UN spokesman spokesman Farhan Haq said the attacks "cast a shadow" on commitments made by international powers last week.
At a conference, world leaders pledged to work towards a cessation of hostilities in Syria within a week.
But Russia argues that the "cessation" does not apply to its air strikes, which have tilted the balance of the war in favour of the Syrian government.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said any ceasefire did not mean "each party will stop using weapons".
In televised comments he questioned whether conditions for the halt in fighting could be met in a week, Reuters reported.
France said it condemned the bombing of the MSF clinic in the strongest terms, with Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault saying such acts "constitute war crimes".
The US has also condemned the strikes, saying they cast doubt "on Russia's willingness and/or ability to help bring to a stop the continued brutality of the Assad regime against its own people".
EU foreign policy chief said the attack on the MSF facility was "completely unacceptable" but did not say who was responsible.
The UN envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is in the capital Damascus as part of his effort to restart peace talks.
Almost five years of civil war in Syria have led to the deaths of more than 250,000 people. More than 11 million people have been displaced.
The advert featured the cast of The Secret Life of Pets, with one dog becoming frustrated with its broadband connectivity.
Virgin Media challenged a claim in the ad that Sky broadband was "super reliable".
The ASA drew on data from Ofcom to uphold the complaint.
It concluded that the ad could "mislead consumers" because it implied that all of Sky's broadband packages were super-reliable.
"That is not the case for Sky's ADSL2+ package," the ASA said in its summing up.
A similar Sky ad, featuring Lego Batman, was banned for misleadingly claiming to offer the UK's lowest-priced fibre.
Complaining about one another's adverts seems to have become standard practice in the internet service provider world.
In 2016, Virgin Media had a broadband ad featuring Usain Bolt banned over misleading claims about broadband speeds after BT and Sky complained to the ASA.
And a BT advert fronted by actor Ryan Reynolds was banned after Virgin complained that it implied BT's 52Mbps service was the fastest maximum speed service for the lowest-priced package in the UK.
A spokesman for the ASA said the organisation attempted to dissuade the telecoms industry from "tit for tat complaints" by asking them to provide evidence that they had approached their competitor and tried to resolve the matter between themselves first.
"It is a ferociously competitive sector and a lot of scrutiny is given to competitors' advertising, but we only act when there is a problem under the rules," he told the BBC.
The two-time F1 champion flew straight from Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix to America to start his attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 on 28 May.
Some measure of the impact his decision has had comes from the fact that more than two million people watched Alonso's first test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway earlier this month.
Yes, two million people. Watching a webcast of a single car going around a circuit with four left-hand turns.
For Alonso, who is missing the Monaco Grand Prix to race at Indy, this is the next step to trying to win the 'triple crown' of motor racing's three blue-riband events.
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Only one man, Graham Hill, has so far triumphed in Monaco - where Alonso has already won twice - at Indy and in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
And it is a rare chance to taste success at a time when his F1 career is becalmed by poor machinery.
At Indy, Alonso will have a car with which he can win, branded for his McLaren F1 team, run by the elite Andretti Autosport outfit and powered by a Honda engine - which, unlike the one in Alonso's F1 car, is absolutely competitive.
Few would question Lewis Hamilton's assessment that Alonso will be "the best driver in the paddock" at Indy. Less certain is whether he can adapt quickly enough to racing on a high-speed oval.
"He just won't have the time," Hamilton says. "It will be interesting to see how he fares against the drivers who have all this experience."
This is not just any racing driver. Alonso is an exceptional talent.
But he has never raced on an oval before, and is facing highly skilled rivals who have been doing it for years.
So what is Alonso up against, and what makes winning at Indy so difficult?
The Indy 500 is 200 laps of a 2.5-mile 'superspeedway' with four left-hand turns banked at an angle of nine degrees, all of which look identical but have their own subtleties.
There are no run-off areas - the track edge is a wall. Average lap speeds top 230mph in qualifying.
It is, needless to say, extremely dangerous, even if safety has been improved in recent years by replacing concrete walls with impact-absorbing barriers in the corners.
All teams use a spec Dallara chassis but there are two engine manufacturers - Honda and Chevrolet - and each can develop its own aerodynamics.
Although the cars are more rudimentary than F1 machinery, there is a level of complexity of set-up on an oval that Alonso has not experienced before.
Can Alonso adapt to the challenges of Indianapolis?
The beginnings of an answer were provided by his first run at Indy in early May, which also comprised the mandatory 'rookie test' all drivers new to Indy have to complete.
He was alone on track but it provided compelling viewing. Not only for the fly-on-the-wall nature of the coverage - cameras eavesdropped on Alonso's conversations with his engineers in a way never allowed in F1 - but also for the way he dealt with the day.
The rookie test required a driver to run a series of laps at pre-determined speeds - 10 laps in the range of 205-210mph, 15 at 210-215mph, 15 at 215-220mph. That's a total of 40 laps for the test. Alonso completed it in just 50, including those on which he exited or returned to the pits.
This is not hugely remarkable for a driver of his ability. But there were some eye-opening aspects to the day.
At one point, Alonso was told over the radio that he had completed the 210-215mph phase and could go straight onto the next one. His very next lap was 219.495mph.
The 215-220mph phase completed, he was straight into the high 221mph range, topping out at 222.548mph. "That's a race pace right there," said a watching Mario Andretti, 1978 F1 world champion and 1969 Indy 500 winner.
There was hardly any sense of Alonso playing himself in. He exuded control, as if he did it every day.
If he was feeling intimidated by the speeds involved, there was not a hint of it. Between runs, he sat in the car, his face calm, no wide eyes, no apparent trepidation at all.
Even to an experienced observer, this was extraordinary.
Scot Dario Franchitti, a three-time Indy 500 winner, said he was "amazed".
"I thought he got up to speed incredibly quickly," he added.
Alonso had arranged for timing data from a 210mph lap to be put on the steering wheel display screen, and calculated what would be the lap-time difference for the increased speeds.
But when I asked 2003 Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran how Alonso judged it so finely, he made it clear it was a long way from normal.
"The guy has enormous feel. Huge," said De Ferran, who is acting as Alonso's mentor at Indy.
"What makes a great racing driver great? It's feel, man.
"Obviously Fernando is extremely gifted, and I have now also learned that he is highly intelligent, has a great attitude and a great work ethic."
Alonso described his first test as "fun", and did admit to one moment when the speed and the walls got to him.
"The team at one point said: 'You are done with the limitations, so run free as you feel,'" Alonso said.
"I knew Marco [Andretti, who set the car up for Alonso] was flat in Turn One and I said [to myself] I will do it flat out.
"I was convinced 100% I was going flat out but the foot was not going flat out; it had its own life. The second or third lap I was able to do it, but the first lap was a good moment to feel the place, the car.
"The speed is something. For any racing driver, it is just pure adrenaline. It was a good day."
Intimidated, Alonso clearly is not. But he is aware that winning at Indy involves more than just being fast and brave - and that running in traffic in excess of 230mph and working out how to optimise the car are things he has to learn fast.
Alonso has already impressed the Andretti team with his application and his understanding of the differences between what Americans call road racing and oval racing. But the task ahead of him is huge nonetheless.
There are so many differences between F1 and the Indy 500 that it is hard to know where to start.
The speed is one thing - there is not a corner on an F1 circuit anywhere in the world that is taken as fast as the average lap speed Alonso will be doing in the race at Indy, let alone qualifying.
Whereas an F1 team is not allowed to change the car between qualifying and race, Indy requires two different set-ups for each.
And then there is the complexity of how the cars work on an oval track.
A driver has to turn right to go in a straight line because the cars are designed only to turn left and set up asymmetrically. The idiosyncrasies of oval racing mean that adjustments for handling balance are made not only to the front and rear but also diagonally across the car.
Drivers can change this while out on track with something called a 'weight-jacker' - a kind of diagonal pitch control, which De Ferran says "changes the balance of the car tremendously".
"In a way, you have twice as many variables," De Ferran adds, "and [you have to work out] how does that interact with your driving.
"There are a lot of peculiarities for someone who has never done ovals."
Alonso has five days of practice this week, with six hours of running on each as long as the weather stays fine - IndyCars do not run in the rain on ovals - before qualifying over two days on the weekend of 20-21 May.
In that time, he will have to learn the car, come up with set-ups for qualifying and race, learn how to adjust the car on track for changing conditions and come to terms with running in traffic at more than 220mph.
"Qualifying and the race are very different," De Ferran says. "Qualifying at Indy quite frankly is one of the most difficult things I have ever done in a racing car."
A lap of Indianapolis is supposed to be "flat" - the driver never lifts his foot off the accelerator. But it is a long way from easy. The driver is absolutely on the edge, the car in a controlled slide or 'drift', all the time.
The car is 'trimmed out' to have as little downforce as the driver feels he get can get away with - because downforce equals drag and drag slows you down on the straights - while going as fast as possible in the corners.
The result, De Ferran says, is "the car feels like you are driving on an ice road at 230mph. It is very, very little grip and very, very little margin".
The grid is set over two days. Saturday's running fundamentally defines the nine drivers who can compete for pole on the Sunday - the so-called 'Fast Nine'. The remaining 24 also compete for grid slots on the Sunday, but the best they can be is 10th, no matter what time they set. Positions are defined by speed over a four-lap run and the drivers take it in turns to go out.
"One of the unfortunate things sometimes about TV is you can't see how on-the-edge the whole thing is," De Ferran says.
"It may look from TV that the guy is just going round and round and it looks easy, but you ask any driver where they have to do a lot of runs in qualifying trim, they are like, 'Oh my God, this is so stressful. I don't want to do that many runs in qualifying trim. I'm done. Once is enough.' And now they have to do it at least twice and that's difficult.
"You are literally looking for a few centimetres here and there to make a difference. If the tyres go off, if they are degrading a little bit too much because you are sliding a little bit too much, come the fourth lap you are in trouble.
"It is an adventure like you have no idea."
For the 500 itself, there is a "completely different set of problems," De Ferran explains.
The driver still wants to be running as little downforce as possible because, as De Ferran puts it, "the less downforce you can run, the quicker you will go".
But he has to run more than in qualifying because of the problems created by racing in the vicinity of 32 other cars. Traffic messes up the behaviour of the car.
"That's one of the big difficulties - how much downforce do you add?" De Ferran says. "Because the more you add, the more you slow down. Alone. In perfect conditions.
"Now you have to do 30 laps [in a stint] instead of four. And you have to take tyre degradation and traffic into account.
"It may be traffic from a line of cars, from one car, and when you are in traffic you lose downforce and the car starts sliding like mad and then you can't go forward.
"The mindset from a set-up perspective for the race is quite different than in qualifying."
A driver may want his car to behave differently in the race so it is less on-a-knife-edge than he can get away with for four laps of qualifying.
"Balance-wise you may not want the car to be quite as neutral," says De Ferran. This usually means giving it just a little understeer so the front is not quite as grippy as before, which is a safer balance in the race than oversteer, where the rear wants to come around on the driver.
But too much understeer - or 'push', as it is known in America - is also bad, De Ferran says.
"When you get in traffic typically you not only you lose grip but you also gain understeer, so it's a very complex equation."
Finally, because the race is 500 miles, on a high-speed oval with no run-off area, accidents are inevitable, and with them come caution periods - or 'yellows' - when the cars are held behind a pace car.
Getting it right or wrong when the race goes green again can determine whether you win - as Nigel Mansell found to his cost when he lost the lead on a restart in 1993.
One of Alonso's great qualities in F1 has always been his adaptability - his biggest strength among many is arguably his ability to drive the car to its maximum no matter how it is behaving.
De Ferran says drivers are "a bit more limited" in being able to drive around problems on an oval, but this skill "always helps because the car is changing all the time really - the tyres are degrading, the fuel level is changing, on an oval you have this traffic to deal with".
He adds: "It is never this beautiful constant thing that you keep perfecting. The track is changing and you have to learn how to adapt to that. It is one of his skills that he scores very highly at."
De Ferran has been a long-time admirer of Alonso - since watching trackside at the 2001 Brazilian Grand Prix, when the Spaniard was in his first season with Minardi.
"I didn't even know who he was, but I was watching on a corner," the 49-year-old recalls. "The car was three seconds off but I was thinking: 'Hmmm. Who is that?'"
He was approached to be Alonso's mentor for his Indy adventure over the weekend of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
"When they first asked me, that was very emotional. It was, like, 'Wow.'
"You think: 'Jesus, it is one of the best drivers I have ever seen, a great champion.'"
Former IndyCar driver Bryan Herta said at Alonso's rookie test: "He's going to be a pretty formidable competitor. He's got everyone's attention already."
De Ferran says: "I think most people are super-happy he has elected to come and do the Indy 500, primarily because Fernando commands a huge amount of respect.
"When I retired, someone asked what was one of your biggest frustrations, and I said I never really went head-to-head with Michael Schumacher and it was something I wanted to do.
"A lot of people see Fernando as I saw Michael and having the opportunity to race against a guy like that in similar equipment and so on is unique."
Veteran Helio Castroneves said adapting to Indy racing would be "no problem" for Alonso. And four-time IndyCar champion and 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon said Alonso had a "great shot" at winning.
De Ferran says: "He has the skill, the experience, the knowledge, the emotional control to be a true contender in Indianapolis but there are so many things that have to come right on that one day for you to win.
"Let me put it this way, Mario Andretti tried God knows how long to win it for a second time and he only won it in '69. Scott Dixon, who frankly is supremely talented, won it only once.
"It's unbelievable. Yes, in the car you control a lot of levers but definitely not all of them. And there are some levers that not even the team controls.
"You have a bad pit stop and it happens to be the last one and you are in trouble. You may be dominating the whole race, but there's a strategy call, or a yellow that falls just at the wrong time, and you may be in trouble again. Or a mechanical failure.
"You make a bad decision in the car, once, and it happens to be at a crucial time, and you were in a position to win and now you're not."
He uses as an example Alex Rossi, who drove five races for back-of-the-grid F1 team Manor in 2015, but won Indy at his first attempt last year, after gambling on not stopping for fuel after a late-race caution period.
De Ferran says: "If the yellow ended one lap sooner than it did, Rossi would not only not have won the race, he would not even have finished because he would have run out of fuel. That is one clear example between hero and zero that is completely beyond the control of the driver."
"First, I want to enjoy the experience," he says. "Everyone keeps telling me how big the event is. So my first target is to go there and live that moment. For any racing driver it must feel a privilege to race there.
"After that there is always a small percentage that you can win, because there are many factors there, it is not only about the pace.
"Probably my chance to win is a little lower than some of my competitors because I am lacking experience, but I have a lot of joy and commitment to learn as much as I can so it will be fun.
"But after that, when you close the visor you don't like it when you are are second. It's the same in any sport. We are all competitive and we want to do the best we can."
There was a decrease of 500 in the claimant count, bringing the total to 33,600.
However, other economic data suggests the services sector and manufacturing both saw a drop in output during the third quarter of this year.
The output of the services sector - the biggest part of economy - fell by 0.5% compared to the previous quarter.
The production sector, which is dominated by manufacturing, showed a fall in output of almost 2% across the quarter.
Jonathan Turley, 33, was last seen in the Newcastle, County Down, area on Sunday and has a history of violence.
Police have appealed to Mr Turley to hand himself in.
Det Insp Jenna Fitzpatrick said they have been unable to rule out whether Turley is travelling within Northern Ireland.
"We know that Mr Turley travelled to Belfast on Saturday evening and was then sighted in the Newcastle area on Sunday.
"I would urge the public not to approach Mr Turley as he has an extensive history of violence and may pose a risk to the them," she said.
"I would also appeal to Mr Turley to hand himself in to the authorities without any further delay and ask anyone who knows of his current whereabouts or who has any information to contact police on 999."
Former Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner Adam Simmonds denies recklessly sharing details of a probe involving Wellingborough MP Peter Bone.
Mr Bone told Southwark Crown Court it was a "complete surprise" when a fellow MP told him details about the case.
That investigation was later dropped.
Former Conservative PCC Mr Simmonds is accused of discussing the probe with politicians including MPs within the Tory party and using information from briefings gained in his role.
Mr Bone, also a Conservative, told the court he was assured by police officers the matter was being dealt with confidentially after his home was searched in March 2013.
But he said he found the "rumour mill" was in "full swing" about the allegations about him and his wife, Jeanette, relating to the payment of fees for the care of an elderly relative.
"One of the key moments was when Thomas Pursglove, now the MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire, told me that he had been told by a county councillor quite considerable detail about the investigation, and that was a complete surprise," he said.
Mr Bone said he had known Mr Simmonds for "a long time" and thought he was "an excellent PCC".
Asked by the prosecution if he was upset by the alleged unlawful sharing of information, Mr Bone said: "I couldn't understand how the PCC's office could have passed that information on to anyone else."
Mr Bone said the allegations against him had been "completely bogus and made up". The Crown Prosecution Service announced it would not bring any charges against him and his wife in March 2014.
The court has heard Mr Simmonds was updated on the investigation into Mr Bone in emails sent between Northamptonshire Police Chief Constable Adrian Lee and his deputy Martin Jelley.
Mr Simmonds is alleged to have disclosed the information in conversations with Conservative politicians Michael Ellis, MP for Northampton North, MP for Daventry Chris Heaton-Harris, Paul Bell and David Mackintosh.
Mr Lee said he had not expected Mr Simmonds to disclose information about the investigation into Mr Bone, except to senior colleagues within the office of the PCC.
"I'm very clear I didn't give permission and permission was never sought," he said.
Mr Bone made a formal complaint about Mr Simmonds, who was charged following an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Mark Harries, defending, has said Mr Simmonds does not dispute the facts he received information by email and had brief conversations about the investigation.
The trial continues.
Mr Isa, chairman of the World Uighur Congress, was due to attend a conference next week in the northern Indian town of Dharamsala.
He said he was "disappointed" by the Indian government's action.
Earlier reports said Delhi had granted Mr Isa a visa after China blocked India's bid to get the UN to ban Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar.
The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, had criticised India's move and described Mr Isa as a "terrorist" with an Interpol red-corner notice against him, leading to Delhi rescinding his visa.
Uighurs are an ethnic minority community from China's western Xinjiang region and have a long history of discord with Beijing. They are Muslims and regard themselves as culturally and ethnically close to Central Asian nations.
"I express my disappointment on Indian authorities' cancellation of my visa to attend the annual Interethnic Interfaith Leadership Conference taking place in Dharamsala from 30 April to 1 May," Mr Isa, who lives in Germany, said in a statement.
He confirmed that India had granted him a tourist e-visa which was cancelled on 23 April.
"I recognise and understand the difficult position that the Indian government found itself, and regret that my trip has generated such unwarranted controversy."
The democracy conference in Dharamsala is being organised by the US-based Initiatives for China and Uighurs, and the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader in-exile, is also due to attend the meeting.
The number of people aged 100, or over, has quadrupled over the last two decades, according to Office for National Statistics figures for 2015.
In the last decade alone, the number of centenarians has risen by 65% or 5,720
There has also been a dramatic increase in the number of people aged over 105. Last year there were 850 reaching the age of 105, up from 130 in 1985.
The figures come as statisticians publish information on the life expectancy of the UK population.
Those born between 2013 and 2015 can expect to live to the age of 79 if they are a boy and 82 if they are a girl.
This was working on the assumption that mortality rates remain the same as they are now, the ONS said.
Life expectancy had increased by 13 weeks a year since the 1980 to 1982 period for males and by 9.5 weeks a year on average for females, the ONS said.
There are half a million people aged 90 or over in the UK.
The size of this age group has increased over time, and seven out of 10 of them are women.
Responding to the figures, minister for pensions Richard Harrington said: "It is fantastic news that more people are living longer lives.
"I want everyone to be able to enjoy their retirement, but as people live longer it's even more important that they have a pension to help provide financial security in later life."
He added that saving into a workplace pension was one of the best ways for this to be achieved.
The Welsh government is investing in improved technology which would make it quicker and cheaper to test more patients who may have the BRCA genes.
This was the test which Angelina Jolie took before having a double mastectomy.
Genetics consultant Rachel Butler said there had been a surge in women wanting the test since the actress went public.
Around 120 people deemed to be at high risk of having breast or ovarian cancer are currently tested for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes each year in Wales on the NHS.
About 20% of them will have a mutation linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, the Welsh government said.
They can then decide which options are best for them to manage their risk of developing cancer.
Dr Butler, consultant clinical scientist at the All Wales Genetic Laboratory, based at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, said the new technology - which the Welsh government is helping to fund - would help boost the number of patients tested.
Although it would be rolled out gradually across Wales over the next year or two, she estimated that some 300 to 400 people could eventually be offered the test.
"It's a really positive step as this test is important for two main reasons," she said.
"Firstly, I think it really manages anxiety. If you have someone in your family who's had cancer you do worry about having it and if you have a negative test it allays that anxiety and that's a really big thing.
"Secondly, there are now drugs that are particularly effective for people who have breast cancer and have the BRCA1 or 2 mutation.
"This type of personalised medicine, as we call it, does make a difference."
Dr Butler, who runs the genetic testing laboratory, said demand was "huge" for the test and that the laboratory had seen a "surge" in women coming to them wanting it following the publicity surrounding Angelina Jolie's surgery.
The 37-year-old film star revealed in May that she was told by doctors that she had an 87% risk of developing breast cancer without the radical treatment because of genes she inherited from her mother.
"The Angelina Jolie effect is definitely a good thing as people are now talking about it," said Dr Butler.
"But there are patients who come in to see us and for the counselling we offer and even if we work out that they do not meet the current strict criteria, they still want the test and will pay for it privately instead."
In June, new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) guidelines were published which loosened the eligibility criteria for genetic testing of the BRCA cancer gene in England and Wales.
It means somebody who has a family member diagnosed before the age of 50 could be eligible for the test. Previously, they had to have two relatives diagnosed before the age of 50.
The Welsh government said it was working to make the tests available for more patients on the NHS.
"Advances in technology (such as next generation sequencing) and new treatment options mean that potentially there is benefit in wider testing for some breast cancer patients," a spokesperson said.
"Testing is becoming cheaper and quicker, and there could be advantages in lowering the threshold for testing.
"This will result in a reduction in the percentage of BRCA-positive women identified, but this would be outweighed by the benefits to those additional women identified who could be eligible to access personalised treatment options.
"This type of stratified medicine approach is being discussed in Wales and in England."
The RFU released a statement saying former England captain Borthwick would join new head coach Eddie Jones' team.
Borthwick signed a long-term deal with Bristol after the World Cup, having worked under Jones with Japan.
"We have not agreed Steve Borthwick can leave our employment," Bristol said.
Borthwick is understood to have handed in his resignation on Tuesday, but the club said they had not given the RFU permission to speak to Borthwick and would "take all reasonable actions as necessary to protect the club's position".
Before Bristol intervened, Borthwick was quoted in an RFU statement saying it was a "huge honour to be asked as these chances don't come around often".
The former England captain was due to be Jones' first appointment after previous forwards coach Graham Rowntree departed on Monday, along with Mike Catt and Andy Farrell.
In the same RFU statement, Jones described Borthwick as a "great addition" who would "get the best out of the players at the highest level".
Jones also called Borthwick a "young coach with great potential" and praised his "analytical" approach as part of the RFU announcement.
Borthwick, 36, captained both Bath and Saracens during a 16-year playing career and won 57 England caps between 2001 and 2010.
The lock was part of the England side that reached the 2007 Rugby World Cup final in France and was appointed captain by then coach Martin Johnson in 2008.
Borthwick worked part-time with Jones for two years as a spot coach with Japan, before retiring in 2014 - with a record 265 Premiership appearances - and becoming the country's full-time forwards coach.
He helped Jones to mastermind Japan's stunning victory over South Africa in this year's Rugby World Cup before signing a contract with Bristol.
Jones, who also worked with Borthwick at Premiership side Saracens, was named as Stuart Lancaster's successor in November, following England's dismal World Cup campaign.
Jones, 55, will take charge of his first match on 9 February when England face Scotland in the Six Nations.
Jones is also looking to name replacements for previous attack coach Catt and defence coach Farrell.
The former Australia head coach has asked another former colleague Paul Gustard to join his team, with the Saracens defence and forwards coach currently considering the offer.
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder told BBC Sport that backs coach Alex King will meet Jones this week to discuss a position with England.
Mallinder says there has been no official approach yet from the RFU, but that Saints will not prevent King from leaving if he was offered a role.
Witness Justin Knock captured images of the base jump and said the "dangerous" move was "skilfully" done with the jumper landing on his feet.
The base jumper landed at St Thomas's Street at about 10:18 GMT, police said, adding that no-one has been arrested.
A spokesperson for The Shard said: "We are investigating an incident involving a member of the public this morning."
The 87-storey building at London Bridge stands at 1,016ft (310m).
Eyewitness Mr Knock, said: "I was buying some cheese from the store opposite St Thomas's Street and looked up and this guy was coming down with his parachute.
"It was obviously a dangerous thing to do but he pulled it off skilfully. He was coming down at speed and if he caught a draft and hit the building it would be game over really."
He and another man bundled up the parachute within seconds of landing and left the scene. Police and staff from the building arrived at the scene soon after, Mr Knock said.
The shooting happened at around 22:00 BST on Friday night in Ardmonagh Parade.
The victim was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.
SDLP justice spokesperson and west Belfast MLA Alex Attwood said: "There is a new tyranny emerging - drug pushing on one hand and violent attacks on the other."
"Many in west Belfast know the scale of the threat, the impact on our community and the risks for our young people in particular."
"People and police must together confront these criminal and violent forces," he added.
PSNI Det Insp Mark McHaffie has appealed for witnesses to contact police.
On the face of it, this race and the one a week later on the equally historic Monza track in Italy gives Lewis Hamilton a chance to gain back some ground on Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the championship, after the German's carefully controlled victory in Hungary at the end of July.
And there are a number of other pressing matters - particularly the resolution of the 2018 driver market and McLaren's engine supply - that will guarantee an intriguing few weeks as a backdrop to the title fight.
With four wins each so far in 11 races, it is hard to pick a favourite out of Vettel and Hamilton, at least when it comes to a potential champion.
This weekend at Spa, though, might be a different matter. Although Mercedes and Ferrari have generally been closely matched this season, there have been outlier tracks where one has had a bigger advantage than normal, and the 4.3 miles of magnificent asphalt that swoops around the Ardennes mountains is expected to be one of them.
With a collection of largely long-duration, medium- and high-speed corners, Spa could have been made for the standard-setting aerodynamic efficiency and horsepower of this year's Mercedes car - in much the same way as one could have said of Silverstone, where Hamilton dominated.
The same, for slightly different reasons, goes for Monza and as such these two races give Hamilton a golden opportunity to reduce Vettel's 14-point lead. And he needs to, because Singapore, two weeks after Monza, is as close to a Ferrari 'gimme' as you can get.
As such, Hamilton needs to have located his A game over the summer break - something that has eluded him too many times this season, after disappointing performances in one way or another in Russia, Monaco, Austria and Hungary this season.
Four races out of 11 in which he has failed to get the best possible result for his car is too high a ratio for Hamilton to win the championship against opposition as strong as Vettel in this year's Ferrari.
Spa has been a mixed hunting ground for both title contenders - each has won there only twice.
And Vettel has his own concerns - Spa is his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen's favourite track and the Finn could well be Ferrari's pace-setter this weekend.
In such circumstances, Vettel would be glad for Ferrari's clear - if unspoken - philosophy of favouring the four-time champion in pretty much every possible way, a strategy Mercedes are choosing not to follow with Hamilton and team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Elsewhere, there will be interest in how close Red Bull can get to the front-runners on a track that exposes the power limitations of their Renault engine but where the chassis can be expected to excel around the succession of demanding sweepers that make up the middle sector of the lap.
And McLaren - after a rare weekend as best of the rest in Hungary, delivering Fernando Alonso a sixth-place finish and an unexpected fastest lap - will be steeling themselves for another difficult weekend.
A Honda engine upgrade is due in Spa - at least that's the word; Honda have not yet publicly said it will be there. Will it amount to much?
It needs to, not least because McLaren are leaning heavily towards dropping Honda for next season and switching to a Renault customer deal. If this update is underwhelming or late - and the last one was both - could it be the end of the road for the McLaren-Honda partnership, and by extension Honda's latest sojourn into F1?
Andrew Benson, chief F1 writer
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The findings were outlined in the 2015 African Agriculture Status Report.
Despite the dominance of agriculture in many economies, outdated land-tenure systems and poor access to finance deter new entrants to farming, it said.
The call for action was presented at the African Green Revolution Forum, which is being held in Zambia.
The report, produced by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), warns that the continent will not solve its chronic food shortages or worrying unemployment levels among its youth without wholesale changes.
In 2015, the African Union issued a declaration to double food productivity and halve poverty by 2025.
Harvesting youth
The report's co-ordinating editor, Agra's head of strategy, monitoring and evaluation, David Sarfo Ameyaw, said the report highlighted a direct link between the rising level of unemployment among the under-25s and food security concerns.
But, he added, the two issues also presented a clear opportunity to deliver a solution.
"Channelling the energy, strength and dynamism of Africa's youth into productive, competitive and profitable agribusinesses... will boost agricultural production systems, create jobs and generate incomes," he said.
"The impact of youth involvement and participation in agriculture and food systems will be seen in sustainable economic growth and in the reduction of poverty and malnutrition across the continent."
He told BBC News that studies had shown that a 1% increase in GDP from the agriculture sector reduces poverty five times as much as any other sector.
However, there were a number of long-standing barriers that prevented or deterred future generations of would-be agribusiness leaders.
One was the lack of access to land. "Africa has the highest area of arable land in the world but because of the limitation of our land-tenure systems and land policies, it is very difficult for the youth to access land," Dr Sarfo Ameyaw explained.
"Africa, unlike other countries, does not have a viable land market. They are either traditionally or culturally owned."
Another constraint was accessing finance facilities.
He observed: "The report points out that only about 25% of the young people in Africa have any form of access to finance, even things such as a bank account or credit card."
He said that even if a young person identified some land, it was hard to find the finances to buy the land and made it very hard to get a foot on to the agriculture ladder.
Figures from the African Union Commission estimate that about 65% of Africa's population is below the age of 35 years, with 10 million youths (15-35 year-olds) entering the workforce each year.
It is also estimated that agriculture provides 65% of the continent's jobs. And as the world wakes up to the challenge it faces to feed a growing population that is forecast to exceed nine billion by the middle of this century, Africa holds up to 60% of the world's uncultivated arable land.
Dr Sarfo Ameyaw said, along with reforms to the barriers and constraints identified by the report, there was also a need to "rebrand" the image of farming and the opportunities for employment the sector offered.
"When you talk about agriculture in Africa, everyone is talking about the production aspect, being on the land," he explained.
"But agriculture is about R&D, improved distribution, access to markets, improved technology, processing, retailing.
"So when we talk about agriculture to the youth, we should rebrand it so that it focuses not only on the production side but along the whole chain."
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The 32-year-old defender, who played at the Olympics in 2012 and 2016, revealed he was not in the panel soon to be named by head coach Bobby Crutchley.
He has more than 200 caps, playing firstly for Ireland and then GB.
Lewers said his age was one reason given for his omission, as GB wanted to plan for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
"I was a bit shocked when I was told," said Lewers.
"Overall, it is sad and disappointing. They cited my age and said they had to plan for Tokyo."
After the failure of Great Britain to make the quarter-finals in Rio this summer, Lewers voiced opinions on what went wrong and he feels that may also have counted against him.
Lewers played for Ireland until 2008 and then switched to GB, making his debut in 2011.
He competed in the 2012 London Olympics where Britain narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth.
London-based Lewers competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where they won the bronze medal to add to other third place finishes in the 2011 European Championships and 2014 World League.
He was also the Player of the Tournament at the 2013 European Championships.
Republican Senator Ben Sasse said Mr Trump's comments were "serious" and he should explain the alleged wire-tapping and how he came to know about it.
The Republican president has supplied no details to back his words.
An Obama spokesman said he had never ordered surveillance of any US citizen.
Under US law, wire-tapping can only be approved if there is probable cause to believe that the target is an agent of a foreign power.
Mr Trump, who has been facing intense scrutiny over alleged Russian interference in support of his election campaign, made the allegation on Saturday.
He tweeted: "Terrible! Just found out Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!"
The spokesman for Mr Obama, Kevin Lewis, said the accusation was "simply false".
A "cardinal rule of the Obama Administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice", he said.
The statement left open the possibility that a judicial investigation had been taking place.
Earlier Ben Rhodes, who was Mr Obama's foreign policy adviser and speechwriter, also addressed Mr Trump's claims in a tweet, saying: "No President can order a wire-tap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you."
Mr Trump, who is at his Florida resort, fired off a series of tweets from just after 06:30 local time (11:30 GMT) on Saturday.
He called the alleged tapping "a new low" and said "This is Nixon/Watergate" - referring to the most notorious political scandal of 1972, which led to the downfall of President Richard Nixon after a web of political spying, sabotage and bribery was exposed by the media.
McCarthyism, which Mr Trump referred to in one of the first posts, relates to the persecution of US Communists and their allies led by Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950s.
In other developments:
Partisan maelstrom: Analysis by Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington
As the Trump administration continues to be bedevilled by a drip-drip of revelations about ties to Russian officials during and after last year's election, the president has seemingly settled on the identity of the malevolent figure behind the turmoil.
Barack Obama.
It was the former president, Mr Trump asserts, who is guilty of meddling in the 2016 campaign, not Russia. Mr Obama, he says, is the one whose deeds merit investigation.
The president's early morning tweets follow an interview on Tuesday in which he accused Mr Obama and "his people" of orchestrating recent political protests across the US and of being behind the government leaks that have embarrassed the White House.
There is scant evidence supporting these allegations, but charges like these fit a pattern. Mr Trump is at his sharpest when pushing back against perceived antagonists, such as Republican primary opponents like Jeb Bush, establishment conservatives who resisted his nomination or Hillary Clinton in the election.
Now Mr Trump is returning to his favourite political foil - a necessity given the current Democratic power vacuum in Washington. It could mark the beginning of a massive water-muddying effort in which any forthcoming investigatory revelations are swept up in a growing partisan maelstrom.
Mr Trump's tweets followed allegations made by conservative radio host Mark Levin.
Mr Levin said there should be a congressional investigation into what he called Mr Obama's "police state" tactics in his last months in office to undermine Mr Trump's campaign.
Some Democrats have suggested Mr Trump's latest tweets are an attempt to focus attention away from the Russian affair.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said: "The Deflector-in-Chief is at it again."
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Hamilton lost an apparently certain win in the previous race in Monaco because of a team strategy error and was determined to make amends in Montreal.
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"Did I need this? I think so," he said after his dominant win.
His win extends his lead to 17 points. Team-mate Nico Rosberg had cut it to 10 after inheriting the Monaco win.
"I don't feel I needed to be relieved," he said.
"I was quickest all of the previous race weekend as well.
"Obviously we had the problem which enabled Nico to win the race but otherwise, generally I had good pace for the last two races so it's not a relief, it just feels good to continue with good strength and it's great that the team is continuing to be strong as well and continue to move forwards.
"That's probably the most impressive thing."
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said the team had been through a difficult fortnight because of the criticism they received for the error in Monaco, which has led to a reassessment of how they make major strategic decisions in races.
"After Monaco it was very difficult for the team to handle it," Wolff said. "We were exposed to massive criticism.
"It looked like all the victories and world championships were forgotten and suddenly a bunch of idiots were managing the team.
"And then when he had some ups and downs in the team. The result is satisfying after what happened in Monaco."
Mercedes appeared to have retained their advantage over Ferrari despite the Italian team bringing an upgraded engine to Canada after using three of their permitted 10 in-season development tokens, ascribed to different parts of the engine on a performance-related basis.
Hamilton and Rosberg, who finished a close second, were under no real threat in the race from Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, who was running third before a spin caused by an engine problem dropped him to fourth.
But Hamilton said it would be wrong to jump to conclusions because Ferrari's lead driver Sebastian Vettel had to start from the back following engine problems in qualifying and a penalty for infringing safety regulations.
Vettel finished fifth and is now 43 points - with 25 for a win - behind Hamilton in the championship with 12 races remaining.
Asked whether he was more relaxed now that the title fight appeared to be himself and Rosberg, Hamilton said: "It's pretty much impossible for you to come to that conclusion because Kimi spun so we didn't really get to see his true pace in the race.
"Sebastian wasn't there and obviously Sebastian has generally been the quicker of the two so far this season so we didn't really get to see Ferrari's true pace this weekend, I think, and in the next race we will."
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He was accused of authorising illicit payments to a jailed former speaker of the lower house of the Brazilian parliament, Eduardo Cunha.
Cunha was sentenced in March to 15 years in prison for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion.
The accusations against Mr Temer were made by O Globo newspaper.
The content of the alleged recordings is so grave that the shockwaves quickly rippled across the country.
There was turmoil in Congress, with opposition members calling for snap elections and filing at least two official impeachment requests against President Temer, within hours.
Protesters took to the streets in Sao Paulo and Brasilia, calling for the president to resign.
There was also loud pot-banging from windows in cities like Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Recife.
On social media, the question of what will happen now is being asked, while on Brazil's main news channel political, commentators have referred to this as a "point of no return". President Temer denied the allegations and called for them to be thoroughly investigated.
Whatever the outcome, this is a massive game-changer - the first time Mr Temer has been directly implicated in the massive corruption inquiry known as Car Wash. The effect will be even more damming should the audio of the recording be made public.
Mr Temer, a former law professor, played a key role in the impeachment proceedings against his predecessor, President Dilma Rousseff, last year.
As vice-president, he replaced her after she was impeached and removed from office.
O Globo says it has obtained recordings of a discussion between Mr Temer and an official from the giant meat-packing company JBS.
The newspaper says the tapes were presented in plea bargain negotiations between prosecutors and two JBS executives.
Mr Temer's office says the allegations are false and is calling for them to be thoroughly investigated.
"President Michel Temer has never requested payments to obtain the silence of former MP Eduardo Cunha," it said.
"He did not participate in, nor did he authorise, any movement with an aim to avoid that the former congressman make a plea bargain deal or co-operate with justice."
It confirmed that a meeting with a JBS executive had taken place in March but said "there was nothing in the dialogue that would compromise the President's conduct".
The 20-year-old has agreed a one-year deal, with an option for a further 12 months, at Vale Park after leaving Championship side Burton Albion.
Ferguson joined Burton from non-league Grays Athletic in December 2015.
He played seven times on loan for sixth-tier side Dartford last term.
New Vale boss Bruno Ribeiro is also keen to add former Nottingham Forest and Doncaster Rovers striker Nathan Tyson to his squad ahead of the new season.
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Its funding, by revenue from phone voting in shows like Strictly Come Dancing and The Voice, has significantly diminished.
"More and more people are voting for free with a touch of the button," said BBC Arts Director Jonty Claypole.
Since it was set up in 2003 the fund has distributed £5m in grants to emerging talent.
Launching as the Fame Academy Bursary, it supported more than 1200 individuals in the performing arts.
Beneficiaries have included global singing sensation Adele, composer Mark Simpson and the Bristol Old Vic.
"I owe the start of my career to this incredible charity - devastating times," tweeted Irish actor Fra Fee, who starred in the big screen adaptation of Les Miserables.
Before it closes, the fund will award £156,100 split between 17 alumni.
Claypole insisted that, despite the closure, "the BBC's commitment to the arts and nurturing talent remains as strong as ever."
The 31-year-old's American wife, Natalie, is expecting their second child in November and the couple are considering moving their home base.
"But nothing will change golf-wise," Jamieson told BBC Scotland.
"In an ideal world, I would play more over there, but my current world ranking doesn't give me access."
Jamieson honed his golfing skills while on a sports scholarship in Augusta, Georgia, when he was a teenager.
But the Glaswegian returned to Scotland before turning professional 10 years ago.
"I was 17 when I went, but it was definitely the most important thing I ever did," said Jamieson.
"I never had one moment where I looked back and thought 'I wish I had stayed at home' because all of a sudden you are out playing championship-style golf courses and competing against the best of your age across the whole of the United States.
"My wife's actually American, so she's quite keen on living there. It's something we're actually looking at.
"We've got a young daughter and we've got a second child coming at the end of the year, so we're considering maybe starting up over there."
However, joining compatriots Russell Knox and Martin Laird and playing regularly on the US PGA tour would require a move up the world rankings from his present 576 into the top 100.
"It would be great to be in their position," admitted Jamieson, whose priority at the moment is to qualify for this summer's Open Championship at Royal Troon.
"As it stands, I still have three opportunities to get my tee time," he added.
"The first one is going to be a week on Tuesday when they have the final qualifying, which is held at Glasgow Gailes, and then they also have spots available at the French Open the following week and also at the Scottish Open.
"I have managed to sneak in at the final opportunity twice before and also through the qualifying once before."
He told French media the accusations were "rhetoric" that did not take into account the realities in Syria.
French President Francois Hollande had suggested Russian air strikes on Aleppo could amount to war crimes.
The rebel-held east of the city is under renewed bombardment after a ceasefire deal broke down.
Despite recriminations over who was to blame for its failure, Russia and the US agreed on Wednesday to resume talks on Syria.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will now meet his US counterpart John Kerry and other key regional powers in Switzerland on Saturday.
Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said he hoped some progress would be made at the talks but admitted it would be hard.
Speaking with the BBC's Lyse Doucet in New York, he said there was international disarray over how to end the fighting.
Mr Churkin too rejected allegations of Russian war crimes in eastern Aleppo but expressed what he called incredible regret over civilian casualties. He said if they were caused by his country's bombing it would be a heavy burden on Russia's psyche and soul.
Mr Putin told France's TF1 TV channel that Russia would pursue "terrorists" even if they hid among civilians.
"We can't allow terrorists to use people as human shields and blackmail the entire world," he said, adding that civilian deaths were the "sad reality of war".
Responding to claims that Russian air strikes on civilian areas amounted to war crimes he said: "It's political rhetoric that does not mean much and does not take into account the realities in Syria.
"I am deeply convinced that it is our Western partners, first and foremost of course the United States, who are responsible for the situation."
Russia has accused the US of secretly supporting al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Syria in its bid to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The US rejects the claim.
Earlier this week, Mr Putin postponed a planned visit to France after Mr Hollande insisted that talks would be confined to Syria.
The Kremlin was also angered by a Franco-Spanish UN Security Council resolution on Aleppo at the weekend that Russia vetoed.
"They put forward the resolution knowing that it would not pass... in order to incite a veto," Mr Putin said.
"Why? It was aimed at inflaming the situation and fanning hysteria around Russia."
Moscow has repeatedly denied attacking civilians, saying it targets terrorist groups in Syria.
But earlier this week, Mr Hollande said: "These are people who today are the victims of war crimes. Those that commit these acts will have to face up to their responsibility, including in the ICC [International Criminal Court]."
Neither Russia nor Syria is a member of the ICC.
Washington broke off all negotiations with Moscow nine days ago amid extreme tension over failure to secure a truce.
The US State Department said that in Saturday's talks Mr Kerry would discuss a "multilateral approach" to ending the crisis, "including a sustained cessation of violence and the resumption of humanitarian aid deliveries."
The key regional powers, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran are also expected to attend the talks in Lausanne.
Mr Kerry will follow his talks in Switzerland with a trip to London on Sunday.
The UN has appealed for a halt to the violence to allow aid into the besieged territory.
On Wednesday, at least 15 people, including children, were killed in an air strike on a marketplace in a rebel-held part of the Syrian city of Aleppo, activists say.
The strike was one of 25 in the rebel-held east on Wednesday that left a total of 25 people dead, they added.
Government forces, backed by Russian warplanes, launched an all-out assault to take control of Aleppo last month.
The Syria Civil Defence, whose rescuers are known as the White Helmets, said a number of women and children were at the market in the Fardous area when it was hit.
Video purportedly showing rescuers coming under attack from the air as they tried to rescue the injured was also shared on social media by pro-opposition activists.
Aleppo, once Syria's largest city and the country's commercial and industrial hub, has been divided roughly in two since 2012, with President Assad's forces controlling the west and rebel factions the east.
On 4 September, government forces re-imposed a siege on the east, where about 275,000 people live, and launched a major offensive to retake it after the collapse of a truce brokered by the United States and Russia.
Since then, the bombardment has killed more than 300 people, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
As an Aberdonian schoolboy in the 1970s, the man who's now the Lord Chancellor saw his dad's fish merchant business go to the wall.
Over rowies (Aberdeen buttery rolls to the uninitiated) and tea, he and his parents, Christine and Ernie, flicked through family photos - including of Mr Gove's grandfather who had started the business more than a 100 years ago that in the end, went under.
The family blamed the European Common Fisheries policy then, and they blame it now. Mr Gove's father said it just "ruined the Scottish fishing industry, it all went downhill".
For Mr Gove, his early experience, followed then by what he described as "airy-fairy theorising" about Europe at university in the 1980s that had little connection with real lives, was enough to persuade him that the European Union is a flawed institution and we should vote to leave.
As you'd expect, by now, Mr Gove isn't deterred by the economic warnings about Brexit, including the doom-laden ones from his close colleagues.
The accusations that the "outers" just don't have a plan for the economy seemed like water off a duck's back.
He was however, as you would probably also expect, visibly uncomfortable when I asked him what it was like for his close friend David Cameron to accuse him and Boris Johnson of "untruths".
He said, perhaps not entirely convincingly, that he didn't mind that at all and wants the PM to stay in number 10 until 2020, whatever happens.
But Mr Gove seems if not perhaps confident, then resolute, that this vote will change things.
He said on 23 June people will give a "very clear instruction to the establishment that they want a change in direction".
It sounds rather like he expects the outers to take on the rest and win.
Police were called after the boy was hurt in an incident in Gainsborough Road, Reading, on Sunday afternoon.
He was taken to hospital where he is in a serious but stable condition. Detectives said they believed it was an "isolated incident".
The girl was arrested, near the scene later on Sunday, on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent.
She remains in custody.
The 58-year-old man and 56-year-old woman were riding on a Harley Davidson motorbike when it was involved in the crash on Sunday afternoon.
Police said the bike collided with a black Land Rover Freelander on the A76 near Sanquhar at about 13:15.
Officers have appealed for help from witnesses to the accident, near the road to Kellofoot Cottages.
Sgt Bob McNay said "As a result of this tragic collision the road was closed for nearly eight hours while officers carried out a full crash scene investigation.
"We are still appealing for witnesses to this collision and would ask that anyone who can help call Police Scotland at Lockerbie on the 101 number."
He said the victims would be publically identified once relatives had been informed.
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BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood brightened up School Report News Day by passing on some good advice to pupils from Lilian Baylis Technology School in south London.
She told Elizabeth and Marta that the secret to good broadcasting was all in the breathing.
Scott Mills and Radio 1 co-presenter Chris Stark came in to the School Report newsroom to help pupils phone schools around the UK for updates for the live page.
It reminded Scott of his first work experience placement and Chris said everyone was working really hard, despite the lack of coffee!
School reporters Sherona and Marijudy, both 14, from St Mary's Catholic High School in Croydon, have been learning how to use their smartphones to shoot video and edit audio.
They've also picked up some top tips on zooming in with your feet rather than the camera.
What's the worst thing about getting up early? When has a news story changed while you're on air?
Pupils asked their questions live on BBC Radio 2.
School Reporters from Lister Community School in Newham interviewed BBC Radio 3 presenter Suzy Klein and British solo-clarinettist Emma Johnson.
Among other nuggets, they learned some top tips about broadcasting and how to improve as a musician.
School Reporters from Prendergast Ladywell School in Lewisham spent their BBC School Report News Day at the BBC's 1Xtra studios.
They met and interviewed the radio station's Sarah Evans and presenter A. Dot, and discovered how the studio operates from day to day.
Students fromHaggerston School in Hackney spent School Report News Day with BBC Newsbeat learning exactly what skills are needed to be a broadcaster.
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A city council report said the yacht racing in July 2015 boosted visitor numbers and raised the city's profile.
However, it highlighted confusion among spectators about ticketing and criticised steel fencing at the site.
Among changes planned for this year's event is scrapping of evening entertainment.
The four-day weekend event in July 2015, run by TeamOrigin Events, marked the opening stage of the sailing series as Sir Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) began Britain's bid to win the 35th America's Cup.
While the Saturday events attracted about 100,000 spectators, racing was cancelled and the public viewing areas evacuated due to bad weather on Sunday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were among those disappointed as racing was abandoned and there was criticism on social media over spectator provision.
On the Friday, ticket holders to a cancelled South Coast proms concert were offered a refund plus free entry to Saturday's pop concert, angering people who had paid up to £48 for tickets for Saturday's show.
The council report said the event was a success, on the whole, and generated £9m of economic benefit.
It said "operational issues" had been addressed ahead of the next event planned for 21-24 July.
Changes include shortening the on-shore events to three days, from 11:00 to 18:00, after a "community/preview" day on 21 July, and no evening events planned.
There will be no perimeter barriers around Southsea Common and a large open area on the common with direct views of the sea is planned to allow viewing of the racing.
It said the offer would "support the average demographic" of 40-61 years.
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Pupils from schools around the country have been visiting the BBC on School Report Day, meeting presenters, journalists and producers who work there.
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A survey by the Bank of England said 30% more lenders expected demand to grow over the first three months of the year than those predicting a fall.
Various figures have shown an increase in buy-to-let mortgage lending in recent months.
Buy-to-let investors face a 3% surcharge on stamp duty from April.
Housing experts predict that prospective landlords will move as quickly as possible to complete purchases before the extra stamp duty on second home purchases kicks in.
Demand for buy-to-let lending increased significantly in the three months to Christmas, the Bank said.
Some 22% more lenders reported increases rather than decreases in the demand for loans.
On Thursday, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said the number of buy-to-let home loans advanced in November leapt by 35% compared to the same month a year earlier.
A number of reports have also suggested an increased reliance on credit among consumers towards the end of last year.
The Bank's survey revealed that demand for personal loans and overdrafts picked up in the last three months of 2015. A significant chunk of this was finance for buying cars.
This demand is expected to remain strong in the first quarter of this year, the Bank said.
People are invited to have their photo taken with the two sculptures at the Edwardian Cloakroom, which has been turned into a creative space.
These pictures will then be displayed on the surrounding walls.
Artist Claudio Ahlers said he hopes to tour the country with the exhibition - Portraits of Private Perception - which starts on Monday and lasts six days.
Mr Ahlers, together with Tilly May, Virginie Noel and Ellie Gray, will photograph visitors interacting with the 2.2m (7ft) tall sculptures - one in the former ladies' toilet and one in the men's.
"The exhibition will grow with each contribution from each sitter," said Montpelier-based Mr Ahlers.
"While being photographed with the sculptures participants will be free to pose, sit and engage with the each sculpture in whatever way they like.
"The resulting photographs should reflect intimate emotions, playful interactions, personal perceptions and most importantly the depth of feelings towards the opposite sex and as well as feelings about one's own gender.
"It is hoped that the honesty, beauty and intensity of the final photographs will reveal genuine insights into how we as women and as men view ourselves, our sexuality, our bodies as well as the opposite sex and more specifically the ones we fall in love with.
"Whatever is uncovered by each photograph will hopefully go beyond ideas and clichés as embodied by, for example, swear words, derogatory language or sexualised comedy and will instead be explored in the spirit of joy, affection and celebration."
Each participant, who must be aged over 18, will receive a digital file of their selected photograph for personal use.
Visitors can also choose not to be photographed.
It was re-designated a midwifery led unit on 3 October 2016 due to problems recruiting obstetric doctors.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has now extended the temporary downgrade beyond March 2017 following a review.
The move was made on safety grounds due to a shortage of obstetric doctors.
Documents published by Oxford University Hospitals Trust said only five out of the nine doctors needed are likely to be in place by the end of January.
It follows a previous review in October 2016 which extended the downgrade to March 2017.
The re-designation of the obstetric unit has meant expectant mothers needing doctors present at birth have had to travel to other hospitals, like the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Campaigners and Banbury MP Victoria Prentis have raised concerns about how long it would take mothers to reach the John Radcliffe Hospital should they need to be transferred during pregnancy.
In October, Ms Prentis told the House of Commons: "If an emergency arises, or a woman simply changes her mind about having an epidural, our labouring mothers will have to be transferred by ambulance to Oxford, which is about 23 miles away.
"The traffic is dreadful and unpredictable; many of my constituents, myself included, go to enormous lengths to avoid driving into Oxford."
In December, there had been 38 births at the midwife led unit at Horton General Hospital since the downgrade, with five transfers to the John Radcliffe Hospital during labour which was "below the expected rate" according to Oxford University Hospitals Trust.
The trust has said a number of quality measures, in addition to the those it regularly reports on, have been agreed with health bosses to make sure any negative impact on patients as a result of the downgrade is identified early.
But TV networks HBO and Showtime would have been too late to prevent some users from watching the action live.
The firms had charged the public a record $89.95 (£59.50) to watch the fight in standard definition and an additional $10 in high definition.
They both declined to comment on the misuse of the Twitter-owned app.
However, HBO has previously expressed its displeasure following reports of Periscope being used to rebroadcast the opening episode of the latest series of Game of Thrones.
"In general, we feel developers should have tools which proactively prevent mass copyright infringement from occurring on their apps and not be solely reliant upon notifications," it said at the time.
More than one million people have joined Periscope, which launched on 26 March.
Users sometimes use it to "pirate" copyright-protected footage by filming their TV screens with their smartphone cameras.
The resulting footage is often poor quality, but sufficient to follow what is going on.
Unlike other live streaming services - including YouTube and UStream - Periscope does not provide tools to let content owners force the removal of copyright-infringing content in near-real time.
Instead, it requires that they file individual takedown requests, which take longer to process.
Twitter's chief executive, Dick Costolo, was criticised by some users of his social network after he tweeted: "And the winner is... @periscopeco" on the night of the Las Vegas fight.
"Guess pirating copyrighted content is Twitter's new business model," responded one user.
However, Mr Costolo was likely referring to the fact that HBO itself had promoted the app earlier in the evening when the broadcaster used it to stream footage from Manny Pacquiao's dressing room.
"Broadcasting content that is protected by copyright is a clear violation of our content policy," said a spokeswoman for Twitter.
"We received 66 reports from rights-holders and took action against 30 broadcasts in response to the reports. The remaining broadcasts had already ended and were no longer available. We were able to respond within minutes."
Some people also used the rival live-streaming app Meerkat to stream the fight.
Its chief executive Ben Rubin told the USA Today news site: "[We have] worked closely with the content owners and contacted users they alerted us about."
Meerkat's streams can only be watched live, while Periscope's remain online for playback for an additional 24 hours.
HBO and Showtime had attempted to restrict online piracy of the fight by obtaining a temporary restraining order, which forbade websites from publishing links to illegal free streams.
There had been speculation that the contest would beat the record 2.48 million pay-per-view purchases of 2007's Mayweather-Oscar De La Hoya bout.
Official figures for Floyd Mayweather Jr's defeat of Manny Pacquiao have yet to be published.
But the final tally may have been affected by glitches that made it impossible for some households to watch Saturday's earlier undercard fight, and led to a delay of the start of the main event.
"It was simply an unprecedented number of fans buying more amounts than we've ever seen in PPV history. So we had to slow down the telecast for orders to be processed," HBO told the New York Daily News.
The fight was screened by Sky Box Office for the cheaper price of £19.95 in the UK.
A spokeswoman for the broadcaster declined to comment.
However, the UK's Alliance for Intellectual Property urged new services to act responsibly.
"With the explosion in internet services comes great opportunity for consumers to access exciting content, whether sports, films, TV, music, games or books," the organisation's director general Eddy Leviten told the BBC.
"However, it is also vital that internet intermediaries act responsibly and ensure that creators and distributors are able to protect their creations and investments.
"Ultimately, this benefits everyone as great content continues to get made. Jobs and investment increases and choice is even greater for fans."
The decision clears the way for a fiercely opposed $19bn (£11.9bn) deal.
The deal has been disputed by telecom companies, worried about the growing power of US technology companies.
In a statement explaining its decision the European Commission said that Facebook and WhatsApp were "not close competitors".
The deal is the largest in Facebook's 10-year history and will give the most popular social networking site a foothold in mobile messaging.
European competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia said: "We have carefully reviewed this proposed acquisition and come to the conclusion that it would not hamper competition in this dynamic and growing market.
"Consumers will continue to have a wide choice of consumer communications apps."
WhatsApp and its rivals such as KakaoTalk, Viber and China's WeChat have in recent years won over telecoms operators' customers with a free text messaging option.
Mobile messaging services totalled about $120 billion last year, posing a serious threat to the telecoms sector's revenue, according to market researcher Ovum.
Named 605 Squadron, it will be an auxiliary unit of 120 part-time and 14 full-time volunteer reserve posts.
The 605 Squadron was originally formed at Castle Bromwich in 1926 and was finally disbanded in 1957.
The squadron, expected to provide general support to other RAF units, will take up to four years before it is fully operational.
The formation is part of the Ministry of Defence's plan to create a new, fully integrated reserve force for operations in the UK or overseas.
Wing Cdr Mike Sherburn said: "Having been mobilised on operations as a reservist myself, I appreciate how juggling civilian commitments with the RAF Reserves takes dedication, however, the rewards are worth it."
RAF Cosford is currently home to a number of units, including the Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering and the Defence School of Photography.
Michael McFaul said the ban was "because of my close affiliation with [President Barack] Obama".
Mr McFaul said he was preparing to visit Russia "to do [Hillary] Clinton transition work" before Donald Trump won the US election.
Russia's foreign ministry confirmed the ban, Russian news agencies reported.
In a public post on Facebook, Mr McFaul said: "Was told that I am on the Kremlin's sanctions list because of my close affiliation with Obama. I will take that as a compliment! The US sanctioned Russians close to Putin.
"To the best of my knowledge, George Kennan was the last US ambassador to USSR/Russia to be banned from traveling there. Good company! Hope that I am not on the Russia travel ban list forever. Since 1983, I've been living in and traveling to that country."
Mr McFaul is a professor at Stanford University and was US ambassador to Russia from 2012-14.
George Kennan, whom he mentioned, held the post in the then Soviet Union in 1952. He lost the job abruptly after comparing the conditions at the ambassador's residence in Moscow to his time under Nazi internment during World War Two.
In a series of posts on Twitter, Mr McFaul said his travel ban was probably imposed in 2014 "in response to US sanctions".
The US and the EU both heaped sanctions on Russia in 2014 after it annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine. They included travel bans on senior Russian officials and the freezing of their US assets.
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Mr McFaul said he was not opposed to the mutual lifting of bans "under the right conditions".
He said he was "extremely disappointed" by the decision, adding that he had travelled to Russia hundreds of times, had many friends there and had spent most of his career studying the country.
Russia has sanctions against a number of nations, including a total ban on importing food from the EU, US, Canada, Norway and Australia.
Natural Resources and Tourism Minister Jumanne Maghembe told AFP news agency that those detained were co-operating.
"Soon more people making up the poaching gang will be netted and brought to justice," he said.
Roger Gower had been flying near the body of an elephant killed by poachers when his helicopter came under fire.
The incident happened in Maswa Game Reserve, which borders the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania.
Mr Gower managed to land his helicopter, but died before he could be rescued, a Tanzanian MP and former minister for natural resources and tourism, Lazaro Nyalandu, said in a tweet.
A spokesman for Tanzania's national parks, Pascal Shelutete, said three elephant carcasses had been found in the area, indicating "that whoever shot the chopper down was on a serious illegal hunting spree".
He said such poachers can be "heavily armed with sophisticated military weaponry".
The Friedkin Conservation Fund, for which Mr Gower had been working, said the organisation had lost "a dear friend".
The charity's founder, Dan Friedkin, said: "We believe that Roger can best be honoured by redoubling our commitment to protect elephants and our priceless wildlife heritage.
"This tragic event again highlights the appalling risk and cost of protecting Tanzania's wildlife."
The Friedkin Fund says elephant poaching is "especially prevalent" in Maswa, with rangers encountering ivory poachers "on a fairly regular basis".
Speaking at the NHS Providers annual lecture, Lord Lansley said the public had a right to expect extra funding, which should be in place by 2019-2020.
He also called for ministers to commit to spending 7% of GDP on the NHS.
In the run-up to June's EU referendum, Leave campaigners said the £350m a week the UK paid into the bloc's budget would be spent on the NHS instead.
The figure proved contentious during the campaign, with Remain supporters arguing that figure did not take into account money the UK got back from the EU in grants, subsidies, and the British rebate.
The NHS is currently facing a host of financial challenges brought about by new drugs, treatments and therapies which patients are demanding, the cost of dealing with chronic disease and an increasing and ageing population.
In his speech, Lord Lansley, who was health secretary from 2010 to 2012, said: "At the referendum, on one hand the public were told that staying in would mean a strong economy and more money for the NHS.
"On the other hand the public were told that leaving would mean redirecting the EU budget and more money for the NHS.
"So for political reasons, both campaigns told the public that whatever was going to happen in the future, there would be more money for the NHS.
"So the public have a right to expect it. They have a right to expect a Brexit bonus for the NHS."
He went on to say that the UK would not leave the EU before 2019 at the earliest, so the extra payments should be paid from then.
"It frankly should be no less than £5bn a year," he added.
On the recent junior doctors' dispute, Lord Lansley accused the British Medical Association of being "self-interested" and "nakedly political".
He said the actions of the BMA were in "stark contrast" to his experience of dealing with "real trade unionists" like Dave Prentis, the current Unison general secretary, with whom he negotiated NHS pensions.
The Western Education and Library Board (WELB) wants to close Collegiate Grammar and amalgamate it with Portora Royal.
It would form a new co-educational grammar school.
The proposal must be approved by the education minister who will make a final decision after a public consultation ends on 14 July.
The plan has divided the local community and a petition to save the Collegiate, signed by 7,000 people, has been delivered to Stormont.
The petition was handed to the speaker of the assembly by former pupil and Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster, who described the proposal as "bizarre".
The future of secondary educational provision in Fermanagh has been debated for years.
Now there is yet another consultation, but the latest plan has led to one school being pitched against another.
It essentially comes down to a numbers game - how do you ensure each school has enough pupils to meet the sustainability criteria?
The failure to find a local solution means that it will be up to the education minister to come up with an answer.
"I say bizarre, because Enniskillen Collegiate is the most oversubscribed school from any sector in County Fermanagh and yet it faces closure," she said.
"It is placed 10th in all of Northern Ireland for its GCSE results, and yet it faces closure.
"It is well regarded throughout Northern Ireland and beyond for its excellence and yet it faces closure."
The WELB wants ministerial approval for two new schools, a grammar school on the site of Portora, and a new building for Devenish College on the Tempo Road, that was first promised more than 10 years ago.
Opponents of the amalgamation argue that a new building for Devenish should not depend on the closure of the two grammar schools.
Collegiate Grammar principal Elizabeth Armstrong said the school should be allowed to expand on its current site.
"We do not want to see any of our schools diminished, we want to see all of them flourish," she said.
"We want to see Portora flourish as a strong grammar school with a very distinctive ethos and we want to see Devenish College get its much needed new build as a strong vocational option.
Ms Armstrong said one model worth considering is three schools of about 600 pupils each.
"If a highly over-subscribed successful school like the Collegiate, which has full parental support, can be closed against the expressed will of the board of governors, against the expressed will of the parents in a consultation with the education and library board, against the expressed will of the staff in a similar consultation, and against the expressed will of its pupils and, as we are seeing, against the very strong support within the community, then I think that begs the question 'is there any school in Northern Ireland that is safe within this area planning process?'" she said.
Neil Morton, the headmaster of Portora Royal School, supports the amalgamation.
He said a 600-pupil school was not a sustainable number for post primary education.
"It's about ensuring that the grammar sector and the non-grammar sector can begin to offer a broad range of subject choices and combination of subject choices to all their students," he said.
"In the case of Portora and the Collegiate amalgamation, it's about educating the best young people in Enniskillen together, not separating them but educating them so that their creativity, their spark, they bounce off each other, they just grow.
"Fermanagh hasn't seen that yet, Fermanagh has not yet seen the potential of its young people and that potential will be fully realised if this amalgamation comes to be."
When the Western Education and Library Board (WELB) approved the plans last month, it said the proposal "will fulfil its vision for two new stand-alone, long-term sustainable schools in Enniskillen, to meet the future needs of pupils in the controlled/voluntary post-primary sector in County Fermanagh, so that every young person achieves his/her potential at each stage of his/her development."
It said if its vision for two new stand-alone long-term sustainable schools in Enniskillen is approved, the money to build them must be made a priority by the Department of Education and the minister.
Norway's justice ministry says that the idea behind their participation is that these independent lay people "should use their common sense and good judgement to determine questions of guilt and innocence".
They provide a counterbalance to "official power and the establishment".
In criminal cases in district courts, lay judges sit together with professional judges to rule on an equal basis on both the question of guilt and on sentencing.
Due to the nature of the case against Anders Behring Breivik, the Oslo court is sitting as an "extended court", with two professional and three lay judges.
All cases before Norwegian courts are presided over by a professional judge, in this case Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen. Professional judges are always law graduates and are civil servants appointed by an independent body.
Lay judges are appointed by local councils for a period of four years. Lay judges are then drawn from this pool as required for trials.
Anyone selected as a lay judge is obliged to accept the office, and can expect to serve on average twice a year.
Certain groups can claim exemption from serving as a lay judge, including MPs, lawyers and priests, those who have recently been in prison, and people whose Norwegian is not good enough.
Lay judges can also be disqualified, for example if they are found to be too close to the case. In this situation another lay judges steps in and proceedings can continue without a break.
Finding lay judges who were not personally affected by Breivik's 22 July 2011 attacks was reportedly difficult, as so many of Norway's small population had relatives or friends who were killed or injured.
Thomas Indreboe, one of the three lay judges serving at Anders Behring Breivik's trial, was found to have posted comments on Facebook the day after the attacks saying that the perpetrator should face the death penalty.
Although this was before his appointment as a lay judge, lawyers for all sides requested that he be disqualified. Backup lay judge Elisabeth Wisloeff has taken his place.
If a criminal case goes to the court of appeal, lay citizens are still involved, though in a different way.
If the appeal involves the question of guilt, then a panel of three professional and four lay judges decide the case. The four lay judges are always two men and two women.
However if the crime carries a sentence of greater than six years, the appeal is heard by a jury, usually consisting of five men and five women.
If the appeal relates to the sentence or to procedural matters, no jury is involved.
Mr Hersi, a leading figure in the militant group's intelligence wing, surrendered to police in the Gedo region, they add.
In June 2012, the US state department offered $3m (£1.9m, 2.5m euros) for information leading to his capture.
It comes three months after al-Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a US air strike.
A Somali intelligence officer, quoted by the Associated Press news agency, suggested Mr Hersi may have surrendered because of a dispute with al-Shabab members loyal to the former leader.
Mr Hersi fell out with Godane last year and has been on the run ever since but he is still a powerful figure, says BBC Africa editor Mary Harper.
Police stormed a house Mr Hersi had been hiding in for six days, close to the border with Kenya, after receiving a tip off, the district commissioner of the town of El Wag told the BBC.
He said that although Mr Hersi had a pistol, he did not put up a fight.
"Al-Shabab leader Zakariya Ismail surrendered to government forces in El Wag, Gedo region. He is expected to be flown to Mogadishu tomorrow," an unnamed official told Reuters news agency.
There has been no immediate comment from al-Shabab.
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Ahmad Umar was named the new leader of al-Shabab, days after Godane's killing last September.
The US has supported the African Union (AU) force that has driven al-Shabab out of the capital Mogadishu and other towns since 2011.
The al-Qaeda-linked fighters want to overthrow the UN-backed Somali government and frequently attack government targets as well as neighbouring countries that provide troops to the AU force.
Three members of the AU force and a civilian contractor were killed in an al-Shabab attack on its headquarters in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday.
Up to 8,000 samples will now be taken every year, with those provided by the highest-ranked players the most likely to be placed in long-term storage.
There were 4,899 samples taken in 2016.
An anti-doping budget increase of over 50% to £3.48m will help "ensure tennis is and remains a clean sport", the International Tennis Federation said.
President David Haggerty added: "Protecting the integrity of tennis is an ongoing priority and these enhancements will make a positive contribution to achieving that."
The most recent high-profile case of doping in tennis came when Maria Sharapova was banned for 15 months.
The five-time Grand Slam winner, 30, returned from suspension at this week's Stuttgart Open, where she reached the semi-finals on Friday.
The former world number one was called "a cheat" by 2014 Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard on Thursday.
Sharapova said she was "way above" replying to criticism of her comeback by her rivals.
Brazil legend Kaka, 35, will receive a "guaranteed compensation" of £5.6m, with ex-Manchester United midfielder Schweinsteiger, 32, earning £4.2m.
Toronto forward Sebastian Giovinco (£5.5m) and midfielder Michael Bradley (£5.1m) complete the top three.
The MLS releases the salary information annually - it does not include bonuses.
Meanwhile, former England international left-back Ashley Cole, 36, will be paid £294,283 this season by LA Galaxy.
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Tim Brown from Lagan Search and Rescue is providing cover over the Christmas break onboard the Topaz Responder.
He will be working alongside volunteer rescue swimmers from the Emergency Response Rescue Corps of Malta.
The vessel's crew is searching for people making the treacherous trip by sea to Europe.
The Belfast man said he was out on routine patrol when the rescue operation began.
"We were in communication with other craft involved in rescues and one was the Swedish coastguard and liaising with them we brought on 18 males on board," he said.
"Their boat had taken on a lot of water and basically they were very wet and cold.
"We've got a lot of medical capacity on board so we took them on board to look after them."
He said conditions in the Aegean Sea were very different to those in Belfast.
"I guess the whole surroundings. You have to get to know the area as well," he said.
"Generally it's a lot colder this time of year over here, but not as cold as the Lagan.
In total 59 migrants were rescued during the operation.
"There were 18 men who got on on the first occasion and later we rescued another 41, including woman and children," Mr Brown said.
"Some of them were students who are studying abroad and they were having to escape.
"One of the guys said 'this sea is dangerous but not as dangerous as Iraq or Syria or the places we have come from'.
"They were very relieved just to come on board and just so thankful for our help."
He explained their role in assisting migrants.
"Our duty is just to rescue them from the sea and then we bring them to the authorities," he said.
"There'll be a process they will go through and they'll be transported and dealt with accordingly.
Tim joined the boat on 20 December and will remain on board until 4 January.
It meant he was spent the festive period away from his family.
"To be honest Christmas day was very different on board because usually there's a big anticipation and celebration, but basically it was just another day of duty on board," he said.
"Our Filipino chef put on a very good lunch. He put on two turkeys and a lot of other international cuisine which I had never tried before.
"It was really nice to have the multi-national crew coming and having a great lunch together."
Jacqueline Angrave, 48, from Leicester, was convicted of two counts of child cruelty in July but was handed a suspended sentence.
However, judges at the Appeal Court in London have jailed her for two years.
It follows a bid by the Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC, to have her "unduly lenient" punishment increased.
Lord Justice Treacy told the hearing Angrave carried out the campaign of abuse, which included physical attacks, when her daughter was aged between five and 10, from 1997 to 2003.
He said: "The offender used to walk her to school using a dog lead when she was aged between seven and 10.
"[She] took care to see no-one was able to observe this by removing the lead before they arrived at the school gate."
Angrave, of Hughenden Drive, would also drag her daughter by the hair, punch, kick and scratch her, and force her to take cold showers while rubbing shampoo and soap into her eyes.
"It seemed to the victim that the offender was taking pleasure in hurting her," the judge told the hearing.
The daughter also suffered psychological cruelty, with Angrave blaming the girl for her own problems, the court heard.
"The impact of this campaign of relentless insults was to destroy the victim's self-esteem and to blight her childhood," Lord Treacy said.
A pre-sentence report said Angrave continued to show no remorse, while reports showed she suffered from diabetes, failing eye sight and some mental health problems.
However, the judge ruled these were not reason enough for her to avoid a custodial sentence.
Domestic stability has not translated into economic prosperity for Tanzanians, however. Many of its people live below the World Bank poverty line, although the country has had some success in wooing donors and investors.
Tanzania is home to two renowned tourism destinations - Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, and wildlife-rich national parks such as the Serengeti - but has become a target for poachers.
Conservationists have warned that the entire elephant population could die out by the end of the decade if they continue to be killed for their ivory at the current rate.
Population 47.6 million
Area 945,087 sq km (364,900 sq miles)
Major languages English, Swahili
Major religions Christianity, Islam
Life expectancy 58 years (men), 60 years (women)
Currency Tanzanian shilling
President: John Magufuli
Nicknamed "The Bulldozer" for his energetic road-building drive and reputation for honesty as minister, President John Magufuli stood on promises to boost economic performance and, like the opposition, fight corruption.
But he was expected to face stiff resistance on the last count from civil servants from within his own Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, which has run Tanzania since independence.
His other major election pledges - to tackle youth unemployment and establish free primary and secondary education - will to a large degree depend on cautious management of resources.
Mr Magufuli also faces rising political discontent on the island of Zanzibar, where local elections had to be scrapped over vote-rigging allegations shortly before he took office.
Laws encourage self-censorship while threats and attacks against journalists hinder critical reporting, according to US-based Freedom House.
That has not stopped the country's media scene from developing: once small and largely state-controlled, the media industry has grown rapidly following the advent of the multi-party era in the mid-1990s.
Television was a latecomer, with state TV launched only in 2001.
Some key dates in Tanzania's history:
1498 - Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama visits Tanzanian coast. Portugal succeeds in controlling most of the East African coast, until it is ousted from Zanzibar in 1699 by Omani Arabs.
1884 - German Colonisation Society begins to acquire territory, ushering in an era of German control over mainland Tanzania, while Britain enjoys a protectorate over Zanzibar.
1916 - British, Belgian and South African troops occupy German East Africa. Three years later, the League of Nations gives Britain a mandate over Tanganyika - today's mainland Tanzania.
1961 - Tanganyika becomes independent with Julius Nyerere as prime minister; Zanzibar gains independence in 1963.
1978 - Ugandans temporarily occupy a piece of Tanzanian territory and, in 1979, Tanzanian forces invade Uganda, occupying the capital, Kampala, and help to oust President Idi Amin.
1992 - Constitution amended to allow multi-party politics.
1998 - Al-Qaeda Islamist terror group bombs US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.
2001 - At least 31 people are killed and another 100 arrested in Zanzibar in protests against the government's banning of opposition rallies calling for fresh elections. Later the same year, tens of thousands of opposition supporters march through the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, in the first major joint demonstration by opposition parties in decades.
2012 - The Statoil and Exxon Mobil oil exploration companies make major discovery of gas reserves off the coast of Tanzania.
The 47-year-old Australian spent three years as coach of the NRL side before leaving in 2015.
He replaces compatriot Rohan Smith, who left the club on Tuesday by mutual consent.
The old Bradford Bulls were liquidated at the start of the month and the new club will start the Championship season with a 12-point deduction.
Joint-owner Graham Lowe said: "He won't be bringing loads of people from Australia. He wants to work with people here and the community.
"I am so pleased we have reached terms with him. He is a football man and is a players' coach.
"He will make young players thrive. He is uncompromising and has always had the leadership skills required."
The new team, captained by Leon Pryce, will play their first game in a friendly against Huddersfield Giants on Sunday.
And despite a number of departures, they have 26 players signed up for the forthcoming season.
They start their league campaign against Hull KR on Sunday, 5 February.
BBC rugby league correspondent Dave Woods
Toovey won 18 Australia caps, a tally artificially boosted by the fact he played for the ARL-loyal Manly at the time of the Super League war, but he was a class act.
As a player and coach he's been a one club man so far. His appointment appears to be out of the blue as he has no working knowledge of the English game, especially at Championship level.
But the link is Bulls' new co-owner Graham Lowe, another former Manly coach and legend.
And he could prove to be just the man for the job after all the financial chaos that the previous Bradford club went through... he's a qualified chartered accountant.
The Airspace Trial, which will begin on 25 June, will introduce a new Standard Instrument Departure (SID) route.
Airport bosses said the new route would allow aircraft to take off at one-minute intervals.
They said it would allow the airport to maintain safe and sustainable growth without affecting punctuality.
Edinburgh is Scotland's busiest airport, with more than 40 airlines serving more than 100 destinations.
Last year, more than 10 million passengers passed through, making it the busiest year ever for a Scottish airport.
Most of the time the flights take off west towards Newbridge into the prevailing wind.
The airport currently uses three SID€™ routes - known as Grice (which goes north), Gosam (which goes south west) and Talla (south).
The new route - Tutur - will see aircraft take off in a south westerly direction and turn right towards the River Forth, passing over West Lothian and to the east of Linlithgow.
Aircraft will climb as they fly above the river before flying back over land at approximately 13,000ft near Musselburgh racecourse in East Lothian.
David Wilson, chief operating officer of Edinburgh Airport, said: "At the moment, Scotland's aircraft currently fly on a network that was designed in the 1970s.
"What we're aiming to do is begin upgrading the airspace above Edinburgh Airport and bring it into the 21st Century."
He said the trial would give more modern aircraft the opportunity to take off on a new westerly departure route.
Mr Wilson said: "We've taken great care to design this new departure route with the utmost consideration for our neighbours.
"The route passes over very few populated areas and flies over the river for the bulk of its flight path."
He said the trial would monitor the impact on local communities and noise monitors would be placed along the flight path to collect data on the flights.
Councillor Gavin Corbett, of the Scottish Greens, said he would like to see a more fundamental review of travel capacity.
He said: "For example, almost half of Edinburgh Airport's traffic is domestic traffic. That's the kind of traffic which should be on the railways and perhaps that's the way forward."
Glasgow Airport is also reviewing its airspace.
Along with Edinburgh and Prestwick airport, it is part of the Scottish Airspace Development Design Group, formed last year to review capacity and future growth of air travel in central Scotland.
A spokesman for Glasgow Airport said: "Scotland's aircraft currently fly on a network designed in the 1970s and there will be a requirement for this to be upgraded.
"We are currently working to understand what this means for Glasgow Airport, however, we will consult fully with relevant stakeholder groups, community representatives and other interested parties prior to any trials."
The Cresswell building will be transformed to allow it to provide a range of out-patient and day-case services.
Maternity services are due to transfer to a new hospital being built in the town by the end of the year.
It means that the old unit - which opened in 2002 - can now be converted to a new use.
The Cresswell building was funded via a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) which still has about 16 years left to run on its contract.
With payments of about £3m-a-year NHS Dumfries and Galloway decided it was better to redevelop the building rather than leave it sitting empty.
It will be renamed the Mountainhall Treatment Centre and will reopen in 2020.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway chief executive Jeff Ace said: "Scottish government support for this project enables us to deliver the final phase of our modernisation of acute services in the region.
"This new day treatment facility will provide a great environment for patients and staff and will be designed to meet latest service requirements.
"This is another major project for the board and continues our commitment to provide the best possible healthcare facilities for the people of Dumfries and Galloway."
Health Secretary Shona Robison said she was delighted to support the new facility.
"With the new district general hospital opening later this year, this is an exciting time for the health service in Dumfries and Galloway," she said.
"I know the revitalised Cresswell building is a key part of the board's plans for out-patient and day-case services."
Katy Lewis, director of finance for NHS Dumfries and Galloway said it meant they could now progress with plans to refurbish Cresswell.
"This is excellent news for the local community to complement the hospital provision in the new DGRI building," she said.
The announcement came as the Glasgow-based group also reported of a further sharp fall in profits.
The slump in the oil and gas sector led to a 25% drop in pre-tax earnings for January to June, to £82m. Revenue was down 12% to £866m.
Mr Cochrane said there were improving signs from sales and servicing of equipment for the mining sector.
Weir was also expected to gain from the go-ahead for the Hinkley Point nuclear power station, as one of the suppliers of equipment.
The company's share price fell by 4% following the results announcement.
The board announced its finance director, Jon Stanton, will be next chief executive, taking over on 1 October.
The long-established Glasgow firm has cut 490 jobs in the first half of the year, 90 more than it had announced in November. It has shed half of its American workforce.
The chief executive said the results were ahead of expectations.
He said that while the oil and gas sector was difficult Weir grew its market share, "aggressively" cutting costs.
Mr Cochrane said it could benefit, by the end of this year, from the conversion of foreign earnings into weakened sterling.
He said: "While there have been early signs of stability in oil and gas markets, activity remains at very low levels with only a modest improvement expected in late 2016.
"Conversely, there are signs of mining markets normalising, supported by commodity prices and an improving pipeline of brownfield opportunities".
The group identified gold in waste from American sewage treatment plants at levels which if found in rock could be worth mining.
Details were outlined at the 249th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Denver.
Extracting metals from the waste could also help curb the release of toxic substances into the environment.
"The gold we found was at the level of a minimal mineral deposit," said co-author Dr Kathleen Smith, from the US Geological Survey (USGS).
In addition to gold and silver, human waste also contains amounts of rare earth metals such as palladium and vanadium.
"We're interested in collecting valuable metals that could be sold, including some of the more technologically important metals, such as vanadium and copper, that are in cell phones, computers and alloys," said Dr Smith.
The team estimates that seven million tonnes of solid waste come out of US wastewater facilities each year. About half of that is used as fertiliser on fields and in forests, while the other half is incinerated or sent to landfills.
The scientists are experimenting with some of the same chemicals, called leachates, which industrial mining operations use to pull metals out of rock.
While some of these leachates have a bad reputation for damaging ecosystems when they leak or spill into the environment, Smith says that in a controlled setting - they could safely be used to recover metals in treated solid waste.
In a previous study, another team of scientists calculated that the waste from one million Americans could contain as much as $13m (£8.6m) worth of metals.
The seven Dutch nationals were arrested in Amsterdam and Valencia in Spain.
The armed gang, disguised as airport workers, stole the diamonds as they were about to be put onto a plane.
Some of the diamonds were recovered from a getaway car but stones worth an estimated €40m are still missing.
Correspondents say the theft was one of the world's biggest ever jewellery heists.
Jewellery thefts: Five brazen ways bling was bagged
The diamonds and other jewellery were stolen in a high security area of the airport after the thieves forced their way into a KLM armoured car.
The seven were detained in raids on Friday and Saturday on suspicion of robbery and money laundering.
The gems were about to be flown to Antwerp, Europe's diamond capital, when the robbers struck.
February 2003 - Robbers took jewels then worth €100m (now $140m; £91m) from the Antwerp Diamond Centre in Belgium
February 2005 - An armed gang hijacked a lorry carrying €75m ($100m; £65m) of diamonds and other jewels at Amsterdam airport
December 2008 - Three men stole almost every piece on display at a Paris jewellery exhibition by Harry Winston, totalling €85m ($113m; £73m)
August 2009 - Criminals staged a raid worth €46m ($61m; £40m) on Graff Diamonds in London
July 2013 - An armed man stole jewels worth about €40m ($53m; £34m) from a hotel jewellery exhibition in the French Riviera resort of Cannes
April 2015 - Thieves steal an estimated €16m ($;17m; £14m) of gold bullion, diamonds, jewellery and cash from London's Hatton Garden area
Michael Voller was assaulted after his team's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Chelsea on Saturday at Wembley.
He was set upon after the match outside an Indian restaurant near the stadium.
He was punched in the face and suffered a broken skull and damage to his cheekbone and eye-socket.
Mr Voller had been walking with a group of friends past Moore Spice Indian restaurant on Engineers Way at about 19:30 BST, The Met Police said.
"It is believed that one of the group has then mistaken Michael for a rival Chelsea supporter and punched him in the face, leaving him injured," the force said.
The 23-year-old, who had previously worked as a gardener at the north London club's training ground, has been discharged from hospital but doctors said they were concerned there may be lasting damage to his eyesight.
Det Con James Robb described it as a "violent and unprovoked assault".
He said: "This kind of violence has absolutely no place at a football match, and I sincerely hope that those who were with the person responsible do the right thing by Michael, who is a fellow supporter and has supported Tottenham since he was a young boy."
The suspect is described as a white man, aged in his early 20s and approximately 5ft 10ins tall. He was wearing a black hooded top or jacket.
Michael's father, Chris, told the BBC the only reason he could think of for the attack was that "one of his friends had a navy blue jacket on".
"None of them had Tottenham shirts or colours. They were being quiet, just walking along the road," he said.
"Perhaps a bit too quiet, if they had been singing Tottenham songs then maybe they wouldn't have been identified.
"I just hope it doesn't put anyone off going to football because it is a spectator sport and it should be.
"We just need these mindless thugs taken out of the game and locked up," he added.
David McClorey suffered fatal injuries while working near Kinbuck in Stirlingshire on 11 April 2012.
The first day of the inquiry heard that the 31-year-old, from Stranraer, became "somehow trapped" between his digger and a giant roller.
An air ambulance was called in, but Mr McClorey died at the scene.
Supervisor and roller driver Paul Cooper told how the pair had been preparing to transfer fuel from the roller to the digger when the incident happened.
He said this was "not a normal thing", but that it happened when machinery was running low on fuel with no extra on site.
He added that "no-one's ever told us not to do it".
Mr Cooper, 44, was backing the roller towards the digger, which was positioned close to what he described as a "little lip" in the track, about 10 to 19 centimetres (4 to 7.5 inches) high.
He said: "I wasn't using my mirrors, I was turned round in my seat, looking over my shoulder, with constant eyesight on David.
"He gave me a 'high five' sign to stop, and I turned away from him to put the machine in the stop position, and as I turned round there was a slight movement in the machine.
"It kind of rocked backwards as if it had come off the edge of the stones. When I turned back there was no visual of David."
After moving the roller forward again, Mr Cooper found Mr McClorey lying face down.
He continued: "I rolled him over and there was swelling round his neck and his cheek and I realised he had been caught somehow between the two machines - that was the first thing that came to my head."
Mr Cooper performed CPR for "10 to 20 minutes" until paramedics arrived, but Mr McClorey was pronounced dead at the scene.
The men were working for RJT Excavations on the Balfour Beatty project, creating access tracks for the erection of pylons on the Beauly to Denny power line.
The inquiry at Stirling Sheriff Court, before Sheriff William Gilchrist, is expected to run for four days.
The 27-year-old Senegal international becomes new manager David Moyes' first signing, agreeing a four-year-deal at the Stadium of Light.
Djilobodji joined Chelsea last summer for £4m, but only made one appearance before spending the second half of last season on loan at Werder Bremen.
The centre-back, who has won 12 caps for his country, spent five years with Nantes before his move to England.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
Matthew Hepworth and David Kierzek discovered a chisel and a dagger in a Lancashire field, 20 years after one of them first explored the site.
This led to the uncovering of an ancient barrow at the site, which lay untouched for thousands of years.
The men will take part in a dig in July, which is being financed with a £49,500 Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
Mr Hepworth, 40, said: "This site is untouched which makes it very, very rare. It wouldn't have been discovered if we hadn't found those artefacts.
"I've been on the site five times before over 20 years, but metal items do move in the ground.
"It was just a lucky find on the day. The first thing I found was a chisel, which is quite rare, there's only a handful in Britain. Then we found a dagger and other pieces in bronze."
Previously, Mr Hepworth, who works as a community nurse, had discovered a stash of Viking silver in the area, which is displayed at Lancaster City Museum.
He said finding the burial monument, which was used for around 1,500 years from the late Neolithic period to the middle or late Bronze Age, is "as good as it gets".
The excavation will be carried out by DigVentures, a crowdfunding group founded by the three archaeologists concerned about the lack of funds for archaeological digs.
Brendon Wilkins, archaeologist and projects director at DigVentures, said barrows are the "best windows we have into the lives and deaths of Bronze Age Britons".
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The pastime, known as "drifting", involves driving at high speed and is illegal when done on public roads.
One drifting enthusiast, who wished to remain anonymous, said drifting was "dangerous" and there had been "close calls" but "there hadn't been a crash to date".
Another enthusiast said safety precautions were taken and the group worked "all year round" to build and prepare the cars.
"We don't build them to smash them up and harm people, we come up here out of the way."
Drifters say they are forced to take to public roads because private landowners and race tracks will not let them practise off-road.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said they could be charged with various offences such as dangerous driving and "could even go to prison".
He said drifting on public roads put lives at risk and the gorge was not a suitable location, but he said police would be supportive if they found a more suitable place to practise.
You can see more on Inside Out West on BBC One in the West region at 19:30 GMT on Monday 22 February. It is then available on the BBC iPlayer for 28 days.
The league, sanctioned by USA Rugby and World Rugby, will begin in April 2016 with six teams from the United States, before Canadian sides join in 2017.
Each team will be allowed no more than five non-North American players.
"As the fastest growing team sport in the USA, it is time to have a sanctioned professional competition," said USA Rugby chairman Bob Latham.
"We are very happy to partner with the Professional Rugby Organisation (Pro Rugby) in taking this step to popularise the game, to inspire Americans to fall in love with rugby, and to show the rugby world what American players can do."
Pro Rugby, the organisation set up to run the competition, said the initial six teams would be based in the north-east United States, the Rocky Mountains and California.
The US national team lost all four of its matches at this year's World Cup, finishing bottom of Pool B. Canada also lost all of their matches at the tournament, finishing bottom of Pool D.
Meanwhile, Premiership Rugby announced in October that London Irish will play their "home" match with champions Saracens in New York early next year - the first Premiership game to be staged overseas.
The dogs lay on the floor and let themselves be stroked and cuddled in the event at Surrey University.
"It helped us remember why we wanted to be vets," said 21-year-old student Lucy Hicklenton.
"Although we spend a lot of time with dogs, they are usually used as educational tools as part of a lesson."
Ms Hicklenton added: "We all really like animals. It was a fun way and a different way for people to have an excuse not to revise."
She is one of 48 students at the UK's newest school of veterinary medicine, which opened its doors in September.
The first-year exams start in just over a week and the students are nervous.
"We are not sure what to expect really and there is no-one in the year above to ask."
The course is five years long and students have practical placements during every holiday.
"At Easter I spent four weeks in Scotland, lambing. I haven't been home since Christmas and I really miss my own pets," said Ms Hicklenton.
She enlisted the help of the local branch of Pets as Therapy (Pat). A team of nine dogs and their owners took over a room in the university and 30 first-year veterinary students turned up to meet them.
The dogs usually work with patients in care homes and hospitals but coped well with their new role.
"This was an unusual request," said Bridget Roberts, a Pat dog supporter who is also the university's clinical skills laboratory manager.
"It could have been stressful for the dogs but these dogs are very experienced and assessed as being temperamentally suitable.
"The students came out with gleaming faces. It was a very successful event," said Ms Roberts.
The girls, aged 14 and 15, were "inappropriately touched" near to the playground in Prospect Park between 16:15 and 16:40 GMT on Monday.
The offender assaulted the victims in two separate incidents before running off towards Waverley Road, police said.
He is described as a white man with tanned skin in his late twenties and about 6ft with brown hair which was longer on top and gelled.
Investigating officer, Det Sgt Stuart Streeter of Thames Valley Police, said: "He was wearing a grey hooded top, a dark coloured T-shirt, grey tracksuit bottoms with a black stripe down each leg and trainers.
"He was carrying a mobile phone that was orange or had an orange case.
"The park is popular with joggers, dog-walkers, children who use the playground facilities, and children and adults who use the sports facilities next to the playground."
Police will be carrying out additional patrols in the area following the incident.
Over decades of public life, Prince Philip has supported hundreds of charities and met thousands of people.
So what was he like to encounter in person?
Hugh Milroy is the chief executive of Veterans Aid. The Duke of Edinburgh, a former naval officer, has worked closely with the charity, which seeks to help ex-servicemen and women in crisis.
"He's been wonderful with veterans and we're proud to have a connection with him," Mr Milroy said.
"Over the years we've had visits and support from His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.
"Everyone at Veterans Aid is deeply impressed by him as an individual - not only because of who he is but because he is a soldiers' soldier."
Mr Milroy first met Prince Philip in 2010, when the duke attended a carol concert for the charity.
"As a veteran myself, I've got nothing but praise for him," Mr Milroy said.
"He was with us three times last year and was just perfect with the guys. He really understands the service and ex-servicemen's community."
However, Prince Philip could also be blunt when the situation demanded it.
"He does not mince his words. He does not suffer fools gladly," Bill Munnoch told the BBC.
Mr Munnoch served in the 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. As a 21-year-old on guard at Balmoral Castle during the Royal Family's annual break, he told the BBC he was "gobsmacked" to see the Duke of Edinburgh walk through the guardroom door as he took a tea break.
"It was a freezing night," Mr Munnoch recalls. "He questioned us to ask if we were warm enough and if we had something warm to eat. Our guard commander replied that the suppers had not been sent down from the cookhouse.
"His Royal Highness picked up the duty telephone and told whoever he was speaking to, to get their lazy arses down to the guard room ASAP with warm food and more warm drinks as the Royal Guard were freezing their butts off.
"He then bid us good night and, hands behind his back, marched out of the guardroom."
A few minutes went by before a "very disgruntled" chef staggered in clutching a tray of warm food.
"We tucked into the food and had a great laugh. About an hour later we were surprised when Prince Philip appeared again."
After asking if they had been fed, Prince Philip let it be known what he thought of the kitchen staff.
"Lazy shower, or words to that effect," Mr Munnoch remembers. "I can't use them, they were stronger than that.
"We thought it was brilliant."
Callum Dewar, 20, from Glasgow also recalls the day he met the duke at the Queen's garden party at Holyroodhouse in June 2015.
"I was there from the Boys Brigade, with my mum and was asked if Id like to meet him.
"Obviously I said yes but I was quite nervous.
"I didn't need to be. He was so jovial and genuine and he knew so much about the organisation. He even quizzed me on my knowledge!
"We talked about my work and he also asked me lots about my personal life. He was engaged and interested and the conversation was full of laughter.
"Sadly we were not allowed to take pictures but I remember the encounter well as he was such a pleasant man."
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Prince Harry has laid a wreath at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire for the commemorations.
Silence fell at 11:00 GMT to remember servicemen and women killed in battle.
England and Scotland footballers are expected to risk breaking Fifa rules forbidding "political statements" when they wear poppy armbands at their World Cup qualifying match at Wembley later.
People gathered at war memorials and in schools, offices and other public places across the UK to pause for two minutes to commemorate the moment the guns fell silent for peace at the end of World War One, on 11 November 1918.
Hundreds of people attended the Royal British Legion's Silence in the Square event in Trafalgar Square, where poppies were laid in the fountains and music was performed by a range of artists including Russell Watson.
A service of remembrance was also held at the Cenotaph, where singer Cerys Matthews read the poem In Memoriam by Ewart Alan Mackintosh.
The sun shone and as 11 o'clock approached, Trafalgar Square filled with people of all ages.
They listened to moving poems and songs and as the The Last Post began at one minute to 11:00 GMT, all traffic was stopped and one of London's busiest squares fell silent.
The Royal British Legion which organised this event has called for a "rethinking" of Remembrance, asking people to think not just of those who died in the two world wars but more recent conflicts as well.
After a bugler signalled the end of the two minutes' silence, the traffic restarted and hundreds of poppy petals were scattered into Trafalgar Square's fountains representing those who sacrificed themselves for others in conflict.
In Bristol, 19,240 shrouded figures were laid out on College Green, each one representing a soldier who was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Prince Harry read Rupert Brooke's poem The Soldier, written at the beginning of the war, as part of the service at the National Memorial Arboretum.
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The Prince of Wales has attended a service in Bahrain, where he laid a wreath and met senior military representatives and UK veterans working in the Middle East.
The Royal British Legion charity has organised dozens of events for Friday following weeks of fundraising by selling poppies.
Armistice Day is followed by Remembrance Sunday on 13 November, when royals and senior politicians pay their respects at the Cenotaph memorial in London.
Meanwhile, the Football Associations of England and Scotland have said they will let players wear black armbands with poppy emblems despite a warning from Fifa, football's governing body, that doing so could breach rules banning "political, religious or commercial" messages.
However, Fifa has since issued a statement saying it has not banned England and Scotland players from wearing armbands featuring the poppy as has been reported, because it cannot pre-judge what symbols would constitute such a breach.
Both FAs have said they are willing to face any punishment - though they insist it will not come to that.
In events to mark Armistice Day across the UK:
Armistice Day falls each year on 11 November to mark the day in 1918 when the fighting in World War One was stopped.
The Allies and Germany signed an armistice in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne in France at 05:00. Six hours later, at 11:00, the conflict ceased.
King George V announced that a two-minute silence would be observed in 1919, four days before the first anniversary of Armistice Day. The silence continues to be observed every year on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
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Kirstie and Courtney McKeever resigned from their jobs at KFC on the Boucher Road after their complaints against a male co-worker did not end his alleged behaviour.
They took a case against Herbel Restaurants, trading as KFC, and were awarded £14,000 and £16,000.
The sisters were assisted in their case by the Equality Commission.
The women, who began working at KFC part-time as teenagers, alleged that a co-worker touched and pinched them despite being asked to stop, used overtly sexual language and exposed himself.
Speaking to the BBC's Good Morning Ulster Programme, Courtney McKeever said: "He would say sexual things to me and ask could he do sexual things to me.
"He asked me to have sex with him on a number of occasions and I told him no.
"On some occasions he would be nice - it just depended what mood he was in. But if you told him to stop or complained [about his behaviour] he would start being nasty."
The sisters alleged they reported the incidents to supervisors and managers but his behaviour continued.
Courtney said their lack of action made her feel powerless.
"They kept saying they would deal with it, but they never really did. They actually told me at one point that they were going to sack him but they didn't and it went on for a few months after that."
The sisters felt that they had no choice but to give up their jobs.
Kirstie McKeever said the alleged behaviour of her co-worker had made her ill and led to her resigning.
The pair urged anyone else facing similar treatment "to come forward".
Chief executive of the Equality Commission, Dr Evelyn Collins, said: "It is unacceptable that, decades after it was established that sexual harassment constitutes unlawful sex discrimination, we are still witnessing cases such as Kirstie's and Courtney's.
"Here were two young women who simply wanted a part-time job to earn some money like so many other teenagers.
"What should have given these young women useful experience of the workplace instead became an ordeal that caused them great distress."
The male co-worker against whom the complaints were made was dismissed.
In settling the case, Herbel Restaurants, trading as KFC, reaffirmed its commitment to equality of opportunity in the workplace.
Justin Stratton, HR director for Herbel Restaurants, said the company did not tolerate any type of harassment in its restaurants.
"When we heard about these allegations, we investigated and took action, which resulted in the dismissal of the employee in question," he said.
"We also invited the claimants to attend formal grievance and investigation meetings, as well as the opportunity to reconsider their resignations, but these were all declined.
"Whilst the settlement clarified that no blame lies with the company for what happened, and that we took all necessary steps to put things right, we understand that this was a distressing experience for the team members involved, and for that, we're sorry."
The company has agreed to meet the Equality Commission to review its equal opportunities procedures to ensure they are compliant with its legal obligations.
An inquest heard William Mead died of treatable blood poisoning in 2014.
Leaflets will be handed out to expectant parents throughout the UK outlining the warning signs of sepsis in infants.
Truro millionaire Peter Congdon has stepped forward to pay the printing costs, which are around £6,000.
Melissa Mead, William's mother, said Mr Congdon's gesture was "humbling".
More on the sponsorship for the leaflets, plus more Devon and Cornwall news
Mrs Mead told the BBC the leaflet would be "an invaluable resource".
"I put out a request on social media and Peter's family picked it up... he agreed straight away."
Mr Congdon said he was "pleased to be in a situation to help".
"I will be keeping in touch and helping in whatever way I can," he added.
Mr Congdon has paid £5,700 to pay for the leaflets and the company that provides packs for around 850,000 new mothers has waived its fee to insert the material.
William died at a year old from the condition, which his family described as "so preventable".
A report into his death criticised GPs, out-of-hours services and a 111 call handler who failed to spot he had sepsis caused by an underlying chest infection and pneumonia.
Around 44,000 people in the UK die of sepsis every year.
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Andy Arnold, who set up the venue in 1991, said he was upset to hear it had gone into administration after losing its late night club licence.
The nightclub generated more than half of The Arches' annual turnover.
Mr Arnold, who is now artistic director of the Tron Theatre, said he was "disappointed" an alternative funding model hadn't been found sooner.
The restriction to the nightclub licence followed police complaints about drug abuse and disorder.
Management said they were "left with no other choice" but to call in the administrators after the ruling last month that the venue would have to close at midnight.
The early closing times made the business model, which relied on the nightclub to fund arts and cultural events, "untenable".
About 40,000 people have signed a petition calling for a reinstatement of the licence.
The Scottish government said it would look at ways of safeguarding the venue's future and talks are continuing between Creative Scotland, Glasgow Life and Glasgow City Council.
Mr Arnold said: "I'm extremely sad that this has happened and feel particularly for the long-serving and hard-working staff.
"Most of all, Glasgow has lost a unique and extraordinary arts venue - a breeding ground for so much artistic talent - and the cultural profile of this city will be damaged as a result."
Mr Arnold left in the Arches in 2009, for a post at the Tron Theatre, because he felt the model was no longer sustainable and that a new approach was needed.
He said: "When we first began, it was a theatrical night club - Cafe Loco. And when the big super clubs came along, it was part of the house music culture. There was no escaping it. And all you can do is try to deal with it.
"But there were dreadful fatalities and I think after 20 years I realised something had to change, and I was no longer the person to do that, and that's when I left and came to the Tron."
He added: "I'm disappointed there hasn't been a more vigorous attempt leading up to this moment to find other ways of having commercial entertainment.
"I thought anyway the club culture would drift away - as well as there being the element of danger to it.
"It is an extraordinary building with a capacity for 1,800 people and I always felt Glasgow being such a hedonistic city, there would always be an excuse for big parties of some type but whether it always has to be that sort of house music type of party alone, which brings in thousands of people, I wonder.
"That sort of exploration needs to be done. The big club nights which raise serious money - it's finding something to replace those. Returning to that model would be a waste of time."
A group of 400 creative voices, including author Irvine Welsh, members of Mogwai, Belle & Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand, have signed an open letter calling on the Scottish government and creative bodies to ensure the Arches remains as an arts venue.
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Sondre Tronstad fired home the opener from outside the box and further strikes by Liban Ali Abdi and Haris Hajradinovic made it 3-0 at the break.
Ikedi Ikenna Anthony, Shuaibu Ibrahim, Erik Huseklepp and Johnny Per Buduson found the net to pile further misery on their visitors in the second half.
The result renders the return leg on 6 July virtually irrelevant.
Coleraine manager Oran Kearney gave competitive debuts to three of his summer signings by naming Aaron Traynor, Stephen O'Donnell and Josh Carson in his starting line-up, while Matthew Kirk was on the bench.
But the Bannsiders were without regular first-choice goalkeeper Chris Johns and defender Lyndon Kane for their venture into European competition.
The Irish League side were under pressure from the start with Adam Mullen clearing off the line and the home side having an effort ruled out for offside before Tronstad put Haugesund in front.
It was mostly one-way traffic from there on but Coleraine did create some scoring opportunities, Carson having an effort saved by Helge Sanduk, Eoin Bradley's seemingly goalbound strike being palmed away and Sanduk also denying a Brad Lyons header.
Lech Poznan of Poland or Pelister of Macedonia await the winners of the tie in the second qualifying round.
The session had been scheduled for Saturday but was abandoned due to poor weather around the Isle of Man's Mountain Course.
Several TT winners including John McGuinness and Michael Dunlop are set to compete over the next fortnight.
The first races of this year's festival will take place on Saturday.
Roads are scheduled to close at 18:00 BST around the Mountain Course for Monday evening's session, which will start with a speed-controlled lap for newcomers.
Clerk of the Course Gary Thompson said further rain is expected to affect Tuesday night's session.
Mr Thompson thanked all the marshals who have committed to officiating following an urgent appeal for registrations in the lead up to the event.
According to the Manx government the two-week Festival of Motorcycling now contributes more than £6m to the island's economy.
A 9.7m-long trackway was created around 150 million years ago when a horseshoe crab fell into a lagoon.
The find is of interest because the fossil of the animal itself is present at the end of the trackway, where the animal died.
The research appears in the journal Ichnos.
The fossil trackway of the animal's last moments - known as a mortichnia, or death march - was discovered in the lithographic limestone of Bavaria in Germany in 2002, where spectacular fossils of the famous feathered dinosaur Archaeopteryx have also been found.
Since then, the fossil trackway had remained an exhibit in the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in the US until Dean Lomax of the Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery and Christopher Racay began working on a project to describe it
"It's not particularly rare to find these horseshoe crabs at the end of short traces, but nothing quite as substantially large and scientifically important as this," he said.
The fossil records an entire walk, and the researchers believe that the abrupt beginning of the trace can be explained by the animal being "flung" into the lagoon during a storm, although they cannot be certain of this interpretation.
However, the quality of preservation allowed the researchers to reconstruct very small details of the animal's end minutes.
"The lagoon that the animal found itself in was anoxic, so at the bottom of these lagoons there was no oxygen and nothing was living," Mr Lomax told the BBC.
"This horseshoe crab [Mesolimulus walchi] found itself on the lagoon floor and we can tell by looking at the trace that the animal righted itself, managed to get on to its feet and began to walk," he explained.
However, the anoxic conditions of the lagoon floor quickly proved fatal to the arthropod and it soon began to struggle.
"We started to study the specimen closer and saw that the walking patterns and the animal's behaviour started to change. The leg impressions became deeper and more erratic, the telson (the long spiny tail) started being lifted up and down, up and down, showing that the animal was really being affected by the conditions," he said.
"To find a trackway and its track-maker preserved together in the fossil record is extremely rare. Working out who made a trackway is normally like detective work. In this case, the suspect has been caught in the act," Dr Nic Minter, currently of the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, who was not involved in the study, told BBC News.
"Discoveries such as this provide unique insights into the behaviour of extinct species - in this example during the last throes of its life and the environmental conditions that led to its demise," he said.
Wendy Fawell, 50, from Otley, died in the attack at the Ariana Grande concert on Monday.
Adam Fawell, her son, said "We're all devastated. Mum was a wonderful woman. She'll be sadly missed."
He also said: "I would like to add how much it means to us what everybody at home and in Manchester have done to support us at this time."
His mother was "so kind and generous and touched the lives of so many", he added.
Ms Fawell travelled with her friend Caroline and their children to the Manchester Arena. Caroline was seriously injured.
Ms Fawell was last seen in the foyer of Manchester Arena shortly before the blast.
Her daughter, Charlotte Fawell, 15, was taken to hospital in Oldham.
More than 100 people attended a vigil for Wendy Fawell in Otley on Tuesday evening.
Jean Osborne, a family friend, said: "She was the kindest person you'd ever wish to meet. She'd do anything for you. She was an awesome person. She'll be missed by many."
Greg Mulholland, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Leeds North West, spoke of the "heartbreak" on social media.
He said on Facebook: "Deepest condolences, thoughts and prayers with her family and friends."
St Oswald's Primary School in Guiseley, where she used to work, also paid tribute on Twitter.
Her family had issued an appeal on social media after she was reported missing asking for sightings of her.
On Wednesday night, her friend Debbie McDowell, paid tribute on Facebook.
She wrote: 'I am heartbroken beyond belief. I have lost my best friend."
The boy was struck on Dalmarnock Road at about 15:10.
He has been taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. There is no update on his condition.
The road was closed between Dunn Street and Muslin Street for an accident investigation to be carried out.
The building is spread over 9,000 square metres (100,000 sq ft) of prime real estate in Hyderabad city.
It has bulletproof bathrooms, an auditorium which seats 250 people and a meeting hall that accommodates 500.
The house was blessed by the minister's special guru while the bulletproof bathroom has been roundly mocked.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao moved into the house on Thursday after a series of religious rituals led by his spiritual guru, Chinna Jeeyar Swamy.
Mr Swamy also sat in Mr Rao's official chair to "bless" it.
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The house, named Pragathi Bhavan, was built in close consultation with vaastu (similar to Feng shui) experts.
Mr Rao is a great believer in vaastu, which is an ancient Hindu custom used in construction.
He has also been in the news for trying to demolish the state's secretariat complex because he believes its vaastu is bad for the state.
Senior political commentator and author, Kingsuk Nag, told BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi that the house exposed Mr Rao's "feudal" mentality.
"It's like the good old days when the feudal lord would have a castle that would have a house as well as his office. And, then the subjects would say, oh, what a big palace," he said.
Using security concerns as justification for the scale of the residence, made no sense, he added.
Mr Rao's move came only weeks after the lavish wedding of the daughter of another Indian politician also fuelled anger among cash strapped Indians.
Vettel tried the latest version of the device in practice at the British Grand Prix and said it "needed some further running".
Horner added that the device should not be "rushed through" and said he would not vote for it to be used in 2017.
Governing body the FIA wants to introduce the halo next year.
However, the halo is yet to be formally approved.
FIA F1 director Charlie Whiting has made it clear to teams in technical meetings they should expect to run the halo in 2017 and they are designing their new cars so that is possible.
However, the halo must first be approved by a three-stage process: the strategy group of leading teams, the FIA and F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone; the F1 Commission, on which sit representatives of all teams, sponsors, circuits, tyre suppliers, plus the FIA and Ecclestone; and the FIA World Council.
Sources have told BBC Sport that, in addition to Horner, Ecclestone, Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff and Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams also have misgivings about the device, which is designed to protect drivers from impacts with large flying objects.
Horner said: "I am not a big fan of the halo and the limitations it has. It is an inelegant solution to the problem it is trying to deal with.
"I would prefer there to be more research time taken to do the job properly rather than rushing something through that may have other consequences. I certainly wouldn't vote in favour of it."
The Grand Prix Drivers' Association, of which Vettel is one of three directors, is in favour of increased head protection for drivers and would like to see something introduced as soon as possible.
But after Vettel ran the device for one lap in Friday practice, he said he had concerns about the sensations it gave the driver.
"Forward visibility was fine," the four-time champion said. "But it was quite a bit on top of you, (even if) you are not looking at the sky all the time.
"It needs some further running. I know the decision is up fairly soon. I don't know what the results are on the actual research.
"It is clear what it is made for and what it is supposed to do, but we just need to make sure we introduce something safer in all circumstances and we don't have any compromises."
The FIA has promised teams a decision on the halo by the end of July.
Red Bull were proposing an alternative device called the 'aeroscreen' but that failed FIA tests, which involve a wheel being fired at the device at 250km/h (155mph).
The team have now stopped work on the aeroscreen, preferring to put more resources behind their 2017 car design as a result of the major rule changes that will see wider cars aimed at reducing lap times by about four seconds.
The roads in question are located in one of the city's roughest and most deprived areas - the Tenderloin neighbourhood.
Located in downtown San Francisco, Tenderloin has long had many of the city's highest crime rates, with violent street offences and drug dealing being particular problems.
The name Tenderloin started to appear on maps of San Francisco in the 1930s.
While there are numerous theories as to how it got its name, one of the most widely believed is the suggestion that policemen in the early 20th Century had to be paid more to patrol there, thereby enabling them to afford more expensive cuts of meat when they went to a steakhouse.
Fast forward to 2014 and Tenderloin is not the type of place you would expect to see a successful high-tech firm like Zendesk base itself.
Yet led by its Danish chief executive Mikkel Svane, Zendesk is enthusiastically leading efforts to help improve the area and the lives of its 25,000 residents.
"I don't want to make us sound more idealistic than necessary," says Mr Svane, 43. "It's just important to be part of the neighbourhood and community."
Founded in Denmark in 2007 by Mr Svane and two colleagues, Zendesk makes customer service software.
Now worth $1.3bn, its clients include household names such as Disney, L'Oreal, Vodafone, Ikea and 20th Century Fox.
The business relocated its main base from Copenhagen to California in 2009 to be closer to Silicon Valley venture capitalists and other start-up technology firms with global ambitions.
Zendesk first moved into Tenderloin in 2011, where it recently opened a swanky new 73,000sq ft (6,800sq m) headquarters.
The first technology business to base itself in the neighbourhood with the lowest commercial occupancy rates in the city, Zendesk did so after being given a financial incentive by the City and County of San Francisco.
The local authority had long been keen to attract such growing technology firms to Tenderloin, to help boost the area's economy and aid its wider regeneration.
And so the City and County of San Francisco introduced community benefit agreements (CBAs) for Tenderloin.
Under the terms of Zendesk's CBA it got a six-year tax break on staff wages in return for pledging to carry out a certain level of community outreach work.
So in addition to picking up litter, Zendesk staff do everything from helping to serve meals to the homeless, and teaching local people computer skills.
Zendesk also donates money to local charities, and has space on its ground floor that people in the local community can hire out for free.
While cynics may say that the company is only doing such things because it has to under the terms of its CBA, both the local government and community leaders in Tenderloin agree that, led by Mr Svane, Zendesk continues to do far more than is required.
The amiable and outgoing Mr Svane certainly appears to relish taking a lead with the community work, be it the litter picking, giving public talks, or joining his staff in giving Tenderloin residents computer lessons.
"It's interesting to see our continued investment in the neighbourhood and be a part of the future of the Tenderloin," he says. "It's something that we all enjoy very much."
Other technology firms such as Twitter, Spotify and Microsoft have since followed Zendesk into Tenderloin under similar CBA deals, but local historian Deleano Seymour, 67, says Mr Svane and his staff lead the way when it comes to the level of community work they undertake.
"There is no-one even close to doing the civic work that Zendesk is doing," he says.
"Zendesk goes way beyond the requirement of the payback on the CBAs tech companies have with the city."
So far this year Zendesk says employees at its headquarters have logged 1,676 hours of volunteer time in Tenderloin.
Bevan Duffy, who helps lead the City and County of San Francisco's efforts to reduce homelessness, agrees that Zendesk has "set the standard" when it comes to community work.
"Zendesk has meaningfully involved their employees directly in making meals and in assisting people," he says.
"And in humanising the experience that many individuals and families have living in the Tenderloin, which is challenging.
"I wish Zendesk didn't stand apart as much as they do."
When not doing community work Mr Svane continues to lead Zendesk's expansion.
Despite the company's success, he says he doesn't consider himself to be a "traditional entrepreneur".
Instead he says he simply enjoys working with computers.
"I've always been working with computers, and I'm fascinated by what you can build and produce and what technology can enable you to do," he says.
Born in Copenhagen, Mr Svane got into computer programming from the age of 11.
After gaining a degree in economics, he went into the software industry in his 20s, and co-founded Zendesk when he was in his mid-30s, along with his friends Alexander Aghassipour and Morten Primdahl.
Mr Svane says they saw a gap in the market for a simple-to-use system that enables firms to manage their interaction with customers, such as organising and responding to emails, or live internet help chats.
After initially funding the business themselves, external investment soon followed, both before and after the move to the US.
The company now has more than 600 staff worldwide, with offices in Copenhagen, London and Melbourne, and Mr Svane says he is focusing his efforts on securing more large customers.
"We are still in the very early days of this company," he says. "This is the most amazing thing I've done in my life and I can't imagine doing anything else."
The 52-year-old TV star, best known for Full House and ER, is due to appear in court for a hearing on Friday.
Stamos' arrest in Los Angeles followed reports of him "allegedly behaving strangely and driving erratically".
The actor, who is currently working on two TV shows, could face a maximum six-month jail sentence if convicted of the misdemeanour offence.
Any jail time could disrupt work on both his current TV series.
New Fox series Grandfathered, which premiered last month, casts Stamos in the central role of a middle-aged man who discovers he has a son and infant granddaughter he never knew about.
The actor also has a recurring role in Fuller House, the Netflix reboot of sitcom Full House, which is shooting in Hollywood and set to debut on the streaming service next year.
Neither Fox nor Netflix made any comment on how the shows might be affected.
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A hearing at LA's Superior Court on Friday, could see a resolution to the case or the setting of a pre-trial hearing, which could mean any jail time for Stamos is unlikely before the new year.
Beverly Hills police declined to identify the drug Stamos had allegedly taken before his arrest, nor is it identified in the charging document.
Stamos, who was taken to hospital at the time of the incident on 12 June, checked into rehab following his arrest.
The actor played Jesse in the long-running sitcom Full House, which ran from 1987-1995, and went on to play Dr Tony Gates in medical drama ER for four years. He also had a recurring role in Glee as Dr Carl Howell.
Daniel Ayala is doubtful after twisting his ankle, while Victor Valdes and Grant Leadbitter could miss out again.
Manchester City will be without goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, whose season could be over after he suffered a calf injury in the Manchester derby.
There are concerns over the fitness of David Silva and John Stones, but Bacary Sagna returns after five weeks out.
Conor McNamara: "This week has already brought Middlesbrough's first league win of 2017.
"Their survival hopes remain slim but those three points against Sunderland should ramp up the atmosphere for this one. Boro are still in the fight.
"I interviewed Pep Guardiola after the Manchester derby on Thursday. He was very pleased with Gabriel Jesus' brief cameo after a two-and-a-half month absence.
"An offside flag correctly denied the Brazilian a late winner. He should get more game time at The Riverside.
"City rarely enjoy their league trips to Middlesbrough. Only once since 1977 have the visitors managed to win a game on Teesside."
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Middlesbrough head coach Steve Agnew: "It's another all or nothing match, but we're used to that in recent weeks.
"I've admired Pep [Guardiola] for many years. His team pass the ball and are very good in possession, with lots of movement. They have talent all over the pitch and can score goals for fun.
"But when we went to the Etihad we came away with a point, and in the FA Cup game we worked hard and had chances on the day."
Boro are more ambitious going forward under Steve Agnew than they were when Aitor Karanka was in charge but they still don't have the players to hurt teams.
Manchester City do, and they will go to the Riverside Stadium and attack Middlesbrough. I think they will find a way through.
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The Spaniard, 24, joined from Atletico Madrid for £15.5m on a four-year deal in the summer, but has scored only once in 13 Premier League appearances.
Swansea could also see Jordan Ayew arrive from Aston Villa in a swap deal involving Wales defender Neil Taylor.
Paul Clement's side host Southampton in the Premier League on Tuesday.
The accident happened at about 22:40 on Friday on the A77 Glasgow to Stranraer road close to the Bellfield interchange, east of Kilmarnock.
James Watson, from Kilmarnock, was hit by a Fiat Punto. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 28-year-old driver was uninjured but was taken to Crosshouse Hospital for treatment for shock.
Police closed the road for about four hours, and appealed for any witnesses to contact them.
The 20-year-old, who failed to make a first-team appearance for United, spent the first half of the season on loan at Scottish Premiership side Motherwell.
Grimshaw, capable of playing in defence or midfield, is not immediately available as he requires minor surgery.
"This is a chance to get my career going," he told the club website.
"I have been at Manchester United a long time, but I am ready to move on and make a career for myself.
"It is great to be back home in Lancashire and I am looking to get settled and start to kick on with my career."
He joins Ben Pearson in moving from the Reds to the Lilywhites this month.
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But the same sort of methods are being used to try to draw white, British children and young people towards new, extreme, far-right groups.
In recent years, the influence of more established, political organisations, such as the BNP and the English Defence League, has declined, leaving the far-right fragmented.
Some of the more extreme groups which have developed since have focused their attention on recruiting a new, younger generation of members.
Pictures posted online illustrate the attempts of the South Wales British Movement to set up its own youth wing.
Children are shown taking part in day trips to various beauty spots, posing with the group's banners and Neo-Nazi emblems.
This week, the group's sister organisation in West Yorkshire announced the creation of another youth section, called Young Wolf.
But there are serious questions over the adults in charge. In January, South Wales British Movement organiser Richard Harris was jailed for five years, after attacking an Asian man with a glass bottle.
According to Prof Matthew Feldman from Teesside University, the far right is going through a period of "recalibration".
"Time will tell as to whether or not those groups go towards the modernisation and the suit-wearing slickness of trying to engage in populist politics," he says.
"Or down the more extremist route that engages in different types of extremist violence."
At a project in Swansea which tries to educate teenagers seen as at-risk of far-right radicalisation, I met Alan Walton who two years ago was taking part in white-pride marches.
He explained to me that his first contact with extremism came through conversations online, which developed into him attending meetings, where the focus was on hatred towards British Muslims.
"They'll talk to you, tell you a few things about their religion and why they shouldn't be here," Alan says.
"You just get sucked in so easy when you're sitting there listening to them, and then, boom - you're part of it then."
The anti-Islamic rhetoric is another feature which unites many of the new groups.
According to Prof Feldman, they are trying to appeal to a generation whose view of Muslims has been distorted by events in the news.
"They, having grown up in the shadow of 9/11 and 7/7 might be perhaps more inclined to see Muslims, broadly speaking, as the enemy," he explains.
"And I think that really has to be addressed as a matter of some urgency."
One victim of anti-Islamic hate crime in south Wales told me she felt there are now no-go areas for her.
The police are investigating the most recent incidents where the victim's two young nieces were confronted by two teenagers in a supermarket.
"Sometimes when I want to go to these places I think, will I be verbally abused or will something happen?"
"It always crosses my mind and I don't want to feel like that. I was born and bred in Wales, and feel this is my home."
The Home Office says its new anti-extremist legislation will tackle all forms of extremism - Islamist and neo-Nazi.
Our investigation has shown it will need to find ways of stopping hatred fermenting within a new generation.
Lilly-Mae called the emergency line "calmly" after Portia David lost consciousness following an epileptic fit at their Derby home in October.
The youngster, who was given the award at her school assembly, said she was "so happy" to receive it.
Miss David said she was "still in shock", but "very proud" of how Lilly-Mae handled the situation.
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Lilly-Mae, from Alvaston, said in the call: "I'm woke my mum up, but she's not waking up. Her head span around and she fell on the wooden floor."
Call handler Andrew Garven, of East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), replied: "What I need you to do is stay on the phone for me it's really important, okay?"
He said her bravery was "beyond her years".
Miss David said two weeks prior to the incident she had suffered seven epileptic episodes in about an hour, where her heart stopped twice.
"I was really worried after this and kept repeating to Lilly that 'if you can't wake me ring 999'. I never thought it had sunk in", she said.
"The courage she had to leave me, get my phone and call for help, calmly... I'm speechless.
"Santa is going to pay her a really nice visit."
Acting head teacher Louise Knibbs, of Lakeside Community Primary School, said they were "extremely proud" of Lilly-Mae.
"She's a bright and happy little girl, who clearly stayed calm in quite an upsetting circumstance," Ms Knibbs added.
"Thankfully it all turned out well in the end."
EMAS said Lilly-Mae, who is the first child in Derby to receive the award, was a "hero for saving her mum's life".
"The Laverick Award is very special, it is in memory of a brave, loyal and caring paramedic who lost his battle with cancer," the message on Facebook read.
"His colleagues designed the award to commend children and young adults who have demonstrated bravery and selflessness."
Rebels in South Kordofan are taking advantage of the South Sudan-Sudan clashes in the oil fields in Heglig to fight their own battles nearby.
The state governor, Ahmad Haroun, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes, says South Sudan is supporting the rebels.
Juba denies the accusations - but there can be no solution to the problems between Sudan and South Sudan without addressing the wars in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.
Mr Haroun points at the wreckage of a house, its tin roof a ruin scarcely held up by a battered brick framework: "The rebels have targeted the town, it's deliberate targeting," he says.
Elsewhere in Talodi, a town in the Nuba mountains, there is evidence of shelling.
A jagged-edged hole larger than a football has been punched in a fuel tank at the power station.
A fire apparently burnt for three days, and the electricity was out for many more.
Some huts have been hit too, and all that remains is charred stubs of walls, the floor now open to the skies.
Mr Haroun and local residents told the BBC that Talodi was shelled by the SPLM-North rebels, as part of a failed assault on the town.
The government says development projects like roads and dams have been affected by the fighting.
Sudanese experts often say that the country's many wars were partly a result of the decades of neglect and underdevelopment of areas like South Kordofan.
What is apparent is how central this Sudanese civil war is to the ongoing problems between Sudan and South Sudan.
The SPLM-North fighters who took up arms against Khartoum in South Kordofan and in Blue Nile, which is situated in the east, once fought alongside the rebels who won independence for South Sudan.
They were left north of the border at separation.
A 2005 peace deal promised to sort out their situation within Sudan, but this never happened.
Now SPLM-North controls most of the Nuba mountains in South Kordofan, and can threaten towns like Talodi.
"These rockets and ammunition and supplies come from South Sudan," Mr Haroun says.
"The border is very near. They provide all the weapons. Until now the [rebel] soldiers are part of the South Sudanese army."
South Sudan says this is nonsense.
But a recent report by Small Arms Survey
suggests there are strong links. It also accuses Sudan of supporting South Sudanese rebels.
The generals of the South Sudan Liberation Army (SSLA) are regularly seen in Khartoum, alongside other South Sudanese rebels.
Small Arms Survey has traced where the various rebel groups get their weapons from, and the evidence suggests, in essence, that both countries are running proxy armies in the other's national territories.
The timing of certain attacks raises eyebrows too.
When Sudan seized the disputed region of Abyei last year, the SSLA attacked just further south on the same day, tying up part of South Sudan's army.
The first South Sudan army advance on Heglig, at the end of March, coincided with a SPLM-North attempt to take Talodi.
"They orchestrated these attacks on Talodi and Heglig simultaneously, they did it from one plan and one target," Mr Haroun says.
Several sources say Darfuri rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement are also fighting in and around Heglig now.
Jem is one of several Darfuri groups that has signed an alliance with SPLM-North.
They are clearly taking advantage of South Sudan's occupation of the oil fields, a moment of real weakness for Khartoum, to launch further attacks in South Kordofan.
All this means that when delegations from Khartoum and Juba sit down to discuss security in Addis Ababa, proxy armies are high on the agenda.
For now, those talks are suspended.
But Sudan and South Sudan will not be able to make peace while rebel groups in both countries cloud the picture.
In the meantime, people are suffering.
The dominant narrative of the conflict in South Kordofan, at least in the Western media, has been that of Sudanese planes killing and injuring civilians in the Nuba mountains.
This undoubtedly happens.
The UN estimates hundreds of thousands more people, unable to farm due to the bombings, could flee the Nuba mountains - and hunger will begin to bite.
But people in the government-held areas have suffered too.
Mr Haroun says 35 people were killed, 54 wounded, and more than 28,000 were forced to flee the area because of the attack on Talodi.
It is impossible to independently verify these numbers, but a UN statement confirms many people did flee Talodi.
Hamid Tir said two of his brothers died in a car crash as they tried to escape the shelling.
He still has scars on his nose from the accident.
Talodi is now calmer, and people have started to return, but Mr Tir's bicycle repair business is struggling.
"The prices are soaring because of the war," he says.
"I used to get more before, but now people cannot afford to repair their bicycles so it has affected my income very much."
Many of the people in Talodi South Kordofan
.
Most are Arabs, who are often perceived to support the government.
"They are losing the war in Southern Kordofan, and they are dependent on trying to divide people along ethnic and religious lines," says Yassir Arman, the secretary general of the SPLM-North rebels.
The conflict in South Kordofan is far more complex than black African Nuba against Arabs, as it is sometimes portrayed.
Some Nuba, like Mr Tir, support the government.
The Nuba follow Islam, Christianity and traditional religions.
But Mr Haroun's followers do sometimes perceive this as a war of religions.
Ibrahim Mohamed Musa looks every day of his 55 years.
But he has an AK-47 strapped to his bike, and has signed up to a paramilitary police force.
"We are protecting our religion, so they will not take the area," Mr Musa says
"They are non-believers, and we are Muslim, so they will not defeat us."
Mr Haroun, who travelled around Talodi in a convoy of white 4x4s with only a small escort, was greeted by ululating women and men shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) everywhere he went.
For these people he seems to be a hero. For many others he is anything but.
Mr Haroun was indicted by the ICC for his apparent role in alleged war crimes in Darfur, another Sudanese civil war.
He rejected claims his troops were committing abuses in South Kordofan.
"We have a professional army," he says.
What about the civilians dying from bombs rolled out of the back of the government's Antonov planes in the Nuba mountains?
"We try to do our best always to select military targets," Mr Haroun says.
"But as you know in a war you cannot measure things accurately. There is friendly fire sometimes."
SPLM-North says Mr Haroun is carrying out atrocities in the Nuba mountains and elsewhere in the region.
"War is becoming the only agenda of people within the regime headed by [President Omar al-] Bashir," Mr Arman told the BBC.
I asked Mr Haroun if he was worried he would face further charges from the ICC for alleged crimes in South Kordofan.
"I don't care about that, it is a political court, it is not professional," he says - and he accuses the SPLM-North - and the rebels' alleged South Sudanese backers - of carrying out human rights abuses.
As long as the war in South Kordofan continues, it is difficult to imagine a peaceful relationship between Sudan and South Sudan.
The last confirmed sighting of Derek Serpell-Morris, also known as DJ Derek, was over three weeks ago in the city.
Jennifer Griffiths, his great niece, said she was losing hope of finding him alive.
Police have released further CCTV footage, showing DJ Derek in The Criterion pub, at about 23:30 BST on 10 July - his last confirmed sighting.
On Monday, Avon and Somerset Police said they were re-focusing search efforts in the Yate area, after a "credible" sighting of him at Yate bus station on 16 or 17 July.
Speaking at a press conference, in which members of Mr Serpell-Morris's family appealed for anyone with information about him, Ms Griffiths said she did not think he was still alive.
"I'm not confident. I would have thought he'd have got in contact with somebody by now," she said.
"The fact that he hasn't taken any of his suitcases or his toiletries, or any money out of his bank accounts, suggests he's gone.
"I'm losing hope."
DJ Derek's family and friends have been conducting searches for him over the past few days.
The DJ, who was reported missing on 23 July, has played at the Glastonbury festival, released his own compilation album, appeared in a Dizzee Rascal video, and worked with Massive Attack.
Finance Minister Jane Hutt said it gave ministers "new flexibilities" with an "important economic lever".
The small business rate relief scheme will remain similar to England's for at least a year, ministers have said.
Control of stamp duty land tax and landfill tax are due to pass to Wales in April 2018.
AMs also have the power to call a referendum on devolving some income tax varying powers.
Johanna Powell, 37, who works as a picture editor at BBC Wales, was reported missing on Saturday.
The Foreign Office said it was working with local authorities after an incident involving a cruise boat on the Mekong River, near Pak Beng.
A BBC Wales spokeswoman said: "We are very concerned about our missing colleague and are in contact with the family to offer any support we can."
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it was providing consular assistance to family members.
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Rhys Patchell kicked three penalties for the Blues, but Ulster led 12-9 at half-time thanks to tries by Andrew Trimble and Paul Marshall.
Ulster stretched their advantage when Nick Williams finished a controlled drive over the line by the home pack.
Centre Stuart McCloskey's try secured the bonus point before Josh Navidi's try gave the Blues forlorn hope.
With eight minutes to go, fly-half Patchell landed his fourth penalty to bring the visitors to within seven points, but they failed to close the gap further.
The result means the Blues have lost to all of the Irish teams in their last four Pro12 fixtures, with the opening day Zebre fixture remaining their only victory of the campaign.
After a disappointing display away to Edinburgh a week earlier, this was a third successive home win with a bonus point for Ulster and it took their unbeaten league record at their Belfast base to 14 games.
Danny Wilson's visitors had seemed set for a 9-5 half-time advantage, only for Paul Marshall to register one of his trademark close-range tries in first-half stoppage time.
In the 18th minute international winger Trimble got over in the right-hand corner for Ulster's first try.
It was the 31-year-old's 43rd try in the league competition, just one behind the Ulster record held by fellow wing Tommy Bowe.
Just before the break, with visiting number eight Josh Turnbull in the sin bin for accidentally kicking Marshall in the face, the home scrum-half nipped over to get Ulster's second try, which Ian Humphreys converted.
The tries early in the second half by man of the match Williams and McCloskey seemed to have sent Ulster home and dry.
But the Blues were never out of it, and had renewed hope when captain Navidi got their 57th-minute try soon after prop Wiehahn Herbst had been yellow-carded for slowing down play.
Late in the game, Cardiff's Aled Summerhill became the third player sin-binned after his lifting challenge on Craig Gilroy was deemed to be dangerous.
Ulster: Ludik, Trimble, Arnold, McCloskey, Gilroy, Humphreys, P. Marshall, Black, Herring, Herbst, Stevenson, van der Merwe, Wilson, Reidy, Williams.
Replacements: Cave for Arnold (54), Jackson for Humphreys (51), Warwick for Black (54), Browne for Stevenson (54), Lutton for Wilson (55).
Not used: Andrew, W. Faloon, Shanahan.
Sin bin: Herbst (55).
Cardiff Blues: Fish, Summerhill, Isaacs, Thomas, R. Smith, Patchell, Knoyle, Hobbs, Rees, Mitchell, Reed, Down, Dolan, Turnbull, Navidi.
Replacements: T. Davies for Hobbs (76), Filise for Mitchell (52), Cook for Dolan (55).
Not used: E. Lewis, Dicomidis, Jones, J. Evans, G. Smith.
Sin bin: Turnbull (40), Summerhill (74).
Att: 14,000
Ref: Ben Whitehouse (Wales).
Michael Pearson, who will stay as chief executive until a replacement is found, said Valeant was still a "strong and resilient company".
However, Valeant's former finance chief has declined to resign as a director.
Shares in Valeant jumped 11% in early trading after heavy losses last week, driven by fears of a default.
Valeant chairman Robert Ingram said: "While the past few months have been difficult, Valeant has a collection of leading brands, valuable franchises and great people, and I am confident that the company will be able to rebuild its reputation and thrive under new leadership."
Activist investor Bill Ackman, who has a 9% stake in Valeant, has been appointed to the board.
Former chief financial officer Howard Schiller declined a request to step down from the board, meaning Katharine Stevenson voluntarily resigned instead to make space for Mr Ackman, the company said.
Valeant added that Mr Schiller had contributed to the "mis-statement" of company results in 2014 and early 2015.
However, Mr Schiller said: "As a result of the fact that I did not engage in any improper conduct regarding this proposed restatement [of results], I have respectfully declined the request from the company's board to resign from the board."
Bill Ackman, 48, the newest member of Valeant's board, is one of the world's most well-known activist hedge fund managers, and has been an outspoken supporter throughout the company's turmoil.
Mr Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square owns 9% of Valeant shares, making it the company's second largest investor.
Last week, when the possibility that Valeant would default on its bonds was raised, Mr Ackman wasted no time reassuring Pershing Square investors that the drug company was still a good bet.
In a letter he wrote that it was "highly likely" that banks would grant Valeant a waiver for missing the deadline to file financial information. Without that waiver Valeant could have entered a default on its loans.
"[Mr Ackman] has put his credibility on the line and it could make or break him," Aswath Damodaran a professor of finance at New York University, told the BBC.
"The markets are going to decide [Valeant's] value- his words could initially stem the problem, but they don't mean as much now," said Mr Damodaran.
Mr Ackman's support for Valeant is not new. He teamed up with the drug maker in 2014 to make a bid for Botox-maker Allergan.
In a controversial move Mr Ackman bought shares in both companies in an attempt to arrange the tie-up. He agreed to pay Valeant 15% of any profit made if Allergan was bought by a third party- which it eventually was.
Allergan's board rejected several offers by Valeant and was eventually purchased by Actavis for $66bn (£46bn).
Mr Ackman is no stranger to public corporate disputes. He has spent $1bn betting against nutritional supplement brand Herbalife, and encouraged regulators to investigate its board.
Mr Ackman has not reserved his insults for the company. He verbally spared with activist investors Carl Icahn and Daniel Lobe over Herbalife.
During a televised interview on CNBC Mr Ackman said Mr Icahn was being dishonest with investors, while Mr Icahn accused Mr Ackman of being a "cry-baby in the schoolyard". The two had a public reconciliation in 2014.
Valeant shares more than halved last week after it lowered revenue forecasts and said that delays in filing its annual results could result in a notice of default.
The firm is also facing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into its relationship with pharmacy Philidor, and an investigation by the US Congress into its drug pricing.
Mr Schiller was acting chief executive for two months this year while Mr Pearson took a leave of absence due to severe pneumonia.
Valeant makes a range of drugs for skin, eye, stomach and neurological conditions.
Suzi Dorbon, an aircraft mover at Signature Flight Support, became trapped in a mechanically operated doorway at Luton Airport in 2015.
The 47-year-old's injuries were so severe they caused brain damage and she is in a persistent vegetative state.
St Albans Crown Court heard Signature "took no steps" to monitor the way staff were operating the doors.
Prosecutor Catherine Rabaiotti said the hangar has two doors, each with three sections which could be moved horizontally along tracks.
She told the court the company provided "short training sessions" to staff on how to operate the doors but that a risk assessment document failed to identify steps to reduce the crushing risk.
Judge Andrew Bright QC said: "In particular, staff were not told of a specific distance to stand back from the doors when operating them, nor were they provided with any follow-up or refresher training.
"Had the defendant done so, it would soon have become apparent that the way in which some employees were moving the doors was unsafe."
Mrs Dorbon - who lives in Barton-Le-Clay in Bedfordshire - is still in a coma at a care centre in St Neots and her husband Mick has given up his job to look after her.
Signature was fined £250,000 after pleading guilty to failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees between 28 March 2014 and 28 April 2015.
The company said it had retrained staff, installed new warning signage and painted yellow lines on the floor to show workers how far to stand back from the doors.
The move follows the UK's Brexit vote, which triggered a leadership contest in the Conservative government.
Heathrow and Gatwick airports have been vying with each other over building an extra runway.
Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye said expansion "must be a key building block in the government's Brexit plan".
"It will allow British exporters to trade with all the growing markets of the world, strengthening Britain's position as one of the great trading nations," he said.
"And at a time of uncertainty, a £16bn privately funded infrastructure investment will create jobs and growth across the UK."
But Gatwick Airport chief executive Stewart Wingate said: "The enormous pollution [of] both noise and air quality that Heathrow inflicts on hundreds of thousands of people, if not millions, it's this issue that politicians are going to have to grapple with."
"If you look at Gatwick, we have a tiny fraction of the environmental impact of Heathrow, yet you get all of the same economic benefits, all of the same connections to short haul and long haul destinations, all at a cheaper price."
Gatwick will press its case with the new leader of the Conservatives, he added.
Last July, the Airport Commission recommended Heathrow be expanded with a third runway - a 3,500-m runway north of the two existing ones - at an estimated cost of £18.6bn.
But in December, the government delayed its decision, saying further work on noise, pollution and compensation needed to be carried out.
On Monday, Gatwick Airport said the Brexit vote showed it was "clearer than ever that only Gatwick can deliver the new runway Britain needs".
Earlier today, the proposal to expand Heathrow took a major blow when the government deferred an airports decision to its next leader.
Boris Johnson was a front runner for the job and he's very hostile to the scheme.
But now he's stepped out of the race, things have become much less clear.
Theresa May and Michael Gove both have constituencies near Heathrow and they've both had to deal with a lot of noise complaints, especially when an experimental new flight path upset a lot of residents a couple of years ago.
But neither has ever come out against building a third runway at the airport and it's not clear what they think now.
And all of that's assuming one of them becomes leader.
It is almost exactly a year since the Airports Commission, chaired by Sir Howard Davies, issued its report on expanding airport capacity in the UK,
Three options were shortlisted - an extension of one of Heathrow's existing runways, a new runway at Gatwick, or a third runway at Heathrow.
All three proposals remain on the table. However, the Davies Commission was unambiguous - it said that the best option was a third runway at Heathrow. And although the government postponed its final decision, it was widely expected to follow the Commission's recommendation - until now.
Business campaign group London First said the deferral of the decision was "a huge shame".
London First and Tesco chairman John Allan said the delay would be "a very serious setback, not just for London but for the whole country".
"There's clearly going to be a significant downturn in inward investment over the next few years until there's greater certainty," he told the BBC.
"Carefully judged infrastructure investment would be one way of filling that gap, and also a way of making a statement that the UK is open for business.
"We do want connectivity with the rest of the world, so I think it's a great shame that politicians are putting party interests before the national interest," Mr Allan added.
Paul Wait, chief executive of travel management industry body the GTMC, said: "Current political instability is jeopardising economic growth in many ways.
"For uncertainty on airport expansion to also be caught up in the shifting sands is both short-sighted and dangerous.
"Regardless of political beliefs, every UK business is crying out for messages of confidence and room to find new growth, including outside of Europe.
"Without greater airport capacity, and soon, UK businesses will be collateral damage in the circus that is currently unfolding."
Sigmar Gabriel said 450,000 people had arrived in Germany so far this year, with 37,000 in the first eight days of September.
Tens of thousands, mainly Syrians, have pushed north in recent weeks.
Serbian TV says a record 5,000 migrants have arrived at the border with Hungary in the past 24 hours.
The Hungarian army earlier started military exercises to prepare for a possible future role in guarding the border and stem the flow of people - a move criticised by human rights groups.
Meanwhile, Austria's government said 5,700 people had crossed over from Hungary in recent hours. National train operator OeBB temporarily suspended services from Hungary because of the increasing numbers and the risks of overcrowding.
A correspondent on the Hungary-Serbia border says refugees are being kept in a miserable, wet and muddy holding zone, with volunteers describing conditions there as a "disaster".
Inclement weather conditions were also reported in northern Greece, forcing officials to allow at least 7,000 people, including many young children, to pass into neighbouring Macedonia.
On Wednesday European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced plans to distribute 120,000 refugees from Greece, Italy and Hungary among member states via binding quotas.
This would be on top of a proposal in May to share 40,000 refugees from just Greece and Italy.
Speaking in the German parliament, Mr Gabriel described the plans as "a first step, if one wants to be polite".
"Or you could call it a drop in the ocean," he added.
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Thousands of migrants, many of them fleeing conflicts in countries such as Syria and Libya, continue to make the dangerous journey to Europe's shores across the Mediterranean.
Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi said in rare comments on the issue that Europe should bear full responsibility for the crisis, adding that most Syrians who had left were fleeing areas held by the government's rivals, including Islamic State (IS).
He criticised European countries for sending "terrorists" to his country, referring to the thousands of Europeans who have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight with IS.
In a separate development, a group of 2,500 migrants boarded a ferry hired by the Greek government to transport them from the island of Lesbos to the mainland.
The El Venizelos once carried tourists on the leisure routes of the Aegean and the Mediterranean. That was before the wars in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan sent tens of thousands of people in the direction of Europe.
I am on board the Venizelos with 2,500 refugees. They include many families with young children who crossed from Turkey in rubber boats and spent several days queuing for the ship in the stifling heat.
It was the quiet of the waiting crowds this morning that was most striking. They filed aboard in orderly lines - the sick and the elderly going first - and then lay down wherever they could. Many were asleep within minutes.
As the dawn came up, scattered groups had gathered along the ship's railing. I met an artist from Aleppo, Givara Hesoo, who was heading for Germany with his wife and three children.
"Everything is lost," he said. When I asked him about his family's future he replied: "We cannot talk of a future yet."
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The European parliament backed Mr Juncker's plans on Thursday and they will now have to get the go-ahead from member states.
Foreign ministers from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - whose leaders have rejected the migrant quotas - are due to meet their German and Luxembourg counterparts on Friday to discuss the crisis.
The Czech foreign ministry said it was aimed at improving "better mutual understanding among EU member states...(in light of) some differing views".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier said she hoped newcomers would integrate with the help of their children learning German in school after visiting a home for refugees in Berlin.
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Many migrants are trying to travel through Hungary to Germany, Austria and Sweden - wealthier EU nations with more liberal asylum laws.
The authorities in Hungary have been told to expect 40,000 more migrants by next week.
Separately, Hungarian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a camerawoman who was caught on camera kicking and tripping up migrants near the border with Serbia. The video of Petra Laszlo kicking a young man and a girl, as well as sticking her leg out to trip a man, sparked global outrage.
Meanwhile Denmark's police chief says his officers have been ordered to let migrants travel freely through the country without registering if they do not want to seek asylum there.
Denmark suspended all rail links with Germany on Wednesday and temporarily closed a motorway after police stopped hundreds of migrants trying to reach Sweden at the border.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
The Washington Post cited US intelligence officials as saying the UAE had orchestrated the posting of incendiary quotes attributed to Qatar's emir that he insisted were fabricated.
The incident helped spark a diplomatic rift between Qatar and its neighbours.
Qatar said the report "unequivocally proves that this hacking crime took place".
However, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash told the BBC on Monday the Post's report was "untrue".
He also reiterated that the UAE and five other Arab nations had not written to Fifa to demand that Qatar be stripped of the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
Swiss news network The Local said a fake news story quoting Fifa president Gianni Infantino had been posted on a copycat website on Saturday.
The Washington Post's story cited unnamed US intelligence officials as saying newly-analysed information confirmed that on 23 May senior members of the UAE government had discussed a plan to hack Qatari state media sites.
Later that day, the official Qatar News Agency quoted Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani as criticising US "hostility" towards Iran, describing it as an "Islamic power that cannot be ignored", and calling Hamas the "legitimate representative of the Palestinian people".
Qatari officials said the agency had been hacked by an "unknown entity" and that the story had "no basis whatsoever". However, the remarks were reported across the region and caused a stir.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt responded by blocking Qatari media.
Two weeks later, the four countries cut all links with Qatar over its alleged support for terrorism and relations with Iran. The boycott has caused turmoil in the oil- and gas-rich emirate, which is dependent on imports by land and sea for the basic needs of its population of 2.7 million.
The US intelligence officials told the Washington Post it was unclear whether the UAE authorities had hacked the Qatar News Agency itself or paid a third party to do it.
The Qatari government communication office said in a statement: "The information published in the Washington Post... revealed the involvement of the United Arab Emirates and senior Emirati officials in the hacking of Qatar News Agency."
The Guardian reported last month that an investigation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had concluded that freelance Russian hackers were responsible.
US intelligence agencies declined to comment on the Post's article, but the UAE's ambassador insisted that it "had no role whatsoever in the alleged hacking".
"What is true is Qatar's behaviour. Funding, supporting, and enabling extremists from the Taliban to Hamas and Gaddafi. Inciting violence, encouraging radicalization, and undermining the stability of its neighbours," Yousef al-Otaiba wrote in a statement posted on Twitter.
Qatar has acknowledged providing assistance to Islamist groups designated as terrorist organisations by some of its neighbours, notably the Muslim Brotherhood. But it has denied aiding jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda or so-called Islamic State (IS).
Mr Gargash told the BBC that Qatar's denial had been contradicted by its agreement to review a list of 59 individuals and 12 organisations who the UAE has accused of supporting terrorism and wants arrested or expelled.
"What we know now is that Qatar is admitting that the list is worthy, that the list needs to be looked at, and that they need to change some of their laws to ensure that there is a proper process to cover this list," he said.
Mr Gargash said Qatar's neighbours were prepared to continue the boycott for months if it did not comply with the list of demands it was handed last month and agree to international monitoring.
"I understand the concern of our allies," he added. "But the issue is that we are being hurt, and the world is being hurt, by a state that has $300bn (£230bn) and is the main sponsor of this jihadist agenda."
But, he added, the four states would not escalate the boycott by asking companies to choose between doing business with them or with Qatar.
A CCTV camera recording shows the life-saving device being removed from its container on the shop's wall at around 04:20 BST.
A suspect, believed to be male, is then seen throwing the device onto the Rossdowney Road.
The £1,500 defibrillator was bought by the local community after a fundraising campaign. It was installed in June.
The equipment was smashed to pieces, said Richard Campbell, manager of Curry's Spar shop in Church Meadow.
"It's life-saving equipment, accessible 365 days a year, it doesn't require any training and it's free to use," said Mr Campbell.
"He's taken it in his hand, launched it across the road, smashed it and destroyed it - £1,500 of life-saving equipment in pieces.
"We've been fundraising for about 12 months and we've only had it installed for two months. It took a lot of effort and time to get it installed," he added.
"The local people in this town, customers, that's who raised the money, and they are disgusted and so are we."
Police in Derry have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
Insp Gregory Smyth said: "This defibrillator was installed for the whole community to use in the case of an emergency and it is very disappointing that someone would want to damage this important piece of life saving equipment."
The Hove outfit reached the semi-finals in Twenty20 and 40-over competition and missed out on the Championship trophy.
He told BBC Sport: "Having got to the stage of being in contention you'd have liked to have got over the line in one of the competitions.
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"It's a disappointment not to have got to a final. We have satisfaction with a bit of regret as well."
Sussex's bid to win the title for the first time since 2007 faltered following a rain-affected draw at Somerset last month, but Robinson is remaining positive for the future.
"At one point we had a chance of really challenging Warwickshire after a run of victories," he added.
For young players to have a taste of the pressure is invaluable for them
"We had a run of games where we had quite a few things go our way and in the last couple of weeks, we've not.
"To be honest, we're not that top of the table team really.
"We're a team that's definitely going in the right direction and that is definitely growing.
"We've made a challenge this year but in the next couple of years we'll probably be looked at as in contention."
Sussex concluded their four-day campaign with a five-wicket defeat by Durham at Chester-le-Street.
"There's not a lot that separates a lot of the teams from top to bottom in this division," Robinson said.
"The game was a nearly game for us and when we needed those big decisions to go our way, they didn't.
"We bowled a lot with a wet ball which killed us and negated us.
"However we missed a few little windows of opportunity to take the game by the scruff of the neck and Durham ran away with it in the end."
By 2018 Welsh ministers will be able to borrow up to £500m and Labour plans to spend part of the money on the road.
Plans for the scheme include 24km (15m) of new motorway and a 2.5km-long (1.5m) viaduct crossing the River Usk.
But Kirsty Williams said the money should be used to build homes.
"We used our influence in the assembly to stop work on the M4. Mark my words: the Welsh Liberal Democrats would do so again," she said.
"We will use this money to build 20,000 new homes, building them across the whole of Wales so everyone will benefit."
Economy Minister Edwina Hart told AMs last year the Welsh Government was not intending to use all the money available on a single project.
A final decision on whether the motorway scheme will go ahead will be taken after May's assembly election.
Economy Secretary Ken Skates said the firm that wants to build the motor racing track near Ebbw Vale had still not provided all the information required by the Welsh Government.
He also claimed developers had not provided paperwork needed to start the due diligence process until last week.
Developers want ministers to guarantee half the cost of the project.
Mr Skates said on 8 February he would look in detail at the latest financial plans for the project, saying the process would take four to six weeks.
But on Wednesday he told AMs the documents needed to complete the due diligence arrived late last week and that it was "regrettable that the information is currently incomplete".
He said he hoped to report back to the cabinet by mid-May - after the council elections on 4 May.
The track would be built with private funding and would host Moto GP races.
Mr Skates told the Senedd on Wednesday claims that the track could create up to 6,000 jobs in one of Wales' most deprived communities will be "thoroughly scrutinised" by consultants who are carrying out the due diligence on behalf of the Welsh Government.
A "fit-and-proper persons" test started this week into directors of the Heads of the Valleys Development Company, the company behind the scheme.
"We will not bypass due diligence for any decision," Mr Skates said.
"We have been applying immense pressure to the developers to provide the information that is required of them by the consultants. With that information due diligence can be completed."
It was in the company's interest to comply "so the people of Ebbw Vale and the valleys know whether this is a viable project", he added.
Responding to the delay, Plaid Cymru economy spokesman Adam Price said: "If there has been a problem with a lack of complete information why hasn't the government done what the private sector would do in these kinds of situations, in projects which are far larger than this, which is to get everyone in a room... so that we can actually sort this out?"
Auditor General Huw Vaughan Thomas is separately investigating more than £9m that the Welsh Government has already provided to the scheme.
His report is expected some time in April.
"An unbelievable performance!" he tweeted, thanking singer Jamala on behalf of the whole country.
However her song 1944 - about wartime deportation of Crimean Tartars - has angered many in Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
Several Russian politicians and commentators blamed the result on hostility towards their country.
Jamala is the first Crimean Tartar to perform at the contest, which was held this year in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
The song 1944 caused controversy because of alleged political overtones. It references the year when Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin deported almost all of the Tatar ethnic group.
At a news conference, Jamala said the experiences of her great-grandmother had inspired song.
"This pain speaks to all the people who have experienced their own tragedies in the past, such as (the) Holocaust," she added.
Like it or not, anything linked to Crimea in Ukraine today has, at the very least, political overtones because Russia's annexation of the peninsula remains an emotive topic and point of grievance for many Ukrainians.
That is especially true for Tartars like Jamala, who have left the peninsula and say they cannot return.
But the sombre nature of the song had appeared in some ways to be its Eurovision Achilles heel.
That's because the lyrics, in both English and Tartar, are hardly the type of catchy pop number that all too often comes out on top.
It makes Jamala's victory all the more remarkable.
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"Yes!!!" President Poroshenko tweeted when the result was announced. "All of Ukraine gives you its heartfelt thanks, Jamala."
Ukraine's Vice-Prime Minister for European Integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsyntsadze, denied that song was not a reference to the current conflict over Crimea.
"I don't think that there was any intention by Jamala to bring it to a political level," she told the BBC.
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Political songs are not allowed at Eurovision but 1944 was permitted because it was based on historic fact.
However many people in Russia - which had been favourite to win the competition - have contended that the vote was political.
Russian MP Elena Drapeko blamed Russia's defeat on what she called an "information war" and "general demonisation" of her country.
Senator Frantz Klintsevitch told Russian media: "It is not Ukrainian singer Jamala and her song 1944 that won Eurovision 2016, it is politics that defeated art."
He called for a Russian boycott of next year's contest, in Ukraine.
There have been calls in Russia for a review of the outcome after a prankster - posing as an aide to Mr Poroshenko - told Russian TV that Jamala had admitted to him her song had a political subtext.
Pro-Kremlin media said the country had been robbed of victory by a new system of combining jury scores with public votes.
The official Rossiya 24 news channel says "TV viewers gave Russia victory", but alleges that the new voting rules "allowed the competition organisers to amend the results as they saw fit".
The juries from Russia and Ukraine did not award each other any points. However large numbers of the Russian public voted for the Ukrainian song, awarding it 10 points, while the Ukrainian public gave Russia's entry the maximum 12 points.
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The acquisition of Arden Asset Management will boost its hedge fund unit's assets from $2bn to $11bn.
The deal follows Aberdeen's acquisition in May of US private equity firm Flag Capital Management.
The two deals combined will take assets on Aberdeen's alternatives platform to more than $30bn.
The value of the Arden acquisition was not disclosed.
The Arden purchase is expected to complete in the fourth quarter of this year, subject to approval by regulators, trustees and shareholders of certain mutual funds.
Aberdeen chief executive Martin Gilbert said: "Institutional investors are looking to hedge fund solutions to offer risk/return profiles not available via mainstream strategies and traditional asset classes.
"The acquisition of Arden emphasises further Aberdeen's commitment to diversifying its overall business and to growing its alternatives platform."
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Writing in the Church Times, Bishop North said the Church joined a middle-class "bandwagon of outrage and horror" in its response to Brexit.
But he said it was important the Church stopped "condemning" those who voted for Brexit and listened to them.
The Church said it was considering how to better serve "outer urban estates".
There had been an "almighty cry of anger from a dispossessed and marginalised working class" during the vote for Brexit in June and in Donald Trump's election as US president in November, Bishop North wrote.
He said both groups of people had been "routinely accused of xenophobia" when they expressed concerns about changes in their communities.
In the UK, working class people had felt abandoned by organisations that were set up to represent them, such as the Labour Party and local government, he said.
The Church would not have been surprised by the "revolution" in politics "this anger caused" if it had still been present in the poorest areas, he said.
"But it has become so disconÂnected from many of these communities that it no longer hears what they are saying, let alone amplifies their voices to the nation," he wrote.
Bishop North said there were working-class communities who felt frustration towards those who were perceived to be taking "unfair advantage of the benefits system".
He also said there was "intense anger" from people who, despite working hard, were still unable to feed their chilÂdren.
He said it was vital the Church stopped condemning people who voted for Brexit and instead listened to the reasons for their decision.
But until the Church reinvested in urban ministry by "placing the best leaders in the most deprived parishes" and returned to estates it had left, those voices would "continue to go unheard", he said.
"If, as Christians, we can re-engage, listen to the questions, and offer some answers, we will not just be playing our part in reunifying a nation. We may find that people also start listening afresh to the gospel that we proÂclaim," he added.
A Church of England spokeswoman said: "As part of its wider programme of renewal and reform, the Church of England is actively considering how to better serve those living on outer urban estates."
Artist Carsten Höller is installing the world's longest and tallest tunnel slide around the Olympic Park work.
Sir Anish said Boris Johnson had insisted the tower "raise revenue".
Mr Johnson said the artistic collaboration was "like Bernini adorning the work of Michelangelo."
Höller has been celebrated for his slide installations at the Hayward Gallery and Tate Modern, but Sir Anish said he had only approached him after Mr Johnson stipulated that the tower needed "to raise revenue".
"The mayor foisted this on the project, and kind of insisted, so there was a moment where I had to make a decision: do I go to battle or is there a more elegant way to do this... to have this very impressive thing that Carsten does, which is in-between public participation and art?
"I thought it was the right thing to do. It's one art work becoming part of another work."
The mayor said it was "fantastic that two such extraordinary artists should have collaborated on this project", adding that he hoped it would "rouse thrill seekers and art lovers alike".
It is hoped the revamp will revive interest in the sculpture, which was erected in 2012 and found to be losing £10,000 a week in 2014.
The sculpture cost £19m to build, £3m of which was public funding.
According to the London Legacy Development Company, the Orbit is currently about £10.6m in debt and is projected to incur interest charges totalling £8.6m in the next 10 years.
The company expects £0.5m of this to be paid off by revenue generated by the slide.
It projects that in the next financial year, 239,000 will go on the slide, and that by 2021, a total of 1.2 million people will have used it.
Sir Anish said that while it may "be theoretically losing money, the fact that it has over 200,000 visitors [is] a considerable gain".
"One makes artworks for other reasons than profit. I understand this is run as a so-called attraction [but] I want it to be slightly more highbrow than that. There's a difference between a fairground ride and art."
It is estimated the slide down will take 40 seconds, with sliders twisting and turning 12 times at speeds of up to 15mph, on a mat to protect clothing.
It will officially open to the public on 24 June, with the £5 cost of a ride being in addition to the £12 currently charged to visitors wanting to go to the top of the tower.
Total revenue rose 2% to £585m. But revenues at ITV studios fell 4%, which the broadcaster blamed on programme timings.
However, ITV said it was "confident" its acquisitions would help drive "good revenue growth".
It recently bought a controlling stake in US broadcaster Leftfield.
Leftfield is the production company behind series such as Pawn Stars and the Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Chief executive Adam Crozier said the deal was "a major step forward" in its strategy of building an international content business.
Mr Crozier said its stronger schedule, including the start of the World Cup in June, would help to boost revenues in the second half.
The company, home to Coronation Street and Britain's Got Talent, said advertising revenue rose 19% in April, and forecast a rise of 7% in May and 12-15% in June.
"We continue to make progress with our strategy of growing and rebalancing the business," added Mr Crozier.
Mr Crozier's plan is to achieve an equal split between advertising and production revenues, to help protect it from the volatility of the advertising market.
As part of this strategy, ITV has made several acquisitions. Last year, it bought the US production firms Thinkfactory Media and High Noon and the UK producer The Garden, maker of Channel 4 shows including 24 Hours in A&E and The Audience.
Steve Hilton said Mr Cameron was told "explicitly and directly" that EU free movement rules meant net migration could not be reduced below 100,000.
The target featured in the Tories' election manifesto last year.
But the prime minister said Mr Hilton was "simply not right".
And Downing Street questioned why Mr Hilton - who is backing a Leave vote - had chosen to make his comments for the first time days before Thursday's referendum.
Net migration - the difference between the number of people coming to the UK for at least a year and those leaving - stood at 333,000 in 2015, according to the latest figures.
It has risen by more than a third since Mr Cameron came to power in 2010 with the aim of reducing it to tens of thousands a year.
Leave campaigners have repeatedly said that exiting the EU is the only way the UK can control its borders.
In a Daily Mail article on Tuesday, Mr Hilton recalled meetings towards the end of his time at Downing Street - chaired by Mr Cameron - where ministers and civil servants were "working hard to try to deliver the government's commitment" on migration.
He said: "The news was not good. We were way off target; indeed the numbers were going in the wrong direction. We explored various policy options - and I'm sure that process continued after I left the government in May 2012.
"But I recall very clearly one of the points that was made to us by the expert officials in the room. We were told, directly and explicitly, that it was impossible for the government to meet its immigration target as long as we remained members of the EU, which of course insists on the free movement of people within it."
This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe.
Mr Hilton, who was formerly one of the prime minister's closest aides before he left Downing Street in 2012, was a driving force behind Mr Cameron's flagship "Big Society" project.
He said that when he saw the commitment in the 2015 manifesto he assumed Mr Cameron was either certain he could "negotiate a solution within the EU" or was assuming the UK would vote to leave.
Referring to leading Leave campaigners Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, he added: "For the government to continue to make the promise today, after no negotiated solution was achieved and while campaigning to stay, is, I think, what Gove and Johnson meant when they described this as corrosive of trust in politics."
In a BBC interview, he added: "This question of immigration isn't about whether or not you want lower immigration, or higher immigration.
"It's about whether the government that people elect in this country can control it.
"And when I was working in government, we were told, by officials, that as long as we were in the EU we couldn't control the level of immigration. And that's why I think we need to leave the EU."
Mr Gove told the BBC that he wanted the British people, via Parliament, to be in charge of deciding who came into the country although he accepted that "full control" would not be possible until 2020 - the date earmarked by the Leave campaign for exiting the EU.
Asked about the manifesto pledge, Mr Gove rejected claims it had been made in bad faith and said he had "hoped and prayed" that Mr Cameron would have been able to secure fundamental reform of free movement rules.
But he added: "Making promises and then saddling yourself with a political union that means you cannot deliver those promises does not contribute to an atmosphere of trust and confidence in politics".
The prime minister has insisted migration can be controlled from inside the EU by limiting access to benefits and other "pull factors" attracting people to the UK.
He said his former aide's recollection of events was "simply not right".
"When Steve Hilton left Downing Street in 2012, net immigration had actually fallen quite substantially and had got down, just after he left, to about 154,000 - not far away from the ambition I set, " he told ITV's Lorraine.
Labour's pro-EU campaign leader Alan Johnson, told BBC Breakfast most immigration was "coming from outside the EU".
He added: "This is not a referendum about immigration, and is still less [about] David Cameron's rather vainglorious promise.
"If people vote to leave on the basis of immigration, I'm afraid they'll find that they're going to be in exactly the same situation, because the issues are complex and leaving the EU won't resolve them. Indeed, in terms of legal immigration and immigration from outside the EU, it will make our situation worse."
A Downing Street spokesman said the Conservatives' 2015 manifesto had made it clear reducing net migration to the tens of thousands remained a government ambition.
He said that since 2008 there had been an extraordinary period when the British economy was growing while many other EU countries were struggling economically.
Frank Le Villio was sent to World War Two Neuengamme and Sandbostel camps aged 19 after stealing a German officer's motorbike in occupied Jersey.
He survived and moved to Nottingham, but died aged 21 from tuberculosis.
A service, attended by members of his family and Nottingham's lord mayor, has been held at his grave to honour him.
A wooden cross and several wreaths were laid on the grave where Mr Le Villio, from Jersey, and six other people were buried.
Mr Le Villio's cousin Stanley Hockley, from Jersey, was at the service at Wilford Hill Cemetery, Nottingham.
He said: "It has been absolutely wonderful finding his grave after 70 odd years.
"We did not know where he was buried to start with. We always thought about him."
He said the family was hoping to take him back to Jersey.
Mr Le Villio is believed to be one of the few camp survivors from Jersey who was able to return to the UK after the war.
He had developed tuberculosis while in the camps and was being treated at Nottingham's City Hospital when he died in 1946.
His grave was discovered earlier this year after an appeal by Devon-based Stanley Keiller, who came across Mr Le Villio's story and realised his grave's whereabouts was unknown when doing his own family history research.
Mr Keiller also attended the ceremony.
Mr Keiller's appeal was answered by Father Derek Hailes, of St Cyprian's Church, in Nottingham, who tracked down the pauper's grave a few months ago with the help of undertaker A. W. Lymn and church officials.
Father Hailes said he was very pleased to help track down the grave and said the service was "closure" for the family.
The gang of four swooped on a security van in two cars, using one to block the road's exit, near the city of Lyon.
The robbers then put the powdered gold, worth €1.5m ($1.6m; £1.3m), into their getaway car, locking two security guards in the back of the van and setting fire to their other vehicle.
The two guards were rescued by police after a tip-off from a witness.
The thieves fled immediately, leaving the fire to spread and gut nearby vehicles before it was put out by firefighters.
The robbery took place on the A6 motorway, which connects Lyon to Paris.
Police said they are hunting for the perpetrators.
Barnsley - who could have secured a top-six spot with a win had Scunthorpe also not beaten Port Vale - are now only above the Iron on goal difference.
Relegated Colchester led at half-time through George Moncur before Ashley Fletcher's second-half brace.
But Tom Lapslie's late header denied the Tykes a third win in five games.
Barnsley go to promoted Wigan on 8 May and will need to at least match seventh-placed Scunthorpe's result at Sheffield United if they are to reach the play-offs.
The 26-year-old joined the Cherries from non-league Woking in June 2010 and has been part of two promotions.
He made 21 appearances in the top flight last season and was unfortunate to be ruled out of the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 squad with injury.
Arter follows team-mates Adam Federici, Adam Smith and Steve Cook in signing new deals at Bournemouth.
James McIntyre, 28, from Stranraer, was caught in Dumfries last year with 500 tablets in his glove compartment.
He admitted being concerned in supplying drugs in Moffat and Dumfries between 22 October and 5 November.
At Dumfries Sheriff Court, he was ordered to be under supervision for 12 months and carry out 150 hours unpaid work.
The court heard that McIntyre told police he had arranged to meet another man at McDonald's car park in Dumfries when he was stopped.
He also admitted that he had previously been involved in a deal in Moffat involving 1,000 tablets.
Built at a cost of £0.5bn, Britannia was officially named by the Queen in a ceremony in Southampton in March.
The ship, carrying about 5,000 passengers, anchored off Newhaven, near Leith in Edinburgh, on Wednesday.
It has now arrived at Invergordon in Easter Ross and some of the thousands of holidaymakers have been making day trips into Inverness.
The 141,000-tonne, Italian-built ship has a 94m (308ft) Union Jack on its bow and is operated by P&O.
Its voyage around the British Isles has been described as a "lap of honour".
While anchored off Newhaven, the ship was visited by Edinburgh's Deputy Lord Provost Steve Cardownie.
It has issued and withheld baby permits, policed menstrual cycles and ordered abortions.
Because the job prospects of family planning officials have often depended on reducing live births, the result has been a catalogue of horrifying human rights abuses including forced late-term abortions and sterilisations.
Combined with the traditional desire of rural couples for a son to look after them in old age, the policy has been particularly catastrophic for girls, resulting in neglect, infanticide and - when ultrasound and other sex selection techniques became widely available - gender-specific abortions.
Although it is often called the "one-child" policy, China's family planning policy has been more complex. Rural parents and ethnic minorities have often been allowed more children.
And it is fair to say that while abhorring some of the excesses of the policy and mourning the consequences for their own families, many Chinese have supported the policy in principle on the grounds that the population was too large and personal sacrifice necessary for the common good.
But when I think about the numberless personal tragedies this policy has produced, faces and stories crowd my mind.
I know little boys who are only alive because a pre-natal ultrasound promised they would be boys.
I know families where little girls died mysterious deaths. I know women who now suffer lifelong gynaecological problems because they hid in the hills when they were due to give birth in order to avoid forced abortion at the hands of roving family planning police. I know whole families blighted by the weight of the fines for a child born outside the plan.
And what of the Chinese children who were lucky enough to be born in the past three and a half decades?
For them there is often the psychological pressure of single-handedly meeting the expectations of two parents and four grandparents who have strained every sinew to house, clothe, feed and educate them... not to mention the economic pressure of single-handedly looking after these parents and grandparents as they age.
China says its family planning rules have prevented hundreds of millions of births and made possible its economic miracle - by freeing women to go out to work and by encouraging saving.
But critics always said China's birth rate would have come down with or without the policy as it industrialised, pointing out that other developing Asian countries have seen a comparable decline without such Draconian policies.
And now China has the opposite problem - an ageing population and a shrinking workforce.
China may get old before it gets rich. Or worse, the burden of the aged may prevent it getting beyond middle income status at all.
But if the declining birth rate was driven by underlying economic incentives rather than family planning policy, then it is unlikely relaxing the policy will solve the problem.
After all, China is now a predominantly urban society where parents count the costs when making a choice about children.
It is also a society where both parents usually work.
A bigger family means increased costs and reduced earnings and the evidence to date suggests many parents will choose against that.
In the past two years, a relaxation for those who were themselves only children allowed more than 10 million couples to have a second child. But fewer than a million applied, less than half the number the government expected.
In the richest cities, the reluctance is even more pronounced. In Shanghai, for example, the Family Planning Commission recently estimated that 90% of women of child-bearing age were eligible for a second child under the rule change of 2013, but that only 5% had applied.
So as it finally announces the end of the one-child policy, the irony for the Chinese government may be the discovery that the policy had become irrelevant anyway.
Andy and Jamie Murray won Saturday's doubles contest, but Argentina lead 2-1 going into the last day of the best-of-five tie in Glasgow.
Andy Murray is scheduled to face Guido Pella at 13:00 BST, followed by Kyle Edmund against Juan Martin del Potro.
However, team captains can change their nominations up to an hour before play.
GB skipper Leon Smith could choose to bring Dan Evans in for Edmund, should Murray beat Pella and force a decisive fifth match.
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And there is a question mark over the involvement of Del Potro, who was a surprise inclusion in the doubles after his gruelling five-hour match with Andy Murray on Friday.
Del Potro hinted after the doubles that he might not play on Sunday, should a fifth and final rubber be required.
"I have to be smart," said Del Potro. "I want to play for more years not just one more match."
Andy Murray is clearly fatigued after a gruelling summer but hopes he has enough energy left to produce a win to keep GB's hopes alive.
The 29-year-old Scot said: "Whether I win or not, I don't know, but I can definitely guarantee I'll give my best effort and hopefully I can.
"I'll be tired and I have to accept that and deal with it and try to play the match on my terms if possible."
Speaking about the doubles success, he added: "I didn't know how I was going to feel when I woke up.
"I saw my physio this morning and he checked some of the things he checks if I'm not feeling great or if I'm tired, and he said I was looking decent.
"It was tough, obviously. In doubles there's not as much running but you need to be very sharp."
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent:
"Juan Martin del Potro's appearance on the doubles court was a huge surprise, given Argentina's position in the tie, and it may turn out to be his last match of the week.
"Both del Potro and Andy Murray have now spent eight hours and two minutes on court in Glasgow, and although mind games are often an important ingredient, Del Potro has hinted quite strongly he may not play on Sunday should a fifth and final rubber be required.
"The travelling Argentine media are inclined to take his words at face value - and suspect he won't play.
"Dan Evans is likely to play in any fifth match for GB - but that will only be necessary if an equally exhausted Murray can first beat Guido Pella, who will be feeling a lot, lot fresher."
Chile defender Gonzalo Jara appeared to elbow Germany's Timo Werner in the face during the game, but got only a yellow card, even after the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used.
There were several contentious moments involving VAR at the tournament.
Former Arsenal defender Lee Dixon said the system was a "shambles".
"If you look at sports that use VAR - we're the laughing stock," he said on ITV.
Referees can decide whether they want help from VAR, although other officials, including the video ones, can suggest he uses the technology. If he does, he has the choice of trusting the VAR's decision or viewing the footage himself on a screen at the side of the pitch.
Referee Milorad Mazic used a pitchside screen to watch a replay of Jara's challenge on Werner, and decided it was worthy of a booking and not a sending off.
Dixon added: "I was joking: 'I bet he gives him a yellow.' It's not even a red. It's a purple. It's obvious."
It was not the first controversial use of VAR at the tournament:
Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey tweeted: "What on earth is going on with VAR? It's a shambles. There is a protocol in place but officials are not adhering to it."
Luis Garcia, the former Liverpool and Spain winger, tweeted: "Still not getting the VAR!! If you have to take a decision and stop the match, must be something that changes the game!!"
Former Liverpool and Aston Villa striker Stan Collymore tweeted: "Should have been a red for Jara. Wonder if the pause gave the ref the thought 'let's keep 11 v 11 in a final'. Can't be anything else!"
Danny Higginbotham, the former Stoke and Southampton defender, tweeted: "VAR will only work with factual decisions, not subjective ones. Blatant red card but when based on a ref's opinion, VAR pointless."
In the group stages, six "game-changing decisions" were made using VAR, with another 29 "major incidents" - according to Fifa's head referee Massimo Busacca. That equates to 35 times it was used in 12 games.
And there were occasions where the technology proved beneficial:
Speaking before the final, Fifa president Gianni Infantino said the system has been a "great success", but that work was needed on "the details" such as the speed of decisions.
"Without VAR, we would have had a different tournament and it would have been a little less fair," he added. "Thanks to VAR, we have achieved a great thing. Those big mistakes will not happen any longer.
"It will always be the referee who decides and there will always be discussions, but big mistakes will be corrected and that is a great achievement after it was asked for for so many years."
Fifa's head referee Busacca admitted "many aspects should be improved" in the VAR system.
"Every referee team in every country that is supplying officials to the World Cup needs to be working with VAR every day," he said.
"In five days, we did the VAR training for this competition. To implement more, to be at the level we need, we need time."
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The Northern Irishman, 25, is aiming to become only the sixth man to win all four majors and made a solid start to the tournament with a battling one-under-par 71.
However, American Spieth, who finished joint runner up to Bubba Watson at last year's Masters, produced the performance of the day, carding nine birdies to open a three-shot lead with an eight-under 64.
England's Justin Rose made an impressive start as he continues his quest for a first Masters title, carding a 67 to sit in a group of four players on five under while former world number one Tiger Woods is nine shots off the pace after a one-over 73.
Spieth, 21, is yet to win a major but arrived in Georgia in fine form, with a win and two runners-up places in his last three PGA Tour events.
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He became the first man since Woods in 2011 to record nine birdies in a round, with six arriving in seven holes around the turn.
Spieth's fine display means McIlroy, looking to win his third major in succession, will be determined to get himself firmly in contention with an improved performance in Friday's second round.
He opened with a huge 324-yard drive down the first on a scorching Thursday morning but found the water hazard on the par-five second, scrambling superbly for par with a beautiful back-spinning chip to within four feet.
Having dropped a shot on the par-three sixth he then hit straight back with a fine approach on the seventh for his first birdie of the tournament, but another bogey on the testing par-four 11th slowed his momentum.
A birdie on the par-five 13th was followed by a wonderful 21-foot birdie putt on the 15th, and he was a little unlucky that his tee-shot on the par-three 16th failed to release down the slope of the green.
Rose made a strong start to the tournament as he had six birdies and just one bogey to take a share of the clubhouse lead midway through the day, before Spieth made his move in the afternoon.
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The 34-year-old, alongside American Charley Hoffman, South African Ernie Els and Australian Jason Day on five under, is well placed to mount a challenge on Friday.
However, having led after the opening round on three previous occasions but still without a Masters title, Rose is keeping his expectations in check.
"There's really no point in getting ahead of yourself," said Rose, who won the 2013 US Open. "So much can happen around this golf course."
"One thing I've learned on this golf course is that if you do make a bogey or two, when you start to chase around here to make up for it, it's not always the best decision."
Much of the pre-tournament focus had been on Woods, who was playing in just his third tournament of the year and his first after taking an indefinite break from golf. two months ago.
Having shot an 82 in his first tournament of 2015 and then withdrawing after 11 holes in the second, there was plenty of uncertainty about how the 39-year-old would get on at the Masters.
Woods has not won a major since the 2008 US Open and he made a disappointing start on Thursday, bogeying the par-four first, but recovered with a birdie on the second.
He added two further birdies but three bogeys meant he signed for a one over 73 and he immediately headed off to the practice area.
Paul Casey, making his first Masters appearance since 2012, is in contention for a maiden Major title after finishing with a three-under-par 69.
A bogey on the 18th cost him a place higher up the leaderboard, but the Englishman was satisfied with his round.
"It is great to be back," Casey said. "This is a golf course I play well and I love to play it."
Casey's compatriot Danny Willett marked his Masters debut with an impressive eagle on his way to a 71.
The 27-year-old holed a 60-foot putt on the 13th and said: "It's the kind of thing you dream of when you're a kid, boxing a long one across the green."
Also finishing the opening round with a 71 was Scotland's Stephen Gallacher, who carded three birdies alongside two bogeys, and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell.
English duo Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood both finished on 73, one over, while Scot Sandy Lyle is two over.
Welshman Jamie Donaldson, partnering Tiger Woods and Jimmy Walker, finished with a two-over 74, with compatriot Ian Woosnam a shot further back.
First round scores
The Boeing 777, on its way from Mauritius to Paris, was evacuated at Mombasa airport and the suspicious device taken away for examination.
Air France chief Frederic Gagey later said it was made of a cardboard box, paper and a timer.
He described it as an "extremely aggressive act".
The plane, carrying 459 passengers and 14 crew, had left Mauritius at 01:00 GMT and had been due to fly directly to Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.
Several passengers from the flight have been questioned by Kenyan police.
Mr Gagey told a news conference that the airline would press charges against those responsible and an inquiry would be held.
But he denied there had been any problem with security checks in Mauritius, saying the device contained no explosives, so would not have been detected.
He said the device appeared to be made of a cardboard, sheets of paper and some kind of kitchen timer, and had been placed in a cupboard behind a mirror in the toilet.
Mr Gagey said he did not know exactly when it had been placed there, but that the cupboard had been checked before the flight so it was assumed that it was put there during the flight.
He said the object was made of material not usually found on the plane.
Mr Gagey thanked the crew and the Kenyan authorities for the way they had handled the incident.
Earlier, a police official quoted by AP news agency said a passenger had noticed an object in the toilet that looked like "a stopwatch mounted on a box".
Mr Gagey said the crew was alerted, and the pilots decided to land at the nearest airport. Both the aircraft and Moi International Airport in Mombasa were evacuated while the device was removed.
Joseph Nkaissery, cabinet secretary at Kenya's ministry of interior, said authorities from France and Mauritius had been helping with the investigation.
One of those on board the aircraft, Benoit Lucchini, said passengers were calm and were told by the crew that the plane was being diverted because of a technical problem.
"The plane just went down, slowly, slowly, slowly, so we just realised probably, something was wrong," he said.
"But the personnel of Air France were just great, just wonderful. So they keep everybody calm and really quiet."
France is still on high alert following bomb attacks and shootings in Paris.
So-called Islamic State (IS) said it carried out the attacks in response to France's military action in Syria.
Elizabeth Moir, 52, told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) she had split from her husband Ian in 2010.
But neighbours told investigators that the couple were still living together with their children.
At Dundee Sheriff Court, she was told to pay back the full sum and sentenced to 240 hours of unpaid work.
Moir, of Dundee, also was given two years' supervision and placed on a restriction of liberty order confining to her home on an electronic tag from 19:00 to 07:00 every day for 12 weeks.
She admitted a charge under the Tax Credits Act committed between October 2010 and August 2013.
Solicitor advocate Kris Gilmartin, defending, said: "She's been a law-abiding, pro-social person and in employment until ill-health hit her.
"Her husband left and then returned over a period of time.
"She has not informed the benefits agency that he was back.
"She has committed an offence and requires to be punished."
Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC told Moir: "You have pled guilty to a serious offence - it is a lot of money to defraud DWP of and I take a very serious view of it.
"The appeal courts have made it clear for this amount of money the court should look at a significant amount of time in custody.
"But in your case there are exceptional circumstances and I can step away from that."
He has signed a four-year contract having won his appeal against the refusal of a work permit.
And Wanyama told Celtic's website: "It has always been a dream of mine to play for a club like Celtic.
"After reading the club's history, I have chosen 67 as my squad number to show appreciation to the 1967 squad."
Wanyama's work permit application was initially automatically refused because Kenya is ranked outside the top 75 in the world, currently standing at 130 on Fifa's latest list.
But a Scottish Football Association committee, which heard a plea from Celtic manager Neil Lennon via a conference call from Australia on Friday, gave the go-ahead for his permit to be finalised by the UK Border Agency.
It's fantastic news that Victor has now signed for Celtic. He will be an important addition to the squad
And he completed his medical on Saturday before returning to Belgium to obtain the relevant entry visa.
Wanyama is looking forward to meeting up with his new team-mates on their return from pre-season training in Australia and has already been briefed about the importance of the club's European Cup triumph in 1967.
"My ambition at Celtic is to win many trophies like the Lisbon Lions," he said.
Wanyama becomes Lennon's third summer signing, the manager having previously stated that his new arrival, who can play in midfield, had been signed predominately as a central defender.
"It's fantastic news that Victor has now signed for Celtic," added Lennon.
"He will be an important addition to the squad and I look forward to him joining up with the boys on our return from Australia."
Wanyama first moved to Europe from his native Kenya when he joined Swedish club Helsingborg in 2007.
He moved on to Germinal the following year and has been capped 11 times - including all six of Kenya's World Cup 2010 qualifiers.
The gates will be installed on the A628 Woodhead Pass at Flouch roundabout near Penistone and east of the junction with the A6024 near Woodhead Reservoir.
Electronic signs to warn drivers the road ahead is closed will also be fitted, the Highways Agency said.
Work begins on the gates this week and is expected to be completed by April.
Costing £250,000, the gates and signs will be operated manually by the police in conjunction with the Highways Agency.
The warning signs will be sited on the east and westbound approaches to the A628 at Mottram roundabout in Greater Manchester and at the Flouch and Westwood roundabouts in South Yorkshire.
Sujad Hussain, Highways Agency project manager, said the aim of the gates and signs was not to close the Woodhead Pass more frequently.
"Weather conditions and driver safety will continue to dictate when, or if, this happens," he said.
"What we are trying to do is ensure that drivers already on the route have more warning of what's ahead and have more time to take alternative strategic routes."
Anthony Ashton, South Yorkshire Police's traffic management officer, said the gates would free police resources during bad weather as officers would no longer have to be present at points where the Woodhead Pass was closed.
"The gates will also reduce the length of route that has to be closed, making it easier to maintain access to local businesses and residential properties in the area," Mr Ashton added.
The Welsh fighter lost to Iran's Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin on golden point after the pair were tied on three apiece.
The 22-year-old, ranked two in the world, continues on course to qualify in her weight category for next year's Rio Olympics after the season-opener.
Three further Grand Prix events will be held over the next five months.
She was finance minister in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government at the time of the compensation award to Bernard Tapie for the sale of a firm.
Mr Tapie supported Mr Sarkozy in the 2007 presidential election.
Ms Lagarde's lawyer described the court's decision as "incomprehensible", and said the IMF boss would appeal.
In a statement she said she had "always acted in this affair in the interest of the state and in respect of the law", according to AP.
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Mr Tapie was once a majority shareholder in sports goods company Adidas but sold it in 1993 in order to become a cabinet minister in Francois Mitterrand's Socialist government.
He sued the Credit Lyonnais bank over its handling of the sale, alleging that the partly state-owned bank had defrauded him by deliberately undervaluing the company.
His case was later referred by Ms Lagarde to a three-member arbitration panel which awarded the compensation, causing a public outcry.
Investigators suspect he was granted a deal in return for his support of Mr Sarkozy.
Earlier this month, a French court ruled that Mr Tapie was not entitled to any compensation for that sale and should pay back the €404m with interest.
France's Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) decided that Ms Lagarde, 59, should be tried on the charge of "negligence by a person in position of public authority" over the compensation case, iTele TV channel and the Mediapart website reported on Thursday.
A court spokesman later confirmed the decision.
If convicted, she could be sentenced to one year in prison.
French media said the CJR investigation magistrates declined to follow the recommendation of another court which last year decided not to pursue the case.
"It's incomprehensible," Ms Lagarde's lawyer Yves Repiquet told iTele. "I will recommend Mrs Lagarde appeal against this decision."
A spokesman for France's attorney general said Ms Lagarde would have five days to appeal, once the court decision is made public on Friday or Monday.
Meanwhile, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said the organisation - which represents 188 member nations - "continues to express its confidence in the managing director's ability to effectively carry out her duties".
1993: Credit Lyonnais bank handles sale of Adidas, in which Bernard Tapie is a majority stakeholder, to enable tycoon to pursue ministerial career under then Socialist President Francois Mitterrand
1993-2007: Mr Tapie claims Credit Lyonnais undervalued Adidas and that he was cheated; lengthy court battle ensues
1994: Bernard Tapie's highly indebted group collapses and is wound up by Credit Lyonnais
2007: Mr Tapie switches support to conservative Nicolas Sarkozy in presidential election. Finance Minister Christine Lagarde intervenes in Tapie case to order binding arbitration
2008: Special judicial panel rules Mr Tapie should receive damages of €404m; Ms Lagarde decides not to challenge ruling, prompting public outcry
2011: Public prosecutor recommends judicial investigation into Ms Lagarde's decision to order arbitration
2013: Ms Lagarde is questioned by magistrate and her Paris apartment searched. Mr Tapie is placed under investigation by prosecutors investigating corruption claims
2014: French prosecutors open formal investigation of negligence into Ms Lagarde
3 December 2015: A court orders Mr Tapie to pay back €404m with interest
Ms Lagarde replaced Dominique Strauss-Kahn as IMF managing director in 2011.
Mr Strauss-Kahn - also a former French minister - resigned following his arrest in New York on charges of sexual assault that were later dropped.
Now serving his second term as Bucharest mayor, Mr Oprescu is accused of taking kickbacks from companies awarded contracts with the city.
Prosecutors allege he took a 10% cut from deals. He denies any wrongdoing.
It is the latest of several corruption scandals to engulf top political figures in Romania.
Mr Oprescu, 63, who is backed by Romania's governing Social Democrats, was taken into custody for an initial 24 hours.
Prosecutors will ask a court to extend this for a month while investigations continue.
Companies which won public works contracts kept up to 33% of the gross profit, prosecutors said in a statement.
"The rest was given as bribes to employees of the Bucharest mayor, with 10% of the contracts' value requested by the accused Sorin Oprescu."
The mayor was caught accepting a bribe from people who became informants, prosecutors allege.
His lawyer, Alexandru Chiciu, said his client had "never asked for money from anybody, directly or indirectly".
Several high-profile Romanians have lost their jobs recently over allegations of corruption.
Prime Minister Victor Ponta was charged in July with several counts of corruption in a long-running investigation.
He faces charges of fraud, tax evasion and money laundering dating back to when he was a lawyer before he became prime minister in 2012, the country's anti-corruption agency DNA said.
Mr Ponta, who resigned as Social Democratic party leader, also denies any wrongdoing but continues as PM despite opposition calls for him to quit.
Romania's reputation has suffered from allegations of corruption - it ranks 69th out of 175 on Transparency International's corruption perceptions index for 2014, where a low ranking suggests less corruption.
However, the DNA agency is stepping up efforts to combat corruption, earning praise from Romania's European partners, correspondents say.
Several famous writers were among his fans, including Philip Roth and Joseph Heller, but he never converted critical acclaim into commercial success.
A former US fighter pilot, he flew in the Korean War alongside future astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who became the second man to walk on the moon.
He died on Friday at a gym near his New York state home, his publisher said.
Salter wrote his first novel, The Hunters, in 1956 during the Korean War and became known for exploring masculine themes like conflict - provoking comparisons to Ernest Hemingway.
Speaking to the BBC in 2013, he said: "Having been to war satisfies a certain classical definition of manhood. To have seen war is some kind of pillar of manhood, and I felt that at the time."
The Hunters was made into a Hollywood film in 1958 starring Robert Mitchum but his five later novels received far less attention.
He published his final novel, All That Is, two years ago at the age of 87. It was his first for nearly 30 years and it made the New York Times best-seller list - but only for a week.
It might have fell short of the popular success he craved, says the BBC's Nick Bryant in New York, but the critical adulation cemented his reputation as a writer's writer, almost without peer.
Fellow novelist Richard Ford wrote in 1975: "It is an article of faith among readers of fiction that James Salter writes American sentences better than anybody writing today."
The 35-year-old, from London, was found at Old Street Station after police were called at 00:22 GMT on Sunday.
His 32-year-old brother from Manchester, who is thought to have accidentally fallen on to the tracks, is in a critical condition in hospital.
British Transport Police has described the man's death as a "tragic accident".
The names of the men have not been released. Officers are not treating the incident as suspicious.
London Ambulance Service said the man from Manchester had suffered multiple injuries.
Matthew Pabon, a consultant from Clapham Junction, told the BBC he was waiting on the platform on his way home from Shoreditch when he saw one of the men "jumping really close to the line".
"I was really close, on the same platform in front of them. Just waiting for the Tube," he said.
"One of them was jumping really close to the line and then he slipped on to the tracks.
"Before it happened I was really worried the man might fall.
"The train was just seconds from coming. That was what stopped me from trying to help. I froze."
"The guy who was trying to save him was on the edge of the platform trying to pick him up with his hands but it was too late, the train came 20 seconds later," Mr Pabon said.
Another witness, Robert Brown, said: "I'm a trainee accountant and I'm 24. Thirty-five is no age to die."
Mr Brown, who is originally from Manchester but now lives in east London, had been out for dinner in Shoreditch celebrating a friend's birthday and was catching the last Tube home.
He said: "I saw the train approaching from a distance and then saw the person fall into the tracks."
The person he was with "instantly" tried to pull him up before the train arrived, Mr Brown said.
He said the "rescuer" was then thrown back on to the platform from the impact.
"People tried to approach him and there were screams. Pretty much every girl was crying and I just stood there head in hands," Mr Brown said.
The injured men were treated by paramedics at the station and taken to the Royal Free Hospital, where the 35-year-old died later on Sunday.
The 29-year-old was hurt in the British and Irish Cup tie with London Irish at the Mennaye in December.
He initially had surgery on the problem, but needs more to help it.
"We'll be able to gauge a timeframe from that, but he'll be returning to play at some point next season," Cattle told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"I don't want to speculate too much on it," added Cattle of Evans, who has scored four tries in eight Championship games this season and crossed the whitewash against Ireland in November.
"I know a lot of people want to know what's going on with Matt because he's a very popular member of our squad and been a star for us on and off the pitch."
In his 38 caps for Canada, Evans has scored 10 tries and played at the last two World Cups.
Mr Cameron's former director of communications Sir Craig Oliver said in a book that Mrs May was regarded by some as "an enemy agent".
But Mr Duncan Smith urged Remain campaigners to "get behind Theresa May instead of carping".
Sir Craig said the book was an attempt to explain "what went wrong".
In his book, Sir Craig claimed that Mrs May failed to back the Remain campaign 13 times and he also said Boris Johnson believed the Leave campaign would be "crushed".
Former Work and Pensions Secretary Mr Duncan Smith said in a statement: "In the past, a knight of the realm who had failed in battle and lost would have quit the field and retired in humility to better understand their own failings.
"How surprising then to find that far from that, Sir Craig Oliver, one of the leading lights of Remain, has decided to instead try to pin the blame for his failure on others, particularly the new prime minister.
"Craig Oliver's is one of a growing number of foolish attempts by ex-government Remainers who lost to shift responsibility for their failure.
"The grown-up thing for them to do, instead of carping, is to show some humility and get behind Theresa May as she seeks to get back control of migration with the EU as we leave."
Mr Duncan Smith said far from failing to support Mr Cameron in his bid to get a better deal with the EU, Mrs May made her backing for tougher migration controls quite clear.
In response, Sir Craig said Mr Duncan Smith appeared to have got the "wrong end of the stick".
"I have not made the specific allegations he claims," he said. "The book is a sincere and honest attempt to explain what went wrong; and I take full responsibility for the mistakes made by the campaign."
Sir Craig's book, titled Unleashing Demons: The Inside Story Of Brexit, is being serialised in the Mail on Sunday. Neither Downing Street nor Foreign Secretary Mr Johnson have responded.
Speaking on the Murnaghan programme on Sky News, Conservative Party chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin said he did not think it was true "at all" that Mrs May had let down Mr Cameron.
"Theresa May during the referendum campaign made her position very clear, " he said. "This is a book that has been written after the event. You have got to have certain spicy things in a book to sell it.
"I don't blame Craig for doing that. At the time, Theresa was very much part of the Remain campaign."
However, former Northern Ireland secretary Theresa Villiers, a pro-Leave campaigner, said there were times when she "did wonder" if Mrs May was listening to both sides.
She told BBC One's Sunday Politics: "Her major speech of the referendum campaign expressed real concerns about the possibility of Turkey joining the EU. It also said that the sky is not going to fall in if we leave."
In the book, Sir Craig said Mr Cameron briefly considered staying on as prime minister, despite losing the referendum.
However, he said he decided against it, saying he feared remaining in Downing Street would have left him "being prepared for the slaughterhouse".
Mr Cameron resigned as prime minister the day after the result and was replaced by Mrs May.
Sir Craig said Mrs May only came "off the fence" in favour of Remain after Mr Cameron became "visibly wound up" and gave her a dressing down over the telephone.
Sir Craig's book suggests Mr Cameron was left uncertain over whether Mrs May favoured staying in the European Union.
He said Mrs May was referred to dismissively by aides as "submarine May" during the campaign.
The then home secretary's "sphinx-like approach" became difficult, he added in the book, as the press were questioning which way she would jump.
Sir Craig said matters finally came to a head after a newspaper warned Mr Cameron faced "last-minute opposition" from Mrs May to his deal for EU reform.
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Briggs missed the Six Nations because of a hamstring injury but is named in a squad that includes 12 players with previous World Cup experience.
Claire Molloy, Marie-Louise Reilly and Nora Stapleton will be playing in their third World Cup.
Scrum-half Nicole Cronin, who has played for the Ireland sevens team, is the only uncapped player in the squad.
Ulster players Ashleigh Baxter and Claire McLaughlin are included while Stapleton is joined by fellow Donegal native Larissa Muldoon.
Molloy, Reilly, Stapleton, Ailis Egan, Heather O'Brien, Sophie Spence, Ashleigh Baxter, Paula Fitzpatrick, Alison Miller, Muldoon, Jenny Murphy and Briggs all featured at the 2014 tournament, when Ireland were beaten in the semi-finals by eventual champions England.
England also defeated Ireland in this year's Grand Slam decider in March.
Ireland coach Tom Tierney said the squad had been developed over the past three years with the World Cup in mind.
"As a result of the programme, many players have had the opportunity to prepare for this moment and play international rugby and show their skills at the highest level," said Tierney.
"We have named players who have been here before and are aware of the challenge that lies ahead.
"Then there are a number of players in the squad for whom this will be their first ever World Cup and I am extremely confident they will compete for starting positions throughout the campaign."
Ireland will take on Australia, Japan and France in their World Cup pool with only the winners guaranteed a semi-final place.
The three pool winners will be joined by the best second-placed team in the semi-finals at Kingspan Stadium with the final also taking place at the Ravenhill venue.
"The opportunity to play in a World Cup on home soil is a once in a life time opportunity," added the Ireland coach.
"While we are in a tough pool with Australia, Japan and our Six Nations rivals France, I am sure the players will rise to the occasion in front of their home fans."
Ireland women's World Cup squad
Forwards: Ashleigh Baxter (Cooke/Ulster), Anna Caplice (UL Bohemian/Munster), Ciara Cooney (Railway Union/Leinster), Ailis Egan (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Paula Fitzpatrick (St. Mary's College RFC/Leinster), Ciara Griffin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Leah Lyons (Highfield/Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol/Connacht), Cliodhna Moloney (Railway Union/Leinster), Heather O'Brien (Highfield/Munster), Ciara O'Connor (Galwegians/Connacht), Ruth O'Reilly (Galwegians/Connacht), Lindsay Peat (Railway Union/Leinster), Marie-Louise Reilly (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sophie Spence (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Backs: Niamh Briggs (UL Bohemian/Munster) capt, Eimear Considine (UL Bohemian/Munster), Mairead Coyne (Galwegians/Connacht), Nicole Cronin (UL Bohemian/Munster), Jeamie Deacon (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Katie Fitzhenry (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), Claire McLaughlin (Cooke/Ulster), Alison Miller (Old Belvedere/Connacht), Larissa Muldoon (Railway Union), Jenny Murphy (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Sene Naoupu (Harlequins FC), Nora Stapleton (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Hannah Tyrrell (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Now Mount Stewart, the historic 18th century house in County Down, can add another accolade after winning a top UK prize for conservation.
It scooped the building conservation award at the 2016 RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) Awards.
The honour was for work carried out as part of a three-year £8m refurbishment.
Mount Stewart, which is located near Newtownards and has been owned by the National Trust since 1977, reopened last year after the refurbishment was complete.
Judges said the project used "highly innovative" techniques to "repair serious structural defects throughout the property".
"Judges were further impressed by the clear collaboration in pioneering the approach of undertaking the works whilst maintaining the building open to the public with the highly successful outcome of increasing visitor numbers and visitor experience," the judges said.
Mount Stewart won the award ahead of competition from projects across the UK including Cardigan Castle in Wales and the Garden Building at Oxford University.
The house has belonged to the Marquesses of Londonderry since 1740 and visitors to the residence over the years have included members of the Royal Family and Winston Churchill.
William Butler Yeats was a frequent visitor to the house and a friend of Lady Mairi Bury, the youngest daughter of the Marquess who died in 2009.
Lord Dunlop said that after the Tories' general election success in Scotland, it was a "good moment" for him to go.
He was given a peerage by David Cameron in 2015, allowing him to take on the role of Scotland Office minister.
The then-prime minister was forced to take that approach after the Tories won just one seat in Scotland in the 2015 election.
Following Thursday's vote, the Conservatives now have 13 MPs from north of the border - their best Scottish Westminster result since 1983.
But the party's success in Scotland stands in stark contrast with the situation in England, where the Tories lost seats leaving Prime Minister Theresa May forced to seek the support of Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to continue in government.
She is now carrying out a cabinet reshuffle - although only has limited room for manoeuvre after the election resulted in a hung parliament.
Lord Dunlop announced his decision on Twitter, stating: "Joined govt 6 years ago to help keep the UK together. 13 Scottish Tory MPs & a 62% Unionist vote share seems a good moment to bow out."
He put on record his thanks to "all friends & colleagues in government", particularly Scottish Secretary David Mundell, as well as "those from across political parties with whom I've worked".
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson was among those who replied to his announcement, thanking him for his "tremendous service".
Mr Mundell also paid tribute to his former colleague. He said: "Andrew Dunlop has been an outstanding minister for Scotland.
"He ensured the Scotland Act 2016 passed successfully through the House of Lords, delivering the Smith Commission powers in full. Since then he has taken forward a host of vitally important initiatives.
"Andrew played a key role in delivering UK City Deals across Scotland and he's provided a strong voice for Scottish business in the UK Government.
"From my personal point of view, Andrew was an invaluable source of support when I was the only Scottish Conservative MP, and I know he will also be greatly missed by everyone at the Scotland Office.
We all thank him and wish him well for the future."
When he took on his role in the Scotland Office Lord Dunlop denied claims from the SNP that he had helped impose the "hated poll tax" as an adviser to Margaret Thatcher, with the Conservative stating that was a "complete myth".
The bodies were excavated at Thornton Abbey in North Lincolnshire.
Between 1347 and 1351 the "Great Pestilence" swept westward across Europe killing millions of people. It later became known as the Black Death.
It arrived on Britain's shores in 1348 and is believed to have wiped out up to 60% of the population at the time.
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Dr Hugh Willmott, from the University of Sheffield's Department of Archaeology, said: "The finding of a previously unknown and completely unexpected mass burial dating to this period in a quiet corner of rural Lincolnshire is thus far unique, and sheds light into the real difficulties faced by a small community ill-prepared to face such a devastating threat."
The large burial site suggests the community was overwhelmed by the Black Death and the number of people who died, he added.
Source: World Health Organization
Remains of teeth from the skeletons found at the site were sent to a university in Canada where ancient DNA was successfully extracted.
The tests revealed the presence of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for the plague.
Two further 14th Century plague pits were also uncovered - one in 2013, the other in 2014 - during the building of the Crossrail project in London.
McCaw, who captained the All Blacks to victory in the 2015 World Cup, is the youngest ever member of the order.
It does not carry any title but is restricted to 20 living members at any one time.
"It's an incredible honour," said McCaw, who will be 35 on 31 December. "I've never been comfortable with titles, it's not who I am."
McCaw retired in the wake of New Zealand's success at the World Cup in England, as the All Blacks became the first country to win consecutive tournaments.
He played a world-record 148 Tests, winning 131, and is also a three-time winner of the World Player of the Year award.
"To have my rugby career recognised in this way is very special," said McCaw.
"I've been so lucky to have played with some truly awesome men and while I receive this award, my team-mates are a huge part of our success over the years."
Fellow World Cup winner Dan Carter and the team's mental skills coach, Gilbert Enoka, were made Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Keven Mealamu, Tony Woodcock, Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith, who all retired from international rugby after the World Cup, were made Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Child benefit and public sector pay will be frozen and 25% cut from public service spending - but alcohol, tobacco and fuel will escape tax hikes.
Unveiling his first Budget to MPs, Mr Osborne said "tough but fair" action on debt was "unavoidable".
But Labour said it was "reckless" and would "throw people out of work".
Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman said Mr Osborne's budget would stifle growth and hit hardest "those who can least afford it".
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BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson described the financial statement as a "massive gamble economically and politically".
It represents a major departure from the previous government's economic policies, with business leaders saying they hoped it would be a "defining moment" in Britain's economic recovery.
But trade unions have warned hundreds of thousand of jobs could be lost in the public services, potentially wrecking local economies and sparking a "double-dip" recession.
Setting out his plans in the Commons, Mr Osborne said "decisive" action was needed to prevent a "catastrophic collapse" in economic confidence but stressed it would be done in a "fair" way with the better-off shouldering most of the burden.
"Everyone will pay something but the people at the bottom of the income scale will pay proportionately less than those at the top. This is a progressive Budget," he said to jeers from Labour MPs.
UK households, on average, will be about £400 a year worse off, Budget documents suggest, with the poorest 10% losing £200 and the richest £1,800, although the poorest will be hit harder than most as a percentage of their income.
Mr Osborne vowed to balance Britain's books within five years, with the bulk of the savings to come from cuts to benefits and public services rather than tax increases.
And he laid the blame for the state of the nation's finances squarely at the door of the previous Labour government, saying: "The years of debt and spending make this unavoidable."
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Tax credits will be cut for families earning more than £40,000 a year - and there will be a two year pay freeze for public servants paid more than £21,000. Those earning less will get a £250 rise for two years.
Mr Osborne also announced real terms cuts across all government departments of 25% over four years - except health and foreign aid which are ringfenced.
Will Hutton, of the Work Foundation, who is advising the government on public sector pay, described the cuts as "brutal" and questioned whether they were achievable without wrecking the coalition government.
He described Mr Osborne's Budget as the "biggest gamble a post-war government has made".
The full details of the impact of the cuts will not be revealed until Wednesday 20 October, when Mr Osborne publishes his spending review.
The VAT increase, which Mr Osborne said would raise £13bn a year, is to come into effect in January.
Capital gains tax will be increased to 28% for top rate taxpayers - less than the 50% some Conservative backbenchers had feared. This will come into effect at midnight.
In other moves, Mr Osborne pledged to pledge to link pensions to earnings - or prices or 2.5% if they are higher.
Housing benefit will be reformed with a maximum limit of £400 a week, in a package saving £1.8bn a year by the end of the Parliament.
Other benefits to be cut include the health in pregnancy grant while the Sure Start maternity grant will be restricted to the first child only and lone parents will be expected to look for work when their youngest child goes to school.
But there will be an extra £150 a year for the poorest families, through changes to family tax credits.
The government is also to introduce a medical assessment for Disability Living Allowance from 2013 for new and existing claimants.
Mr Osborne also announced plans to help the low paid by raising personal tax allowances, taking an estimated 880,000 people out of the tax system and give millions of basic rate taxpayers a tax cut of £200 per year.
From January 2011, the government will introduce a bank levy, which will apply to the balance sheets of UK banks and building societies and the UK operations of foreign banks. Mr Osborne said the move would raise £2bn a year once it was fully in place.
Mr Osborne said public sector workers paid more than £21,000 a year would have a two year pay freeze with those paid less getting a flat pay increase of £250 for the next two years.
The plan is the first step towards a key Liberal Democrat coalition demand of taking all those earning less than £10,000 out of tax.
The chancellor must find £3.5bn to pay for the giveaway - which will be clawed back from top rate taxpayers - and Labour are likely to argue it is irresponsible in the current climate.
Mr Osborne also froze the Civil List payments to the Royal Family at £7.9m a year and said in future years they would be subject to scrutiny by the National Audit Office.
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He stressed that the pain of his austerity measures would be shared by "everyone" - but said all would share in the proceeds of the "enterprise-led recovery" that he promised would follow.
"Yes it is tough, but it also fair," said Mr Osborne of his first budget, adding: "Everyone will share in the rewards when we succeed. When we say that we are all in this together, we mean it."
He said that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) now estimated growth this year of 1.2% and 2.3% next year - compared to its previous forecasts of 1.3% of 2.6%.
Giving her response to Mr Osborne's statement, acting Labour leader Harriet Harman poured scorn on the Liberal Democrats for providing a "fig leaf" for their Conservative coalition partners, arguing "this reckless Tory budget would not be possible without the Lib Dems".
"The Lib Dems leaders have sacrificed everything they ever stood for to ride in ministerial cars and to ride on the coat tails of the Tory government," she added.
Plaid Cymru also lashed out at the Lib Dems, with Treasury spokesman Jonathan Edwards accusing party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of sitting next to Tory leader David Cameron "like a nodding dog, agreeing with every word as VAT was raised".
Lib Dem reaction to Budget
"They are running out of major election policies on which to U-turn," he added.
The SNP welcomed some Budget measures, such as the freeze on whisky duty and the restoration of the pensions and earnings link, but branded planned spending cuts "irresponsible".
In a message to Liberal Democrat supporters, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the government had "no choice except to clear up the financial mess that Labour left us".
And he said the Budget had taken "difficult decisions in an honest and fair way and with the clear stamp of Liberal Democrat values running through it," citing examples including the restoration of the pensions and earnings link and the tax boost for the low paid.
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Simon Hughes, who has vowed to protect the party's core values, issued a statement in support of Mr Clegg after the Budget statement, saying it would protect the "needy and vulnerable".
So far only one Lib Dem MP, Bob Russell, has publicly suggested he might vote against the Budget, as the party had campaigned against VAT increases at the election because "the low paid disproportionately pay more".
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I am not at all happy. I need to discuss with colleagues how it is we have got into this situation."
Dave Prentis, general secretary of public service union Unison accused the coalition government of "declaring war" on public services, saying the Budget would "raise the spectre of breadline Britain" in some parts of the country.
"Public sector workers will be shocked and angry that they are the innocent victims of job cuts and pay freezes".
But CBI director general Richard Lambert called the Budget "the UK's first important step on the long journey back to economic health".
Green MP Caroline Lucas called Mr Osborne's statement a "budget for pointless austerity" full of cuts that were "neither unavoidable or fair".
But in an e-mail to Conservative supporters, Prime Minister David Cameron said: "In this emergency Budget I believe you have the measure of this government.
"Will it provoke debate? Certainly. Will it cost our coalition some popularity? Possibly. But is this the right thing to do - for the health of our economy, for the poorest in our society, for the future of our country? I passionately believe it is."
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Both sides of this frontier are controlled by the Kurds, who have forged their own path through the country's brutal civil war, between the opposition and the regime.
Further south, the fighters of Islamic State (IS) have erased the border between Syria and Iraq, proclaiming their Caliphate.
This war is redrawing the map of the region. As IS have carved out their territory, so have the Kurds.
The two sides meet at a place called Jezaa, where the rolling hills of the north give way to the flat, dusty plain of the desert.
A Kurdish commander points to a small town shimmering on the horizon in the midday heat: it is controlled by IS, he says.
There are clashes here almost daily, between IS fighters and the Syrian Kurdish "People's Protection Units", also known as "YPG".
The YPG is an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Turkish-Kurdish guerrilla group labelled a terrorist organisation by the US and the EU.
Around a third of the Syrian Kurdish force is made up of women. On the front lines they fight alongside the men, taking the same risks and facing the same dangers.
"Women are the bravest fighters," says Diren, taking refuge from the scorching heat in the cool of an underground bunker.
She and three comrades are having lunch: flatbread, cheese and watermelon. Many of the fighters, like Diren, 19, are still teenagers.
"We're not scared of anything," she says. "We'll fight to the last. We'd rather blow ourselves up than be captured by IS."
Like the followers of the Islamic State, most Kurds are Sunni Muslims. But that is where the similarities end. Diren says that, to the fanatics of IS, a female fighter is "haram", anathema: a disturbing and scary sight.
"When they see a woman with a gun, they're so afraid they begin to shake. They portray themselves as tough guys to the world. But when they see us with our guns they run away. They see a woman as just a small thing. But one of our women is worth a hundred of their men."
The Kurds have been battling Islamic State in this part of northern Syria for more than two years. Unlike the Iraqis, they have been relatively successful in consolidating their territory, without the help of US airstrikes.
Asia Abdulla is co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the dominant political party in Kurdish-controlled Syria. Like almost all officials here, a large portrait of the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan hangs in her office.
In their fight against IS, she says, the Kurds are supported by a majority of the local population, including Arabs and Christians. But she admits they could use some outside help.
"Islamic State is a big threat for the whole Middle East and all of the Syrian people. We are doing most of the fighting, and we need more support from regional powers."
In the deserted villages around the front line, the only sign of life is the barrel of a tank peeping out between the mud houses. Most of the civilian population has left. The only people remaining are here to fight.
A lone figure appears in a doorway. His face is covered in a scarf and he is holding a Kalashnikov rifle. His name, he says, is Abu Bandar Hadi.
The terrifying speed of Islamic State's expansion has come in large part thanks to its ability to draw support from local Sunni tribes. Mr Hadi says that IS has split his community.
"Half of the people around here are with IS. They opened their gates to them. They were our neighbours, our families, until they joined Islamic State."
The Kurds play down the extent of the role played by foreigners in their battle with IS.
"Most of the fighters we catch are locals", says Sores Xani, a member of the Asayish, Kurdish Intelligence.
He showed us an ID card belonging to a young Saudi man: taken from the body of a dead fighter, Mr Xani said:
"The foreign fighters all wear suicide belts. When we capture them they blow themselves up."
The Kurds of northern Syria are in an existential fight. The country's brutal civil war has given them the opportunity to wrest control over some of the territory they claim from the regime in Damascus.
But the frontiers of their long-dreamed-of state clash with those of the Caliphate proclaimed by Islamic State. And they know they will not be able to defeat this fanatically brutal movement on their own.
A Pentagon statement said the strike killed a Saudi national called Sanafi al-Nasr.
The statement said he had funnelled money and recruits to Al-Qaeda and had helped its "operations in the West".
Some reports of deaths of leaders in the Khorasan Group have turned out to be false.
In July the US said it had killed the leader of the group, a Kuwaiti called Muhsin al-Fadhli. He had previously been reported killed in 2014.
The Pentagon said Sanafi al-Nasr had "moved funds from donors in the Gulf region into Iraq and then to al-Qaeda leaders".
"He organized and maintained routes for new recruits to travel from Pakistan to Syria through Turkey," it went on.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based activist group, reported that he had been killed on Friday in Aleppo province.
The Khorasan Group - a name apparently coined by the US - is believed to be made up of veteran militants from Afghanistan and Pakistan, which jihadists refer to as Khorasan, as well as North Africa and Chechnya.
They are thought to have embedded themselves within al-Qaeda's local affiliate, the al-Nusra Front, and obtained land and buildings in its strongholds.
US officials say the group has been sent not to fight the government of President Bashar al-Assad but to develop "external attacks, construct and test improvised explosive devices and recruit Westerners to conduct operations".
Landlords will have to provide written statements of their responsibilities and the rights of tenants under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act.
It also compels landlords to make repairs but allows them to repossess an abandoned property more quickly.
Housing Minister Lesley Griffiths said it was "vital this area of law is modern and fit for purpose".
"This Bill will ensure both landlords and those renting their homes are aware of their rights and responsibilities from the outset, and will provide additional protection against the poor practices of some landlords," she said.
Elle McNeil, policy officer for Citizens Advice Cymru, said it was a "historic new law".
She said Citizens Advice and other groups had successfully campaigned to keep the six-month protection from no-fault eviction for tenants on fixed term contracts which was not in the original version of the bill.
Former Liverpool midfielder Allen, captain for the night, opened the scoring with a header.
Peter Crouch then struck from close range before Allen turned in Erik Pieters' cross for the Premier League side's third.
Ramadan Sobhi completed the victory when he rounded the goalkeeper late on.
Match ends, Stoke City 4, Rochdale 0.
Second Half ends, Stoke City 4, Rochdale 0.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Lee Grant.
Attempt saved. Ian Henderson (Rochdale) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Williams.
Corner, Rochdale. Conceded by Harry Souttar.
Attempt missed. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Charlie Adam with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Jordan Williams.
Attempt blocked. Bojan (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Philipp Wollscheid.
Attempt missed. Philipp Wollscheid (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Charlie Adam with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Harrison McGahey.
Attempt blocked. Charlie Adam (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ramadan Sobhi.
Attempt missed. Andrew Cannon (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt missed. Steve Davies (Rochdale) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matthew Gillam.
Substitution, Rochdale. Matthew Gillam replaces Matt Done.
Goal! Stoke City 4, Rochdale 0. Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Charlie Adam (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Andrew Cannon (Rochdale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ian Henderson.
Attempt missed. Bojan (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Thibaud Verlinden.
Attempt missed. Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt blocked. Thibaud Verlinden (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Stoke City. Thibaud Verlinden replaces Erik Pieters.
Foul by Harrison McGahey (Rochdale).
Peter Crouch (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Erik Pieters (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Peter Crouch.
Josh Tymon (Stoke City) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Charlie Adam with a through ball.
Foul by Steve Davies (Rochdale).
Harry Souttar (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bojan.
Offside, Stoke City. Harry Souttar tries a through ball, but Peter Crouch is caught offside.
Andrew Cannon (Rochdale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Charlie Adam (Stoke City).
Substitution, Stoke City. Harry Souttar replaces Kurt Zouma.
Attempt missed. Steve Davies (Rochdale) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Charlie Adam (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bojan.
Substitution, Rochdale. Jordan Williams replaces Bradden Inman.
Kgosi Ntlhe (Rochdale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
Second Half begins Stoke City 3, Rochdale 0.
Substitution, Rochdale. Steve Davies replaces Keith Keane.
Substitution, Stoke City. Darren Fletcher replaces Joe Allen.
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Amid all the noise, which are the bargains, bloopers and just plain bonkers signings of a roller-coaster transfer window?
Stoke midfielder Charlie Adam, ex-England winger Trevor Sinclair, former Everton winger Kevin Kilbane and Andy Townsend, once of Aston Villa, Chelsea and Republic of Ireland's midfields, were in the BBC Sport centre for transfer deadline day.
Amid all the breaking late news, they gave their perspectives on a topsy-turvy transfer window.
Andy Townsend: I was really surprised at Chelsea's decision to sell Nemanja Matic - such a key part of their title-winning squad - to Manchester United - such a key rival. That seemed peculiar and I bet that Jose [Mourinho] could not believe it when he was told it was possible.
That brought in £40m which was pretty much what Chelsea had spent on Monaco's Tiemoue Bakayoko. But then they were reportedly after Danny Drinkwater at Leicester as well. All very strange.
Trevor Sinclair: One of the biggest surprises for me was the lack of planning at Arsenal. They were not able to react to Manchester City's interest in Alexis Sanchez. There was no contingency plan in place.
I thought they would have [Paris St-Germain winger] Julian Draxler lined up given the French side have brought in Neymar and Kylian Mbappe at such expense.
Draxler is 24 years old still, a player that Arsene Wenger is believed to have been interested in in the past and has a ton of experience.
The rush for [Monaco midfielder] Thomas Lemar - after Wenger had said any deal for him was dead - was just too late.
Charlie Adam: That Manchester City could not get a deal done for Jonny Evans was surprising to me.
He has got the experience of playing at a big club in the same city having been at Manchester United, he has won trophies and he plays the game the way that Pep Guardiola likes.
That would have been a great bit of business for both the player and City.
Kevin Kilbane: The sheer size of Neymar's £198m deal to go from Barcelona to Paris St-Germain has got to be the biggest surprise.
When Paul Pogba joined Manchester United for a world record £89m last year, it felt like we were already seeing the record shift dramatically. Now, it has more than doubled. It really is remarkable.
Trevor Sinclair: The deal to sign Neymar got people talking, but he is already established as a star of the club and international game.
But, the deal that has been set up to take Kylian Mbappe from Monaco to Paris St-Germain is extraordinary.
He obviously looks like an exceptional prospect, but he is still only 18 and his value is based on one outstanding season.
He scored 24 goals in 41 appearances for Monaco last season and he looks the real deal, but £165.7m is a huge amount for someone who is still a little bit of an unknown quantity.
Andy Townsend: I think that £45m is a lot for Everton to have spent bringing in Gylfi Sigurdsson from Swansea. He has the ability to score goals and create, but he is nearly 28. I don't think he would have improved any of the clubs above Everton.
I can understand why Everton wanted him and how well he fits into Ronald Koeman's plans, but at £45m it seemed like a lot of money.
Trevor Sinclair: I think if Liverpool can keep Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain fit I think they have got a matchwinner on their hands. He has explosive power, balance, the agility and trickery to go past people and, at his best, takes games by the scruff of the neck.
At 24, he is at a good stage of his career, he has a heap of experience and I think Liverpool's narrower shape will suit him.
If they can get him on the pitch 80% of the time, I think that £35m is a bargain.
Charlie Adam: Swansea's loan deal to take Renato Sanches from Bayern Munich for the season is not cheap - there is talk of a £4m loan fee and the Welsh club having to pick up most of his wages.
But if they stay in the league it is going to be small change and he will be committed to the cause. Paul Clement will put an arm round him, tell him to express himself and get the best from him. I think that is a good move for Swansea.
Andy Townsend: I think that Tottenham have done very good business in bringing in right-back Serge Aurier from Paris St-Germain for £23m.
I have seen a lot of him and he is an incredible athlete, very quick, a real beast of a player. He has actually got more facets to his game than Kyle Walker I think.
He has had issues off the pitch, but if he knuckles down, he is a proper player.
Trevor Sinclair: When Ray Wilkins first came in at QPR in 1994 he put a £10m pricetag on my head, which would have been a British record at the time.
There were a few inquiries about me around that time. It was only a few years later that I found out that when Bobby Robson became manager of Barcelona in 1996, he asked about me.
That was the time that they had Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Hristo Stoichkov. If I had known about that at the time, I would have swum there!
Andy Townsend: I went to Chelsea for just over £1m in 1990, when some of the really top deals were around £1.5m to £2m. Dennis Wise joined the same summer for £1.6m.
When I left for Aston Villa in 1993, I cost around £2.5m and there were deals around the £3m mark.
I don't know what that equates to in today's money, but I'm very happy to have played in the era that I did.
There are a lot of obvious reasons why being a young footballer nowadays is tempting but there are a lot of downsides as well.
Their privacy is seriously invaded, everywhere they go they are scrutinised and any mistakes are pounced on.
According to The Stage, producers are looking for singers who rap and hip-hop dancers, who should be in their 20s and 30s and of any ethnicity.
Hamilton tells the story of America's birth and founding father Alexander Hamilton using rap, R&B and hip hop.
Tickets go on sale next month ahead of the show's opening at London's Victoria Palace theatre in October 2017.
Auditions will take place in London, with rehearsals set to begin in August next year.
Producers have said they are not seeing people for the role of King George III, the reigning British monarch at the time of the American Revolution.
The Broadway musical provoked controversy earlier this year by saying they only wanted "non-white" performers to audition for roles.
Hamilton dominated this year's Tony awards, winning in 11 categories including best musical and lead actor.
Creator and original star Lin-Manuel Miranda, who has now left the production, was seen on US TV this weekend hosting Saturday Night Live.
His opening monologue featured a parody of Hamilton song My Shot in which he disparaged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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Professor Jack Anderson is the first Northern Ireland-based appointee to the body which is effectively sport's international court.
Limerick native Anderson's previous work has included studies of match-fixing for global sporting bodies.
"I am delighted and honoured to have been appointed," said the professor.
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"I look forward to bringing my experience as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Queen's to this role, and likewise, in ensuring that my experience of Cas, as a globally leading institution, informs my teaching and work with my students."
The current Court of Arbitration for Sport panel consists of former Supreme Court judges, senior barristers, former Olympians, leading experts in the fields of sports medicine and administration and those with an international reputation in the field of sports dispute resolution and law.
Professor Anderson is a member of a United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime Expert group on combating match-fixing in sport.
The Limerick man is also the editor-in-chief of the International Sports Law Journal.
The Queen's academic is secretary of the Gaelic Athletic Association's Disputes Resolution Authority in his native country.
The claim: The weak pound is good news for hotels in the UK.
Reality Check verdict: The weaker pound makes visiting the UK from overseas cheaper, but hotels will also find that the weak pound increases some of their other costs.
It cites increases in bookings from the US and China at four of its hotels: in Edinburgh, Cambridge, York and the Lake District.
A hotel in Edinburgh reported a 10-fold increase in bookings from the US compared with the same week the previous year.
Clearly, these are figures for a single week at only a handful of the chain's 260 properties in the UK. Potential travellers may have been reminded to make a booking by the UK being in the news around the world and the spike may be balanced out over the rest of the year and the rest of the chain.
Nonetheless, it is interesting that its chief executive Rob Payne is quoted as saying: "We know it is early days but we are seeing a double bounce to business as a result of Brexit."
The other part of the double bounce is that there has apparently been an increase in the number of hotel owners inquiring about joining the group because "they are worried about what the impact of Brexit will mean longer term".
A weaker pound makes it cheaper for tourists with other currencies to visit the UK. US tourists, for example, would have had to pay more than $1.50 for each pound they bought on the day of the referendum, while it would now cost them closer to $1.30.
Richard Solomons, chief executive of rival hotel group IHG, said: "It is clearly very early days, but the low pound means that we're likely to see an increase in inbound travel, as international travellers take advantage of the favourable exchange rate, as well more residents choosing to stay put for a staycation to save money and enjoy all that the UK has to offer.
"Either way, it is a good thing for the sector."
It's not all good news for the sector, of course. In the longer term, if the UK eventually abandons freedom of movement it may be harder for hotels to recruit staff.
The weaker pound will also mean that things that hotels buy from overseas - such as wine - will get more expensive.
And it is concerns such as this about the wider economy that have led to the increase in inquiries to Best Western from owners of independent hotels.
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The visitors claimed six wickets for just 38 runs on day five to win the first Test in Durban.
England regained the Ashes this summer but lost to Pakistan last month, winning six of their 14 Tests in 2015.
"Potentially this team can do some really good things," Cook said.
"There's so much talent in this side but it will take relentless hard work."
Cook said the tourists will have to guard against a South Africa backlash in the next match, starting on Saturday in Cape Town, where England have not won since 1957.
"It can turn very quickly. They have world-class players so we can't get too carried away," he said.
"But it would be nice to get our noses ahead again and to continue to put pressure on South Africa."
Nick Compton's grandfather Denis played in that 1957 victory by 312 runs, and Cook was full of praise for the current England number three's patient 85 from 236 balls in Durban. He had been out of the Test team since May 2013.
"The way Nick played really set up the first innings," Cook said. "He was a rock for us in that first innings. From that moment on, the guys bowled particularly well to take 20 wickets and we scored enough runs in the second innings."
James Anderson, England's leading Test wicket-taker, missed the Durban Test with a calf injury, but was seen bowling at the ground before the final day began.
Asked about the swing bowler's chances of being fit for Cape Town, Cook said: "He has had a tough week, bowling a lot and doing rehab. Hopefully he'll be fit.
"He is hopeful of playing and it's looking good but we'll know in the next 48 hours.
"We know what a strong side South Africa are in home conditions - but we're really prepared for this tour."
Meanwhile, England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow was delighted to claim the team's first stumping for 38 Test matches when he dismissed Temba Bavuma, having spilled a chance to stump AB de Villiers the previous day.
"It doesn't necessarily make up for it because I was desperately disappointed to miss it. You work so hard on your game that when the opportunity arises you like to take it," he told BBC Test Match Special.
"To get another one and get into the game was really pleasing and something I can take forward."
Asked about South Africa's batting frailties, he said: "They are not the number one side in the world for nothing and have proven over a long period how good they are.
"We've got to be mentally and physically prepared for what is going to be a very tough battle in the New Year Test match."
She has been named as 20-year-old University of Birmingham student Hannah Bladon.
Ms Bladon was stabbed several times in the chest while she travelled on a tram in Tzahal Square and died in hospital. A 57-year-old Palestinian man was detained at the scene.
She had been on an exchange at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which expressed "deep sorrow" over her death.
Ms Bladon had been taking classes in bible studies, archaeology and Hebrew at the Rothberg International School, part of The Hebrew University.
The school said: "Her friends described her as an inquisitive and adventurous student who made the most of her opportunity to learn and experience life in Israel."
The University of Birmingham also paid tribute to the 20-year-old saying it was "deeply saddened" to hear of Ms Bladon's death and that it would provide support to its students.
Police say the suspect, a resident of Ras al-Amud in east Jerusalem, was recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
Jerusalem police chief Yoram Halevy told the AFP news agency that the man was "very mentally disturbed".
An off-duty policeman travelling on the tram pulled an emergency brake and then tackled the attacker, with the help of another passenger.
He told the AFP news agency: "I was travelling with my family when I heard the cries of 'attack, attack'.
"I sounded the alarm then rushed to the scene of the attack. We overpowered him."
A 30-year-old pregnant woman and a 50-year-old man were also injured in the attack.
BBC Middle East correspondent Tom Bateman said the pair, who were much less seriously injured than the British woman, were either hurt when the tram came to a sudden stop or in the panic to get away.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the tragic death of a British national in Jerusalem.
"We are providing support to her family at this difficult time and are in touch with local authorities."
There will continue to be heightened security in Jerusalem after measures were brought in ahead of the Jewish Passover Festival and Easter celebrations.
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin said he was "filled with sadness about the attack" and that his thoughts and prayers were with the family of the victim.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld tweeted a picture of the knife used in the attack.
He has become mired in a scandal surrounding claims that his Welsh-born wife Penelope was paid large sums over a number of years for "fake jobs".
Far-right rival Marine Le Pen said he had lost voters' confidence.
And there was stinging criticism from his own side too.
One Republican MP, Georges Fenech, said that Mr Fillon's victory in the party's primaries in November had become "obsolete". He said the affair was not just a judicial matter but an ethical and moral one, and an urgent decision had to be made.
Recently the favourite to win the presidency in elections in April and May, he has now slipped behind Ms Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron. Mr Fillon said he would fight the accusations "to the end" on Wednesday but commentators suggested his fate was slipping out of his hands.
Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon ridiculed the idea of a left-wing coup, saying it was "a bit curious to search for plots where there aren't any".
Francois Fillon's chances of political survival are hanging on a thread, and if you want to know why just listen to French talk radio.
This morning on RMC when broadcaster Jean-Jacques Bourdin took calls about Penelopegate, the mood was angry.
Caller after caller pointed up the vast difference in their own salary, and the money - up to €10,000 ($10,800; £8,540) a month - which Penelope Fillon took as her husband's parliamentary assistant. "And I actually work!" said one.
And in the Republican Party, what was unthinkable a few days ago is now outwardly mooted: that Francois Fillon may need to step down and be replaced.
Read more from Hugh: Can Fillon survive?
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TV news channels in France were running constant coverage of Mr Fillon's plight, which began a week ago with an expose in satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine and has become the main story in the campaign.
The newspaper alleged on Tuesday that Penelope Fillon had been paid €830,000 (£710,000; $900,000) for working as a parliamentary aide first to her husband and then to his replacement as MP, Marc Joulaud, far more than it had originally claimed.
That was on top of the €100,000 that it says she was paid by a literary review owned by a wealthy friend of her husband called Marc Ladreit de Lacharriere.
The duchess met one-year-old Rooby Blue while she and the prince visited Longreach in Queensland.
During a speech, Prince Charles admitted the jet lag had made him feel "a few sausages short of a barbie".
They began their trip in Papua New Guinea and will also visit New Zealand to mark the Queen's 60-year reign.
The young kangaroo was presented to the duchess during a visit to the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, a heritage centre chronicling the history of the outback "cattle men".
She held the joey, which was wrapped in a cloth bag, for a short time, before passing her back to her temporary owner, Carley Walker.
Mrs Walker explained that the joey's mother had been killed on the road and Rooby had been rescued from her pouch by a passing motorist.
"Someone called me and I picked her up. We've had her since August and will have her a few months more, when she will be fully released," Mrs Walker said.
The duke and duchess were also shown a display of whip cracking on horseback and inspected some bush artefacts during their visit, while the prince was presented with a stock whip.
It is the first time the duchess has visited Australia. They were earlier welcomed to Queensland by the state premier Campbell Newman.
After the tour the royal couple attended a barbeque in their honour, at which Prince Charles admitted to being a little tired.
"It is more than 15,500km [9,360 miles] from London to the Stockman's Hall of Fame and I'm so jet-lagged that I feel a few sausages short of a barbie," he said.
The prince went on to say he hoped the duchess would be able to sample some Australian cuisine during their stay.
"I'm rather hoping that some of you might have been able to initiate [the duchess] into the special pleasure of Tim Tams, not to mention the unique experience of Vegemite, as our one and only jar of jubilee Marmite was confiscated on arrival here in Australia."
The heir to the throne also spoke about his run-in with local creepy-crawlies when he lived in Australia in the 1960s. He studied at Timbertop school in Melbourne, Victoria.
"For company I remember funnel-web spiders, bull ants, leeches that could only be removed with a cigarette end, snakes of every description and kangaroos that overtook us on cross-country runs through the bush."
In the latest Republican debate for White House hopefuls, Mr Trump told his rival: "There's a big question mark over your head."
The constitution mandates the president be a "natural born citizen" of the US.
Issues of national security, the economy and foreign policy have also played heavily in the debate.
In the polls, the pair are leading the five other candidates, who were also on the stage in North Charleston.
The debate came just two weeks before the first real test of the campaign, when voters in Iowa pick their Republican and Democratic choices for president.
"Cruz acquitted himself well, cementing his status as the front-runner's chief opponent," writes Howard Kurtz for Fox News. "But Trump didn't suffer, and in fact may have had his strongest debate performance... The two-man top tier remains just that, way ahead of the rest of the field."
"For much of his career in Washington, Ted Cruz has been dismissed as a cartoonish sideshow," Michael Barbaro notes in the New York Times. However, he "did not just dominate much of the Republican debate, he slashed, he mocked, he charmed and he outmanoeuvred everybody else on stage".
"Donald Trump and Ted Cruz had an unofficial non-aggression pact at the first five Republican presidential debates... but the sixth one Thursday night quickly became a flurry of mutual scorn," writes Susan Page in USA Today.
"There were only three real players in this exercise: Trump, Cruz and Rubio," according to Josh Marshall on the Talking Points Memo website. "Trump wins, Cruz loses a bit of ground but not much and the clock continues to run out on Rubio."
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The sixth Republican presidential debate was the political equivalent of a wrestling "battle royale", where fists fly, chairs are thrown, the crowd cheers and the referees flee for safety.
There could have been no clearer indication that the Cruz-Trump honeymoon was over. The two candidates who stand atop the Republican presidential opinion polls had exchanged warm words through much of the campaign but with the Iowa caucuses just two weeks away, the niceties have melted away.
They exchanged barbs over Mr Cruz's Canadian birthplace and Mr Trump's alleged liberal "New York values".
From there, numerous side fights broke out. Rubio v Christie over Mr Christie's tenure as New Jersey governor. Trump v Kasich, Rubio v Bush on trade. Rubio v Cruz on immigration. Each candidate could boast a strong moment or two, but each also felt the sting of their competitors' barbs.
A battle royale is supposed to end when only one participant is left standing. In Charleston, however, all the candidates survived - but all were bloodied.
The event hosted by Fox Business Network came after days of Mr Cruz and Mr Trump taking shots at each other, shattering a months-long period of goodwill between the two men.
The start of hostilities began a week ago when the billionaire businessman started raising questions about whether the Texas senator's birth in Canada put his eligibility in doubt.
But on the debate stage on Thursday night, Mr Cruz said there was "zero chance" of a lawsuit succeeding because the constitution's definition of "natural born citizens" included people born to an American parent.
Mr Cruz was born in Calgary to an American mother and a Cuban father.
But the business mogul stood firm, noting that a Harvard law scholar had raised doubts and Mr Cruz could face lawsuits by Democrats wishing to challenge his qualification.
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They also argued over the meaning of "New York values", which Mr Cruz threw at the New York billionaire as a slur on his conservative credentials.
But the New Yorker said that was an insult to the "great people" who pulled together after the 9/11 attacks.
After the debate, Mr Trump told reporters: "I guess the bromance is over."
All the candidates targeted leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, who was repeatedly attacked for her time as Secretary of State.
The primary contests, in which each party picks their nominee for president, begin in February and the presidential election is in November.
Massimiliano Latorre's stay was extended by six months as he developed complications following heart surgery in January.
Latorre, along with marine Salvatore Girone, is facing murder charges and the two are on bail pending trial.
The case has led to a bitter diplomatic row between Delhi and Rome.
Earlier this year, a European Union-India summit planned during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to France and Germany was cancelled over the issue.
The marines were guarding an Italian oil tanker when they opened fire, killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast. The marines said they mistook the fishermen for pirates.
India has ruled out the possibility of the death penalty and invoked an anti-piracy law to try the marines.
Italy has always insisted that as the shooting took place in international waters, the men should be tried in Italy.
Marine Girone is staying in the Italian embassy in Delhi awaiting trial.
On Monday, the Supreme Court bench hearing the case asked the Indian government to respond by 26 August to the Italian request for the marines to be tried under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and by arbitration.
Italy says it wants international arbitration after three years of unsuccessful negotiations with India and the "impossibility of arriving at a solution", news agency AFP reported.
Thierry Braillard called for tougher measures after Marseille's home draw against Lyon was stopped for 20 minutes when supporters threw missiles.
"It's unacceptable and I think we need to stand more firm on the security checks," he said.
"We're six months away from the Euros and I'm urging everyone to take the measure of what happened."
Lyon midfielder Mathieu Valbuena was targeted by hostile home supporters as he made his first appearance back at Marseille since leaving in 2014.
The 30-year-old France international ended his eight-year stint at the French club by joining Dynamo Moscow last season for what some Marseille fans thought were financial reasons, before moving to Lyon in the summer.
Home supporters hung an effigy of the player, unveiled a banner which denounced him as a traitor and then threw glass bottles towards him during the second half.
"There are security conditions that need to be respected, you cannot have glass bottles in the stands," added Braillard.
Clubs whose home games are marred by crowd trouble should now face tougher punishments, according to French Professional League president Frederic Thiriez.
He suggested it was time for the French league to consider handing out increased fines and possible points deductions.
Euro 2016 takes place in France between 10 June and 10 July next year. Marseille's Stade Velodrome is one of 10 stadiums which will host matches.
About 800 passengers are due to take two trips on the iconic steam locomotive, which will depart Edinburgh Waverley on Sunday at about 11:00.
The engine will travel over the Forth Bridge before taking a tour of the Fife coastline and returning to Edinburgh.
A second trip across the Forth is also planned for later in the day, when the engine will also visit Forth Valley.
Police and transport officials have warned that drone use is not permitted within 50m of the line and that onlookers should stay well away from the tracks.
The Flying Scotsman, which is based at the National Railway Museum in York, made its first post-restoration visit to Scotland a year ago.
Hundreds of enthusiasts lined the route and were later praised for their responsible behaviour.
However, the engine's inaugural run in northern England in February 2016 was marred when some fans put themselves in danger by encroaching on to the track.
Additional staff will be deployed at key stations and along the engine's route for the locomotive's latest visit to Scotland and the Network Rail helicopter will be scanning for trespassers.
Claire Newton, from the tour operators Steam Dreams, said it was difficult to give precise details of the engine's route, but said it would travel over the Forth Bridge three times on Sunday.
She said: "For many people this is the trip of a lifetime and some have been on waiting lists for this trip since February 2016.
"We will be going over the Forth Bridge and travelling along the Fife coastline and then in the evening we will hopefully go past Stirling Castle before returning to Edinburgh."
The engine is on a three-night trip across Scotland until Monday.
The Flying Scotsman was the first steam engine officially authenticated at travelling at 100mph in November 1934 though it had been claimed that another engine, City of Truro, travelled at 102mph in 1904. There was no second timekeeper on the earlier run and the record has long been disputed.
Zero-hours contracts do not guarantee a minimum number of hours of employment.
The ONS recently estimated that 583,000 people, around 2% of the UK workforce, were employed on zero-hours contracts between October and December 2013.
It said the data suggested that most workers on such contracts had at least two jobs.
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Last year, Business Secretary Vince Cable ruled out a complete ban on the contracts, because they offer employers "welcome flexibility".
Following the release of the ONS figures Mr Cable said it was also clear there had been some abuse of those on zero hour contracts by some less scrupulous employers.
"Given the current estimates of people on these types of contracts, it is important we take action. That is why I launched a consultation on the issue of exclusivity in zero hours to ensure people are getting a fair deal," he said.
"Students, older people and people wanting to top up their income want to work flexibly, but we want to make sure they understand their rights and that they are not tied exclusively to one employer.
"We will be publishing the results of this consultation shortly."
Last week, Labour leader Ed Miliband said zero hours contracts had "spread like an epidemic" as he promised to crack down on them if his party wins the 2015 general election.
The study found that more than 20% of health and social workers are employed on a zero-hours contacts.
But zero-hours contracts are rare in financial services, the ONS found.
People with zero-hours contracts were disproportionately students, female and under 25 or over 65, the study also found.
"These patterns may partly reflect the groups most likely to find the flexibility of 'zero-hours contracts' an advantage," the ONS said.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) said the figures showed the UK jobs market was far more unstable than the government suggested, and urged ministers to crack down on the "abuse" of zero-hours contracts by employers.
"Insecure work with no guarantee of regular paid hours is no longer confined to the fringes of the jobs market," said Frances O'Grady, the TUC's general secretary.
"It is worrying that so many young people are trapped on zero-hours contracts, which can hold back their careers and make it harder to pay off debts like student loans.
"The fact that these contracts have become the norm in tourism, catering and food will be a major concern for the millions of people employed in these industries."
ONS said it found evidence of a further 1.3 million contracts where no work was undertaken.
It said the total might include:
It added some of contracts "probably" needed to be added to the official 1.4 million estimate, but that it wanted to investigate in more detail.
The ONS said it would carry out further research and report later in 2014.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Britain's main human resources body, estimated last year that employers used about one million zero-hours contracts.
The five-storey Centre for Student Life would be built in front of the students' union on Park Place.
The university said it would be at "the heart of the campus" and include a welcome-point for students and the public, a 550-seat lecture theatre, study space and retail outlets.
Subject to planning approval, the building would open by 2019-2020.
The proposed building would cover the 1970s students' union building as well as 46 to 49 Park Place.
The university has launched a public consultation for feedback on the plans.
A statement on the university's website said: "Working in partnership with the students' union, Cardiff University wishes to build an iconic building at the heart of the university to deliver a world-leading student experience covering every facet of student life."
But in the case of the iPhone 7, what everyone wanted to know was how Apple would justify its widely leaked decision to remove support for normal headphone jacks.
At the San Francisco event, marketing chief Phil Schiller suggested his firm had been motivated by "courage".
But it seems that was an invitation to the net's many cynics and critics to weigh in.
Below are some of the comments posted about the firm ditching the 3.5mm socket and promoting its new Airpod earbuds.
Techcrunch
Removing the headphone jack from the iPhone is not an act of courage, it's an act of leverage... They're in a position of immense power and they're using that power to eliminate something good and replace it with something that makes them money. It's not a conspiracy theory, it's a business plan.
The Guardian:
The beauty of the headphone cable is just like the beauty of a tampon string: it is there to help you keep track of a very important item, and help you fish it out of whatever nook and cranny it might have fallen into. Apple's apparent blindness to this blindingly obvious problem is perplexing.
Wall Street Journal
Apple's rationale for this change- that we want too much jammed into our tiny phones - fell flat to me. It's an annoyance, but one I think we'll get used to soon enough.
Mashable
Do you want your iPhone's home button to vibrate sometimes, or do you want to be able to plug in pretty much any set of headphones ever made in the entire world? The old Apple mantra, "it just works," is officially dead this week.
Engadget:
If Apple's Earpods never really fit snugly in your ears, well, you'd probably do well to stay away [from the Airpods]. I've personally never had a problem with their fit, so they nestled nicely into my ears and stayed there even as I wagged my head around like a huge dork.
The Verge
These things just scream out to be instantly lost. If you're not the type to hold onto things (I'm certainly not), you're going to want to stick with wired headphones or wireless cans. [But] they seem like classic Apple design - simple, and well-integrated into the iPhone experience.
Quartz
The Airpods are even more of a design success than the iPhone. Airpods are minimalism materialised: Each earbud is a glossy monolith. And they'll be able to fully control Siri, a step up from the Apple Watch... users won't even have to raise their wrists.
The Intercept
It's hard to swallow Apple's use of the word "courage" to describe the corporate ethos that pushed the company to remove the headphone plug... Courage is more often found in, say, running into a burning school to rescue the students and class rodent. Or, maybe, you could call courageous the act of paying the many billions you owe around the world.
I just shoved a piece of gum into my USB port. #Courage - @davepell
Now you have to choose to either charge your phone or listen to music. #Courage - @TheMarcStone
Courage is contagious. thanks @apple, i just followed your example, filled in my headphone socket with glue and set my tax withholding to zero. - @fraggletastic
Apple taking away the headphone jack for space reasons then not including the dual camera system in the 5in model is very tough to swallow. - @chrismlacy
Apple with release Find My Airpod and revolutionise everything, again. - @ethan_rose
Q. How do I listen to music while my AirPods are charging? A. Buy a second pair of AirPods. @JonyIveParody
I suspect Apple may rue the day it decided "courage" was the best word to use - @c_davies
People [are] stuck in old technology. Apple thinks forward to the future and is innovative. Guarantee Samsung will move to removing the audio jack as well soon. - Paul Duerson III
So, I get a phone that's 1mm thinner, but now I have to carry around an additional dongle. Not a very good trade off. - Jesus Darwin
Just wait a month. There will be dozens of earbuds that have a iPhone connector instead of the 3.5mm jack. John Shields
You don't need something to be broken to look for a better alternative Mahi Mahi
Technology should not be tossed because it is old. The jack is extremely time-proof because it is very sturdy, nearly fail-proof [and] has a watertight build... it is about as close to being optimal as anything made by humans can be. J Khaos Laz
Having to charge both your phone and your headphones isn't a step forward. - Bhalgoth
I'm in the minority, but I welcome the innovation. With change comes resistance. I bet my right leg that we look back on this thread in a couple years and admit that we don't miss the 3.5mm jack anymore. TheJMoore
Here's the thing, advances in technology come at a cost. You abandon old tech for the new. If you don't like the idea of not having 30 year old tech, then fine. Don't buy the phone. - Syrielmorane
I will say this - Apple has always operated on the idea that consumers don't know what they want. - Zoso471
An undercover reporter spent two months at HMP Northumberland, which houses up to 1,348 male inmates, for Panorama.
He discovered widespread drug use, a lack of control, door alarms that did not go off in one block and a hole in an internal security fence.
The Ministry of Justice said it would investigate the "extremely serious allegations" at the Acklington jail.
Prison officers also found balaclavas, blackout clothing and wire-cutting tools at the category C jail.
It is believed inmates had been sneaking out to collect drugs or other contraband thrown over the perimeter fence.
These discoveries were made in a block where inmates preparing to transfer to open prisons were not locked in their cells at night.
In one of the most disturbing episodes of the undercover investigation, footage shows a prison officer having convulsions on the floor after accidentally inhaling spice, a cheap and stronger synthetic alternative to cannabis, which is rife in the jail.
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The undercover reporter, who was working as a custody officer, was told by some staff they did not feel able to confront prisoners because they were worried back-up support would take too long to arrive.
During the secret filming, the reporter also recorded scenes including:
The Panorama investigation comes days after the Ministry of Justice announced the replacement of the National Offender Management Service with a new prison and probation service aimed at cutting crime and reforming offenders.
HMP Northumberland is run by Sodexo Justice Services.
It was privatised in 2014, when the government was aiming to cut £500m from the prisons budget.
To win the contract, Sodexo pledged to save the taxpayer £130m over 15 years. Two hundred jobs, including 96 prison officer posts, were cut.
At the time of the deal, the Prison Officers Association warned it could result in "escapes and riots".
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It didn't take too long to realise the inmates were, in effect, running this prison
HMP Northumberland is a training prison that is meant to offer a range of education and training programmes to prepare inmates for release.
The Panorama reporter witnessed some inmates colouring in pictures of the children's cartoon character Peppa Pig in an "employability skills" class provided by an outside contractor, Novus.
It told Panorama it had investigated these concerns and sent a report to the government.
The president of the Prison Governors Association, Andrea Albutt, told the BBC previous staff cuts were behind the loss of control.
She said: "The situation is that there are so few prison officers at the moment - that their confidence has been affected and we have a more violent prison population."
Good quality staff-prisoner relationships, which yielded intelligence, had been hit by the lack of staff, she said.
The Ministry of Justice told the BBC: "The justice secretary has been clear that levels of violence and self harm in our prisons are too high, which is why we are investing an extra £100m annually to boost the front line by 2,500 officers.
"These are longstanding issues which will not be resolved in weeks or months but we are determined to make our prisons places of safety and reform."
A spokesman for Sodexo said: "We are proud of those staff at HMP Northumberland who do a professional job in such difficult circumstances.
"Security and the safety of our prisoners and staff are our top priority, which is why we have made significant investments in these two areas over and above the contract requirements."
As part of the investigation, Panorama analysed what prisoners had been saying about safety in prisons across England and Wales.
Panorama took HM Inspectorate of Prisons data on prisoners' perceptions and analysed it to reveal how fears have changed over the last decade.
The calculations are a snapshot of what inmates said was happening at the time of the inspection.
Not every jail is inspected every year and conditions can change rapidly if a new regime or resources are introduced.
Sir Martin Narey, former head of the Prison Service and now a non-executive member of the Ministry of Justice's board, said: "The plain truth is that there are too few prison officers.
"If that reduction in number leads to a lack of confidence, then the great danger is some officers have retreated from interaction with prisoners to the ends of wings.
"That's very dangerous for the sort of prison service that we want."
Sir Martin believes that Justice Secretary Elizabeth Truss's pledge to recruit more officers would make a difference.
"We need to concentrate on recovering their confidence," he said.
"The disorder we've seen more recently reflects prisoner anger about reductions in regime."
"If you take people and lock them up and don't use that period to try to do something, then we're just losing a golden opportunity."
This was echoed by the Conservative MP and former prisons minister Crispin Blunt, who said: "We have got to get to a place where prison is used as a place to turn people around."
Watch Panorama Behind Bars: Prison Undercover on Monday 13 February at 20:30 GMT on BBC One. Or catch up on iPlayer.
It made the announcement as it reported a fall in profits and underlying sales over the past 12 months.
Morrisons is the UK's fourth largest supermarket, but unlike its rivals does not have an online retail presence.
Chief executive Dalton Philips called the move "an important step". A deal on technology with online food retailer Ocado is one option being discussed.
"We will be transacting online with food by the end of this year," he told the BBC's Today programme. "We've been studying the market for two years [and] it's a market that is accelerating very quickly."
A possible deal with Ocado was "one of the options available", he added.
Morrisons reported a 7.2% fall in pre-tax profits to £879m for the year to 3 February - its first fall in full-year profits for six years.
Like-for-like sales were down more than 2%.
Other supermarkets have seen sales growth in their online businesses and in smaller convenience stores.
Rivals Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda, the other members of UK's "big four" supermarkets, have been operating online shops for a number of years, and online food shopping is growing by about 20% a year.
Morrisons also said it would open 100 convenience stores in the coming months, adding to 12 "M Local" stores it had already opened.
The convenience stores market, which includes Sainsbury's Local and Tesco Express stores, is seeing annual growth of 6%.
The changes come at the end of what Morrisons described as "a difficult year".
"The sustained pressure on consumer spending was reflected in our like-for-like sales performance, which was not as good as it should have been," Mr Philips said.
"We have implemented a range of measures to address this. Today's announcement that we are launching an online food offer... is another important step."
Investors responded positively. Shares in Morrisons rose by more than 3.5% in early trading.
Ocado saw its shares jump 24.5% in the first hour of trading, after it reported a strong rise in sales over the Christmas and New Year period, on top of news about a possible technology-licensing agreement with Morrisons.
It said gross sales for the 12 weeks to the end of February were up 14.4% compared with the same period a year ago.
The tremors - measuring 0.8 and 1.7 on the Richter scale - occurred within 10 minutes of one another at about 21:50 on Wednesday.
Maps showed the location as about midway between Maryport in Cumbria and Kippford in Dumfries and Galloway.
The larger quake showed up on monitoring stations on the mainland.
The show, for professional pastry chefs, is staying on the BBC despite the main show moving from BBC One to Channel 4.
The first series, broadcast on BBC Two in 2016, was hosted by chef Tom Kerridge.
Deayton is best known as a former presenter of topical quiz Have I Got News For You. He was sacked from the show in 2002.
The show will see 10 teams of chefs competing in tasks to make perfect pastries and spectacular showpieces.
Deayton will be joined on the Love Productions show by judges Benoit Blin, chef patissier at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxfordshire, and Cherish Finden, executive pastry chef at The Langham, London.
Love Productions' executive producer Kieran Smith said: "We're delighted Angus has taken up the baton to host the new series.
"His distinct humour and presenting style brings a fresh dynamic to the show."
The show will return to BBC Two later this year.
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Police said Stephen Muncaster, 47, was found shortly after midnight in the front garden of a property in Magdalen, near King's Lynn, while his wife Allison, 48, was discovered inside.
Det Supt Paul Durham said: "There is no evidence to suggest that anyone else was involved in this incident."
Mr Muncaster was the uncle of Michael Carroll, who made headlines in 2002 by winning £9.7m in the National Lottery.
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Det Supt Durham said it was thought both victims "died from gunshot wounds" and a gun was found at the scene.
Greig Dunsmuir, who lives in the village, said he heard a "loud boom" on Stow Road shortly after midnight.
He added: "I heard a gunshot and some commotion, people shouting and screaming.
"It wasn't drawn out - maybe three or four minutes of commotion, and that's it.
"I didn't think any more of it until this morning."
The East of England Ambulance Service said it was called at 00:08 BST and found two people who were declared dead at the scene.
Det Supt Durham said: "We are in the very early stages of the investigation and while I understand how shocking the news of this incident must be for neighbours of the two people involved, and other local residents, I can reassure them we are putting all our efforts into establishing the circumstances surrounding their deaths."
A cordon has been set up around the scene while forensic examinations are carried out.
Paul Tibbs, a photographer from King's Lynn, said: "As news filters around the village, obviously there will be a definite sense of shock."
Magdalen lies to the west of the River Great Ouse, eight miles (12km) south of King's Lynn.
It is within the parish of Wiggenall St Mary Magdalen and has a population of just over 700 people.
Four schools have already been in touch with the exam board about the A-level paper taken on Thursday.
A statement from the exam board says examiners will take the mistake into account when marking.
Students on social networking websites had complained that the question had been impossible to answer.
The AQA exam board denied this, saying that the question could still be answered, despite the error in how the question was presented.
"At this stage it looks as though most students haven't been affected by this, but we're letting our examiners know and will make sure it doesn't affect students' grades," said an AQA spokeswoman.
"We meant to ask students to compare a 150 kΩ resistor - not a 150 Ω resistor as it said in the paper - to a 300 kΩ resistor. The question can still be answered."
The exam board believed that students in about 1,200 schools and colleges would have been taking the paper.
Daniel Ohrenstein, a pupil in north London who was taking the exam, said a few lost marks could be the difference in missing out on a university place.
He said that it added to the stress of taking A-levels.
Pupils facing a question which seemed wrong would still "give the benefit of the doubt" to examiners and assume it was correct, he said.
That meant that students could waste time trying to make sense of a rogue question.
Tindy Chaggar, from Leicester, was training to be a lawyer in London, in 2003, when the accident happened, leaving her with multiple injuries.
Tindy, an ambassador for the charity Headway, said the massive brain injury knocked her confidence.
She has been raising awareness for the charity about brain injuries.
Tindy, who is now an actress and presenter, was 27 years old and fulfilling her dream of being a lawyer when she was hit by the police van.
"All I remember is waking up in hospital thinking it was my birthday because everyone I loved was around me," she said.
"It took a while for it to sink in. I had numerous injuries, with the brain I had a stroke, I had a haemorrhage.
"I had third nerve palsy in my eye... lots of things happened to the brain, it was badly shaken."
She was in hospital for about four months and thought she could get straight back to work, but it took about six years to recover.
"I found that there were little things I found very difficult, organisation, planning to go somewhere, packing my things, I needed help with literally everything," she said.
"I had intended to return to law. I thought at some future point I might like to go to drama school so that was in the future. That was a turning point in my life, I realised, 'I've got to make my life now'".
Since then she has started working towards making her pre-accident dreams of stardom a reality.
She began working on Radio Fox, which broadcasts to hospitals in Leicester, ten years ago and now presents the afternoon show as Tindy C.
Her work was rewarded with a bronze prize in the Best Female Presenter category at last year's National Hospital Radio Awards.
She has also starred in a number of short films and appeared as an extra in BBC One sitcom Citizen Khan.
Along the way she's been supported by Headway, which has organised a Hats for Headway Day, to raise money for brain injury survivors.
She said: "When I was in hospital I was told I'd be going to Headway and my initial reaction was 'do they think I'm crazy? I don't want to go to Headway.'
"But when I went in, that could not have been further from the truth. There were so many different people from so many walks of life, all brought together because they've had some sort type traumatic head injury.
"It was amazing for me - it really helped set me up for the rest of everything and thanks to their help I'm able to manage my time and so forth a lot better.
"I still have some limitations, as I like to call them, but I work around them and Headway do help and guide you."
"They introduced me to a number of things, various craft-making things that help with hand/eye co-ordination and were so supportive generally."
Dr Declan McNicholl, a trustee of Headway in Leicestershire, called Tindy's recovery "amazing".
He said: "She's quite a resourceful individual who's come through a very significant journey."
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The special maps, called Tate Worlds, are based on real-life pictures and sculptures on display at the Tate gallery.
Each world is different, and has many challenges and activities based on the theme of the artwork.
Paintings such as Soul of the Soulless City by Christopher Nevinson have been turned into a playable world.
It shows 1920s New York, with towering skyscrapers and a rollercoaster train ride.
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The 35-year-old Swiss, ranked 10th, won 6-1 6-3 and goes on to face Mikhail Youzhny or Evgeny Donskoy.
Elsewhere, Andy Murray lost out to fellow Briton Dan Evans in the first round of the men's doubles.
Murray and Nenad Zimonjic lost 6-1 7-6 (7-2) to Evans and Gilles Muller.
World number one Murray will return to singles action against Tunisia's Malek Jaziri, ranked 51st, on Tuesday.
The Scot has not played since losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open last month, but says he is 'ready to go' in Dubai.
This is Murray's sixth appearance at the Dubai tournament - his best result was reaching the 2012 final where he lost to Federer.
Third seed Federer missed last year's tournament with a knee injury.
"It's incredible to be back, I missed playing here last year. I'm standing and I'm here,' he said.
Federer faced three break points in the match, but he saved them all.
"There were some break points to be saved,'' he added. "I think I returned very well for a first round. I was able to get my second serves in deep, was able to go into the offensive quickly.''
It's a historic day as the UK has been a member of the EU for more than 40 years.
More than 33 million people voted, with around 52% deciding to vote leave, while 48% chose remain.
Newsround has been covering what's been happening on this massive day...
This afternoon Naz put some of your questions to BBC political reporter Theo Leggett.
Find out what he said about how the EU vote result might affect education and what will happen to projects funded by the EU...
We've tried to answer more of your questions here.
It's been a historic day for the country, with adults voting to leave the European Union after more than 40 years inside it.
Watch Naz's report from London about everything that's happened.
All day you've been sending us loads of questions about what the result means - from holiday money to what it means for farmers.
We've tried to answer as many as possible - click here to read them!
There are hundreds of journalists outside the Houses of Parliament, where Naz is preparing to present the 4:20pm bulletin live.
Naz sent us this video from the scene.
Naz has been busy in London all day rounding up the reactions to the EU vote result.
She's moved from Downing Street to College Green outside the Houses of Parliament for the 4:20pm bulletin on CBBC.
School children in Salford, England, have been telling Hayley what they think about the result.
They all have different views - ranging from worried to happy...
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said a second independence referendum is "highly likely".
She backed the UK staying in the EU and, overall, people in Scotland voted to remain. So she argues Scotland is being taken out of the EU against their will.
In 2014, Scotland held a referendum on whether or not it should become an independent country. People voted no.
Leave campaigner Boris Johnson has spoken, calling the decision to leave the EU a "glorious opportunity".
He also paid tribute to Prime Minister David Cameron, describing him as "brave and principled".
Earlier, the PM said he would step down by October.
Naz was at 10 Downing Street watching the moment when David Cameron came outside to say he'll step down as PM by October.
BBC political reporter Theo Leggett tries to answer more of your questions - including how the result might affect our money and what it'll mean for children and teenagers.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has appeared outside 10 Downing Street to say he's going to resign by October.
He campaigned for the UK to remain in the European Union.
But he said that the will of the British people must be respected.
Two Newsround viewers put their questions to BBC political reporter Theo Leggett.
If you have any questions then you can send them to us here.
So Ricky's been up all night following everything that's been happening. Here's his round-up...
Ricky is live in Westminster this morning for our two bulletins on CBBC - at 7:40am and 8:15am.
He'll update you on what happened overnight and what the result means for the country.
Catch up on Watch Newsround.
The final result of 382 areas has been declared. It was Cornwall, which voted to leave.
The Leave side won by more than one million votes.
It's official - the UK has voted to leave the European Union.
The Leave campaign has crossed the line to win with 16,835,512 votes.
Naz has been up early too. She's at 10 Downing Street this morning, waiting for Prime Minister David Cameron.
Ricky says: "I've been up ALL NIGHT! I'm so tired but it's been a busy night with so much going on."
He'll have the latest on CBBC at 7:40am.
The BBC forecasts a win for the Leave campaign based on the results that have come in so far.
Ricky has been up all night covering the results for Newsround. He took this picture of the Houses of Parliament while out getting some cool shots.
Voting ended at 10pm and then the votes were taken away to be counted.
Adults were asked one question: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?"
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Now, in an exclusive interview with BBC Sport, the 20-year-old has confirmed all contract talks are off the table until the summer, increasing speculation his future may lie away from Anfield.
So is Sterling worth all the fuss and the figures of £180,000 a week that are currently swirling around - and how much would Liverpool miss him if he left?
Sterling is very good with the potential to be outstanding - but is nowhere near the finished article. He remains a work in progress in the manner of any 20-year-old with a career almost in its infancy.
He is blessed with natural pace that makes even the best defences and defenders take a step back, allied to a talent that plays on the opposition's nerves.
The perfect example was the brilliant individual goal he scored against Chelsea to earn Liverpool a 1-1 draw in the Capital One Cup semi-final at Anfield in January, taking a pass from Jordan Henderson, leaving Nemanja Matic for dead and making Gary Cahill look like he had weights attached to his boots before beating Thibaut Courtois in front of The Kop.
This was Sterling at his best but his finishing is still not his strong point and he has struggled at times this season to reproduce the brilliance he showed alongside Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge when Liverpool almost claimed their first title in 24 years last season.
Sterling may develop into a natural finisher in time but he is nowhere near that as yet. He is still more of a creative force than a player who delivers the end product with regularity and reliability.
He remains an integral part of England's present and future under manager Roy Hodgson, with his adaptability and ability to play wide, at the tip of a midfield diamond and centrally, offering flexibility.
But he is still not England's "go to" man, which is understandable at this early stage of his career. He is not yet a player England cannot afford to be without.
Sterling will undoubtedly have been noticed on the world stage, but he has not captured the imagination completely. He will be recognised as a fine talent and a potential star of the future - but the key word is "potential".
There is no way he can be bracketed among the game's elite stars and he is blameless for that. This is a young man making his way in the game, which has also added to the conjecture, and in some areas disapproval, about the contract numbers being played out.
Liverpool still remain hopeful Sterling will stay and if he does he will be a prime asset for however long he remains at Anfield - but the clocks would not stop and the foundations on the new stand would not shift if he left.
The departure of Luis Suarez, who had moved into the top three group of world stars alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo when he moved to Barcelona in a £75m deal, was far more damaging simply because of the scale of his talent, his intensity which was the stuff of manager Rodgers' dreams and his ability to strike instant fear into opposing teams and fans.
And when captain Steven Gerrard leaves for LA Galaxy, it signals the departure of the man plenty regard as the greatest player to wear Liverpool's shirt, someone who drove the team and the club in hours of need sometimes by sheer force of personality.
Sterling would not fall into that category as a departure. Of course it would be a blow but Liverpool would be well rewarded and he could not be regarded as irreplaceable.
Suarez and Gerrard were players to build a team around. Sterling has not had time to reach that sort of stature. It may happen in the future but if he were to leave now it would be a setback, but not a mortal one.
Liverpool have youngsters such as Jordon Ibe coming through as well as a manager in Rodgers set on developing talent through their Academy so while there would be disappointment, they would recover.
There will be interest but do not rule out Liverpool owner John W Henry taking the same hard line he adopted when Luis Suarez tried to force a move in the summer of 2013.
He simply refused to do business, especially with Arsenal, and only sold at a time of his choosing and after Suarez had made it virtually impossible for him to return to the Premier League after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.
Henry will be even more reluctant to do business with teams in the Premier League, especially those he regards as rivals. Liverpool do not need money so there will be no financial pressure to sell. Sterling also has two years left on his contract so it is not as if it the paper it is written on is burning down before Liverpool's eyes, or indeed the player's.
Manchester City will look to rebuild this summer and would cast an eye in Sterling's direction but the money involved would be eye-watering even for them - and the same would apply to the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea.
City manager Manuel Pellegrini said recently: "Can you get Sterling? Maybe if you go to Liverpool with £100m you can."
This leaves the usual suspect. Real Madrid.
They could afford a deal and, in Liverpool's terms, Sterling would be out of the way in Spain rather than on the doorstep in the Premier League. It is certain the idea would appeal to Sterling and his representatives should he decide he does not wish to stay at Anfield.
Technically yes - but all the noises coming out of the Bernabeu from the club and the player suggest he will stay although everyone knows how quickly the scenery can shift at Real Madrid.
The more pertinent question is whether Real would believe Sterling is good enough and has the sort of profile they invariably require for a signing who would cost "Galactico" money?
In real terms he is only taking the first footsteps in his career. He is a name that would intrigue rather than excite Real's fans.
He is no Cristiano Ronaldo (nor should he be at this stage of his development) or has he had the sort of season Bale had behind him at Tottenham when he moved to Spain for £85m in summer 2013, when he scored 21 goals in 33 Premier League games, with four assists.
And would such a move be right for him at just 20, leaving a club where he will be carefully nurtured by a manager in Rodgers who loves the challenge of moulding young players?
Rodgers can offer the sort of sympathy he might not be afforded in a hothouse such as The Bernabeu, even allowing Sterling a short break in Jamaica this season to recharge his batteries.
Will Real feel he is ready for them? And is it wise for Sterling to move to a club where players can be swallowed up by expectations that demand success yesterday?
Sterling still has more to do to make him seem like a neat fit for Real.
Liverpool's fans are notoriously loyal to their own but there is no doubt Sterling risks tampering with that loyalty and affection the longer a new contract lies unsigned.
It was noticeable in the home defeat against Manchester United that - amid a poor team performance it should be stressed - there was more than the usual level of discontent and murmuring when Sterling erred.
Sterling has not been in Liverpool's first team long enough to have won the hearts of supporters in the manner of Gerrard, Suarez, Jamie Carragher of even Fernando Torres in his glorious golden period. He is liked but not loved.
And the sense from most Liverpool fans is that while they would be delighted he if he stayed, you do not uncover many who would shed tears if he left. Some may even feel that if £100,000 is not enough to persuade him to stay, then he should be swiftly shifted out.
The timing of this continued speculation is not working in his favour with supporters who may, despite Sterling's insistence money is not a motive, start to believe he and his representative are overplaying their financial hand.
It takes a lot for Liverpool supporters to turn on their players and it would be major shock if there was an open show of discontent aimed at one player.
It does not usually work like that at Anfield - but for Sterling's sake his games at Anfield will be a lot more comfortable if he excelled between now and the end of the season.
Sterling insists again in his BBC interview that it is not - therefore he must be taken at his word.
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So what is the delay? Is it the timing at such a late stage of the season? He admits if it had been offered earlier he would have signed.
Does he want Champions League football? Well he had that earlier in the season and played his part in Liverpool's downfall at the group stage. It is in his power to help deliver it again next season for Liverpool.
Is he worried about a lack of trophies? Possibly, but Liverpool are in the process of building a vibrant young squad and this smacks of over-impatience from a 20-year-old.
Does he merit £150,000-a-week or more? Each to their own bargaining power, but you are not talking about a player who is a world name or someone who can be bracketed with the likes of Wayne Rooney at Manchester United?
All will be revealed at the end of the season - until then the speculation will continue.
Sharon Kemp, currently strategic director at Manchester City Council, is expected to take up the £160,000 position from March.
The council's elected members have until Monday to give reasons on why a formal offer should not be made.
Government commissioners currently run the council after a report over its handling of child sexual exploitation.
The five commissioners replaced the cabinet in February following the Casey Report's criticism of its woeful response to child exploitation.
Last year the Jay Report found 1,400 children had been subjected to abuse.
The authority said it had received 15 applications and Ms Kemp was chosen following a "rigorous assessment process", with final interviews on Wednesday.
She has worked at Manchester City Council since 2009, and before that was assistant chief executive at Haringey Council in the aftermath of the Baby P case.
Ms Kemp, who was born and lives in Lancashire, said she looked forward to working with Rotherham Council to "make a positive difference".
The actor was charged with culpable homicide by the Mumbai court for the September 2002 hit-and-run incident.
Khan said his driver Altaf was driving the car when the crash occurred.
The actor is one of Bollywood's biggest stars and has starred in more than 80 Hindi-language films.
Several of his films, including Dabangg, Ready, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aap Ke Hain Kaun, have been huge commercial hits.
The actor has always denied the charge against him.
If convicted, he faces 10 years in prison.
Late on the night of 28 September 2002, Khan's Toyota Land Cruiser rammed into the American Express bakery in the Bandra area of Mumbai, authorities say.
The vehicle ran over five people sleeping on the streets, killing 38-year-old Noor Ullah Khan and seriously injuring three others. Another person received minor injuries.
The prosecution has alleged that Khan was driving the car and that he was drunk.
On Friday, the actor told the court he was not drunk and was not driving the car either.
He said he got out of the vehicle from the driver's side because the door on the passenger side was jammed.
Khan is a hugely popular and successful actor, but he has often been described as a "bad boy" heart-throb.
In 2006, he was sentenced to five years in prison for hunting a protected deer, but was released on bail after spending less than a week in jail.
An appeal in that case is being heard in a higher court.
The 31-year-old posted a picture of his damaged bike on Twitter saying: "Rammed on purpose by an impatient driver who followed me into the pavement."
Froome was unhurt and praised French police for their response, adding: "I have given them all the details."
The Team Sky rider posted on Twitter that he was back on the saddle after having a new bike flown in.
The incident is believed to have taken place in Beausoleil, near to his Monaco home.
The Team Sky rider is expected to race in next month's Criterium du Dauphine, a race he has won three times.
The race will serve as a warm-up to the Tour de France, which takes place between 1-23 July.
Malouda, 33, left Chelsea this summer after six years with the club, but did not feature at all last season.
with his last appearance for the club coming in the Champions League final win in Munich in 2012.
The France international also won the Premier League title and three FA Cups during his stay with Chelsea.
Barry McRae, 34, from Stonehaven, died after being struck by a vehicle south of Stracathro at about 02:45 on Friday.
Officers want to speak to anyone who saw a black Audi A3 travelling south from Stonehaven between 01:30 and 02:30.
It stopped in a layby north of the Brechin junction before the accident involving another vehicle happened.
The main Aberdeen to Dundee road was closed in both directions for several hours as a result.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre report reveals prescriptions for antidepressant medications rose by 7.2% from 53.3m to 57.1m.
Treatments for high cholesterol and diabetes also went up.
Experts point to a number of reasons behind this, including more people heading into their sixties and beyond.
People over this age are more likely to be taking a number of medicines.
While the majority of medicines tracked in this report were prescribed by GPs and dispensed by community pharmacies, the document also looked at drugs and medical kit such as bandages and glucose meters, prescribed by other health staff, including dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
It suggests an overall 3.3% increase on items prescribed in 2013.
Other reasons behind the rise could include improvements in making diagnoses, better care for some patients and an increase in the number of people living with long-term conditions, such as diabetes.
But the mental health charity Mind says more needs to be done to understand the rise in antidepressant prescriptions.
Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind, said: "These latest figures show no sign of this trend slowing and we need to understand why we are seeing persistent year-on-year increases.
"It may be that more people are coming forward and seeking help, or that doctors are getting better at spotting the symptoms of mental health problems, but these are unlikely to be the only reasons.
"It's important to remember that while antidepressants can be very effective for some, they are not the solution for everyone."
Concrete firm Moore Readymix terminated a contract with Cuadrilla to supply the Preston New Road site following a "blockade" at its depot.
Cuadrilla condemned "intimidation" of its suppliers by "hard line activists". Moore Readymix declined to comment.
Frack Free Lancashire denied any bullying saying its members had a right to protest "within the law".
The campaign group - which claims extracting shale gas is harmful to the environment - said Cuadrilla's allegations were "nonsense" and "completely unfounded".
A spokesman said: "There is no intimidation or bullying by protesters who are merely exercising their democratic right to protest within the law."
The government approved energy firm Cuadrilla's plans to frack at the Preston New Road, Little Plumpton in October last year.
An application by the firm to frack at a second Lancashire site in Roseacre Wood has been rejected.
Francis Egan, chief executive officer of Cuadrilla said he "empathised" with suppliers who have decided to withdraw but he said its main contractors "will not be browbeaten" by a small group of "irresponsible bullies".
He added: "Lancashire jobs and revenue opportunities are at stake and we will not allow activists to rob the county of those."
Police said there was a "minor collision" between a protester and a Mitsubishi vehicle at the demonstration at Moore Readymix' in St Annes earlier.
The injured party received "very minor injuries" and the driver has been spoken to but not been arrested, said police.
Protests have been held at the Preston New Road site since work started on 5 January.
Four people were charged with breaching public order on Wednesday after demonstrators locked themselves to each other.
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Team number one Chris Froome leads the Tour, with Welshman Thomas lying in fifth place overall.
After his dominant victory on stage 10, Froome stressed he was a clean rider - a sentiment echoed by Thomas after Team Sky maintained that lead on stage 11.
"It's a shame that's the way the sport is at the moment," said Thomas.
"You kind of understand why in a way because of the past. But you don't see that happening if a tennis player plays really well or if a footballer is really good.
"It's just a shame that if you do a good performance on a bike everyone just assumes it's in the wrong way.
"That's the way it is, but we've just got to keep doing what we're doing. I've got a clean conscience and that's it."
Team Sky claimed on Monday their computers had been hacked by critics convinced 30-year-old Froome is using performance-enhancing drugs.
But as the team maintained their dominance - Froome leads by two minutes and 52 seconds - all the riders are coming under scrutiny.
Double Olympic gold-medallist Thomas, who won road-race gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, says it is difficult to ignore the issue.
"It's not the nicest thing to hear," Cardiff-born Thomas added.
"It's the first time I've had it directed at me, but that's life and if you take to heart what every guy says about you you're not going to be very happy."
Says who? Well, Chinese officials, as it happens.
Earlier this year, China's top promoter of foreign trade, Wan Jifei, said rising protectionism was having a negative impact.
"Trade protectionism is shortsighted and narrow-minded, and it cannot fundamentally address the problems of unemployment and economic growth worldwide," said Mr Wan, who is president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
"Free trade is the engine of national economic growth," he added.
His view was backed by President Hu Jintao, who praised the council's role in countering protectionism.
Now, you might think it a bit rich for China to denounce such measures, given that Beijing is routinely accused by others of protectionist behaviour.
Most recently, US President Barack Obama has alleged that China illegally subsidises exports of cars and car parts, thus forcing US manufacturers to shift production overseas.
On the other side of the US political fence, anti-China sentiment is also strong. The Republicans' Mitt Romney has pledged to declare China a "currency manipulator" if he is elected president in November, reflecting the anger felt by many Americans over what they see as the deliberate undervaluing of the yuan to favour Chinese exporters.
China is already facing several cases at the World Trade Organization (WTO), including one brought jointly by the US, the EU and Japan over its restrictions on rare earth exports.
On the other hand, China also sees itself as a victim of protectionism. In an effort to alleviate the pressure, it has begun talks with Japan and South Korea on a free-trade pact.
Some observers think the US should put its own house in order before it starts calling other nations protectionist.
After all, one proposal on the "to-do list" that President Barack Obama presented to Congress in the spring was a 20% tax credit for firms that relocate jobs to the US from abroad.
But the US can also point to fresh progress on trade liberalisation after its long-delayed free-trade deal with Colombia finally took effect in May.
Even so, fresh bilateral trade disputes between the US and China keep emerging.
In another row, Washington has slapped anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar panels, which it says are being sold at unfairly low prices. China denounced the move as protectionist, but the EU has also now begun an anti-dumping investigation into the trade.
It seems that free-trade and protectionist tendencies are fairly evenly balanced among the great powers, with every nationalist impulse countered by a liberalising one.
This "one step forward, one step back" behaviour can be seen in the EU as well, beset as it is by the crisis in the eurozone.
The recent French presidential election saw both the successful challenger, Francois Hollande, and the defeated incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, stepping up their protectionist rhetoric in an effort to woo the 80% of voters who are anti-globalisation.
However, as has often been stated beyond the country's borders, France is a big winner from globalisation, with French companies doing 14 times more business abroad than foreign firms do in France.
Mr Hollande has said he wants French financial aid to go to exporters of French products.
But if he is serious about his campaign promise to create 150,000 new jobs in France, many analysts feel he will have to promote more competition in the economy, not less - in other words, more liberalisation and less protectionism.
In any case, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has long maintained that a return to protectionism would be a grave danger for the global economy, making it unlikely that Mr Hollande will get his way at a pan-European level.
Other regions of the world, notably Latin America, are similarly blowing hot and cold in the same trade debate.
In retrospect, the 2005 collapse of the ambitious Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) plan, which would have included all 34 of the hemisphere's democracies, marked the global turning of the tide against wholesale trade liberalisation.
Not long afterwards, the Doha world trade talks, held under the auspices of the WTO, entered their current moribund state, dispelling hopes of lowering trade barriers around the world.
Now Argentina is spearheading moves in South America's biggest economies to batten down the hatches and fend off imports from outside the region.
Argentina and Brazil are the most powerful members of the Mercosur trading bloc, which also includes Paraguay and Uruguay.
Argentina has proposed to Brazil that the external tariff levied on goods from outside the Mercosur region should rise from 10% to 35%, the maximum allowed under WTO rules.
At the same time, the cash-strapped government in Buenos Aires is desperate for Brazil to buy more of its goods and is pressing Brasilia to remove its import barriers to certain Argentine goods, including pharmaceuticals and citrus fruits.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's economic nationalism recently manifested itself in her government's expropriation of Spanish-controlled oil company YPF.
Now her "fortress Mercosur" approach is demonstrating why some economists think trade blocs, or indeed bilateral trade agreements, do not actually promote free trade but merely divert existing trade.
India, too, is facing both ways on the issue. Recent comments by Indian politicians have echoed those of China in denouncing protectionist sentiment, particularly on the part of the US.
But India is still reluctant to give foreign firms greater access to its economy, as shown by the political row over its much-delayed decision to open up the supermarket sector to global giants such as Wal-Mart, Tesco and Carrefour.
Single-brand firms such as Starbucks and Ikea are already allowed to open stores in India, but only provided they buy 30% of their goods from domestic small industries.
From the perspective of the UK, such restrictions are frustrating. The list of British companies that have passed into foreign ownership is endless, from Cadbury's to Jaguar Land Rover.
Yet while Foreign Secretary William Hague has pledged to "argue relentlessly" around the world in favour of free trade and against protectionism, UK firms seeking to make acquisitions abroad do not always have reciprocal access to those foreign investors' home markets.
At the same time, some commentators in the UK are now beginning to wonder openly whether protectionism is such a bad thing after all.
The left-wing Compass pressure group caused a stir when it published a paper arguing that globalisation was "the underlying cause of today's economic and social malaise" and that "progressive protectionism" was the answer.
This is defined as "encouraging and allowing countries to rebuild and rediversify their economies by limiting what goods they let in and what funds they choose to enter or leave the country".
This prompted a heated response from a senior fellow at a free-market think tank, the Adam Smith Institute, who described the idea as "fascist economic policy" that was "stuck in some sort of 1700s mercantilist time warp".
But given the current ambivalent mood of politicians and voters alike in the face of global economic crisis, a return to widespread protectionism can hardly be ruled out.
"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)
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It follows government criticism over "significant quality failures".
Disabilities Minister Mike Penning said a new company would be appointed in early 2015, and Atos would not receive "a single penny of compensation".
Atos had been due to finish in August 2015. It said the settlement was "in the best interests of all parties".
It also said it would "work hard to support transition to a new provider", adding: "We will be transferring our infrastructure and employees to ensure consistency of service to those going through the process.
"There will be no change for those applying for Employment and Support Allowance."
Last month, Atos said it was seeking to end its government contract under which it carried out the Work Capability Assessments.
Atos will continue to carry out the assessments in Northern Ireland under a separate contract.
It will also continue with assessments for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - another welfare change introduced by the government - in Scotland, the north of England, London and the south of England.
Another company, Capita, provide PIP assessments in central England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Claimants applying for Employment and Support Allowance must undergo a Work Capability Assessment to see how their illness or disability affects their ability to work.
Atos has been criticised over the number of these assessments it has made as well as for lengthy waiting times.
Disability campaigners have described the work tests as "ridiculously harsh and extremely unfair".
Last summer, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) identified "significant quality failures" in the written reports Atos produced after tests and put a plan for improvement in place.
But in February, the DWP said standards had declined unacceptably.
Mr Penning said the government was looking for a provider to replace Atos "with the view to increasing the number of assessments and reducing waiting times".
He said: "I am pleased to confirm that Atos will not receive a single penny of compensation from the taxpayer for the early termination of their contract.
"Quite the contrary, Atos has made a substantial financial settlement to the department."
The DWP said "one national provider" would be appointed to take over the contract early next year.
In the longer term, it said, it planned to take on "multiple providers".
Atos chief executive Ursula Morgenstern said: "We are pleased to have reached an agreement with the government to allow us to exit this contract early and we remain committed to delivering essential services to the UK government as a strategic supplier."
She said the company would "work hard to support transition to a new provider".
Richard Hawkes, chief executive of disability charity Scope, meanwhile, said: "I doubt there's a single disabled person who'll be sorry to hear that Atos will no longer be running the fit-for-work tests."
He said the "fundamentally flawed" test should be "more than an exercise in getting people off benefits".
"It should make sure disabled people get the specialist, tailored and flexible support they need to find and keep a job."
Public and Commercial Services union general secretary, Mark Serwotka, said the assessments were "designed to harass vulnerable people and take their benefits away rather than provide support and guidance".
"Doctors, MPs and disabled people all believe the tests should be scrapped so, instead of replacing the failed Atos with another profit-hungry provider, the government should bring the work in-house and invest in it properly."
And charity Sense called for a "root-and-branch reform of the system to ensure disabled people are judged fairly on their ability to work".
Shadow work and pensions minister Kate Green joined calls for the government to "reform fundamentally" the assessment system, adding that people with disabilities who could work must be given the "support they need to find a job".
This would prevent the militants from rebuilding a presence in the area, Gen Tukur Buratai added.
The military overran the militants' last camp in Sambisa on Friday.
It had become their main base after they lost control of urban strongholds in north-eastern Borno state in 2015.
Many of the militants are thought to have fled to areas closer to the border with Niger and Chad before the camp fell, says BBC Hausa service editor Jimeh Saleh.
In an address to troops in Damasak town in Borno state, Gen Buratai said that troops were conducting a "mop-up operation" against Boko Haram in the forest, a former colonial game reserve.
"We are opening up roads in Sambisa forest to site a base. It is going to be one of our training centres in the country as well as ground for testing acquired equipment before putting them into operation," he added.
There has been speculation that some of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 were being held in the forest, after it was named by a small number of girls who have been freed.
On Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari said that efforts to find the remaining girls would be intensified.
He congratulated the armed forces on the Sambisa operation, calling the apparent success "long-awaited and most gratifying".
The militant group, which is linked to the so-called Islamic State, still stages suicide bombings in the north-east and in neighbouring Niger and Cameroon.
More than 15,000 people have been killed and two million left homeless during the seven-year insurgency in the region.
The row is over drivers being in charge of operating the doors, and guards being changed to on-board supervisors.
Its members have taken 31 days of strike action since last April.
The RMT is also in dispute with Arriva Rail North and Merseyrail over the same issue, with members from across the country joining the protest in London.
Protesters held up banners which read Safety Before Profit, and Keep The Guard On The Train.
The real cost of the Southern rail row
Two days of talks between the union and Southern's parent company, Govia Thameslink Railway, were adjourned on Tuesday.
The RMT said both sides were planning to reconvene next week.
Southern is also in dispute with the train drivers' union Aslef after two attempts to seek a resolution were rejected by union members.
A 24-hour strike on Arriva Rail North is due to go ahead on Friday after the failure of talks, the RMT said.
It will coincide with the first day of the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race.
Talks between Merseyrail and the union also ended without agreement on Monday, with commuters facing the prospect of more strikes.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash has accused the government of causing the disputes and of "tying the hands" of companies over staffing of the railways.
It followed the inadvertent release of personal information which was later posted on the internet.
It is understood that the data included redundancy payments to named local authority staff.
The ICO said that in light of remedial measures taken by the council, no further action was necessary.
The details were released in November last year in response to a Freedom of Information request from the WhatDoTheyKnow website.
The council was eventually alerted to the blunder in February and immediately took steps to have the material removed from the web.
The authority said it was a genuine case of human error and offered a public apology to those affected.
A three-point action plan was subsequently undertaken to enhance data handling and protection procedures and prevent a repeat of the incident.
The ICO has now reviewed the case and issued its determination - a summary of which is included in a report to the authority's audit and risk management committee.
It concluded that the lack of "substantial damage and distress" to those affected, along with the steps taken after the incident, meant no further action was required.
The Met Office said strong winds were expected to develop from late on Saturday and were most likely to peak on Sunday morning.
They should ease off through Sunday afternoon.
Forecasters said that while the expected gusts were not exceptional for some areas of the country, increased outdoor activity at this time of year could lead to greater disruption.
The gusts were expected to be around 45-50mph widespread and 60mph in isolated parts.
Yellow "be aware" warnings have been issued by the Met Office covering the period from 05:00 until 19:00 on Sunday.
BBC weather presenter Kirsteen Macdonald said: "Ordinarily a warning would not be issued for winds of these strengths.
"It is the fact that the strong winds associated with the area of low pressure are widespread, for the time of year.
"It's likely to cause disruption to ferry services, impose bridge restrictions and perhaps take down small branches.
"All in all, this may create travel problems and the public are advised to check/plan ahead and stay tuned to the forecasts."
The warnings are for the following areas:
Relief workers allege that they are being forced to paste stickers of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalitha on aid coming into the city.
The allegations have caused widespread anger in the city which was largely submerged by the floodwaters.
Ms Jayalalitha's party, the AIADMK, has denied the reports and promised action against "errant" party workers.
At least 280 people have died in floods in the state since last month and a massive relief operation is continuing to get food and medicines to tens of thousands of people. Many residents are still living in shelters.
A social media post about how volunteers were being forced to add stickers of Ms Jayalalitha, known as "Amma" or mother in the state, went viral over the weekend.
"Many of my friends who had gone to Cuddalore with relief materials complained that thugs and goons are forcibly pasting Amma stickers on every box and only then clearing the vehicles," the post on Facebook said.
A group of volunteers from social organisations also told BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi that a local politician told them that "people will not accept the food and milk packets without the photo of the chief minister".
In other areas, relief workers were not allowed to distribute aid until the local minister arrived.
"In Padikuppam [a Chennai suburb], our volunteers were asked to wait until the minister came. We waited for almost three to four hours but the minister did not turn up,'' Magesh Kumar, a spokesperson of the Lok Satta party, told BBC Hindi.
A local reporter from Chennai told the BBC that a company which had sent a consignment of drinking water to Chennai was asked to pay five rupees per bottle if they did not paste Amma stickers on them.
The latest allegations, compounded with disenchantment with what many have called Ms Jayalalitha's "absence" during the floods, have led to an outpouring of resentment on social media.
Apart from angry posts, people began creating and sharing memes and tweets that mocked the chief minister.
However, the AIADMK has asked people making allegations against party workers to provide proof, so that they can take action against them.
The party issued a statement reiterating that it had not issued any order to workers to paste stickers of Ms Jayalalitha on aid material.
It even went to the extent of saying that if anyone provided "video or voice" evidence, the party would initiate action against those who were misusing the chief minister's name.
London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) has had its permission to recruit and teach non-EU students revoked, the Home Office has confirmed.
One student said he feared he would be unable to complete his £8,500 course.
The college said it would intensify teaching to ensure all students gained their qualifications in time.
"These are genuine and good students," said LSBF rector and chief executive Prof Maurits van Rooijen.
"We will deal with every student on an individual basis to ensure they will be able to continue their courses and complete their qualifications."
One student studying for a master's degree in business administration at LSBF said almost half the students on his course had so far received a Home Office "notice of curtailment".
"I paid £8,500 up front, which is a lot of money in Africa," said the student, who asked not to be named.
"I did not expect this to happen in Europe and in the UK particularly.
"No-one at the college will address the question properly.
"At this time they are offering to compress the schedule so that we can finish the course by the end of March, but we are not sure this is possible."
The Home Office notice tells students their records have been checked "and there is no evidence that you have made a fresh application for entry clearance, leave to enter or leave to remain in the United Kingdom in any capacity".
"It is not considered that the circumstances in your case are such that discretion should be exercised in your favour," it says.
"The secretary of state has therefore decided to curtail your leave to enter or remain."
The students are asked to return their residence permits and told they may not work in the UK.
The Home Office said the college had been found to be in breach of its duties in sponsoring students from outside the European Union.
The college said the issue stemmed from "a technical discussion" about the proportion of non-EU students it had accepted whose visa applications had then been refused.
Government rules stipulate a refusal rate of less than 10% in any 12-month period.
Prof Van Rooijen said the college's own independently audited figures were "definitely within the margins" so it was "surprised and shocked" by the Home Office's conclusion.
He said most of the affected students, some 280, were taking professional qualifications, such as accountancy.
Most of the others were either in the final year of an undergraduate degree or on one-year master's programmes, he said.
"Almost all are near the end of their courses," he said, so it should be possible to accelerate their programmes to finish by the end of March.
The four or five students on longer courses would have to move to one of LSBF's sister institutions in France or Italy, said Prof Van Rooijen.
He said the college had been in touch with accrediting institutions to ensure changes to teaching and exam timetables would not prevent students qualifying.
The National Union of Students said the college's plans to "squash" courses into a shorter timeframe or to move students to institutions in France or Italy were not good enough and called for better protection for international students facing course changes and closures.
NUS spokesman Mostafa Rajaai said international students too often faced "unfair and unjust treatment".
"The government cannot treat international students the way it does and expect the UK to remain a desirable destination for prospective students," said Mr Rajaai.
The college is part of for-profit education group Global University Systems, which runs several institutions in the UK, Asia and North America.
The Algeria international, 20, joined Spurs in January 2012 after a trial period at White Hart Lane.
He made his first-team debut in a win at Southampton in December 2013 and has since established himself as a first-tem regular.
Bentaleb played at the 2014 World Cup and made 35 appearances for Tottenham last season, scoring one goal.
Olaseni Lewis, known as Seni, was an ambitious 23-year-old IT graduate with a degree from Kingston University and plans for postgraduate study.
In August 2010 he was physically well with no history of mental illness.
But within two days of uncharacteristically odd and agitated behaviour - and 18 hours after being brought to hospital - he was all but dead, having collapsed during prolonged restraint by police.
He never regained consciousness and died three days later.
Seni was restrained three times - first by hospital staff and then by police - for 45 minutes before his collapse.
The IPCC investigation was completed in the autumn of 2011.
The family's solicitor Raju Bhatt said: "The family is faced, 12 months on, with no progress.
"The IPCC appear to recognise that 'confusion' and 'oversight' served to undermine their investigation."
The death raises uncomfortable questions in light of the inquest into Sean Rigg's death.
Mr Rigg, 40, died at Brixton Police Station in 2008. An inquest found police used "unsuitable" force.
At the inquest into Mr Rigg's death the South London and Maudsley Trust (Slam) admitted deficiencies in protocols between themselves and the Metropolitan Police.
The Met suggested they regularly look at how police and mental health practitioners work together.
So two years after Sean Rigg's death, why did things continue to go wrong?
It is not known why Seni Lewis began acting oddly, although he might have smoked strong cannabis.
When he failed to settle his family took him to Mayday University Hospital, Croydon.
His subsequent distressed behaviour concerned Accident and Emergency staff.
His family agreed he should be taken to a place of safety - known as a section 136 suite - at Maudsley Hospital to protect himself and others.
All the time he was showing signs of growing distress.
His father and friend joined him at the Maudsley and he was given medication.
But it was clear Mr Lewis was scared and uncertain what would happen next.
During the afternoon, he managed to leave the hospital, going to Denmark Hill Station - followed by hospital staff, his father and friend.
Police were called and Mr Lewis was coaxed back.
Mr Lewis's parents agreed he should stay in hospital for treatment, rest and assessment.
Mother Ajibola Lewis said: "We knew he wasn't well and needed help - more than we could give."
Staff agreed to admit him as a voluntary patient.
But admitting him required another journey - NHS managers insisted his home address meant he must go to Bethlem Royal Hospital several miles away.
Having helped Mr Lewis settle there his family left giving contact details.
At about midnight Mr Lewis's friend called the hospital to check on his welfare and was told he had been taken back to Mayday Hospital.
Staff were trying to get in touch with his family - apparently unaware they already had contact details for his mother.
The friend provided the details again and Mr Lewis's mother was informed he was taken to Mayday A&E after a "collapse".
His family have since gathered an outline of what transpired after they left Bethlem Hospital.
Mr Lewis had become increasingly agitated at their absence - especially when told he could not leave.
He understood he was there voluntarily.
The family said eventually it appears he was sectioned, restrained and held face down on the floor while medication was administered by hospital staff.
Police were called after he allegedly damaged a door and were asked to to help take Mr Lewis to the seclusion room.
His family understand that despite being handcuffed and struggling he was never violent.
Once inside the seclusion room he was held forcefully face down on the bed and then on the floor by police.
The restraint lasted 45 minutes and involved 11 officers.
Further medication was forcibly injected and - no longer struggling - he was left on his own lying face down on the floor, the Lewis family understands.
He was then seen motionless. In reality he was all but dead.
Following attempts to resuscitate him he was taken by ambulance to Mayday Hospital and put on life support, dying shortly afterwards.
The IPCC then investigated.
Mr Bhatt told the BBC none of the restraining officers have ever been put on notice that their conduct was under investigation.
They have not been interviewed, under caution or otherwise. Their written accounts remain untested.
Mr Lewis's case will offer more food for thought to new IPCC chairwoman, Dame Anne Owers.
She has already expressed concern that failure to interview police under caution undermines the search for the truth.
The IPCC has said it awaits advice from the CPS before proceeding, while the Met said it was unable to comment.
Meanwhile Slam claims it has striven to improve policies and practice.
An inquest is due next spring.
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Roger Mitchell revealed it would essentially have been a Dundee United takeover of Dundee.
The new club would have been called Dundee United City Football Club.
"Some people don't want to remember that that deal was done - those two teams on a Friday night had merged," Mitchell told BBC Scotland.
Mitchell was speaking in October ahead of a forthcoming BBC series about the history of Scottish football.
Although the deal eventually unravelled, Mitchell says the new club would have played in Tangerine at Tannadice Stadium.
"They had come up with a new name. They had come up with the strip they would play in," recalled Mitchell, who left the SPL in 2002, four years after helping to launch the organisation.
"We had been told about that. We were ready to deal with it and what that meant for promotion and relegation.
"It was a crucial moment. It was two historic clubs merging."
The boys had told the school in the small, northern town of Therwil it was against their faith to touch a woman outside their family.
Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga said shaking hands was part of Swiss culture and daily life.
A local teachers' union said the exemption discriminated against women.
The case has propelled Therwil, a town of 10,000 people in the Basel-Country canton, to the centre of a national debate about Swiss identity. A similar case has been reported elsewhere in the region.
Christian Amsler, head of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education, suggested that the school may have tried to get an "unpleasant problem out of the way" but had simply made a mistake.
There has been little support for the school's decision to grant special dispensation to the boys, who are 14 and 15 and have lived in Switzerland for several years.
Therwil Mayor Reto Wolf said the community was unhappy with the decision taken by the school, which is run by the local canton.
"In our culture and in our way of communication a handshake is normal and sends out respect for the other person, and this has to be brought [home] to the children in school," he told the BBC.
Felix Mueri, the head of the Swiss parliament's education commission and a member of the anti-immigration Swiss People's Party, said the decision sent out the wrong message. "Today's it's the handshake and what will it be tomorrow?"
Muslim groups also disagreed with the school's response.
There was no reference in the Koran justifying a refusal to shake a woman teacher's hand, said the Swiss Federation of Islamic Organisations. Saida Keller-Messahli of the Forum for Progressive Islam urged the Swiss not to give in to extremist demands.
However the smaller Islamic Central Council of Switzerland said that a handshake between men and women was prohibited. "After the sex attacks in Cologne (on New Year's Eve), they asked Muslims to keep their distance from women; now they demand they get closer to them," spokesman Qaasim Illi told Swiss media.
The justice minister said such dispensation for children was not her idea of integration.
The beleaguered school has tried to find a compromise, by deciding that the two pupils should not greet either men or women with a handshake.
Headteacher Juerg Lauener said the school had no reason to adjust its policy, unless the local authorities ruled against its decision.
Local education officials said the school had taken a pragmatic approach, but agreed it was not a permanent solution as rules should be the same for all pupils.
Swindale Beck, which flows into the River Eden near Haweswater, was straightened 200 years ago to clear land for grazing.
However, the lack of natural bends and faster flowing water meant gravel was washed away, making it less easy for Atlantic salmon and trout to spawn.
A kilometre-long channel mirroring its original course has been dug, with the water now directed into it.
The project, involving United Utilities, the RSPB, Natural England and the Environment Agency, will also alleviate flooding by slowing the flow of water through the valley.
In February, her party confirmed it received a donation of about £435,000 from pro-union business people.
The DUP said the money from the Constitutional Research Council (CRC) was spent on pro-Brexit advertising.
The Electoral Commission said it is not investigating the donation.
The CRC is chaired by Richard Cook, a former vice chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
The DUP said about £425,000 was spent on the Brexit campaign.
There are concerns from the DUP's political opponents that three donors associated with the CRC have not been named by the DUP.
On Thursday Sinn Féin said it will would meet the Electoral Commission to discuss "concerns" over what it has described as "dark money".
Arlene Foster said, "We have satisfied ourselves that it was all kept within the rules, and we are satisfied the money came from UK business people.
"This is a re-heated story. We dealt with it at the time of the Assembly election and here we are dealing with exactly the same thing.
"Sinn Féin are trying to deflect from the real meaning of this election, which is all about the union."
Mrs Foster was asked if she knew the full identity of the other individuals who gave the money.
She said she did know who had made the donation and she was "satisfied that the people who gave it had every right to give the donation".
"We have answered all the questions the Electoral Commission have asked us.
"It is satisfied we have done everything in accordance with the law and I am satisfied. As far as I'm concerned that's the end of the matter".
The DUP leader said there was "no issue" with her judgement.
"Behind all of this, is that people didn't like that we were part of a national campaign in relation to Brexit and we took our position up as a UK party. There's nothing to see.
"Sinn Féin has brought millions of pounds into Northern Ireland throughout the years and no-one has known where that money has come from.
"It does frustrate me that we are talking about these issues instead of issues around the union."
Mrs Foster also spoke about her party's performance in March's assembly election.
"The last election was a perfect storm. We were under incredible attacks from all sides. Personally I was being buffeted by everyone.
"The fact that we came out with over 225,000 votes was a good result, given where we were."
Mrs Foster said she would continue to engage with the Irish language community. In April she met with a number of Irish language groups.
The meetings came after she said in February that her party would never support legislation to give official status to the language.
"I have yet to be convinced there is an need for such an act but we are still talking about it.
"There has been very much a use of Irish language to batter people, we've seen it in the chamber and when I meet people who genuinely do love the Irish language and the way they speak to me, through drama or literature, it is different," she said.
The Scottish Atlas of Palliative Care has been compiled by academics based at the University of Glasgow's Crichton campus in Dumfries.
It includes maps, tables, lists and diagrams showing which services are available, at what level, and where.
The atlas contains previously-unavailable data on palliative care services across Scotland.
The team behind it is led by Prof David Clark of the Crichton-based End of Life Studies Group.
He said it would be a vital resource for policy-makers, decision-makers and "thought leaders" across Scotland.
The project was part-funded by the Scottish government.
A spokesperson said the atlas would support a range of work to fulfil a vision that, by 2021, everyone in Scotland who needed palliative care would have access to it.
Emergency services were called to Coronation Terrace, Nantyffyllon, Bridgend county, at about 07:50 GMT on Thursday.
The Coal Authority has now carried out an initial assessment of the collapse.
A statement said investigations "indicated that the collapse is unlikely to be coal mining related".
Following the collapse, a fire service spokeswoman said a man was assessed, but he was not hurt.
The Coal Authority said the hole measured three metres by 3.2 metres (9ft by 10.4ft) and was four metres (13ft) deep.
A statement published on its website added: "The collapse goes up to the edge of a residential building and extends slightly underneath the road.
"Our initial site and desktop investigations have indicated that the collapse is unlikely to be coal mining related.
"However, we are continuing to work closely with the council while they carry out further physical investigation works.
"If these investigations reveal that the cause was due to unrecorded historical coal mine workings we will undertake repair works as required."
Reeves is best known for TV shows Vic Reeves Big Night Out and Shooting Stars, but has said that he considers himself an artist before anything else.
"I think everything I do is art. I don't really differentiate between painting, acting or comedy," he said.
The exhibition, at The Grand on the Leas in Folkestone, runs to Saturday.
Reeves studied art at Sir John Cass College in Whitechapel, east London, and his work includes unusual self-portraits, quirky celebrity paintings, landscapes and distorted animal pictures.
"I think putting your imagination on canvas or a television screen is the same thing," he said.
"If you've got an idea you have got to have an outlet for it.
"So if it's painting, poetry, singing or acting it all comes out somewhere."
The comedian lives in Charing, near Ashford, with his wife Nancy Sorrell and their family.
He said selling the paintings would be like losing close friends.
"But if you have 250 friends you have to weed a few out, don't you?" he said.
The exhibition was organised with auctioneer and valuer Michael Hogben, from BBC TV show Bargain Hunt, who met Reeves when he was setting up a performance art piece in a local pub.
The art will be auctioned on Saturday with prices starting at £50.
McCarthy claimed before the game that he only had eight fit first-teamers.
And the average age of the 10 outfield players who started the 2-1 loss against Palace was under 20.
"They played like men. If they get one game or 150 games in Ipswich Town's first team, that one is going to leave a lasting memory with them," he said.
Ipswich went into the game after starting the season with five successive victories and they are one of two sides in the Championship with a 100% record.
But former Millwall, Sunderland and Wolves boss McCarthy made 11 changes at Selhurst Park against Premier League opposition.
"They'd have seen my team and thought 'if we don't beat this mob we're in trouble', but as soon as you start thinking that, it puts that seed of doubt in your head and you've got that fear factor and I think we contributed to making it that way by the way we played," he told BBC Radio Suffolk..
"I told them before the game: 'Leave yourself proud of your performance. If your mum and dad are here, let them be proud of it. Don't miss an opportunity to perform well'.
"I think there are players there who could come in and play (in the Championship). I'm not saying they are going to play 40 games (this season) but if we need a bit of help - we haven't got a big squad - they've all given me a bit of comfort and confidence that I've got a bit of back-up."
The tactic has emerged after Scotland Yard's cybercrime unit smashed a fake credit card fraud racket.
Officers realised crucial evidence in the investigation was concealed on a suspect's iPhone - but it would be unobtainable if the device was locked.
So a covert team seized it in the street while the suspect was on a call - beating the security settings.
The street seizure of the phone was dreamt up by detectives from Operation Falcon, the specialist Metropolitan Police team running investigations into major fraud and related crimes organised online.
Gabriel Yew had been under investigation for the suspected manufacture of fake cards that gangs were using across Europe to buy luxury goods. Detectives suspected that he was using an iPhone exclusively to communicate to other members of the network but knew if they arrested him, he could refuse to unlock it and they would never see incriminating evidence.
They considered whether they could legally force a suspect's finger or thumb on to the device's fingerprint reader to unlock it, but found they had no such power.
However, they concluded they could stage their own lawful "street robbery" - using a similar snatch technique to a thief - and in June a team set out to do precisely that.
Undercover surveillance officers trailed Yew and waited for him to unlock his phone to make a call - thereby disabling the encryption.
One officer then rushed in to seize the phone from Yew's hand - just as would happen in a criminal mugging. As his colleagues restrained the suspect, the officer continually "swiped" through the phone's screens to prevent it from locking before they had downloaded its data.
"The challenges of pin code access and encryption on some phones make it harder to access evidence in a timely fashion than ever before," said Det Ch Insp Andrew Gould who led the operation.
"Officers had to seize Yew's phone from him in the street. This evidence was crucial to the prosecution."
The phone revealed a motherlode of information on Yew's efficient business-like practices. He had orders for fake cards and there was evidence linking him to four men who were subsequently convicted and a further 100 potential suspects.
Detectives also uncovered Yew's "factory" with thousands of blank credit cards ready to be programmed.
Yew pleaded guilty to fraud and weapons offences and at a sentencing hearing this week at Blackfriars Crown Court was jailed for five and a half years.
The victim was critically injured in an attack at a house in Thomas Russell Park in the town last week.
The accused, Michael O'Connor, did not speak throughout the hearing at Belfast Magistrates' Court, but he nodded to confirm he understood the charge.
There was no bail application and he was remanded in custody to appear again by videolink on 29 December.
The court was told Mr O'Connor, of Westrock Grove, Belfast, was arrested on Thursday night on suspicion of attempting to murder the victim, but no details of the attack were revealed.
A detective constable said police could connect him to the charge.
It is understood the woman has been living in the house with her young child for a number of years.
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Almost £6m has been spent on the 22-acre site on Strabane's Melmount Road.
Businesses had applied for tenancy but been put off by "red tape", said SDLP MLA Daniel McCrossan.
Invest NI said they were in talks with six businesses and had not received any concerns from politicians.
At the opening of the park in March 2013, Invest NI also said six eligible companies had "declared an interest in acquiring sites at the business park".
It had been hoped the new facility would offer more opportunities in one of Northern Ireland's unemployment 'black spots'.
"It was completed and sold to us as a golden opportunity for the area and it now looks like a white elephant," said Daniel McCrossan.
"I personally have been engaged with businesses where I organised a meeting with Invest NI officials in Strabane and we were promised the sun, the moon and the stars.
"Seven months later, there hasn't been a response, there hasn't been a phone call."
Mr McCrossan believes not enough is being done to secure interested tenants.
"Just last night I contacted other businesses and another gentleman told me he was in advanced stages of conversation and after two-and-a-half months has had no response," he said.
"I really have to ask Invest NI what are they doing proactively? As far as I can see they have done very, very little."
Invest NI said it had invested more than £5.8m to purchase land and develop Strabane business park.
"A company's investment within the business park is largely dependent on it securing the necessary funding to purchase a serviced site, develop their facility and achieve relevant statutory approvals such as planning permission, all of which can take some time and are outside Invest NI's control," it said.
"Invest NI has not been contacted by any public representatives or businesses raising concerns about 'red tape'."
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Greater Manchester Police said he was attacked by a man who started arguing with him on Santiago Street, Rusholme, at about 16:00 GMT on Saturday.
The victim tried to back away but was punched by the other man who was driven off in a dark-coloured saloon car.
Det Ch Insp Terry Crompton said: "We believe this is a targeted attack which has left a man fighting for his life."
The man was found collapsed on the street and is being treated in Hope Hospital, Salford for serious head injuries.
The attack happened in a street of terraced houses about five minutes' walk away from Manchester's "Curry Mile" of restaurants and take-aways.
Det Ch Insp Crompton said: "From what we know, the victim was walking on Santiago Street when he was approached by a man who started arguing with him.
"The victim tried to back away but the man punched him, knocking him to the ground."
"I believe there would have been a number of witnesses in the area who saw what happened and I would urge them to call us."
27 November 2015 Last updated at 09:08 GMT
But they comprise less than a fifth of landholders.
Access to secure tenure and ownership of land is harder for women than men, and there is an imbalance in yields produced by male and female farmers because they lack equal access to resources such as seeds.
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Umar Balogun, 16, of Waltham Forest, London. died at Bawsey Pits, near King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 16 July 2013.
The inquest heard that Umar had been tagged under a court order and was being cared for at a Castle Homes' centre in Cambridgeshire.
Umar and another boy had been taken to Bawsey by two care home workers.
Senior residential care worker Sue Neve told the inquest jury that one of the care home workers, Kevin Roweth, suggested the visit to Bawsey.
She said Mr Roweth had said the trip would be a "hiking" trip and no mention was made of swimming.
"When Kevin described the area to me, he did not mention swimming there," said Mrs Neve.
She said Umar was carrying a red towel when he left. "I asked him why he was taking it. He just flicked it and walked out of the door," said Mrs Neve.
Mr Roweth is expected to give evidence on Tuesday. The inquest is due to finish on Friday.
When Umar went missing, a major search and rescue operation was started by the emergency services.
A post-mortem examination carried out on Umar confirmed the cause of death as drowning.
Swimming in the lakes, which are deep and thick with undergrowth, is banned, but the warning signs are ignored by many people.
No Devotion were formed out of the remaining members of Lostprophets, the band that split when singer Ian Watkins was convicted of child sex offences.
Matt Tong, formerly of Bloc Party, has stepped in to help the group complete their upcoming album.
"We wish Luke all the best," the band said in a statement on Instagram.
"It was sad to hear, because we've obviously been on quite the journey together over the past five years.
"We didn't say anything publicly, because deep down we hoped he'd change his mind."
Their statement also confirms that Phil Jenkins from Kids in Glass Houses will be joining them on their upcoming shows.
Lee Gaze, Jamie Oliver, Stuart Richardson and Mike Lewis make up No Devotion, which was formed in the months after Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison in December 2013.
United Nations and ex-Thursday singer Geoff Rickly took Watkins' place in the new line-up.
A statement, released last July about the new project, said: "Harshly uprooted from their settled lives and careers, (the bandmates') own notions of trust and betrayal tested beyond measure, there was never going to be an ending in which everything could simply go back to where it was before."
The former members of Lostprophets also talked to Newsbeat about their shock and disgust after finding out that singer Ian Watkins was a paedophile.
Bassist Stuart Richardson said: "Even though I was completely done with him, I hoped it was all a mistake, he was innocent, he had to be.
"The first time, we knew the band was done. You can't go back from that."
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Schmeichel, 29, injured his right hand during the first half but managed to finish the 0-0 draw.
Leicester are the first team in Champions League history to keep clean sheets in their first four games.
Schmeichel will see a specialist when he returns to England with the rest of the squad on Thursday.
The Denmark international is "set for a spell on the sidelines", according to a Leicester statement.
Schmeichel signed a new five-year deal with Premier League champions Leicester in August
He played in all 38 of the Foxes' league fixtures last season, keeping 15 clean sheets.
He has made more than 200 appearances for Leicester since arriving from Leeds United in 2011, having started his career at Manchester City.
Ron-Robert Zieler is Leicester's back-up keeper.
The 27-year-old, who was part of the Germany squad that won the 2014 World Cup, joined the Foxes in June from Hannover 96 for an undisclosed fee.
Zieler's last Leicester start ended in a 4-1 defeat at Manchester United on 24 September.
He is set to start Sunday's Premier League home game with West Brom.
They took the lead in the 22nd minute when a poor clearance fell to Gus Mafuta and he teed up Nyal Bell, who turned before finding the bottom corner for his second goal in two games.
Mafutu almost doubled the advantage in the 70th minute but his 22-yard drive was kept out by a stunning fingertip save from Solihull goalkeeper Daniel Lewis, while Luke Hannant also hit the post for the visitors.
Moors pushed for a late equaliser but Gateshead sealed the win in injury time as Sam Jones snatched a second with a backheel.
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Match ends, Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 2.
Second Half ends, Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 2.
Goal! Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 2. Sam Jones (Gateshead).
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Simeon Maye replaces Nortei Nortey.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Akwasi Asante replaces Harry White.
Substitution, Gateshead. Sam Jones replaces Nyal Bell.
Liam Hogan (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
Calum Flanagan (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
Shepherd Murombedzi (Solihull Moors) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Solihull Moors. Pearson Mwanyongo replaces Jamey Osborne.
Second Half begins Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 1.
First Half ends, Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 1.
Goal! Solihull Moors 0, Gateshead 1. Nyal Bell (Gateshead).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
The Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee will look at whether it is at "a competitive disadvantage" because of the 9% rate in the Republic of Ireland.
The UK rate is 20% and recently, Stormont's Tourism Minister Jonathan Bell said he would continue to lobby government for it to be cut.
EU law is thought to prevent any regional variation in the UK's rate.
Committee chair Laurence Robertson said: "The tourism and hospitality industry has a vital role to play in growing the Northern Irish economy.
"We are keen to find out how, through the tax system, the government can better support hotels, restaurants and other businesses to attract visitors."
The Northern Ireland hospitality sector is part of a national campaign, Cut Tourism VAT.
However, the Treasury has resisted the move, saying it would be costly and other taxes would have to be increased to plug the revenue gap.
According to the committee, tourism in Northern Ireland is worth more than £750m to the economy and supports 43,000 jobs.
The Oak Leafers earned their place in Monday morning's draw by beating Waterford on Saturday.
Donegal enter the qualifiers after Sunday's Ulster SFC semi-final defeat by Tyrone in Clones.
Meath have home advantage against Sligo and Clare make the trip to play Laois, with the matches to be played on 1 and 2 July.
Venues, dates and throw-in times on the 2A fixtures will be confirmed later on Monday.
And on an estimated basis, the last time we saw a price fall in the UK was March 1960, before even I was born, when there was a drop (probably) of 0.6%.
So my natural impulse is to say that deflation has arrived in Britain - because there is no other word in the English language than "deflation" to describe this phenomenon.
However many of those who define themselves as "serious economists" (that's not me, by the way - I'm a hack) are desperately anxious that I and you don't use the "d" word - for two reasons.
One is that they say proper deflation is a long term term trend of declining prices, and they believe - almost certainly correctly - that these current price falls won't endure much more than a month or two.
The other is that proper deflation is pernicious: if we believed that prices were set to fall month after relentless month, we would spend less - in the hope of picking up bargains later - and our bosses would pay us less.
That would place a deadening weight on our ability to grow the economy - a weight made heavier by the intractable problem of our massive household debts, in that our capacity to service those debts is diminished when incomes don't grow.
Or to put it another way, there is a fear - in the Treasury and the Bank of England - that if you and I talk too freely about deflation having arrived, we would acquire a deflationary mentality and bring on the terrible malaise - and the UK could find itself turning into stagnating Japan.
My suggestion therefore is that, for now at least, we talk about what's occurring as either mild deflation or non-pernicious deflation or even - as I've styled it before - "good" deflation.
Just to be clear, the fact that there've been falls in the prices of essentials - food, non-alcoholic drinks and transport - actually increases our standard of living in the short term.
Because we have no choice but to eat, when food prices fall, our money goes further - and we are better off.
So this kind of deflation may in fact be stimulating consumer spending and economic activity.
Hooray for "good" deflation.
That said, although there is no reason to panic that prices are falling, it would equally be foolish to pretend that the causes of this deflation are benign.
The initial spur to the current fall in prices was last year's collapse in the oil price - which was in part due to an unexpected slowdown in the global economy, especially in China and the eurozone.
And that led the European Central Bank to cut the cost of credit to less than zero, which in turn led the euro to slide, which meant that the price of all that stuff we buy from the eurozone dropped - or to put it another way, the ECB exported the eurozone's deflation to us.
There are at last signs of a mild revival in the eurozone - though the precariousness of Greece's ability to pay its huge debts mean that revival isn't yet wholly bankable.
And the oil price has risen 50% from its lows of a few weeks ago.
So this bout of relatively benign deflation should be transformed into mild inflation within the coming weeks.
No need to panic therefore about today's bit of history.
But as Mark Carney conceded only a few days ago, the Bank of England cannot ease up on its vigilance in trying to steer price rises back to the target rate of 2% a year.
Because unless we experience a bit of proper inflation back in the system, we'll never break the shackles of our cursed enormous debts.
Hessenthaler, who has agreed a two-year deal, had two spells as Gills boss and was in joint caretaker charge of the League One side earlier this season.
Hendon played alongside the 49-year-old at Barnet and was his assistant at Priestfield during the 2010-11 season.
"I am delighted to have someone with Andy's experience and knowledge by my side," Hendon told the club website.
"I have worked with him and he is a very good coach. I also played alongside Andy in the same team and know what attributes he will bring to the club.
"Andy will work alongside Kevin Nugent, who remains very much part of my coaching team."
Hessenthaler made over 360 appearances for Gillingham during a stint with the Kent club which spanned a decade and included a period as player-boss.
He returned as manager in 2010, but stepped down two years later before becoming director of football, only to leave the club in May 2013.
He was appointed as assistant manager by Peter Taylor last summer and remained part of the coaching set-up after Justin Edinburgh was appointed boss in February.
Hessenthaler described the move to Orient as "an incredibly difficult decision".
He added: "I've had a 20-year relationship with Gillingham and I love the club. However, I felt it's a fresh challenge for me and I look forward to what lies ahead."
Former West Ham coach Hendon was appointed O's manager in May on a two-year deal, following their relegation to League Two.
Tesco - which says the sale will "simplify" its business - has 206 optical stores in the UK and three in Ireland, as well as an online outlet.
It employs about 1,500 staff, who will be transferred to Vision Express, owned by Dutch-based Grand Vision.
The deal is expected to be completed this year, pending regulatory approval.
No financial details about the sale have been given.
Tesco UK chief executive Matt Davies said: "This allows us to further simplify and strengthen our UK business and ensures our customers are still able to enjoy high quality eye care services from Vision Express in our larger stores."
Tesco Opticians, which opened its first opticians in Peterborough in 1998, had revenues of about £90m in 2016.
Tesco has been selling off businesses including restaurant chain Giraffe, Dobbies Garden Centres and music streaming service Blinkbox.
Vision Express has 389 stores in the UK and about 4,500 staff.
He said he would personally ask the prosecutor general and the interior minister to check the reports.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week urged the Russian authorities to help protect gay rights.
Chechen officials have denied gay people even exist in the republic, amid reports of arrests and torture.
On Friday, Mr Putin said he would personally ask the prosecutor general and interior minister to help Kremlin rights ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova check the reported abuse.
During a meeting with Ms Moskalkova, the president referred to the reports as "rumours, you could say, about what is happening in our North Caucasus with people of non-traditional orientation", using a euphemism for gay people.
He was responding to the ombudswoman's request to set up a "working group" somewhere in Russia, but not in Chechnya, to "take complaints from citizens" on the reported abuse.
Chechnya's strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Friday he was ready to co-operate with the federal authorities on the issue.
But Mr Kadyrov again insisted there were no "people of non-traditional orientation" in the predominantly Muslim republic, part of the Russian Federation.
Just a few weeks ago, "Ruslan" was with his wife and children in Chechnya. Now he's in a safe house for men fleeing detention and torture for being gay.
Reports of a campaign against gay men by Chechen security forces have been trickling through since early April when they first appeared in a Russian newspaper. Now some of the alleged victims are starting to speak out.
"When they brought me in, I denied everything," says Ruslan - not his real name. Even now, he is frightened of being identified.
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Homophobia is widespread in Chechnya. Last month, Natalia Poplevskaya of the Russian LGBT Network said there was "an organised campaign to detain gay men" in Chechnya.
Victims of the crackdown - who were either gay or just perceived to be gay - were being held at a detention centre near Argun, 20km (13 miles) from the city of Grozny, she said.
"Torture is going on with electric shocks, beatings with cables," she told the BBC, adding that three deaths had been reported. "All the people arrested are homosexual men or perceived as being gay."
A Chechen government spokesman, Alvi Karimov, denied the allegations. "You can't detain and repress people who simply don't exist in the republic," he said.
Homosexuality was decriminalised in the Russian Federation in 1993 but concern about homophobia remains high. In 2013, parliament passed a law imposing heavy fines for providing information about homosexuality to people under 18, sparking international controversy.
The match-up was selected for prime time TV in the United States with an audience of 14 million hoping to see the number one overall draft pick make his debut. But quarterback Jared Goff didn't even suit up as a toothless Rams were beaten 28-0 in a game that sent me to sleep in the third quarter.
Now they stand at 3-1 for the season. In consecutive weeks, they have beaten Seattle Seahawks - many people's Super Bowl favourites - put 37 on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa and seen off divisional rivals Arizona Cardinals too.
How? Well, Goff still hasn't played a snap in the NFL. Their second-year running back Todd Gurley, last season's offensive rookie of the year, is only averaging 2.6 yards per rushing attempt.
Yet head coach Jeff Fisher has got his defence back on track. They are 23rd in overall defence in the NFL but their turnover ratio is fourth in the league.
When your defence gives the offense shorter fields to work with, then points are easier to come by.
Just one more thing: the Rams have got to this stage with no permanent home after relocating from St Louis last season. Their new stadium will not be ready until 2019. They currently reside at the Memorial Coliseum (home of the 1984 Olympics) yet train 50 miles away in Thousand Oaks.
Training camp in the summer was 90 miles away and they will travel more than 37,000 miles through the air this year - in excess of 5,000 more than any other team. On the plus side, they will be accruing lots of frequent flyer miles. They head to England next week for the first NFL game at Twickenham.
So, if you're a fan of tight defensive games, tune in to BBC Radio 5 live sports extra as the Rams play host to the Buffalo Bills (2-2), who will be full of beans after shutting out the New England Patriots last week.
The Bills' colourful head coach, Rex Ryan, loves rubbing people up the wrong way but whether you love him or loathe him, he gets his teams ready to play and has one of the smartest defensive minds in the game.
1. Good luck Cleveland. You're having a horrible season at 0-4, and now you welcome the Patriots, who are angry they were shut out at home last week. And to rub salt into the wounds, four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady is back from his Deflate-gate suspension and will want to prove a point. Ouch.
2. Arguably the best defence in the league plays the best offense as the Atlanta Falcons travel to the Denver Broncos.
3. Dallas Cowboys rookie quarterback Dak Prescott has led his side to a 3-1 record and has yet to throw an interception in 131 attempts. Prescott has also shown excellent poise and decision-making qualities. As Tony Romo nears a return to fitness, can the youngster continue to impress this week at home to the dangerous Cincinnati Bengals and take the job permanently?
4. After every London match, the two sides take a bye week to get over the travel. For the first time that won't be the case as the Indianapolis Colts welcome the Chicago Bears to Lucas Oil stadium. The Colts are poor, even with top-rated quarterback Andrew Luck at the helm, and they may regret not taking the extra week off.
5. Oakland put a smile on my face against the Baltimore Ravens. But if they are to be taken seriously as a play-off contender, then a home victory against the San Diego Chargers is a must. The Chargers have thrown away winning situations at Kansas City and last week at home to the Saints, so have the talent to win. That's why the Raiders need to stay focused.
You can listen to full commentary of the Buffalo Bills v LA Rams on the 5 Live NFL show on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra on Sunday 9 November at 19:30 BST.
The unclassified report says the Russian leader "ordered" a campaign aimed at influencing the election.
Moscow has not commented, but Russia has previously denied the claims.
After being briefed on the findings, Mr Trump stopped short of accusing Russia of interfering, saying only that the election outcome was not affected.
Mr Trump later went on to blame "gross negligence" by the Democratic National Committee for "allowing" the hacking to take place.
Following the report's findings, the US Department of Homeland Security announced that voting machines and other election databases would be classified as "critical infrastructure" and given more protection from cyber-attack.
The 25-page report says that the Kremlin developed a "clear preference" for Mr Trump.
Russia's goals, the document added, were to "undermine public faith" in the US democratic process and "denigrate" his Democrat opponent Hillary Clinton, harming her electability and potential presidency.
"We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election," it said.
The unclassified version contained no detailed evidence of Mr Putin's alleged role, but it said Russia's actions included:
The report says Mr Putin liked Mr Trump because he had vowed to work with Russia and the Russian leader had had "many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia, such as former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder".
In contrast, Mr Putin had blamed Mrs Clinton for inciting anti-government protests in 2011 and early 2012 "and because he holds a grudge for comments he almost certainly saw as disparaging him".
The identities of the Russian agents allegedly directly responsible for the hack are known to US authorities but have not been released publicly, reports say, citing intelligence sources.
The document, a cut-down version of the classified report presented to President Barack Obama on Thursday, was released shortly after intelligence chiefs briefed Mr Trump on their findings.
Since winning the election on 8 November, Mr Trump has repeatedly questioned US intelligence claims of Russian hacking. In a statement after the briefing, the president-elect declined to single out Russia, but said he had "tremendous respect for the work and service done" by those in the US intelligence community.
"While Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses and organisations including the Democrat National Committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election," he said.
"Whether it is our government, organisations, associations or businesses we need to aggressively combat and stop cyber-attacks. I will appoint a team to give me a plan within 90 days of taking office."
It's an explosive report claiming the Russian government launched a massive, multi-faceted operation to sway the outcome of the US presidential election. After being briefed on the findings, Mr Trump issued a statement saying that the outcome of the election was not affected.
Tellingly he did not endorse the report's central finding that the Kremlin was behind the cyber campaign.
In his statement, he also expressed tremendous respect for US intelligence agencies. But in the lead-up to the meeting he was publicly scornful of American spies, in a manner completely unprecedented for a president-elect.
Earlier, he protested that the Russian hacking allegations were part of a political witch-hunt by political adversaries badly beaten, as he put it, in the election. He clearly thinks they're being used by his opponents to question the legitimacy of his presidency.
The meeting at Trump Tower involved National Intelligence Director Gen James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director James Comey.
Mr Trump, who will be inaugurated on 20 January, described their talks as "constructive".
US officials previously said the Kremlin was behind the hacking of Democratic Party emails. Russia denies the allegations, and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Moscow was not the source for the site's mass leak of emails from the Democratic Party.
Shortly before his briefing with intelligence chiefs, Mr Trump dismissed the Russian hacking claims as a "political witch-hunt" by his opponents. He told the New York Times that US institutions had been the target of previous hacking attacks, but they had not received the same media attention.
Last week President Obama ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from the US over the alleged hacking. Russia has said it will not reciprocate.
The 42-year-old Grand Prix at Angouleme has long faced criticism for its failure to recognise women cartoonists.
This year, a pressure group is calling for a boycott, saying "it is no longer tolerable" that "renowned female creators" are left off the list of 30.
At least three male nominees have publicly backed the protest.
They have asked for their names to be removed from the list.
The Grand Prix is a highly prestigious prize, recognising the lifetime achievement of a cartoonist. It is handed out each year at the Angouleme International Comics Festival.
In its long history, only one woman, Florence Cestac, has ever won the prize.
A group called BD Egalite, or Women in Comics Collective Against Sexism, said the prize was significant, because as well as being honorary it could also boost an artist's career and book sales.
"What is the message sent to women cartoonists and those in the process of becoming such?" it asked on its website. "We are discouraged from having ambition, from continuing our efforts. How could we take it otherwise?
"It all comes back to the disastrous glass ceiling. We're tolerated, but never allowed top billing. Will we require women in comics to perpetually play second fiddle?"
A number of cartoonists on the long list have since asked for their names to be removed.
American Daniel Clowes called it a now "totally meaningless 'honor'."
"What a ridiculous, embarrassing debacle," he added.
Riad Sattouf on Facebook listed a number of female cartoonists he would "prefer to cede my place to", including Rumiko Takahashi, Julie Doucet, Anouk Ricard, Marjane Satrapi and Catherine Meurisse.
The Festival's Franck Bondoux was quoted in French media as saying that Franco-Belgian graphic novels, known as "bande desinee", had traditionally been dominated by men.
"The festival cannot distort this reality, although I concede that the list might contain one or two female names," he said.
But he rejected accusations that the festival ignored the contribution of women artists, giving examples of steps it was taking to promote their work.
James Desmarais and David Rutherford were the successful penalty takers for the Giants after the match ended 2-2.
Belfast led 2-1 after the first period thanks to goals from Chris Higgins and Blair Riley, with Alex Leavitt scoring for the hosts.
Leavitt scored again in the second period of the Challenge Cup game.
Neither side could add to their tally in overtime and debutant netminder Jackson Whistle made two fine saves in the shootout to keep out Braehead.
Whistle is the son of Dave Whistle, who was the first ever coach of the Giants.
The Giants were edged out 4-3 by Dundee Stars after over-time in Saturday's Challenge Cup game at the SSE Arena.
Goals from Vinny Scarsella and Joey Sides put the visitors 2-0 ahead after the first period.
David Rutherford and Mark Garside got Belfast on terms in the second period and after Sides restored Dundee's lead, Colin Shields levelled late on.
That meant five minutes of over-time and Brett Switzer sealed Dundee's win.
Giants trio give reaction to Dundee defeat
Switzer's goal came with a minute remaining in over-time.
Dundee's victory avenged their 5-3 home defeat in the same competition by the Giants last weekend.
The Swede will leave her position to become head coach of Finland after Scotland's women contest their first-ever European Championship finals in the Netherlands this summer.
She said: "It's really hard to develop female coaches because there are so few opportunities for full-time positions.
"So I think, if there is a woman who is good, she should have the job."
Signeul, who is in her 12th year in charge of Scotland, added that if there is man "well worthy of the job" then it should go to him, but since she always tries to promote and mentor female coaches, she would "really look forward to seeing a female coach in the job".
The Scottish Football Association's new performance director, Malky Mackay, will be key to appointing the 55-year-old's replacement, but the pair have yet to meet to discuss future plans.
An advertisement for her job has gone out this week and Signeul expects "huge" interest in the role.
Meanwhile, with a goalkeeper and defender still to be added, Signeul has named a 21-player squad for next month's Cyprus Cup that is largely unchanged from the one that drew twice in recent friendlies against Denmark.
Scotland play New Zealand, Austria and Korea Republic as part of their preparations for the Euro finals.
Hibernian captain Joelle Murray returns after missing those games against the Danes, but Scotland's most capped player, goalkeeper Gemma Fay, is absent from the list as she recovers from injury.
Uncapped Lee Alexander is included in her place, fresh from returning to Glasgow City from Swedish club Mallbackens.
Fifteen of the 21 players in the squad are with clubs outside Scotland and, while Signeul is delighted to see her players develop full-time, she regrets they cannot do that domestically.
"Our young players get contracts because Scotland are doing so well and our young players are doing so well," said Signeul.
"The attraction from the foreign clubs is huge for our players and they target young players.
"Seeing Erin Cuthbert (Glasgow City to Chelsea) and Fiona Brown (Glasgow City to Eskilstuna) disappearing to top clubs is fantastic for them. However, for the domestic game, it's not great.
"Unfortunately, that's what happens when we don't have these opportunities in Scotland to give full-time professional contracts to our players here.
"I think it's important that we try to work with the clubs here to keep the league competitive. I see that as a priority."
Goalkeepers: Shannon Lynn (Vittsjo), Lee Alexander (Glasgow City).
Defenders: Jennifer Beattie (Manchester City), Frankie Brown (Bristol City), Rachel Corsie (Seattle Reign), Ifeoma Dieke (Vittsjo), Emma Mitchell (Arsenal), Joelle Murray (Hibernian).
Midfielders: Leanne Crichton (Notts County), Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea), Lisa Evans (Bayern Munich), Hayley Lauder (Glasgow City), Kim Little (Arsenal), Joanne Love (Glasgow City), Christie Murray (Doncaster Rovers Belles), Leanne Ross (Glasgow City), Caroline Weir (Liverpool).
Forwards: Lizzie Arnot (Hibernian), Fiona Brown (Eskilstuna United), Lana Clelland (Tavagnacco), Jane Ross (Manchester City).
Amnesty International said officials and prison staff were benefiting from bribes paid to middlemen or brokers.
One rights activist said such bribes had become "a big part of the economy".
As many as 65,000 people have been detained since 2011 in a campaign of enforced disappearances that Amnesty considers a crime against humanity.
The human rights group says those taken are usually held in overcrowded detention cells in appalling conditions and cut off from the outside world. Many die as a result of rampant disease, torture and extrajudicial execution, it adds.
Those forcibly disappeared include peaceful opponents of President Bashar al-Assad such as demonstrators, human rights activists, journalists, doctors and humanitarian workers.
Others have been targeted because they are believed to be disloyal to the government or because their relatives are wanted by the authorities.
In one case, Rania al-Abbasi, a dentist, was arrested in 2013 along with her six children aged between two and 14 years old, a day after her husband was seized during a raid on their home.
The entire family has not been heard of since. It is believed they may have been targeted for providing humanitarian assistance to local families.
Syria's disappeared
Amnesty said that the campaign of enforced disappearances had become so entrenched that people desperate to find out the whereabouts of their loved ones, or whether they were even still alive, were willing to pay bribes ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars to middlemen or brokers.
A lawyer from Damascus told Amnesty that the bribes were "a cash cow for the regime... a source of funding they have come to rely on".
Some families have sold their property or given up their entire life savings to pay bribes to find out the fate of their relatives - sometimes in exchange for false information.
One man whose three brothers disappeared in 2012 said he had borrowed more than $150,000 (£97,500) in failed attempts to find out where they were. He is now in Turkey working to pay back his debts.
The report said family members who tried to inquire about disappeared relatives were often at risk of arrest or being forcibly disappeared themselves, which gave them little choice but to resort to using middlemen.
One man who asked the authorities about his brother's whereabouts was detained for three months and spent several weeks in solitary confinement.
"Enforced disappearances are part of a deliberate, brutal campaign by the Syrian government," said Philip Luther, director of Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa programme.
"It is entirely within their power to put an end to the unspeakable suffering of scores of thousands simply by ordering security forces to stop enforced disappearances; informing families of the whereabouts or fate of their disappeared relatives; and immediately and unconditionally releasing all those imprisoned for peacefully exercising their rights."
So often has it been heard from your typical tub-thumping delegate, that it has begun to sound a little like white noise.
But this year, as teacher delegates met in Manchester and Cardiff for their annual conferences, something had changed.
As more information has come to light about the state of school budgets, the message has resonated further.
So what was once only emblazoned on delegates' T-shirts, has become a topic of polite dinner table conversation in many family homes.
As Lewisham delegate Cleo Lewis put it with absolute clarity: "I've had enough. It's just too much. Nothing is going to change by sitting around discussing."
The reality of significant cost pressures, in England's schools - ranging between 8% and 12%, depending on whom you believe - not to mention £3bn in efficiency savings, has penetrated parents' collective consciousness.
This is in part due to the NUT/ATL school cuts website and the attention the local press have given it, say the unions.
With web hits topping 400,000 and citations in more than 500 regional news stories, it has undoubtedly spread its message.
The interactive website provides an estimate of how much each school stands to lose as a result of budget shortfalls and the new schools funding formula.
Then it converts the figures into possible equivalent losses in teachers and support staff.
It has prompted even the most measured of parents to burst into the playground and tell their friends: "Apparently we're going to lose three teachers."
As a result parents, pushy and otherwise, have begun to mobilise alongside their children's teachers against what they see as unfair and unsustainable cuts.
When quizzed by journalists on whether teachers would strike over the cuts, general secretary of the NUT, Kevin Courtney, appeared to suggest it would not be necessary.
"There's nothing unethical about striking against these cuts. There will be demands for that sort of action that come up in all sorts of places," he said.
"But what we are seeing is huge numbers of parental meetings, with hundreds of parents. These are significant mobilisations of people."
The biggest, for as long as he could remember, he said.
And crucially, they are people not normally given to manning the barricades with placards and copies of the Socialist Worker stuffed in back pockets.
Instead, they are people from ordinary hard-working families, to coin a phrase.
Families, who may be starting to resent padding-out suffering school budgets.
Take the Fair Funding for All Schools founder Jo Yurky, who addressed the NUT conference in Cardiff this weekend.
The mother-of-two, and former Parliamentary ombudsman, confided that she was terrified of addressing delegates.
"I find it all a bit uncomfortable, public speaking," she told journalists, just minutes after making a rousing speech to the union.
Her self-consciousness took nothing away from her message. In fact, it only added to it.
But it was the content of her speech, and who she represents, that gives a new power to what the NUT and other teaching unions have been saying for some time.
She described how schools have been asking parents to set up direct debits to plug huge deficits, sometimes amounting to several hundred thousand pounds.
The claim rings true with parents who've had those begging letters home from head teachers explaining what difficult times their children's schools are facing.
It provides a mirror image of the message head teachers have been setting out in open letters to their local papers, MPs and the education secretary over the last few months.
As Ms Yurky puts it, when head teachers speak, parents listen.
She expresses extreme frustration at the Department for Education's unwillingness to admit there is a problem, through its reiteration that school funding is at its highest ever level.
The DfE, however, is keen to show it is listening too.
It says: "We recognise that schools are facing cost pressures, and we will continue to provide support to help them use their funding in the most cost effective ways, so that every pound of the investment we make in education has the greatest impact."
But the parent campaigner goes on to say confidently; "When parents speak politicians listen."
It is not clear yet whether Education Secretary Justine Greening will find some hidden resources in the education budget to alleviate the deepening cash problems ahead.
Or whether she will turn to the chancellor and ask him for extra money ahead of the autumn statement.
But what the NUT, and other teaching unions, say is certain is that their message is being heard far beyond the packed conference hall.
The collision in Thurrock happened at about 11:30 BST on the anti-clockwise road between junction 31 and 30, for Lakeside, after the Dartford Tunnel.
It involved three articulated lorries and two cars. One driver is reported to have been injured.
Both tunnels finally reopened just after 15:00 BST but there were still queues back to before junction four.
Traffic was also heavy on the clockwise carriageway over the Queen Elizabeth II bridge as drivers slowed to look at the crash site.
Filippo Marozzelli, a driver stuck in the anticlockwise queues, tweeted a picture of what he could see with the caption: "Engine off".
There are about 24,000 excess winter deaths a year, while many more people are made ill by living in cold homes.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says each council area should establish teams to help people access grants and advice.
Professionals who carry out home visits could then refer those at risk.
NICE says this would have to be done with the agreement of the people judged as needing help.
But the watchdog said with a little training a "hidden army" of plumbers, meter readers and engineers could join with more traditional health and care staff in helping identify people at risk.
They could then be given advice about how to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, and how to access improvement and insulation grants.
Professor Gillian Leng, of NICE, said: "We must stop the revolving door scenario where people are made ill by living in a cold home, they go into hospital for treatment, but are then discharged back to the cold home which continues to damage their health."
There are an estimated 9m people living in fuel poverty in the UK, while Age UK found that cold homes cost the NHS over £1.3bn a year.
The government used to define a household as being in fuel poverty if more than 10% of income was spent on fuel. This was changed in 2013 and is now defined as when a household's fuel costs are above the median level.
Dr David Sloan, who drew up the guidance, said: "People with respiratory conditions, heart disease and children with asthma, are particularly at risk.
"Action on cold homes can prevent early deaths."
Neil Schofield, of the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council, said: "Our members make 8m home visits each year to install, service and maintain boilers and heating systems.
"Heating industry staff are seeing people affected by cold homes every day - this is a massive opportunity to identify these vulnerable people and direct them to help, an opportunity which is currently being missed."
It was 1998 and Boehme had had a nagging cold for months. An Aboriginal elder "sat me in the middle of her legs and started to sing over me", he recalls. Performing a healing ceremony, she wiped the sweat from his armpits and smothered it on his head and neck. Eventually, she muttered: "Ahh, you need to go to a Western doctor. Everything is red. I cannot help you."
Boehme was diagnosed with HIV. In an era when antiretroviral treatments were in their infancy, it was the first news of its kind his doctor had delivered. "He was choked up and almost crying," Boehme says. "I had to console him."
Now 43, Boehme is not only still alive, he has put his experiences of being a gay, indigenous, HIV-positive man into a solo show. Blood on the Dance Floor, which just played at the Sydney Festival, explores what our understanding of blood means, from heritage to health.
Combining storytelling and dance, the work includes a skit on being a camp "gay elder" in drag, discussion of stigma around HIV in the gay community (particularly when trying to find a partner), and moments when Boehme is framed, moving, against streams of blood, with bubbling red cells projected against the wall.
Most important, he says, is rewriting the conversation on what being HIV-positive means.
"Anything shown in the media or entertainment, it's always been some kind of memorialisation of the Aids crisis back in the '80s. Everybody dies," he elaborates.
"That's not relevant to me and to many of the other men and women that I know living with HIV. There isn't an image of a healthy functioning person with employment and prospects - you don't see that portrayed anywhere."
Another key step, he says, is broadening our understanding of who suffers from the virus. According to the University of New South Wales, notification rates (the reporting of newly-diagnosed cases) of indigenous men with HIV doubled in the past five years from 6.2 per 100,000 to 12.4 per 100,000. In contrast, non-indigenous notification rates fell by 12%, said the report by the university's Kirby Institute.
Despite this, education campaigns largely remain directed towards white men, says Boehme.
"Tell me the last time you saw an HIV education campaign with someone from the Aboriginal, Asian or African identity on those posters? You just see gay white men in their underwear," he points out.
"It makes quite a lot of people feel completely dismissed and it's not just the gay male community - it's heterosexual males living with HIV, kids living with HIV too. It's never been a gay white man's disease."
Born in Melbourne to a non-indigenous mother and father from the Narungga and Kaurna peoples of South Australia, Boehme knew he was gay from the age of four.
The dancer - who is the incoming creative director of the Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival - has always had the support of his family.
Others are often not as lucky. In some Aboriginal communities, stigma towards homosexuality remains, insists Boehme.
"When you go into communities that are very much still holding up the values of the old mission days, that's when you get a problem, through those Christian and very Victorian ideas of sex, gender and sexuality," he says.
Blood on the Dance Floor was dreamed up after rehearsals in a warehouse. Boehme was "obsessed about my blood, about the cleanliness of my blood". After nicking his heel on an exposed nail, "I sat back down and realised I left a trail of blood on the dance floor. And [my friend] went 'ah, there's your title'."
"Blood, it's a life force that connects us, it can be used to define us and can be used to discriminate, to separate, or to actually unite," Boehme says.
When writing the show, the artist kept a small crystal decanter of his own blood on his desk. "Suddenly I was connected to my dad, then my grandmother, then a whole line of our ancestors that I never met and through that, those voices started to then speak through me. In that blood, in those codes, there are thousands of generations sitting in that little decanter."
Boehme says blood connects him to his past and, above all, to his illness. But it also releases him. "Regardless of what features or skin colour we have, really our blood is the thing that ties us together," he says.
A particularly raw moment in Blood on the Dance Floor touches on the suicide of Boehme's friend in 1996 after discovering he was HIV-positive. It was a time when "there was still this spectre hanging around like it was a death sentence. There was a lot more shame around HIV and he just couldn't cope."
Boehme still remembers when he found out. His friend's boyfriend, drunk, announced at a dinner party that his partner was positive. "I looked at him. And he said, 'I don't want that look. I don't want anyone's pity. Don't you dare give me that look.'"
Just two years later - as antiretroviral drugs were being rolled out to the larger population - Boehme received his own diagnosis. In Australia in the 1990s around 1,000 people died each year of Aids. Today, deaths are so low they are not recorded.
"That's exactly why I insisted we honour him," Boehme says of his friend. "He didn't get a chance."
If you are feeling emotionally distressed and would like details of organisations in the UK which offer advice and support, go online to bbc.co.uk/actionline. In Australia, you can find similar information at Lifeline and Beyond Blue.
The Swedish furniture giant is spending £4m to improve junctions and access to a new outlet planned for Pincents Lane Retail Park in Reading.
The work includes widening Pincents Lane and replacing the existing roundabout on the A4 with a new traffic-light controlled junction.
The retailer is awaiting final agreement after plans were scaled down.
A £10m three-level store was approved in 2012 but the furniture company reduced its proposal to two storeys last year to reflect the "ever-changing retail environment".
There are not expected to be any issues over the approval of the new scheme, as a smaller store should mean fewer customers and cars travelling to the site.
Some residents and businesses had objected to the original plans because of traffic congestion fears.
The pictures show the era of the great ocean liners when the port was the hub for transatlantic passenger travel in the early 20th Century.
Cunard's three current liners, Queen Victoria, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, were all named in the city.
The free exhibition runs at Southampton City Art Gallery throughout May.
Cunard was founded in 1840, with Sir Samuel Cunard's mail steamship RMS Britannia beginning its transatlantic service to Halifax and Boston from Liverpool.
By the early part of the 20th Century, the company's "Big Three" liners - Mauretania, Berengaria and Aquitania - were the primary means of passenger transport the Atlantic.
Black and white shots of the great liners arriving in and departing from Southampton make up the exhibition along with advertising illustrations and memorabilia from the time.
They include pictures of the Mauretania in port. It was the fastest ship in the world when it inaugurated Cunard's new express service from Southampton to New York in 1919.
The ships were a byword for luxury, with royalty, Hollywood film stars and the leading politicians of the day all travelling through Southampton on their way to or from the US.
The Caronia was known as the "green Goddess". It was renowned for its luxurious service, having 600 staff for the 600 passengers on board.
Cunard moved its headquarters from Liverpool to Southampton in 1965. More than 400 staff worked at the offices in the former South Western Hotel.
In 2011 Cunard announced it would stop sailing under the British flag and the port of Hamilton in Bermuda replaced the name of Southampton on the stern of Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth.
Mike Harris, head of culture and planning at Southampton City Council, said: "It is important for us to recognise the contribution of the cruise industry to Southampton.
"It gives us a perfect opportunity to celebrate not only the 175th anniversary of Cunard but also our city's key role in its prestigious history."
A series of lectures and an educational programme accompanies the month-long exhibition.
The current "three queens" will mark the 175th anniversary on Sunday when they all arrive in Southampton.
They are also due to attend celebrations in Liverpool at the start of July when Queen Mary 2 will replicate the line's first transatlantic voyage.
It is unclear what type of missile it was, but it follows three failed tests of the medium-range "Musudan" missile in April.
The North is banned by the UN from using any ballistic missile technology.
Tensions have run high in the region after Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test in January and numerous missile tests.
Also on Tuesday, the newly promoted vice-chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers Party, Ri Su-yong, arrived in China for what South Korean media said was an unannounced official visit.
China is North Korea's closest ally and trading partner, but ties have been strained by the nuclear test and weapons activity.
It is the first visit since the Worker's Party congress earlier this month in North Korea, the first in 36 years.
Mr Ri, who was travelling with a large entourage, would likely be briefing China on other major developments at the congress, in an attempt to rebuild the relationship, said Yonhap.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the attempted launch happened at 05:20 local time (20:50 GMT Monday) off the North's east coast, near the city of Wonson.
A report in the Yonhap news agency quoted sources saying this fourth failed test may also have been of a Musudan missile.
A Musudan missile, in theory, has the range to reach Japan and the US territory of Guam, however the North has never successfully tested one.
During the party congress, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un extended an offer of military dialogue to the South. But Seoul dismissed the proposal as insincere.
At the same meeting, Mr Kim also vowed to continue with the nuclear weapons programme.
Pyongyang has claimed a series of technical breakthroughs in recent months, including miniaturising a nuclear warhead to fit on a missile, that experts have treated with scepticism.
Fabio Saraiva converted an early penalty to put the Cards ahead after Gulls debutant Jordan Lee had fouled Nathan Ralph.
They doubled their advantage when a Saraiva corner was flicked on towards defender Brian Saah and he finished from close range against his old club.
Substitute Brett Williams tapped in a Dan Sparkes cross in the 87th minute to give Torquay hope of a point and they almost got it at the death when winger Sparkes was denied by Torquay old-boy Michael Poke in the Woking goal.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Torquay United 1, Woking 2.
Second Half ends, Torquay United 1, Woking 2.
Goal! Torquay United 1, Woking 2. Brett Williams (Torquay United).
Keiran Murtagh (Woking) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Woking. Luke Chike Kandi replaces Connor Hall.
Substitution, Torquay United. Brett Williams replaces Shaun Harrad.
Substitution, Woking. Charlie Carter replaces Nathan Ralph.
Substitution, Torquay United. Sam Chaney replaces Jordan Lee.
Second Half begins Torquay United 0, Woking 2.
First Half ends, Torquay United 0, Woking 2.
Goal! Torquay United 0, Woking 2. Brian Saah (Woking).
Goal! Torquay United 0, Woking 1. Fabio Saraiva (Woking) converts the penalty with a.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Mr Sarkozy gained 64.5% of the vote, well ahead of his nearest rival Bruno Le Maire.
He was under pressure to win by a wide margin, and hoped to get more than 70% to keep his re-election hopes alive.
The UMP has struggled to be effective in opposition to Francois Hollande, despite the president's dismal ratings.
Mr Sarkozy, 59, won 85% of the vote when he was first elected party leader in 2004.
He served as president from 2007 and 2012 but left active politics after his defeat to Mr Hollande.
More than 150,000 party members - over 50% - voted in the election, despite the process being slowed down by a cyber attack.
Mr Le Maire, a former agriculture minister, received just less than 29.2% and a third candidate, MP Herve Mariton 6.3%.
Mr Sarkozy posted a message to supporters on his Facebook page (in French).
"I would like to thank all the UMP members who did me the honour of electing me leader of our political family," he said.
"Their mobilisation, at a level unequalled in the history of our movement, is the best response to two years of internal quarrels and divisions."
But a spokeswoman for Mr Hollande's Socialist Party said that the UMP's campaign had provided "nothing new for France".
"Mr Sarkozy's victory in the campaign for the UMP presidency is not the triumphal return that he was hoping for," Corinne Narassiguin said.
Florian Philippot, spokesman for the far-right National Front, described the result as an "utter failure" for Mr Sarkozy.
The UMP will choose its nominee for the 2017 presidential elections in two years, but correspondents say a lower than expected party vote for Mr Sarkozy could encourage other UMP leaders to stand against him.
Former prime ministers Alain Juppe and Francois Fillon are widely reported to want to be the UMP's candidate for president.
Mr Sarkozy is disliked by some French voters for his unusually high-profile private life, with critics branding his one-term tenure as the "bling-bling" presidency.
The 2012 leadership ballot - after Mr Sarkozy left office - degenerated into a hugely damaging row as Mr Fillon refused to accept the victory of Sarkozy ally Jean-Francois Cope.
Declared the winner, Mr Cope stood down this May after the party suffered badly in the European elections as the National Front capitalised on voter discontent.
National Front leader Marine Le Pen is due to be returned unopposed as party leader at its meeting in Lyon on Sunday.
A large picture of promising young boxer, CaoimhÃn Hynes, who was stabbed in the face and neck in Belfast city centre dominates the front page of The Irish News.
The 20-year-old was attacked by a group of men wearing tracksuits at Donegall Place in the early hours of Monday morning, following a night out with his girlfriend.
He has undergone surgery at the Ulster Hospital and his coach Michael Hawkins says the wound was near a main artery in his neck and over four inches long.
The Belfast Telegraph also reports on the attack, with Mr Hynes' brother, Eoaghan Junior, saying the family is thankful he is alive.
"We are heartbroken because we aren't used to seeing our brother or anyone around us in this condition, but I hope justice is served and the police find out who this was," he added.
The brighter side of sporting life also features in the newspaper as a photograph of Belfast Marathon women's race winner Laura Graham looms large on its front page.
"I can't believe I have done it," she tells the paper. "I ran the London Marathon last week and I didn't expect to be number one in Belfast this week! It feels good, but weird."
The mother-of-four from Kilkeel, County Down, also appears on the front pages of The Irish News and the News Letter.
The Belfast Telegraph and the News Letter highlight a Northern Ireland Affairs Committee report which says victims of Libyan-sponsored terrorism have been let down by successive UK governments in their campaign for compensation.
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi supplied arms and Semtex to the IRA during the Troubles.
Susanne Dodd, whose father died trying to save shoppers in the 1983 Harrods bombing in London, is quoted in the Belfast Telegraph saying:"The US government held Gaddafi to account, our government disgraced themselves."
In the News Letter, committee chair Laurence Robertson says there needs to be "direct dialogue with the Libyan government, and if the situation there makes this impossible, the government must begin the process of establishing a fund themselves".
The newspaper reports that one prominent solicitor is to represent ten senior DUP figures at the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) inquiry.
It says he will be the legal representative for four former ministers including Arlene Foster, as well as five former special advisers and the party chairman Lord Morrow. The solicitor is not representing ex-minister Jonathan Bell or his former special adviser Timothy Cairns.
The Daily Mirror reports on the fresh search that is due to get under way in France for the remains of one of Northern Ireland's Disappeared.
Seamus Ruddy, 32, was abducted in Paris by republican paramilitaries, the INLA, in 1985.
His brother, Terry, tells the Mirror he faces "a long wait by the phone": "I am living in hope without expectation. Obviously it gets more difficult the older we all get."
The newspaper also reports that police are warning young people to steer clear of railway tracks after crowds started gathering near Dunmurry Halt on the outskirts of Belfast.
It is believed the issue has been ongoing since 22 April, when as many as 200 youths were in the area with some seen running along the track. Police have said the actions are "disruptive and reckless", with Translink saying safety is "its top priority".
Meanwhile, a former British Ambassador to Ireland's application for an Irish passport in the wake of the Brexit vote is among the headlines in the Irish News.
It says that Sir Ivor Roberts, who is not giving up his British Citizenship, told The Irish Times that he had applied for an Irish passport as his family owned a house in Italy "and I don't want to find myself queuing to get through Rome airport every time I go there".
Sir Ivor's father was born in Belfast and that guarantees his right to carry an Irish passport under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
"I've always had a soft spot for Ireland, though not everyone in Iveagh House (The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin) may agree with that," he added.
Andrew Reilly made no attempt to avert the head-on collision with a car in which Audrey Thom was a passenger.
Mrs Thom's daughter Louise could not avoid Reilly's van, heading directly at her on her side of the road.
Reilly, 29, will be sentenced in April after admitting a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
The High Court in Edinburgh was told Miss Thom was unable to take evasive action as there were trees on the left-hand side of the road and another vehicle on the right-hand carriageway.
The crash occurred on the A914 Balmullo to Dairsie roundabout road in Fife in November 2015.
Emergency services took Miss Thom, 27, and her 58-year-old mother to hospital but Mrs Thom's condition worsened and she died two days later.
Advocate depute Adrian Cottam said police investigators concluded that Reilly had made a decision to carry out a late overtaking manoeuvre as he approached, and then got to, solid white lines on the road. He then drove on to the opposite side of the road.
The court heard that the plumbing and heating engineer had previous convictions for driving without insurance and speeding.
Michael O'Grady QC deferred sentence on Reilly for the preparation of a social enquiry report and remanded him in custody.
The pedestrian, said by police to be in his 50s, was pronounced dead at the scene in Bugsby's Way at about 15:00 GMT.
Officers want to speak to the driver of a silver lorry that drove away following the incident.
The victim has not been formally identified, though his next of kin have been informed, police said.
The hosts hung on to win by 10 runs at Cardiff, withstanding a late Kane Williamson-led charge to defend a total of 169 in a game reduced to 24 overs.
Rain threatened to wash out the match, which would have put England out unless Australia thrashed Sri Lanka on Monday.
"England played with more freedom than they have done in the past - they were freed from the shackles by the reduced overs. But they still put too much pressure on their top three batsmen. If they fall quickly at the top of the order, their innings falls flat. That is a worry for England."
"It was quite a stressful day - it was a nerve-wracking time," said Cook.
"We were 10 runs short but 170 is still a very good score."
Cook, who made 64 off 47 balls before England lost their last seven wickets for 28 runs, continued: "It is important you strike early when you are defending and those first four overs were fantastic bowling by Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad.
"It was a very fine bowling performance. We were very good in the field today."
England, as likely Group A winners, are set to face South Africa in the first semi-final at The Oval on Wednesday.
"We don't mind who we play - we are just glad to be in there," added Cook.
"We had a quarter-final in one way today, and now we look forward to a semi-final, whoever that may be against."
New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum also praised England's new-ball display, led by Anderson, who claimed 3-32.
Anderson's early removal of Luke Ronchi and Martin Guptill initiated New Zealand's slide to 62-5, although Williamson's resourceful 67 off 54 balls - in a sixth-wicket stand of 73 with debutant Corey Anderson - gave them hope.
"It was certainly achievable, but England bowled outstandingly well at the start of our innings and set us back," said McCullum.
"Kane and Corey gave us a real opportunity but we fell short in the end."
New Zealand will be knocked out unless Australia beat Sri Lanka on Monday by a margin narrow enough to ensure the Black Caps maintain their superior net run-rate.
McCullum added: "We'll be supporting Australia now, which is not something that we normally like to do.
"We would love Australia to play some excellent cricket tomorrow, but obviously not too good either.
"It's never nice when you leave destiny in someone else's hands. But we had our opportunity today and we missed out, so if we find ourselves out of the tournament we can't be upset."
Six men and one woman are competing for the nomination, with former Prime Minister Manuel Valls currently seen as the frontrunner. But will this contest go any way to uniting a Left bitterly divided by five years in power, and a president too unpopular to seek a second term?
With the tide out, the muddy inlet of Saint-Brieuc seems to sleep in the watery afternoon sun. Its shore deserted but for two Portuguese men picking their way along the sand, looking for worms.
Above them, a small, green-topped lighthouse sits on the rocks, and basking in the wan sunlight at its foot is a local pensioner, Patrick Labbe.
"This is a left-wing stronghold," Patrick told me. "But that's less and less the case. The Socialist Party has been a disaster on social issues - just look around Saint-Brieuc and you'll see so much destitution."
Saint-Brieuc sits on the northern coast of Brittany; one of the most reliably Socialist regions in France, and a source of support for left-wing candidates seeking to win the first round of the primary contest on 22 January.
But Patrick says attitudes are changing: "I voted for [President] Hollande, and like a lot of French I'm disappointed."
"The Socialist Party will struggle to pick itself up. There's a lot of abstention. People are turning to the extremes, in particular Marine Le Pen. Those who are really disappointed want a big change."
Sparking interest in this primary is seen as crucial to reviving the chances of France's governing party, and uniting a scattered field of candidates on the left.
Read more on France's main presidential candidates:
As Patrick Labbe headed home on his bicycle, Manuel Valls was arriving at a local factory a few kilometres away, to drum up some support.
Peering into the cabs of armoured cars, as men in blue overalls applied the finishing seals, Mr Valls seemed as coolly polite as the atmosphere itself, the workers barely glancing up as their former prime minister passed by.
Mr Valls is the favourite to win the left-wing nomination - seen as more authoritative and experienced, according to one poll, if a little remote.
But after serving as prime minister to France's least popular post-war president, and forcing through some of the government's most hated liberal reforms, his challenge has been to reinvent himself as a unifier of the Left.
Since launching his campaign, the former prime minister has reversed his position on key issues like labour rights, and the government's use of the constitution to bypass parliament.
"I've changed," he says.
Perhaps it's no surprise, given the strong competition from party rebel Arnaud Montebourg, who has been snapping at his heels for weeks. A former industry minister, who was sacked after refusing to support Mr Valls's liberal reforms, he's promised an end to austerity and more investment.
And in the past couple of days, hard-left candidate, Benoit Hamon, has surged from behind to challenge Mr Montebourg for a place in the primary run-off on 29 January. Among his core proposals are a monthly payment of €750 (£650; $800) to every French citizen, regardless of income; and the legalisation of cannabis.
A fourth Socialist party candidate and former education minister, Vincent Peillon, is trying to catch up with them with plans to revamp Europe, lower taxes on the poor and invest in green technology.
Three hopefuls from other left-wing parties are currently trailing well behind: Sylvia Pinel (Radical Party of the Left), Jean-Luc Bennahmias (Democratic Front) and Francois de Rugy (Ecology party).
But the real competition could come from outside the primary itself, because two of the Left's most popular politicians aren't even taking part.
Jean-Luc Melenchon is running for the presidency on his own, far-left ticket, and could pose a real challenge to candidates like Mr Montebourg or Mr Hamon, should they win.
And then there's Emmanuel Macron, the renegade protege of President Hollande, who resigned from his ministerial post to launch a new political movement called En Marche, promising liberal values and a fresh approach to politics.
His growing appeal among young voters has surprised many sceptics who initially wrote him off as a "champagne bubble" that would quickly burst.
These days his presidential campaign attracts crowds in their thousands, where the leading primary candidates manage only hundreds.
Mr Macron classes his movement as "neither left nor right" but his centrist agenda is attracting many formerly Socialist voters.
The truth about this primary contest is that whoever wins the nomination could quickly find themselves face to face with the real battle for the Left.
Follow BBC News coverage on the French presidential election campaign here
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Presenters Clare Balding, Victoria Derbyshire and Emily Maitlis are among those who have signed an open letter to director general Tony Hall.
They urge him to "correct" the disparity over gender pay, which they say has been known "for years".
Lord Hall said "work is already well under way" to resolve the pay gap.
On Wednesday, the BBC revealed the salaries of stars earning more than £150,000.
The salaries, published in the corporation's annual report, revealed two-thirds of its stars earning more than £150,000 are male, with Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans the top-paid on between £2.2m and £2.25m.
Claudia Winkleman - whose name was not on the original letter - was the highest-paid female celebrity, earning between £450,000 and £500,000 last year.
Education Secretary Justine Greening said the BBC's gender pay gap was "hard to justify", while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said discrepancies were "astronomical".
More than 40 signatories include BBC Sport's Sue Barker, BBC Radio 4 Today programme journalists Mishal Husain and Sarah Montague, BBC News and Antiques Roadshow presenter Fiona Bruce and The One Show's Alex Jones.
The report shows "what many of us have suspected for many years... that women at the BBC are being paid less than men for the same work," the letter says.
Pay disparities continue "beyond the list" of those earning more than £150,000, they add, including in areas of production, engineering, and regional and local media.
The letter continues: "Compared to many women and men, we are very well compensated and fortunate.
"However, this is an age of equality and the BBC is an organisation that prides itself on its values.
"You have said that you will 'sort' the gender pay gap by 2020, but the BBC has known about the pay disparity for years. We all want to go on the record to call upon you to act now."
The women say they are "prepared to meet" Lord Hall to ensure "future generations of women do not face this kind of discrimination".
Woman's Hour presenter Jane Garvey - who organised the letter and is not on the list of top earners - told BBC Radio 4's BH programme the BBC should "set a standard" when it comes to fair pay.
"We are not after pay parity," she said, "it is fairness that we are in pursuit of here, not enormous pay rises."
"I love what the BBC is meant to stand for - let's show the rest of Britain what this incredible institution can do."
Clare Balding said she became concerned about the gender pay gap in 2010, when after presenting Woman's Hour she realised her pay for the show was "40% lower" than similar programmes.
"We are the high earners, that's why we are on the list, but don't tell me that isn't reflected all the way down [the BBC]," she told the programme.
"It is right through and that's where I think we have got to stand up as the ones who are on the list and say 'hang on, enough, we can help you with this'."
Education Secretary Ms Greening, who is also responsible for women and equalities, told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday it was "impossible not to be shocked" by the BBC gender pay gap.
She said it was a "reputational issue" for the BBC, adding that it was "very hard to justify" some of the pay discrepancies.
Labour leader Mr Corbyn told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show he would be happy to sign the letter, saying the BBC "needs to look at itself".
But he said problem was broader than just the BBC and discrimination remained a "serious" issue in the UK.
Marr, who is paid between £400,000 and £449,999 a year by the BBC, said if he was a woman he would have been removed from the TV "10 years ago".
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Responding to the letter, Lord Hall said there would be a "wider consultation" over the next two months to address the issue and that he would value the contributions of those who signed the letter.
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"But beyond that, over the next three years I want the BBC to be regarded as an exemplar on gender and diversity."
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With his image of a revolutionary, Col Gaddafi inspired South Africans to fight for their liberation, funding and arming the anti-apartheid movement as it fought white minority rule.
However, he also backed notorious rebel groups in Liberia and Sierra Leone and his demise could serve as a warning to the continent's other "big-man" rulers.
After Mr Mandela became South Africa's first black president in 1994, he rejected pressure from Western leaders - including then-US President Bill Clinton - to sever ties with Col Gaddafi, who bankrolled his election campaign.
"Those who feel irritated by our friendship with President Gaddafi can go jump in the pool," he said.
Instead, Mr Mandela played a key role in ending Col Gaddafi's pariah status in the West by brokering a deal with the UK over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
It led to Col Gaddafi handing over Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi for trial in Scotland. He was convicted in 2001, before being released eight years later on compassionate grounds - a decision Mr Mandela welcomed.
Mr Mandela saw the Lockerbie deal as one of his biggest foreign policy achievements.
"No-one can deny that the friendship and trust between South Africa and Libya played a significant part in arriving at this solution... It vindicates our view that talking to one another and searching for peaceful solutions remain the surest way to resolve differences and advance peace and progress in the world," he said in 1999, as he approached the end of his presidency.
"It was pure expediency to call on democratic South Africa to turn its back on Libya and [Col] Gaddafi, who had assisted us in obtaining democracy."
Col Gaddafi's position in Africa was paradoxical. Just as he backed pro-democracy causes, he also fuelled rebellions in countries such as Liberia and Sierra Leone and supported Uganda's infamous dictator Idi Amin.
African leaders tended to overlook this.
"Muammar Gaddafi, whatever his faults, is a true nationalist. I prefer nationalists to puppets of foreign interests," Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said in February.
"Therefore, the independent-minded Gaddafi had some positive contribution to Libya, I believe, as well as Africa and the Third World.
"We should also remember, as part of that independent-mindedness, he expelled British and American military bases from Libya [after he took power]," Mr Museveni said.
Col Gaddafi played a prominent role in the formation of the African Union (AU) - a body in which he wielded enormous influence because he was one of its major financiers.
At an AU summit in 2008, he got many African traditional leaders to declare him the continent's "king of kings".
A spokesman for one of those traditional leaders - Uganda's Tooro kingdom - says Col Gaddafi was a "visionary" and would be missed.
"We saw the human side of him - not Gaddafi the colonel or the proverbial terrorist as the Americans and Europeans described him," Philip Winyi said.
"In spite of what many see as his weaknesses, he has done quite a lot for Africa, contributing to the building of infrastructure."
Col Gaddafi pushed for a United States of Africa to rival the US and the European Union (EU).
"We want an African military to defend Africa. We want a single currency. We want one African passport," he said.
Africa's other leaders paid lip-service to achieving this vision but none seemed very serious about putting it into practice.
In a BBC interview after Col Gaddafi's death, Kenya's Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said the late Libyan leader sometimes showed a violent streak at AU meetings.
"He really suppressed Libyan people and vanquished them to the extent that in one of many AU meetings we saw him slap his foreign minister in our presence, which is something unexpected of any dignified and self-respecting head of state," Mr Wetangula told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
An AU expert with the South African Institute for International Affairs, Kathryn Sturman, says Col Gaddafi's death will have a profound effect on the AU.
2008: "We want an African military to defend Africa, we want a single African currency, we want one African passport to travel within Africa," after being declared king of kings by African traditional rulers in Libya.
2010: "We don't know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and ignorant Africans," after discussing halting the flow of African migrants to Italy.
2007: "Libya is an African country. May Allah help the Arabs and keep them away from us. We don't want anything to do with them."
2009: "I am an international leader, the dean of the Arab rulers, the king of kings of Africa and the imam of Muslims, and my international status does not allow me to descend to a lower level," at an Arab League summit.
"It's the end of an era for the AU. Libya was one of the big five [along with South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria] financial contributors of the organisation. It paid 15% [of its budget], and also the membership fees of countries in arrears, like Malawi," Ms Sturman said.
"The new government in Libya is not going to be well disposed to the AU [which opposed the Nato-led intervention in Libya]."
Ms Sturman said that while the AU financial woes may worsen, it may work more effectively in the post-Gaddafi era.
"He was very adamant about pursuing a United States of Africa - and was quite obstructive in attempts to bring about deeper regional integration."
Last week, South Africa's President Jacob Zuma - whose government initially backed Nato intervention, but then denounced it - echoed a similar view in a foreign policy speech.
"Colonel Gaddafi spent a lot of time discussing a unity government for Africa that was impossible to implement now. He was in a hurry for this, possibly because he wanted to head it up himself.
"I had arguments with him about it several times. The AU will work better now without his delaying it and with some members no longer feeling as intimidated by him as they did," the South African president said.
It is an open secret in political circles that some African leaders are also intimated by Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who remained a staunch ally of Col Gaddafi until his death.
Having spearheaded Zimbabwe's independence struggle, Mr Mugabe - who has been in office since 1980 - portrays the opposition as "puppets" of the West as he tries to hang on to power.
But as Col Gaddafi's fate shows, such rhetoric no longer strikes a chord with most Africans - a point South Africa's Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu made when he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme:
"He [Gaddafi] had this wonderful dream about a United States of Africa - like [Ghana's post-independence leader] Kwame Nkrumah, but I think we are going to remember what happened in the latter days of his rule when he actually bombed his own people."
North Wales PCC Arfon Jones also warned businesses were "most at risk".
The North Wales Police Cyber Crime Team said ransomware crimes - where hackers encrypt files and demand thousands of pounds to unlock them - were being reported to the force "each week".
Mr Jones said: "The front line is now online."
He went on: "Technology has provided criminals with new tools and different methods to perpetrate crime.
"Traditional crimes such as burglary, shoplifting and theft have seen a reduction over the last decade but the number of offences hasn't reduced - it has moved online.
"The playing field has changed and we need to work more effectively in partnership to prevent the newer crimes, such as cyber-crime, from being committed."
He issued the warning to members of the North Wales Business Club on Monday.
It heard how one firm in Wrexham nearly folded after it had 15 years' of accounts data encrypted.
Det Sgt Peter Jarvis, of the cyber crime team, said businesses that do not have data back-ups were "left with some difficult decisions".
"It's very unlikely you will find the person responsible, they don't leave a footprint, so it's vital to have the right security and to follow the right procedures and to make sure your staff do as well," he added.
ONS figures released in July showed almost six million fraud and cyber crimes were committed in England and Wales in 2015.
Carbisdale Castle, near Ardgay in Sutherland, is owned by the Scottish Youth Hostel Association (SYHA).
It stopped running the property five years ago and a deal to sell it to a developer fell through this month.
Selling agents Savills have put the category B listed 40-bedroom castle on the market for offers over £900,000.
The previous asking price was offers over £1.2m.
Its ghost is well-known among people who have stayed at Carbisdale when it was a hostel. SYHA even dubbed one of the top-floor bedrooms as the "spook room" because of claims it was haunted.
Betty is said to appear dressed in white in various parts of the property.
The ghost does not get a mention in the sales material.
The castle and its entrance gates are listed as category B, which means they are structures of regional historical importance.
The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland had Carbisdale Castle built near Ardgay between 1907 and 1917 following the death of her husband, George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the Third Duke of Sutherland.
Lady Mary was the duke's second wife and after he died she became embroiled in a legal dispute over his will with her stepson, the fourth Duke of Sutherland.
When the row was settled the duchess used her inheritance to have Carbisdale constructed.
During World War Two, King Haakon VII of Norway and Crown Prince Olav were given sanctuary at the castle during the Nazi occupation of Norway.
The Mercedes driver controlled the race from start to finish, leading home team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Vettel, meanwhile, could finish only fourth in the Ferrari.
The German dropped to the back when he needed to change his front wing, damaged by Red Bull's Max Verstappen at the start.
He recovered well with some aggressive overtaking on a two-stop strategy and caught the battle for third place, in which Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was leading the Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon, with seven laps to go.
Vettel passed Ocon in a touch-and-go move into Turn One with four laps to go. An off-track moment a few corners later dropped him back from Perez but he made a daring late pass into the last corner with two laps remaining.
It was a sixth win in 10 races in Canada for Hamilton, who on Saturday equalled his hero Ayrton Senna's mark of 65 pole positions.
"I had my first win here and my first pole," Hamilton said. "So to repeat it again 10 years later is incredibly special."
Hamilton and Vettel qualified alongside each other on the front row and were expected to stage a close fight in the race for superiority in a race the Mercedes driver really needed to win to boost his title hopes.
But the grand prix fell into Hamilton's lap within a few seconds of the start.
Verstappen made an electrifying getaway from fifth place, threaded his way between the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Bottas and swept around the outside of Vettel into the first corner.
But the Dutchman slightly misjudged the move, and his left rear wheel clipped Vettel's front wing as he claimed the corner.
Shortly afterwards, Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz tangled with Haas' Romain Grosjean on the curving straight between Turns Two and Three.
The Spaniard lost control, spinning down the inside of the track and side-swiping Felipe Massa's Williams in Turn Three, forcing Fernando Alonso's McLaren on to the grass in avoidance.
That brought out the safety car for four laps but Ferrari waited until the restart on lap five to bring in Vettel and change his front wing and fit a set of super-soft tyres.
Vettel said he did not spot that the wing was badly damaged because the safety car came out before he had had a chance to get a proper feel for the car.
"I had a little bit of a feel out of Turn Six and then the safety car came," he said.
"But I wasn't sure because it was the first lap of the race, especially it was very windy today, so I thought it might have been a gust and for the first lap, the tyres are not there. We should have spotted that and got a free pit stop."
The plan may have been to try to get to the end on that set, but this was abandoned on lap 49, by which time Vettel was up to sixth place.
Ferrari chose to stop Vettel again in the hope he would have fresher tyres and be able to catch and pass the cars battling for third place behind Hamilton and Bottas.
Their predictions that he would catch Ricciardo, Perez and Ocon with eight laps to go were spot on and it led to an entertaining and frantic battle from which Vettel emerged the victor.
Vettel's problems left Hamilton in a league of his own.
He cruised away from Verstappen in the opening laps, and when the Red Bull retired with an engine problem on lap 11, Hamilton had a comfortable pace advantage over Bottas.
He simply drove away unchallenged to his third victory of the year, prompting team boss Toto Wolff to say it was a "stellar" drive and one of his best performances in more than four years with the team.
There may be recriminations at Force India as Perez refused requests to allow Ocon past in the closing stages so he could try to pass Ricciardo.
Perez spent the entire race behind Ricciardo without ever getting close enough to try a passing move.
It was decided by the team that Ocon, who appeared to have stronger pace, should be allowed to try to make progress. But Perez, who brings millions in sponsorship money to the team, had other ideas.
The Mexican demanded management "let them race" and it led to a heart-in-mouth climax to the race for the team.
There were several dicey moments as Vettel closed in, with Ocon's attempted pass into the final chicane allowing the Ferrari to close up and pass the Frenchman into the first corner on lap 65.
Ocon missed the corner, and took to the escape road, but charged back onto Perez's tail.
They raced side-by-side into the last corner on the last lap, Perez defending hard, and holding his team-mate off.
Ocon was not amused. "This is not fair, guys," he said over the radio. "He moved at the last minute. He cannot do that. This is not fair racing at all."
Behind the Force Indias, Raikkonen nursed his Ferrari home with brake problems in the closing stages, ahead of Renault's Nico Hulkenberg and Canadian Lance Stroll, who scored the first points of his debut season for Williams at his home race.
Stroll was holding off McLaren's Fernando Alonso in the closing laps. The Spaniard appeared set for the team's first point of the year for 10th place but he retired with yet another Honda engine failure with two laps to go.
The Spaniard threw his cockpit protection out of the car, got out and jumped straight into the crowd to pose for pictures with delighted fans.
That will only increase the tensions at McLaren, where divorce from Honda appears to be on the cards in just the third year of a long-term contract.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix in two weeks' time shares many characteristics with Montreal - long straights, slow corners and low-grip asphalt. Hamilton will go there determined to further eat into Vettel's lead and atone for the mess he made of that race last year.
Race winner Lewis Hamilton: "Big thank you to this crowd. Every year the energy grows. I had my first pole here and my first win here. To repeat it is incredibly special. Valtteri did fantastically well to get the points for the team. I am over the moon. "
Valtteri Bottas, who finished second: "Always good to be here. As a team we really needed this one-two to get the points. I am very, very proud to be a part of this team. I knew what I had to do in the end, this was good points for us."
Third place Daniel Ricciardo: "Today I only had fun when I saw the chequered flag. I couldn't afford to make any mistakes. Concentration was getting tough. It's great to be on the podium"
Derek Keilloh, of Aberdeen, was a medical officer with the Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR) in Basra when Mr Mousa died in British Army custody.
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service heard he had 93 injuries.
The MPTS said Dr Keilloh, who practises in North Yorkshire, was aware of the injuries but failed to report them.
He supervised a failed resuscitation attempt to save the life of Mr Mousa, who had been hooded, handcuffed and severely beaten by soldiers.
The hotel receptionist had been arrested in a crackdown by soldiers who believed, wrongly, that he was an insurgent involved in the murder of four of their colleagues the month before.
The MPTS recognised Dr Keilloh, now a GP at Mayford House Surgery in Northallerton, did "everything possible" to save Mr Mousa's life, in a setting that was "highly charged, chaotic, tense and stressful".
Dr Keilloh claimed he saw only dried blood around Mr Mousa's nose while giving mouth-to-mouth and CPR.
But the panel ruled he must have seen the injuries and had a duty to act.
The MPTS questioned his honesty after he lied to Army investigators about the injuries and, in sticking to his story, giving evidence in subsequent courts-martial and a public inquiry.
The panel also said the doctor did not do enough to protect his patients, the other detainees, from further mistreatment, breaking a "fundamental tenet" of the medical profession.
He told soldiers not to beat other detainees, but the panel ruled he should have blown the whistle to senior officers about what went on.
The MPTS said it was the "repeated dishonesty" in claiming not to have seen injuries to Mr Mousa that was wholly unacceptable.
Dr Brian Alderman, the panel chairman, said: "In all the circumstances, the panel determined that erasure is the only appropriate sanction in this case.
"It is considered that this action is the only way proper standards of conduct and behaviour may be upheld and trust in the profession as a whole may be restored.
"The panel has identified serious breaches of good medical practice and, given the gravity and nature of the extent and context of your dishonesty, it considers that your misconduct is fundamentally incompatible with continued registration."
Dr Keilloh, a married father of two who qualified in medicine at the University of Aberdeen, has 28 days to appeal against the decision in the High Court.
Mr Mousa's death led to a public inquiry, led by Sir William Gage, which concluded that his death was caused by a combination of his weakened physical state and a final struggle with his guards.
The final report strongly criticised the "corporate failure" by the Ministry of Defence and the "lack of moral courage to report abuse" within Preston-based QLR.
It named 19 soldiers who assaulted Mr Mousa and other detainees and found that many others, including several officers, must have known what was happening.
Six soldiers were cleared at a court martial in 2007, while Cpl Donald Payne became the first member of the British armed forces convicted of a war crime when he pleaded guilty to inhumanely treating civilians.
The Ministry of Defence agreed to pay £2.83m in compensation to the families of Mr Mousa and nine other Iraqi men abused by UK troops.
Theo Bronkhorst made the remarks after his trial for failing to prevent an illegal hunt was postponed.
He said the case was "crazy" and the permits to kill Cecil the lion outside Hwange National Park had been obtained.
The killing in July has caused outrage around the world and the dentist, Walter Palmer, is in hiding.
Protests have been held outside his dental clinic in Minnesota and vandals spray-painted "lion killer" on the garage of his holiday home in Florida earlier this week.
Zimbabwe's Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri has called for Mr Palmer to be extradited to face charges.
As he left the court in Hwange town, in north-western Zimbabwe, Mr Bronkhorst defended the American.
"I feel sorry for [Mr Palmer]. He is a good man. He did nothing wrong," he was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
He also attacked the legal proceedings as "frivolous" and said hunting was "integral" to Zimbabwe and had to continue.
"If we do not use wildlife sustainably there will be no wildlife," the professional hunter said.
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The trial of Mr Bronkhorst was postponed on Wednesday to give his legal team more time to prepare their defence. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.
Mr Palmer is believed to have paid about $50,000 (£32,000) to hunt down Cecil, a major tourist attraction at Hwange National Park - Zimbabwe's largest game reserve.
Ms Muchinguri says Mr Palmer's extradition is being sought so that he can "be held accountable for his illegal action". The US is yet to respond to the request.
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Researchers at King's College London found the mental exercises kept minds sharp and helped people with everyday skills such as shopping and cooking.
Nearly 7,000 people aged 50 and over signed up for the six-month experiment, launched by BBC TV's Bang Goes The Theory.
Longer studies are now beginning.
The volunteers were recruited from the general population by a partnership between the BBC, the Alzheimer's Society and the Medical Research Council.
As far as the investigators were aware, none had any problems with memory or cognition when they signed up to the experiment.
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Some of the volunteers were encouraged to play online brain training games for 10 minutes at a time, as often as they wished. The others - the control group - were asked to do simple internet searches.
The researchers tested the subjects on a series of medically recognised cognitive tests at baseline and then again at three months and six months to see if there was any detectable difference between the groups.
The researchers found after six months, those who played "brain training" games for reasoning and problem-solving kept their broader cognitive skills better than those who did not.
The benefit appeared to kick in when people played the games at least five times a week.
And people over 60 who played these games reported better scores for carrying out essential everyday tasks, the Journal of Post-acute and Long Term Care Medicine reports.
But an earlier analysis by the same researchers suggests brain training has no benefit in people younger than 50.
The researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's are starting a longer trial to establish whether this approach could help prevent the development of dementia.
Dr Doug Brown of the Alzheimer's Society said: "Online brain training is rapidly growing into a multi-million pound industry and studies like this are vital to help us understand what these games can and cannot do.
"While this study wasn't long enough to test whether the brain training package can prevent cognitive decline or dementia, we're excited to see that it can have a positive impact on how well older people perform essential everyday tasks."
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The transport union said a ballot of its Scottish members had seen them "narrowly" record a majority in favour of independence.
The result came as Labour leader Ed Miliband was campaigning in Scotland for a "No" vote.
The RMT was disaffiliated from Labour in 2004 after it allowed its branches to affiliate to other parties.
It is understood RMT members in Scotland voted in favour of independence by a margin of 1,051 to 968. A further 365 voters were undecided.
The RMT is the largest of Scotland's rail unions, and also represents many offshore oil and gas workers.
A spokesman for the union said: "RMT has conducted a referendum ballot of our members in Scotland and they have narrowly recorded a majority in support of the 'Yes' position.
"That ballot result has been reported to the union's executive and we will be sending out a formal letter to our members in Scotland in due course."
Welcoming the result, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described it as a "humiliation" for the Labour leader.
She said: "This is very welcome and hugely significant backing for a 'Yes' vote from members of a major trade union - and it is a humiliation for Ed Miliband.
"Coming on the same day as his latest visit to Scotland, it completely demolishes his claims to be the authentic voice of working class, Labour-minded voters across Scotland.
"Labour voters are already moving to a 'Yes' vote in their hundreds of thousands, and it is endorsements like this which will persuade even more of them to back independence, as we look to securing a majority of Labour supporters voting 'Yes' on 18 September".
A spokesman for Scottish Labour said: "Six trade unions, representing 140,000 people across the public and private sector in Scotland, are in favour of a 'No' vote on 18 September.
"The vast majority of trade unionists in Scotland agree that we are stronger together and want to side with the politics of unity and solidarity, and not the politics of division.
"Even this ballot did not show a majority in favour of independence - 59% of people who voted didn't support a 'Yes' vote."
The Prison Officers Association Scotland has also previously voted in favour of independence.
The spinner, 28, will not play in the potential title decider at Middlesex after initially saying he needed rest.
Yorkshire are second in Division One and nine points adrift of Middlesex.
"I didn't feel that I am in a strong enough mental frame of mind to be at my best," said Rashid on social media.
"Although I did make myself available, if I was required to play I felt I could be letting the lads down.
"But coupled with my personal reasons I have also had a heavy period of cricket recently for Yorkshire and England which has been both physically and mentally draining and it is very unfortunate timing."
Yorkshire, who are looking to win their third-successive Championship title, will also be without Jonny Bairstow for this week's match at Lord's after the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) refused their request to field the wicketkeeper-batsman.
Rashid has been included in the squad for England's tour of Bangladesh in October.
"Family comes first for me and I will be away on England duty this winter with a busy playing schedule," he said.
"I have been in touch with the Yorkshire players and coaches and I will be wishing the lads all the best this game and I am desperately hoping we can lift the trophy for a third year in a row."
New Great British Bake Off host Sandi Toksvig will also appear, along with Graham Norton and Eddie Izzard.
The renowned arts and literature festival will host 800 events, including music from Brian May, Will Young and Amy MacDonald.
It runs from 25 May to 4 June in the Powys town of Hay-on-Wye.
The full programme to mark the 30th anniversary of the 10-day festival was announced on Tuesday, two days before tickets go on sale on Thursday.
Sanders, the Vermont Senator who was beaten to the Democratic presidential nomination by Hillary Clinton, will be at Hay along with other names from the political world, including former Home Secretary Alan Johnson.
Broadcaster Stephen Fry will be one of those attending to share his philosophy on how to bring about a better world as part of the festival's central 30 Reformations programme.
Actors Sir Tony Robinson, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Sheen and Sheila Hancock will appear, along with director Ken Loach.
Comedy will be provided by Izzard, as well as Mark Watson, Marcus Brigstocke and Shappi Khorsandi.
Meanwhile, artist Tracey Emin and writer Germaine Greer will join discussions investigating the latest topics in art, technology, history and health, and authors will include Helen Fielding and Ian Rankin.
There will also be a range of activities aimed at families and younger visitors, including appearances from acclaimed children's authors Jacqueline Wilson and Julia Donaldson.
Festival director Peter Florence said it would celebrate 30 years of bringing readers and writers together "to share stories and ideas, to imagine the world - to tell our truths and renew our lives".
The border town of Hay-on-Wye, well known for its second hand book shops, has hosted the annual literary event since the spring of 1987.
Its birthday in May is being marked by "crowd sourcing" a list of the world's most essential books.
Thirty schools will also plant trees over 30 acres (12 hectares) in a partnership with conservation charity, The Woodland Trust.
The police headquarters and the main government building fell to the Taliban on Wednesday, a local senator said.
The Taliban say their fighters have seized the entire district.
However, the Afghan defence ministry said fighting was continuing and that reinforcements had been sent.
Sangin saw almost a quarter of British military fatalities during the UK's combat mission in Afghanistan.
District governor Haji Suliman Shah told the BBC he had been airlifted from the district HQ to Shorabak base - formerly Camp Bastion - in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah early on Wednesday, along with 15 wounded security force members.
A few hundred police and soldiers have taken refuge at an army barracks about 7km (four miles) from Sangin, and are besieged there.
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Ashuqullah, a police officer at the barracks, told the BBC the "entire" town was controlled by militants. "We have not seen any help," he said.
"Support troops have been airdropped at a distance... but all roads are blocked and in the militants' control," he added.
There were many wounded at the barracks needing urgent evacuation, he said.
Speaking in Kabul, Afghanistan's acting Defence Minister Masoum Stanikzai described the situation in Helmand as "manageable" and said fresh support troops had been sent in.
Afghan government forces had been "thinly spread" over the whole country, he said, and had been trying their best to hold all areas.
A small contingent of British troops has been sent to Helmand "in an advisory role," the British government said on Tuesday.
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, claimed on Wednesday:
"The Sangin district centres, its police HQ, and other establishments were under continued attacks of the mujahideen and today... with God's grace the district was fully captured by the mujahideen.
"The white flag of the Islamic emirate is at full mast at the district now.''
Haji Daud, the head of the Sangin district people's council, told the BBC that Sangin residents had fled the district to neighbouring areas.
Responding to the defence minister's claims, he said: "Those whose family - brothers and siblings and parents - are not fighting on the front, they always say the situation is not dangerous in the area..."
"Those who make such comments do not care to defend Helmand."
Pharmacy owner Sarwah Shah, who fled to Lashkar Gah, told the BBC that all of the families living on his street in Sangin - around 20 to 30 houses - had fled.
Another resident Agha Wali said he had fled Sangin with his children two days ago. He had had to leave all his possessions behind, he said.
The Taliban have already seized control of all but two districts in Helmand.
On Monday the deputy governor of Helmand complained of a lack of government support in an open letter on Facebook to President Ashraf Ghani.
"Helmand will collapse to the enemies and it's not like Kunduz, where we could launch an operation from the airport to retake it. That is just impossible and a dream," he wrote.
In September, the Taliban briefly overran the northern Afghan city of Kunduz in one of their biggest victories since 2001.
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Economy Secretary Ken Skates told AMs that at a time of "significant economic uncertainty" due to Brexit, it could not back the plans for the race track in Ebbw Vale in their current form.
Mr Skates said the risk to the taxpayer in the current form was "unacceptable".
In a statement, developers said they were "confident" a balance of risk sharing could be delivered.
Mr Skates wants to see 50% of the finance and 50% of the underwriting to come from the private sector.
"The cabinet secretary has requested we deliver the guarantee to below 50% of the total project costs and we are confident we can do so over the course of the project," said Circuit of Wales chief executive Martin Whitaker.
Mr Skates said, including guarantees and council loans, the latest proposal involved Welsh Government underwriting about 75% of the total cost of the project, with councils underwriting a further 8%.
"Unfortunately, despite the efforts of the project backers, this leaves only around 17% of the risk being taken by the private sector," he said.
"My door remains firmly open and I have urged them to revise their bid in such a way where the private sector takes more of the risk in order for this project to be taken forward.
"We need to see at least 50% of this project funded and 50% of the risk underwritten by the private sector to justify value for money for Welsh Government and the public purse."
Mr Skates met the company shortly before his announcement to AMs.
Conservative economy spokesman Russell George said the decision was "disappointing" and "regrettable".
Plaid Cymru's finance and economy spokesman Adam Price asked why negotiations were taking place "with the clock ticking" when the proposal had been on the minister's desk for many weeks.
"Isn't it true that his own government's due diligence shows there is an almost negligible scenario where the guarantee will be called in?
"Because it's a strong project, it's a strong business case, in which case all this is academic and he should get on with the job and actually support this proposal in an area of Wales which is crying out for jobs and leadership."
Earlier, the developers said Blaenau Gwent and Monmouthshire councils were "fully on board" with the plan which would have seen them provide loans of £90m.
On Monday, Monmouthshire council leader Peter Fox said there was no guarantee the local authorities would agree to that.
CoW chief executive Martin Whitaker said: "We have a fantastic working relationship with the councils.
"Blaenau Gwent stands to benefit significantly, as does Monmouthshire. They've been very supportive."
If the Welsh Government had agreed to underwrite the project, it would not have been liable for the money until after it was completed.
In return, it would have been paid £3.8m a year for 33 years.
In April, Mr Skates's predecessor Edwina Hart rejected a previous plan which involved the taxpayer underwriting the entire cost.
She said there was a "significant question around the viability of the project" and an "unacceptable risk" to the government.
But she said a guarantee of 80% of the total value of the project "may have reduced our risk to an acceptable level".
On Monday, Mr Whitaker told BBC Radio Wales he was confident the Welsh Government would support the new proposal.
"We're ready to go and we're certain the government will give us that confidence and certainty," he said.
The discovery indicates their arrival on the continent was up to 18,000 years earlier than previously thought.
It was made after sophisticated artefacts were excavated from a rock shelter in the Northern Territory.
Researchers unearthed what they say are the world's oldest stone axes and ochre crayons, thought to be used for art.
Although there is some debate, scientists have previously estimated that humans arrived in Australia between 47,000 and 60,000 years ago.
"We have managed to establish a new age for first occupation in Australia and pushed it back by about 18,000 years beyond what was the previous established age of about 47,000 years," said Associate Prof Chris Clarkson, from the University of Queensland.
"This has huge implications for everything from the out-of-Africa story to the extinction of megafauna and Aboriginal peoples' own knowledge of how long they have been in this country."
Associate Prof Clarkson said the discovery, published in the journal Nature, provides insight into human chronology, but he acknowledged the new dates are at odds with previous genetic research findings.
The rare artefacts found in the dense lowest layer of the Madjedbebe shelter, near Kakadu National Park, indicate an "innovative and dynamic early Aboriginal occupation of Australia", Assoc Prof Clarkson told the BBC.
"We found these beautiful ground stone-edge axes with grooves at one end where the handle would have been attached with resin," he said.
The team found pieces of reflective art minerals such as mica wrapped around ground ochre, along with a slab covered in red ochre that was mixed with mica.
"It really tells us that people were heavily into artistic activity," Associate Prof Clarkson said.
Since the 1970s, the Northern Territory rock shelter has been excavated four times, with more than 10,000 artefacts found in the lowest layer of the site.
For the latest digs, researchers struck a landmark agreement with the Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, which represents the traditional owners of the area, the Mirrar people.
Mirrar people worked alongside archaeologists at Madjedbebe, helping with the excavation and curation of the material.
"This study shatters previous understandings of the sophistication of the Aboriginal toolkit," Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation head Justin O'Brien said.
The Shanghai Composite ended up 1.9% to 3,156.54 despite the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold off raising interest rates last week, in part due to a slowing Chinese economy.
Shares in small-cap companies rebounded strongly, making up for recent losses.
But Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 0.8% to 21,756.93 points.
"The real dovish tone of the [Fed's] statement, press conference and the Q&A has led to the conclusion that the Fed is becoming increasingly concerned about the global backdrop," said market strategist Evan Lucas.
Trading was also lighter than usual with the region's biggest market, Japan, closed until Wednesday for public holidays.
In the meantime, investors are looking ahead to flash manufacturing activity readings from China and the euro zone on Wednesday for an indication on where the global economy is heading.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 2% to 5,066.2 - leading the region's losses.
South Korea's Kospi finished down 1.6% to 1,964.68 after hitting a five and a half week high in the previous session.
The benchmark index also ended a four-day winning streak.
The 46-year-old replaces Sam Allardyce, who left by mutual consent last month after the Hammers finished 12th in the Premier League.
Bilic, who has signed a three-year deal, said: "It is a great place to play and I felt like I was at home."
He played 54 times for the Upton Park side between 1996 and 1997 and managed Croatia for six years, beating England twice in the Euro 2008 qualifiers.
He was also manager at Lokomotiv Moscow and Besiktas, whom he left in May.
"It is a big privilege and a big responsibility to now be manager and I hope that I will prove it to the board, players and fans," he added.
"When I spoke to the chairmen and Karren Brady, they made clear that it is not only the fantastic new [Olympic] Stadium we are moving into, but they showed their determination and ambition to make what is a big club even bigger.
"I could feel that they really wanted me so it was an easy choice. I would say to the West Ham fans that I will give my best and together we will achieve great things.
"I remember West Ham as a special club. My last club, Besiktas, was that kind of club. It's not about the size - there is something special about them - they are a cult club."
In May he announced his intention to leave Turkish side Besiktas, after failing to win the league title in his two years at the Istanbul club and missing out on Champions League qualification for next season.
Bilic spent 2012-13 in charge of Lokomotiv, but was sacked after leading them to a ninth-place finish, their worst season since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Suffolk firefighters brought the body out shortly before 11:00 BST on Wednesday.
The emergency services were alerted by reports that a body had been seen in the water close to Patterson Road.
Suffolk Police have not said whether the death is being considered suspicious but emergency services are still at the scene.
The 43-year-old, in his 25th year of British Championship competition this year, will ride in the superbike, superstock and Supersport events.
Rutter is also hoping to secure a supertwins ride at the meeting which takes place on 12 and 14 May.
He will ride Bathams BMWs in the superbike and superstock races and a Gearlink Kawasaki supersport bike.
Much of the attention in this year's event will be focused on Alastair Seeley's attempt to achieve a 16th victory which would make him the most successful rider in North West 200 victory.
Seeley's three victories last year moved him level on 15 wins with the late Robert Dunlop.
Rutter is currently just two wins behind Seeley but admits that he will face a tough task in adding to his North West triumphs.
"I think it would be very difficult and it is a lottery going into that last lap at the North West," says the West Midlands man.
"You could be leading going into Juniper Hill chicane and then end up third or fourth."
Rutter's first Triangle course victory was in 1997 and his last a superstock triumph four years ago.
However, a fifth-place superbike finish last year and a 131 mph lap in the senior race at the Isle of Man TT proved Rutter has lost none of his pace on the roads.
Alex Hynes, who is currently managing director at Arriva Rail North, will replace Phil Verster who is leaving the role to take up a new job in England.
Mr Verster had faced pressure in recent months because of ScotRail's failure to meet targets on punctuality and reliability.
Mr Hynes said he was excited to be part of plans to "vastly improve services".
He will join the rail operator later in the year.
ScotRail Alliance was formed as a partnership involving Abellio ScotRail and Network Rail, intended to improve performance through cooperation between the rail operator and the rail infrastructure company.
Mr Hynes has almost 20 years of industry experience, and has been managing director of the Northern franchise for the past three and half years.
He said: "I am delighted to have been appointed to lead the ScotRail Alliance, this cutting-edge arrangement, which brings together the management of ScotRail and Network Rail to deliver the very best for customers.
"The ScotRail Alliance is delivering one of the largest programmes of investment, change and modernisation since the railway was built. To be part of that, and the plans to vastly improve services and capacity for customers, is hugely exciting for me."
Dominic Booth, managing director of Abellio UK, said: "Alex has a proven track record delivering rail improvement and investment programmes, and is the ideal replacement.
"We are currently investing in a fleet of 70 new faster, longer and greener trains, which will transform the rail travel experience of our customers and we are delighted to have Alex in place to lead this work."
Mark Carne, chief executive of Network Rail added: "We are very pleased that Alex is joining Network Rail to lead the ScotRail Alliance.
"This is one of the most pressurised, high profile roles in the whole railway industry and we look forward to helping him succeed."
Mr Verster, who has been in the managing director post at the ScotRail Alliance since May 2015, is leaving to become managing director of the East West rail project between Oxford and Cambridge.
Last week, he sparked a row at the Scottish Parliament over who would pay for free travel for season ticket holders as compensation for ScotRail train delays.
During his time in charge, Abellio ScotRail has faced calls for it to be stripped of the £7bn 10-year franchise.
Transport Scotland ordered ScotRail to put in place an improvement plan after 2016 saw its performance slip below contracted standards.
Commenting on the appointment of Mr Hynes, Scottish Labour's transport spokesman Neil Bibby said he was taking on a "difficult role".
He added: "The relationship between ScotRail and the SNP appears to be at breaking point, so Mr Hynes will have a lot of work to do repairing that in the interests of Scotland's passengers.
"Passengers are fed up with delayed, overcrowded and cancelled trains. ScotRail's performance simply isn't good enough."
Mike Rumbles, the Scottish Liberal Democrat's transport spokesman, said passengers wanted to see "improvement".
"The transport minister and the new managing director need to act quickly to fix the recent poor performance," he added.
Spot-lit, they read extracts from classic works of Russian literature that were once banned.
"We lived with censorship for many years in Soviet times," explains Elena Gremina, director of Moscow's Teatr.doc drama project. It organised the performance to highlight work by poets including Anna Akhmatova and Osip Mandelstam who died in Stalin's Gulag camps.
"Now we're afraid that we are seeing censorship in post-Soviet Russia," the director adds, her hands full of "samizdat" - hand-written copies of once-forbidden works, that had belonged to her father. "It's a big danger."
The reading was an act of solidarity with those experiencing a modern-day censorship scandal, in Siberia: the banning of a production of the Wagner opera Tannhauser for "offending religious believers".
Russian Orthodox activists had staged rallies against the production at the renowned Novosibirsk State Opera Theatre for several weeks.
They declared themselves offended by the depiction of Tannhauser as a film director working on an erotic film featuring Jesus Christ. The production also included an image of a crucified Christ between the legs of a naked woman.
It opened in December to full houses, but a local bishop later complained to prosecutors. The theatre manager and the opera's young director were then taken to court, accused of insulting religious feelings.
In mid-March the court rejected the complaint, finding no evidence of any offence.
But two weeks later the theatre boss was summoned to the city airport by Russia's Culture Ministry and sacked.
His replacement Vladimir Kekhman - a former banana tycoon - immediately removed Tannhauser from the theatre's repertoire, describing the production as "blasphemous".
Last weekend, a large crowd came out in protest at the ban.
"This is just the latest in a long line of worrying developments," Stas Zakharkin told the BBC from Novosibirsk, where he organised the mass rally in front of the opera house.
In 2012 the same Orthodox activists had tried to get an exhibition of Picasso engravings in Novosibirsk banned for "perversion".
They also lobbied against concerts by American shock-rocker Marilyn Manson, among others.
Critics see their actions as a sign that Russian society is becoming increasingly conservative, heavily influenced by the newly powerful Orthodox Church.
More broadly, there is concern about a creeping return of censorship to the arts.
"It's the fact they could interfere with what happens at the state opera that's created such a reaction. If they can do that, then where does it stop?" Stas Zakharkin explained.
"It's not just theatre lovers, but rock musicians and artists who feel threatened," he said, pointing out that the protest rally brought more than 2,500 people onto the street from all walks of life.
Their slogans read: "What's next, book burning?" and "Dictatorship" - with the letters 't' in the form of an Orthodox cross.
The crowd adopted a resolution including a call for the controversial opera to be reinstated and for the law on "insulting the feelings of believers" to be amended, so that works of art are exempt.
The petition also calls for Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky to be sacked.
The ministry has given a robust defence of its actions, insisting that it gave theatre boss Boris Mezdrich every chance to apologise and to adapt the disputed production.
In a statement, the ministry described the director's refusal to do so as unacceptable for someone on a state salary, accusing him of "stubborn arrogance".
The Novosibirsk theatre "is not an experimental stage", the culture minister told Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.
"A federal, state academic theatre must show respect for the audience, society, the city," the minister stressed.
"He enjoys a perfect right to hire or fire someone," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, defending Mr Medinsky to the BBC.
"There is no place for any censorship, but there is a place for subordination. They should obey," he said, referring to the theatre management.
Boris Mezdrich told another Russian newspaper that he was proud he had stood his ground.
Numerous well-known personalities from Russian cultural life have spoken out in his defence, including Oscar-nominated film director Andrei Zvyagintsev, who sent a recorded message to Sunday's demonstration.
And at Moscow's Teatr.doc - which has had its own run-in with the culture ministry - there was unanimous condemnation of the director's removal.
"If we don't protest, then we will have a precedent," warned playwright Mikhail Durnenkov. "People from the street can go to any theatre and cancel a show."
Others highlighted a law last year banning swearing on stage and screen as a first step towards "taming" the arts.
"We're all worried about what's happened," says actress Oksana Mysina.
"For those of us who began our professional lives during [Gorbachev's] perestroika, this is ridiculous. It is fantastically bad. We don't want to live in this situation," she added, concerned that the opera ban in Siberia could mark the start of a trend.
"That's why we can't sit at home," the actress stressed.
"We want to talk about this. For it to stop."
The 28-year-old spent the past two seasons on loan at Premier League side West Ham United and made 46 appearances for the Hammers.
Song joined Barcelona in 2012 from Arsenal for around £15m with an 80m euros (£63m) release clause, but has struggled to break into the star-studded squad.
"I'm very happy to come here and be a part of the project being built in Kazan," Song told the club's official TV channel.
"The club hopes to establish itself as the biggest team in Russian football in the next four years and I hope to make a great impact towards that.
"I've played for big teams like Arsenal and Barcelona, these clubs always set high goals so I understand the targets here.
"I like the atmosphere in the squad and hopefully we can achieve something positive together," the midfielder added.
Song, who began his senior career at French Ligue 1 side Bastia, moved to Arsenal on loan in 2005 before signing permanently the following season.
He played 206 times for the Gunners between 2005 and 2012 and made 65 appearances for Barcelona since moving to the Nou Camp on a five-year contract.
The midfielder made 34 appearances as Barcelona won the La Liga title under Tito Vilanova, and then another 31 appearances in the following campaign.
At international level, Song has not played for Cameroon since being sent off against Croatia in the group stages of the 2014 World Cup.
He announced his retirement from international football in January 2015 after his exclusion from the country's 2015 Africa Cup of Nations squad.
Song was recalled by new Cameroon coach Hugo Broos in March but refused to return to the Indomitable Lions squad for their fixture against Mauritania in June.
Nathan Richardson, 19, attacked Wenqing Xu on New Year's Day in Preston, Lancashire, after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs at a house party.
Mr Xu, who was found near Plungington Community Centre, had been in "the wrong place at the wrong time", Judge Mark Brown told Preston Crown Court.
Richardson, of no fixed address, must serve a minimum of 19 years.
Mr Xu, who was from China but had been staying with his daughter Diana, was left with 28 injuries to his head and neck as well as a laceration and bruising to his genital area, the court heard.
Richardson was seen dragging Mr Xu along the street but ran off when he was disturbed by witnesses shortly before 08:30 GMT.
Mr Xu was found wearing only a T-shirt and died in hospital.
Francis McEntee, prosecuting, said the motive for the assault remained a mystery.
Judge Brown said Mr Xu had been attacked "in a brutal, vicious and very cruel way."
"I am satisfied he suffered additional degradation when you removed his lower clothing and dragged him along the street," he said.
He said Richardson, who had been at a New Year's Eve house party, left his victim "dying in the gutter".
The court heard after the attack Richardson went to the house of friend Luke Jenkinson, 22, in nearby De Lacy Street, where he changed and washed his clothes.
Mr McEntee said friends had reported Richardson telling them he had "kicked and stamped" on Mr Xu's head.
The court heard Mr Xu's wife and daughter were unable to complete a victim statement as they were too distressed.
John Jones QC, representing Richardson, said he was "a young man with the most disadvantaged background and upbringing" who had been diagnosed with a personality disorder and learning difficulties.
Jenkinson was sentenced to two years and nine months after earlier admitting assisting an offender.
The court heard he did not know Richardson had murdered Mr Xu when he helped him.
The £12.4m purchase of a DHL depot is the fourth property deal completed by Portsmouth City Council since November.
Other purchases have included an industrial unit in Gloucestershire and a supermarket in Somerset.
Liberal Democrats said none of the investments were in Portsmouth, but ruling Conservatives said they were targeting the "highest yields".
Council leader Donna Jones said their property investments had generated £2m in the last year, helping to ease the impact of government spending cuts.
Ms Jones said: "It's not about the location, it's about the safest highest yield I can get, wherever that may be in the UK to generate the biggest return so I can keep libraries and public toilets open.
"We're trying to run the city more like a business and this is part of it."
But the leader of the opposition Liberal Democrat group, Councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson, said the decision to invest elsewhere in England sent "a terrible message to the people of Portsmouth".
"This is another property where another council will get the business rates, not Portsmouth," he said.
Tom Southall, head of property investment, said Portsmouth's £110m budget for property was large in comparison to other authorities.
He said the money was borrowed at relatively low rates from the Public Works Loan Board, with income generated by renting to established tenants.
Mr Southall said: "All property has risk... but if you get good property in good locations, you're always going to be able to let it."
Nationalist MPs agreed to support the current restrictions.
The House of Commons is to consider the legislation on Wednesday.
SNP Westminster group leader Angus Robertson said the ban in England and Wales should be maintained while the Scottish parliament considers strengthening the law in Scotland.
The UK intends government to introduce measures to prevent Scottish MPs voting on purely English matters in future.
Mr Robertson said: "We totally oppose fox hunting, and when there are moves in the Scottish Parliament to review whether the existing Scottish ban is strong enough, it is in the Scottish interest to maintain the existing ban in England and Wales for Holyrood to consider.
"We are in a situation where the Tory government are refusing to agree to any amendments to improve the Scotland Bill - which are supported by 58 of Scotland's 59 MPs - and imposing English Votes for English Laws to make Scotland's representation at Westminster second class.
"In these circumstances, it is right and proper that we assert the Scottish interest on fox hunting by voting with Labour against the Tories' proposals to relax the ban."
Traditional fox hunting with dogs is illegal across Britain, but in England and Wales, only two dogs can be used to flush out a fox so that a farmer or landowner can shoot it, while in Scotland an unlimited number of dogs can be used.
Conservative MPs have been given a free vote on the issue but hunting supporters appear unlikely to muster sufficient numbers to win the vote now that the SNP have against them.
Reaction on Twitter to the SNP decision, Scottish Secretary David Mundell's adviser Prof Adam Tomkins said: "More posturing from the SNP: last week EVEL, this week foxes. It's just tactics, designed to irritate. Ignore them and don't rise to it."
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Referee Andre Marriner retrieved several coins that were thrown towards City striker David Faupala and his team-mates as they celebrated his equaliser.
Manchester City went on to lose 5-1.
"We condemn such idiotic and dangerous behaviour," a Chelsea spokesman said.
"It is also worth stating this is a criminal offence and we will support any police prosecution if they can be identified."
The incident came a day after West Bromwich Albion's Chris Brunt was struck just beneath the eye by a coin as he went to throw his shirt into the visiting fans after their defeat at Reading.
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Describing the incident at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink added: "I saw it and I condemn it strongly and I think Chelsea will react. These people must not come into the stadium."
Hiddink, meanwhile, insisted the traditions of the FA Cup must be protected after City played five teenage full debutants in their side ahead of their Champions League last 16 game against Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine on Wednesday.
He said: "Many people worldwide are focused on the FA Cup. As a youngster I knew which Saturday was the FA Cup.
"It is the temple of football worldwide and we must be careful not to devaluate it."
Victims were fooled by emails asking them to divert payments into criminals' accounts, leaving the genuine recipient unpaid.
The number of cases of the scam - also known as "mandate" or "invoice" fraud - is up 71% on the previous year.
Losses in the UK totalled £126m, according to police figures compiled for Radio 4's You & Yours.
Police said people need to be suspicious of any persistent emails that suggest a change of bank account details.
Georgia Morandi, from Carmarthenshire, lost £2,514 to this sort of scam after having a wood burning stove installed. She received messages - apparently from her stove fitter's email account - asking for the money she owed him to be paid into a different bank account.
"The timing of it was perfect because, of course, it was a bill that I inevitably had to pay," she said.
But the messages she had received were not really from her stove fitter. It is thought his email account had been compromised and somebody posed as him online.
"It was a massive shock because I could instantly see that it would be an issue trying to get the money back," said Ms Morandi.
"I went into a bit of a panic wondering how it was going to end. I couldn't afford to pay for the stove twice; the stove fitter couldn't afford to be out of pocket. It was very difficult to know who is responsible for that stolen money."
In the end, Ms Morandi's bank refunded the money she had sent to criminals. But they called it a goodwill gesture and not everyone caught out in this way will get their money back.
The police recorded 5,480 similar cases in 2015, compared with 3,206 in 2014.
Of those affected, 36% of them said it had a severe or significant impact on them, meaning it affected their health or their ability to make ends meet.
The scam tends to happen in two main ways. The first is where a company's IT system is infected with malware allowing criminals to spy on emails and then contact customers. The second is where a criminal pretends to be someone senior in a company and emails a junior member of staff asking them to make a business payment, known as CEO fraud.
"Junior people in very large organisations need to feel comfortable to ask the question of someone senior whether or not this is a real transaction," said Commander Chris Greany from City of London Police, which monitors and investigates fraud across the UK.
"Sadly email is just not safe and you cannot trust it all the time."
Commander Greany thinks more people need to be suspicious of emails that ask for payment particularly if they are persistent and include new bank account details.
"The best thing for any individual to do is to pick up the phone and speak to the business they are dealing with," he suggested.
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The effectiveness of the HIA has been questioned by a number of medical figures in recent months.
Ex-World Rugby medical advisor Dr Barry O'Driscoll has said the system is "not fit for purpose".
But Dr Simon Kemp told the BBC the HIA process is protecting players.
"The numbers of players remaining on the field of play who have subsequently been diagnosed with concussion has dropped dramatically because of the HIA process," the RFU's Kemp told 5 live.
"At the recent Berlin Consensus Conference, all the elements of our Head Injury Assessment process were felt to be best-practice.
"Can we do better? Yes. We have brought in real-time video this season which will move things forward, and we are also testing an eye-screening test to see if there are other elements we can add to the Head Injury Assessment, to make it better than it is."
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As well as O'Driscoll, former Ireland team doctor Cliff Beirne has also raised concerns, saying the current HIA protocols are "concerning" and should be left to independent medical professionals.
Any player who has suffered a suspected concussion must undergo the HIA, a series of cognitive, balance and memory tests, to ascertain whether they are fit to continue.
But under World Rugby guidelines a player who has suffered loss of consciousness or suspected loss of consciousness must be permanently removed from the field of play.
This season Northampton were found to have breached concussion protocols by allowing George North to return to the field after suffering a suspected loss of consciousness, while Sale and Munster are currently under investigation for their management of TJ Ioane and Conor Murray respectively.
"Last season we didn't have any episodes that went to independent review, this season we have had two," Kemp added.
"But we still have 98.5% of all head injury assessments being conducted according to protocol, which is encouraging."
The English professional game released on Wednesday the annual injury audit, which showed concussion accounted for 25% of all match injuries in the 2015-2016 season, a rise from 17% the year before.
"I think it is an inevitable consequence of our education programme, the development of the Head Injury Assessment process and the independent real-time video review from last season," Kemp explained.
"I think what we are seeing is reported concussion moving up to a level they probably always were."
Meanwhile Premiership Rugby has told the BBC it is open to the concept of using independent doctors to assess players who have suffered a head injury.
It is understood European Cup organisers EPCR is looking to introduce independent medical figures for the quarter-final stages of this year's tournaments.
Such a move would eliminate any suggestions of a "conflict of interest" when it comes to treating players.
"Anything that advances player welfare we will look at," Premiership Rugby's head of rugby operations Corin Palmer told BBC 5 live.
"When it comes to welfare, everything will be looked at, and costs and logistics and delivery will all be factored in."
At the start of January, World Rugby formally introduced new tackle guidelines in a bid to improve player safety, imposing harsher sanctions for making contact with the head.
Dr Kemp expects the changes to help limit danger to the ball carrier, but feels further measures are needed to protect the tackler.
The injury audit found 45% of all match injuries were sustained in the tackle, with concussion comprising 20% of all injuries to the ball carrier, but 47% of all injuries to the tackler.
"We would absolutely welcome them [the new tackle guidelines] in terms of managing the risk to the ball carrier," Kemp said.
"I think there is more thought and more initiatives that will need to come to consider the risks to the tackler, which is unlikely to be solely a law application issue.
"Thinking about tackle technique and ensuring tackle technique is performance-optimised while reducing the risk of head contact to the tackler, is something the game needs to work more on.
"We look forward to working with coaches, referees and World Rugby on thinking about initiatives to reduce the risk of head injuries to the tackler."
Listen to 5 live Rugby on Thursday evening from 8pm as we consider how high tackles could influence the Six Nations championship. You'll hear from England head coach Eddie Jones, top referee Wayne Barnes and a host of others as we ask if rugby union will ever be the same again?
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Kaysha, whose real name is Edward Mokolo Jr, is currently based in Portugal but he often visits his native Kinshasa. That's where DJ Edu, the presenter of BBC Radio 1Xtra's Destination Africa programme, met him recently.
DJ Edu started by asking him why, coming from a country where many musicians are still heavily influenced by traditional rumba sounds, he is better known as a singer of Caribbean zouk, and kizomba, a genre which mixes semba sounds from Angola with zouk and kompa music from Haiti.
The three women and two men were stranded in a cove between Tolcarne and Lusty Glaze, Newquay on Saturday.
Sea conditions meant they could not be rescued by lifeboat and were winched to safety from rocks by a rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose.
The group was not injured but rescue teams have urged beach users to check the tide times.
A spokesman from Falmouth Coastguard said there was some confusion when they received the initial call as the tourists did not know exactly where they were.
Two lifeboats were launched at about 16:10 BST and a member of the RNLI "comforted" the group who were "cut off by an incoming spring tide with no way out", said Gareth Horner, from Newquay RNLI.
The group was later winched from rocks to safety and returned to their holiday accommodation.
Mr Horner urged people to check the tide times and only swim at beaches with lifeguards in attendance.
Footage has emerged from an event last week at which Mr Johnson said UK ally Saudi Arabia was engaging in "proxy wars" in the Middle East.
The PM's spokeswoman said these were the foreign secretary's personal views.
But former minister Crispin Blunt said No 10 had been "a little too sensitive in responding to his remarks".
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The chairman of the foreign affairs select committee told the BBC: "We have an intellectually brilliant foreign secretary who is thinking about the issues and engaging fully. Boris is making the personal transition to foreign secretary from commentator and the watching media jump on every mis-speak."
He added: "He and the prime minister have complementary skills sets and the UK needs both."
Mr Johnson's comments were made at a conference in Rome last week but only emerged after the The Guardian newspaper published footage of the event.
In it the foreign secretary said: "There are politicians who are twisting and abusing religion and different strains of the same religion in order to further their own political objectives.
"That's one of the biggest political problems in the whole region. And the tragedy for me - and that's why you have these proxy wars being fought the whole time in that area - is that there is not strong enough leadership in the countries themselves."
Mr Johnson told the Med 2 conference: "There are not enough big characters, big people, men or women, who are willing to reach out beyond their Sunni or Shia or whatever group to the other side and bring people together and to develop a national story again.
"That is what's lacking. And that's the tragedy," he said, adding that "visionary leadership" was needed in the region.
He went on: "That's why you've got the Saudis, Iran, everybody, moving in and puppeteering and playing proxy wars."
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The prime minister has just come back from the Gulf where she has been promoting Britain's engagement with a part of the world whose trade will be hugely important after Brexit.
She has dined with the Saudi king, praised the kingdom for its reforms and given thanks for the vital intelligence the Saudi security services have provided Britain over the years.
And then Theresa May returned to hear her foreign secretary had dismissed the Saudis as "puppeteers" playing at "proxy wars".
It is little wonder that her official spokeswoman came down on Mr Johnson like a tonne of black-edged Downing Street bricks, saying that the foreign secretary was not expressing the government's position and he will have the opportunity to set out the correct government position when he visits Saudi Arabia at the weekend.
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BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale described Downing Street's response as a "pretty robust slapdown" and while Mr Johnson's comments were "clearly awkward" for the government.
He said many people would agree with the analysis that many of the Middle East conflicts were proxy wars fought between Sunni and Shia factions, often in the form of Iran and Saudi Arabia being on opposing sides, such as in Syria and Yemen - but it was not the official government position.
Downing Street's comment came as Prime Minister Theresa May returned from a visit to the Gulf where she had dinner with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
Her spokeswoman said that Mrs May wanted to strengthen the relationship with Saudi Arabia, saying, "we are supporting the Saudi-led coalition in support of the legitimate government in Yemen against Houthi rebels".
She said: "Those are the prime minister's views - the foreign secretary's views are not the government's position on, for example, Saudi Arabia and its role in the region."
Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry accused the government of "shabby hypocrisy".
"The government cannot complain about Saudi Arabia's military actions one minute, then continue selling it the arms to prosecute those actions the next," she said.
Tom Brake, the Lib Dems' foreign affairs spokesman, said: "This will be a huge embarrassment to May as she returns from her grubby tour of the Gulf, where she did her best to ignore human rights and desperately push trade at all costs."
Her appointment with America's second most senior diplomat will take place in Washington.
Former first minister Alex Salmond met Hilary Clinton when she was secretary of state in 2009.
Ms Sturgeon is also due to address an audience at the World Bank with a speech about economic equality.
The US trip has consisted of visits to schools and an appearance on one of American television's top chat shows, The Daily Show, hosted by Jon Stewart.
Ms Sturgeon followed in the footsteps of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown by making an appearance on the late-night programme, although the former Labour leaders were interviewed after they left office.
On the first day of her visit, the first minister went to the Daniel Hale Williams elementary school in Brooklyn in the hope of learning lessons from the New York education system on improving attainment in Scottish schools.
Ms Sturgeon also hosted a reception in the United States to thank supporters of the fire-damaged Glasgow School of Art (GSA).
The event in New York's Lincoln Centre Plaza was attended by 200 guests, including GSA alumni and expatriates.
They were told of plans to restore the Grade A-listed art nouveau Mackintosh building that was badly damaged in the blaze on 23 May 2014.
Emergency services were called to the Albert Bar, in Clark Street, Airdrie, at 00:50 on Monday. No-one was injured.
Police said that the pub's CCTV filmed a man breaking a window and pouring a liquid inside which he set alight.
They have asked for help in tracing the "reckless" individual, described as white, in his late 20s to early 30s, with a full beard and muscular build.
At the time of the fire attack he was wearing a white T-shirt which he had covered with a black bin liner.
Det Con Joe Peebles, of Police Scotland, said: "When this man started the fire the flames blew back on him and it's possible he could have been burned.
"If you know anyone fitting the description that may have scalding on his body, then please contact police.
"It was a totally reckless act and the man responsible has absolutely no regard for anyone's safety or the effect the damage will have on the owner's business."
Det Con Peebles said the damage caused by the fire ran to thousands of pounds and flats next to the pub had to be evacuated.
He added: "No one was injured but it could have been much worse, indeed, if it hadn't been for the actions of a passing taxi driver who put out the flames with his fire extinguisher, there is no doubt the pub would have burned to the ground and there would have been significant damage to the flats above."
The work is the second in a series of Tynwald Day portraits by Russian artist Svetlana Cameron.
Mrs Cameron said she was inspired after attending the annual ceremony last year.
Her latest work shows the Rt Rev Robert Paterson in the parish church of Saint John the Baptist in his convocational robes and holding the diocesan crozier.
The Bishop described the painting as "brilliant and quite remarkable in its attention both to the spirit and the detail".
He added: "The thought that succeeding generations may look at this painting fills me with a sense of respect that a photograph could never achieve."
Mrs Cameron, who works out of her Braddan studio, said: "I came to live in the Island nine years ago and, long before I went to St John's on Tynwald Day, watched the ceremony live on television.
"Immediately I became interested in the pageantry and the central characters, among them the Bishop, who kindly agreed to sit for the portrait.
"I chose to place him in the church because, on Tynwald Day, everything starts there with the service, such an important part of the ceremony."
The Bishop sat on five occasions for the painting which is being displayed for the first time at St German's Cathedral.
A state board is weighing disciplinary action against Dr Allen Palmer over the procedure he carried out in 2014 at the women's group Planned Parenthood.
State law requires that foetal tissue from abortions on patients younger than 14 be preserved.
Dr Palmer said he relied on staff to tell him the age of patients.
Under state law in Kansas, abortions can be provided to children with parental consent.
The part-time Planned Parenthood contractor told medical regulators on Thursday he typically did not perform abortions on patients so young.
The Missouri resident has been licensed to practise osteopathic medicine and surgery in Kansas since 2008, according to a petition against him by the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts.
He was filling in for a doctor on holiday when he performed an in-clinic abortion on the 13-year-old girl.
She had been impregnated by her 19-year-old boyfriend. The foetus was nearly 11 weeks old.
The organisation self-reported the violation to the state.
"I'm as shocked and awed by this failure as anybody here, but they want to hang it on me, and maybe that's the way it is," Dr Palmer told the state board, which deferred its ruling after the hearing.
"I'm telling you that I did not know and I would not have proceeded if I had known."
The petition against Dr Palmer was filed by the board's deputy litigation counsel, Susan Gering, and alleged that he failed to preserve the tissue and submit it to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
It called for revoking, suspending and censuring Dr Palmer's licence, or placing him on probation for the incident.
When asked by a board member whether he thought to ask the patient's age, Dr Palmer said: "I really don't ask them, because teenagers today, the way they dress, I can't tell how old anybody is."
He added that patients typically go through counselling and screening before meeting him.
"I'm the last person in line for them. If there's a problem, the staff raised it to me or they notified me somehow," he added.
His lawyer argues Dr Palmer had not received proper training on Planned Parenthood policies and procedures regarding operations on minors.
Meanwhile, the women's group has argued that Dr Palmer "found it unnecessary to familiarise himself in detail with [state] laws requiring the preservation of foetal tissue extracted during an abortion procedure" on a minor.
There is a choice of 69 packaged current accounts available in the UK, and many of the High Street banks offer a range of accounts from entry level through to premium accounts.
The monthly fees charged for them vary from £6.50 up to as much as £40, although the typical account charges about £15 per month.
In exchange for this monthly fee they offer various benefits. The typical high-value incentives are travel insurance, motor breakdown assistance and mobile phone insurance.
They also offer a number of other incentives, such as card protection, discounts on other banking products, identity theft assistance, and, at the premium end, airport lounge access and a concierge service.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is currently in a consultation period looking at the insurance-based incentives offered by packaged current accounts.
Its proposals are aimed at ensuring customers are aware of whether the insurance offered is suitable for their circumstances.
These proposals, if implemented, should see that the insurance-related elements offered by packaged current accounts are more closely aligned to the actual needs of each customer.
There will also be an annual statement setting out the benefits, with a recommendation that the customer reviews their suitability. This is a really salient issue and highlights the fact that differing circumstances dictate different needs.
But is it worth having a packaged account or should you just use a free in-credit current account?
It has long been the case that the informed consumer should look at the incentives on offer and decide whether they need the incentive.
If so, is it suitable for them, do they already have a similar product in place or could they buy it more cheaply - independently - elsewhere?
To give you a flavour of the sort of things to consider, have a look at travel insurance where there is a wide variation in the cover details on offer. Some just cover European travel whereas others provide worldwide cover.
Some just provide cover for the individual, whereas others may cover a couple and some cover the family. Family cover may, or may not, include step-children. Upper age restrictions may also apply. Some cover winter sports.
You need to consider each of those issues in relation to your own circumstances and decide whether the policy offered is suitable. So, for example, if you are a keen skier and the policy does not cover winter sports then you should look elsewhere.
Similarly, if you have a really expensive mobile phone then look at the coverage limit offered by the mobile phone insurance to find out whether it offers sufficient cover for your mobile. If you open the packaged current account, do not forget to register your mobile.
The motor breakdown policy might cover a single car, household cars or the account holder in any car. It might cover roadside assistance only or it might also cover one or more of the following: home start, towing, recovery and maybe even coverage in mainland Europe.
The insurance elements take some thinking about but it is worth stressing that some of the travel insurance can offer a valuable solution to the elderly who can struggle to find suitable cover elsewhere.
Another incentive offered by some accounts is discounts on entertainment tickets and these can prove very cost-effective to those who regularly attend gigs or concerts but, if you do not do so, such an incentive is largely irrelevant.
Most of the packaged accounts offer "commission-free" foreign currency and travellers' cheques but the value of such offers can be of questionable value because they do not address the differing buying and selling spreads on foreign currency that you will encounter if you do your homework and shop around for the best deal.
The discounted - or special - deals available on some of your bank's other products may or may not be worthwhile.
You are not tied to using the one provider for everything so it is always worth looking around to see if you can get a better deal elsewhere. Typically the preferential deals are mortgages, savings accounts, unsecured loans, credit cards and sometimes for things like home or car insurance.
So when you are offered a packaged current account, do not just sign up without really considering what it will offer you and whether the incentives are actually worthwhile for your specific circumstances.
There is a wide variation in what is on offer and the quality of the incentives can vary considerably.
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10 November 2016 Last updated at 14:50 GMT
That's right - the Mannequin Challenge has taken over, and even Hacker is getting in on the act.
Watch the video to see what happened when our CBBC presenters got frozen in time, but we'll give you one guess who had to go and ruin it...
Born in London to Kosovar-Albanian parents, she was raised on Bowie and Dylan - but the first album she bought was by Canadian pop magpie Nelly Furtado.
"I remember knowing every single one of the lyrics on that album before I hit year one at school," she recalls. "I was obsessed."
As a child, Lipa attended the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School until, aged 13, her father's job took the family back to Kosovo.
She lasted two years before persuading her parents to let her leave home to pursue a singing career in London. Living with friends, she worked in restaurants and clubs to make ends meet - the darker side of London's nightlife inspiring her early lyrics.
Her first original songs were uploaded to SoundCloud in 2012, drawing the attention of Lana Del Rey's managers, who signed her up and sent her for two years of intensive recording sessions.
The result is an off-kilter, it-girl sound, powered by Lipa's deep, resonant voice. It won her a place on the BBC's Sound of 2016 longlist; while her recent single Be The One crept into iTunes charts around the world.
The 20-year-old's new single, Last Dance, premiered on BBC Radio 1 on Monday night, accompanied by a surreal, magical video filmed in California's rainforests.
Lipa talked to the BBC about the "terror" of making the video, her unusual upbringing, and a disappointing encounter with movie star Channing Tatum.
What was the first instrument you picked up?
Right, well... I decided, crazily, to take up the cello when I was in primary school. I really enjoyed it but I used to be really small. I would be carrying this massive cello on my back and it would either whack me on the top of my head or the backs of my legs. It was a real health hazard. So I gave it up.
And you were doing stage school at the weekend. Is it more like Glee or Whiplash?
You've got so many people with their script in their hand, warming up or running around practising tap in the hallways. There's a whole energy about it, but I couldn't imagine going to the full-time school.
Did you fit in?
When I was in primary school I was told I couldn't sing because I couldn't reach the high notes. That put me down a bit - but when my parents took me to Sylvia Young and I was told I could sing, it helped my confidence. But I could still never get to the top group because I wasn't musical theatre enough. Which I am really grateful for - because I've been able to keep my own voice rather than becoming very Broadway and jazz hands.
Your dad sent a tweet on your 20th birthday that read: "You've been a roller coaster of a teenager. Glad it's over." Were you a troublemaker?
I guess it was scary for them when I moved out of home at 15. But for me, it was the best time of my life!
I could barely make a Pot Noodle at that age. How did you look after yourself?
Cooking wasn't really an issue. It was cleaning and tidying my room. I'd take my clothes, stuff them in a cupboard and buy new ones until my mum came over. The day before I'd be doing six washes in one day.
How did you support yourself?
When I was 15, my parents gave me an allowance, but when I was 16 I started working as a nightclub hostess, then in a restaurant. I walked Channing Tatum and his wife to a table once. Good times!
Did you try to "accidentally" lose Mrs Tatum?
No! It was a bit of a let-down anyway. He's way hotter in the films.
Your first demo, Lions and Tigers and Bears, is still up on Soundcloud. Why do you keep it there?
Oh God! I don't know. I don't think much of it really makes sense. But that was my first piece of original work.
It's clear from the songs we've heard so far that you have two loves - hip-hop and pop.
I always wanted to combine them - I just didn't know how. I didn't want to rap in any of my songs but the beats are bass heavy like you would find in hip-hop, and I have that rapper's flow in the verses, singing the rap, then you've got the big pop chorus.
It is very noticeable that you sing in a lower register than most pop singers. Did you find producers and writers tried to push you towards those higher notes?
Sometimes but, for me, it's more interesting in the lower range. It sounds more conversational.
How did Last Dance come about?
I wrote that in Toronto. It was the third session of the day and I was like, "I'm so tired, I'm homesick and I miss my bed" and that's what I wrote about.
When I left I was like, "I don't know how I feel about this song". Then I had the finished version sent over to me and I was like, "Oh my God, I love it!"
It was the song where we figured out what my sound was going to be - the beat, the darkness, the lyrics, the pop chorus. It's the one I would take to new producers and say: "Right, this my sound."
When did this happen?
This was October 2014.
Really? You've been waiting a year and a half? Didn't that drive you crazy?
Yes! But we wanted to have the album ready before we put anything out, so we could plan and film the videos. It's been a long time.
I believe you've got the next single ready, too.
Yes! My whole life is planned for me! It's called Hotter Than Hell, which is about a really horrible relationship - one that went off the rails. It was really bruising my ego, and making me feel like I wasn't worth it. I was heartbroken, but I started to write about that time and I felt I had a lot to say.
How many songs did you record altogether?
Recorded and written? About 130 songs over a year and a half, but only about 25 we were really excited about, and 12 on the album.
I read an interview last summer where you said Be The One was "going to be an internet-only thing" but it's charted all over the world.
It's number three in Germany! It's crazy! It was supposed to be an introductory thing but it just got such a great response. I didn't expect it.
The video is just you goofing around in LA. You even get tattoos in one shot. Was that for real?
Yeah, it's a design by [US graffiti artist] Keith Haring. I paid for it myself. My parents went a bit crazy because it's on my thumbs. But I don't plan on getting a job at the bank.
The Last Dance video is a much bigger affair, though...
Yeah, we shot it in the rainforests in California. It starts off with me going into this crazy weird bath and ending coming out of a lake. We filmed it in December and I had to fall backwards into this lake in the tiniest dress. It was absolutely freezing.
[She pulls out her phone and plays rushes from the video shoot]
You look really scared.
I was terrified. I couldn't breathe!
How long did it take you to warm up afterwards?
The second I came out there were people with blankets carrying me, and we had loads of heaters all around. It was about 20 minutes until I got into proper clothes.
Whisky or Hot Chocolate?
Both.
The section of 16th century tapestry was owned by Emma Budge, whose estate was confiscated after her death in 1935 and sold to benefit Hitler's regime.
A claim by her estate was upheld by the UK's Spoliation Advisory Panel which looks into cases of looted artworks.
The amount of compensation due to the family is still to be decided.
The artwork at the centre of the claim is a tapestry fragment representing "The Visitation".
It depicts the pregnant Virgin Mary and Saint Elizabeth, the future mother of Saint John the Baptist.
The tapestry was made in Switzerland early in the 16th century. The fragment was cut from a larger tapestry and fashioned into the shape of an ecclesiastical cope hood.
It was acquired by Mrs Budge who, along with her husband Henry, amassed a considerable fortune after emigrating to the United States.
They returned to Hamburg where Mr Budge died in 1927. His wife died in 1935, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Mrs Budge's estate was confiscated by a Nazi official and sold at auction that same year.
The section of tapestry was acquired by Sir William Burrell in 1938.
Following his death in 1958, he left his thousands of paintings, sculptures, tapestries, ceramics and stained glass to Glasgow.
The famous collection, which is housed in a museum in Pollok Park, is controlled by the city council.
It has now agreed to pay compensation after a claim by Mrs Budge's heirs was upheld by the Spoliation Advisory Panel and it will discuss the amount at a later date.
The rail accident killed at least 79 passengers and wounded 600 people.
Early suggestions seemed to blame the crash on overcrowding.
But train company Bollore says that the train was still going fast at a point where it was expected to be travelling at lower speed.
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The passenger train was travelling from Yaounde, the capital, to the port city of Douala when carriages flipped over at high speed.
Eric Melet, Africa chairman of Bollore, told BBC Afrique the train should not have approached the site where the accident happened without slowing down.
"When it was near the station where the crash happened, it was travelling faster than the speed limit at that point," Mr Melet said.
Shortly after the crash was reported, Cameroon President Paul Biya told state TV that an "in-depth inquiry" into the causes of the accident had been ordered.
On Tuesday, a court also announced a criminal investigation to establish responsibilities in the possible causes of the accident.
The train was operated by Camrail, a local subcontractor of French company Bollore.
The "water train" is pulling 10 tankers filled with water to Latur district.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said the tankers, which usually carry oil products, had been steam cleaned.
Water in Latur is so scarce that officials have imposed prohibitory orders on gatherings of more than five people around water storage tanks.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted that "more efforts" would be made to provide people in the areas with water.
The trains are being filled in Miraj district in western Maharashtra.
Monsignor Nunzio Scarano is already on trial and under house arrest on separate charges of plotting to smuggle 20m euros ($26m; £17m) into Italy.
The former Vatican accountant and two other people were served with arrest warrants on Tuesday, police said.
Last year, Pope Francis set up a commission to review the bank's activities after a series of scandals.
By David WilleyBBC News, Rome
Italian tax police released a video showing details of the monsignor's luxurious 17-room home in Salerno furnished with valuable antiques.
Vatican investigators are currently going through the bank accounts of many clerics working in areas of southern Italy, where organised crime syndicates operate.
Monsignor Scarano spent several months last year awaiting trial in Rome's Queen of Heaven prison, and was then released to house arrest for health reasons. American financial inspectors appointed by Pope Francis believe the monsignor may not be alone in having used the Vatican bank for money-laundering operations.
Traditionally the Vatican has opposed the right of the Italian judiciary to investigate alleged crimes committed by its officials on the grounds of diplomatic immunity and privilege, reports the BBC's David Willey in Rome.
But under Pope Francis, increased cooperation between the Vatican and Italian authorities led to the arrest of Monsignor Scarano last summer, our correspondent says.
On Tuesday, police seized some 6.5m euros in bank accounts and real estate, including Monsignor Scarano's luxury apartment in the southern city of Salerno.
Authorities said the latest charges against the cleric related to "false donations", which he allegedly recycled from offshore accounts through the Vatican bank.
Prosecutors allege that Monsignor Scarano got dozens of people to make contributions to a home for the terminally ill in Salerno, and used the money to pay off a mortgage on one of his properties.
Another Catholic priest has also been arrested on charges of laundering and making false statements, officials say.
Monsignor Scarano worked for two decades as a senior accountant in a Vatican department known as Apsa (the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See).
The division manages the Vatican's real estate holdings and stock portfolios.
The cleric was suspended from his position last year, after he was accused of conspiring to smuggle millions from Switzerland into Italy with the help of a secret service agent and a financial broker.
The trio's high-profile trial began in early December in Rome.
Officially known as the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), the Vatican bank is one of the world's most secretive. It has 114 employees and 5.4bn euros of assets.
The bank is undergoing a major restructuring on the orders of Pope Francis.
He has hired an American financial services company to examine all 19,000 accounts to ensure that international rules against money laundering are being correctly observed.
The billionaire, who is the current frontrunner in the Republican race for the White House, told a New Hampshire rally: "If I win, they're going back."
It marks a reversal in policy - earlier this month he told Fox News the US should take in more refugees.
A migrant crisis has gripped parts of Europe and the US has pledged to take 10,000 refugees from Syria next year.
Rival Republican candidate Jeb Bush called Trump's pledge "a horrible thing".
"The idea that you would send back refugees - when in American history has that ever happened?" the former Florida governor told NBC News. "We have to stand for certain values."
Half a million people have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe in 2015, with the largest number from Syria, where 250,000 people have been killed in a civil war.
On Wednesday night, Mr Trump told an audience at Keene High School: "I hear we want to take in 200,000 Syrians. And they could be - listen, they could be Isis [Islamic State]."
Describing them as a "200,000-man army", he later added: "I'm putting the people on notice that are coming here from Syria as part of this mass migration, that if I win, if I win, they're going back."
Mr Trump has made immigration a central plank of his election campaign, pledging to build a wall on the southern border.
He was harshly criticised after saying undocumented Mexican immigrants were "bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists".
His latest comments about sending Syrians home are more in line with his hardline immigration policy, although at odds with what he said earlier this month.
Asked whether he thought some of the migrants travelling into Europe should be allowed in the US, the business mogul said: "I hate the concept of it, but on a humanitarian basis, with what's happening, you have to."
He blamed President Barack Obama for the crisis and added: "It's living in hell in Syria. They are living in hell."
The US has allowed 1,500 Syrians to re-settle since the start of the conflict four years ago.
A number of Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, have urged the US to increase the number of Syrians from 10,000 to 65,000.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has pledged to take more refugees worldwide, raising the yearly cap from 70,000 to 85,000 next year and to 100,000 in 2017.
Carwyn Jones told assembly members he welcomed news of her willingness to talk to political opponents.
But he said the prime minister seemed uninterested in views on Brexit from the Welsh and Scottish governments.
The UK government said it was "committed" to working with devolved bodies to deliver a "successful Brexit for the whole of the UK".
Opposition parties have responded with scorn to news that Mrs May wants them to "contribute and not just criticise" after the Conservatives lost their majority in the general election.
Taking questions on Brexit from the assembly's external affairs committee on Monday, Mr Jones said: "The oddity about the announcement today was that it was a discussion only at Westminster inside the bubble."
Referring to the nature of the UK's departure from the EU, he said: "We have put forward proposals from Wales. The Scots will have their own perspective. It seems those views are not as important.
"Brexit carries with it the seed of division within the UK, unless steps are taken to make sure the UK's unity is still robust."
Mr Jones claimed that the UK government's position on Brexit was no longer clear, and called for the establishment of a "proper council of ministers" involving the nations to plan the way forward.
He said Mrs May had not replied to a letter he wrote outlining the idea shortly after the election in June.
The first minister said he did not want to leave Europe's customs union and single market, and did not believe a trade deal could be completed by the Brexit deadline of March 2019.
Farming in Wales would "fall off the edge of the cliff", he claimed, if the UK had to rely on World Trade Organisation rules after Brexit, as well as lose EU agriculture subsidies.
Mr Jones warned the UK government not to take for granted that the assembly would consent to the Repeal Bill, due to be published on Thursday, which will mark the first step towards replacing EU law with British legislation.
If the assembly's powers were threatened by the bill, he said the Welsh Government could publish its own Continuity Bill in the autumn.
Mr Jones added that he was meeting the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels on Thursday, despite the Welsh Government having no formal role in the Brexit talks.
A UK government spokesman said: "We are committed to working with the Welsh Government and the National Assembly for Wales, and with the other devolved administrations and legislatures, as we deliver a successful Brexit for the whole of the UK.
"The level of engagement on this issue has been unprecedented, including meetings with businesses and groups across the nations."
The 28-year-old was left seriously hurt when he was kicked and punched by the youths in Armley on Friday night.
West Yorkshire Police said he and a friend were confronted on Town Street and the victim ran off but was followed by the gang to nearby Alliance Street.
The incident is being treated as racially-aggravated due to comments made at the time.
Police said the man received a cut to his to head that required stitches and had to be treated in hospital. His injuries were not considered life-threatening.
In a statement published on social media, the Polish Embassy said it had been "saddened" by the attack, which "has been the most serious of over 10 xenophobic incidents experienced by Poles in the north of England" in recent months.
"The consular section of the Polish Embassy in London offered assistance in [a] further 17 cases in the South and the Midlands," it said.
The victim had been discharged from hospital, the Polish Consulate in Manchester, added.
Ch Supt Paul Money said: "I want to reassure people, particularly the local Polish community, that we will not tolerate hate incidents of this nature and will do everything we can to ensure the people responsible are brought to justice."
Hogg, 27, made 24 appearances this season before a knee injury ruled him out for the season run-in while Cranie, 29, played 39 times.
The Terriers have released midfielder Karim Matmour, 30, and strikers Ishmael Miller, 29, and James Vaughan, 27, have all been released.
Youngsters Duane Holmes, Lloyd Allinson, Joe Wilkinson also leave.
My Brother The Devil was shot in Hackney, east London, in the summer of 2011 - as thousands were rioting.
But when the violence subsided, the team realised their film had created a strong relationship with the local community.
"Riots broke out in Hackney the day we did our camera tests," said El Hosaini.
"The riots meant there was a ban on shooting any exterior scenes with fights with youths and guns or knives. In all of London throughout the shoot! That prompted some quick rewrites."
The film was mainly shot around the New Gascoigne estate, where a production office was set up, and the community became involved in the film's making, with many becoming extras.
But as violent scenes took over the crew had to shift filming temporarily to Wimbledon where they were forced to work on a studio set that looked like "a quaint country village".
El Hosaini said: "We managed to transform it overnight by making it look like Hackney - by boarding it up, repainting things - and then nobody could tell."
The film is a coming-of-age story about two young British Egyptian brothers growing up on the streets of London.
"When I first started working on the film it was immediately after the 7/7 bombings occurred," said the half-Egyptian director.
"The way Arabs - and Arab youths - were being portrayed in the media as some kind of terror threat bothered me. It didn't represent the Arab boys I saw around me every day.
"I decided to make a film that treated their lives honestly, and conveyed their struggles. I tried to capture the complexity of people and the intricacies of life on film."
Drawing from her own experiences of living in Hackney for 10 years she said: "Keeping the film authentic was one of the most important things to me."
"Keep it Hackney" was her rallying cry to the actors.
Actor James Floyd spent time hanging out on street corners: "I had five months to prepare. Call it method acting - but I spent time getting to know the language and learning how my character thinks."
The underbelly of Hackney was an inspiration for him: "Most of this movie is set in old Hackney - the Hackney where the riots happened, where there's different kinds of people and a lot of mischief."
She worked closely with Aymen Hamdouchi, who plays a gang member in the film, to capture the language of the street.
"I'm interested in people on the margins of society - outsiders and outcasts," says El Hosaini.
"I could see teenage boys hanging around my neighbourhood and they fascinated me, especially the Arab boys who had a cultural upbringing to which I could relate."
The film's main theme is brotherhood and the relationship between a charismatic older brother and his younger sibling growing up in a traditional Egyptian household.
"At first I was interested in the gang as a surrogate family," says El Hosaini when she started working on the estate.
"But the more I got to know the boys the less interesting or important the trappings of their world became. I was drawn to their personal struggles and stories."
The film's authenticity has drawn praise from critics and its director won the Best British Newcomer Award at the London Film Festival last month.
Hackney's local community can decide what they think when My Brother The Devil opens in cinemas on 9 November.
Sergio Serra said he had been approached while out walking with his family by men on motorcycles.
Paysandu is based in Belem and is one of northern Brazil's biggest clubs.
The club has fallen on hard times and is in sixteenth place in Serie B, just one place away from relegation.
Christina Serra, Sergio's sister, reported on social media that her brother had been out on Sunday evening with his wife and children.
"One of them, his face covered with a shirt, said, 'I know where you live. If Paysandu go down to to Serie C, I'll end you, and your wife and that crazy son.'
"My brother was very shaken and took the only decision possible under the circumstances to resign."
Brazilian football has been struggling to deal with an increasingly violent football fan base for decades and players have also received threats.
In 2011, the veteran left-back, Roberto Carlos said he had received threatening phone calls and people had followed his car on motorcycles after his football club, Corinthians, was eliminated from the Copa Libertadores.
Three years later, in 2014, Brazil national striker, Fred, said a group of fans had swarmed his car after practice complaining about the team's recent games and demanding a better result.
Fred said he had to dangerously accelerate to escape and nearly caused an accident.
Organised football fan clubs have also been blamed for organising regular fighting after matches with rival groups, which often result in severe injuries and in some cases, deaths.
In February of this year, a football fan was killed and seven more injured as supporters of rival teams Botafogo and Flamengo clashed in Rio de Janeiro.
Some of the clubs have been connected to drug trafficking, extortion and money laundering.
Two years ago eight Corinthians supporters who belonged to one of the fan clubs, Pavilhao Nove, were each shot in the head while preparing banners ahead of a game.
Police said the killings were likely to be connected to a drug dispute in Sao Paulo involving Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Brazil's largest criminal organisation.
Steven Thompson, 39, shot the teenager, who was riding on the back of a motorcycle, on Hewitt Avenue in Sunderland in October.
Thompson admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of an air rifle without a firearms certificate, at Newcastle Crown Court.
The victim suffered a "serious head wound" and was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Thompson, of Hewitt Avenue, also admitted another firearms charge but denied perverting the course of justice. He has been remanded in custody.
A teenager who was charged in connection with the incident has been bailed.
The driver of the motorbike was not hurt in the attack.
The case was adjourned until sentencing on 25 April.
They have been charged with "conspiracy to conduct an act in preparation for a terrorist act", Federal Police said.
The arrests are linked to a plot outlined in material seized last year as part of Operation Appleby.
That operation, in September 2014, was sparked by intelligence reports that Islamist extremists were planning random killings in Australia.
Then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott said at the time a senior Australian Islamic State militant had called for "demonstration killings", reportedly including a public beheading.
Another three people, aged between 21 and 22, were also charged for the same offence on Thursday afternoon.
All face potential life sentences if convicted.
While its FA-18 fighters bomb so-called Islamic State targets many thousands of kilometres away, and its soldiers train Iraqi forces, Australia continues to confront the enemy within.
More counter-terrorism raids in Sydney have yielded further arrests, and will make an uneasy nation even more anxious on the eve of the first anniversary of the deadly Sydney siege.
Last month, a poll found that more than half of Australians thought a large-scale attack was likely, and one-quarter was convinced it was inevitable.
The prime minister has promised a "calm, clinical and effective" response to the menace of home-grown extremism.
"We cannot eliminate entirely the risk of terrorism any more than we can eliminate the risk of any serious crime," said Malcolm Turnbull in his first national security address. "But we can mitigate it. We will continue to thwart and frustrate many attacks before they occur."
At least 800 heavily armed officers arrested 16 people as part of Operation Appleby in September 2014, in what was Australia's biggest ever anti-terror operation.
Police said the arrests on Thursday were not linked to a new plot, but to documents seized during those raids that talked about a plan to target government and police buildings.
"As a result of putting all of that information together, working through those documents, putting physical and electronic surveillance together, we were able to build a case of conspiracy for five people involved in the preparation of these documents," said Deputy Commissioner of National Security Michael Phelan.
Those arrested on Thursday are also known to those involved in the terror-linked shooting of Sydney police worker Curtis Cheng, police said.
Mr Cheng, 58, was shot dead outside his police headquarters office as he left work last October.
Police shot dead his attacker, 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, at the scene.
New South Wales Police said the 15-year-old boy arrested on Thursday was charged based on activity when he was 14.
They added that he had clearly been radicalised, although they did not yet know how it had happened.
"It is disturbing that we continue to deal with teenaged children in this environment," said Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn.
"To be putting a 15-year-old before the courts on very serious charges that carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment demonstrates the difficulties law enforcement face."
Police said a total of 11 people had now been charged under Operation Appleby.
The general is also under investigation for alleged illicit enrichment and conducting illegal wiretaps.
Gen Palomino said he had asked President Juan Manuel Santos to be allowed to retire.
He said he was "absolutely innocent".
Gen Palomino served in the police for 38 years and was made director-general of the police force two-and-a-half years ago.
Standing next to his family, he said that he was "not guilty of any of the charges levelled against me" and that he was confident the investigation would clear his name.
The investigation was triggered by allegations by a police captain who said he had been abused by higher-ranking officers during his time as a cadet.
Colombia's prosecutor general, Alejandro Ordonez, said that allegation had been backed up by a complaint by a now retired police captain.
According to the complaint, young male police cadets were cajoled and threatened into having sex with higher-ranking officers.
Mr Ordonez said that according to the testimony gathered by his office, a senator had also allegedly been implicated in the prostitution ring, called "Community of the Ring".
He also said that the alleged incidents had taken place "with the help and complicity of police officials, including the director general [Rodolfo Palomino]".
The wiretapping accusations also relate to the case. Police officers allegedly tapped the phones of journalists investigating the scandal.
Although the prostitution ring allegations emerged a few years ago, it was the radio journalist Vicky Davila and her team at La FM Radio who brought them to wider attention in the last few months of 2015.
I met her and one of her producers in December, when she told me how an anonymous source contacted her via email to tell her she was being followed and her conversations tapped.
Her producer, Juan Pablo Barrientos, told me how on one occasion he was working on his computer on a story about Gen Palomino when he suddenly saw the cursor deleting everything he had written.
Attorney General Eduardo Montealegre confirmed in December that Ms Davila and her team were being wiretapped and spied on by Colombia's National Police. But he also said that Gen Palomino was not being investigated in connection with the wiretaps, involvement in which he has always denied.
Gen Palomino has all along denied any wrongdoing.
He has also denied allegations of illicit enrichment and has provided prosecutors with documents which he says show where his money and properties come from.
He said the allegations were a political vendetta designed to drive him out of office.
MP Iain Wright told the BBC that Parliament should examine "flex" contracts, which allow some shifts to be extended by two hours or reduced.
An employment lawyer said the contracts could breach employment legislation.
XPO Logistics, which runs the warehouse on behalf of Asos, said it was "fully compliant with employment law".
But the company has told workers it is making changes to some of its practices.
Asos is one of the UK's biggest online fashion retailers and has more than nine million customers.
Its warehouse in Grimethorpe, near Barnsley, employs about 4,000 workers, with those asked to "pick" items for distribution given a target of 160 items an hour, while the "pack" target is 170 items.
Many of the staff who spoke to the BBC complained about the "flexing" clause, which operates on alternate weeks and is designed to cope with peak times and quiet periods.
Emma Clark, a former team leader and single parent, said she struggled to find childcare when asked to "flex up" just before a shift.
"I don't drive - I'm reliant on public transport. The childminder couldn't always do it."
She would sometimes have to take a taxi to her sister's house to drop her young daughter off.
She said if she refused to flex up because of childcare commitments, she would be disciplined.
"They'd say that I'd go down as a late anyway. It would go against my review."
Another worker, who asked not to be named, said she had been asked to do extra hours in the middle of a shift.
"I'd describe it as unpaid overtime. If we don't do it, we're disciplined. I've been up for disciplinaries for refusing to flex."
A third worker said they had been flexed up at every opportunity in June and July, and were now owed payment or time off in lieu for 60 hours.
Since our investigation began, workers have been told they will no longer be flexed up on the day.
Staff have now been promised that all outstanding hours in the "flex" bank will be paid this month and in future unpaid "flex" hours will be settled at time and a half at the end of the financial year.
In a response to our questions, XPO said staff were informed of "flex" shifts in February for the following financial year and it encouraged staff "struggling with childcare arrangements to raise any issues".
The company said staff had only been asked to flex up on the day of their shift three times since April.
It said flex bank hours were offset as soon as was "reasonably possible" and workers could now request to be flexed down.
It said that "persistent non-attendance for flex hours may result in disciplinary action" but no-one had been sacked "as a result of a failure to attend a 'flex' shift".
It added that employees were paid the same amount each month, irrespective of whether they worked more or less than their contracted hours.
This practice is known as an "annualised contract".
But employment lawyer Zoe Lagadec said it meant the company could be breaching employment legislation.
She believes the additional hours worked should be regarded as part of a "time work" contract, which legally requires payments within 31 days.
"They should be reconciled during the National Minimum Wage reference period which can't go beyond a month."
XPO said all employees were paid "no less than the National Minimum Wage" and it was "fully compliant with employment law".
Iain Wright, who chairs the Commons Business, Innovations and Skills Select Committee, said flex contracts needed to be examined over their legality.
"They need to be tested in a court of law in terms of whether the legal process is robust enough.
"If I'm a manager and asking you to flex up and giving you a notice period of minutes or hours and then not reconciling the work done and the pay given for something like 10 or 11 months, that's exploitation, that's abuse."
He said he wanted to question company bosses over flex contracts.
"I also want government to answer that question - how is that allowed in law? And whether Parliament now has to change the law to address that."
The GMB union, which represents workers at the Grimethorpe warehouse, has called on Asos to do "far better" to address concerns over working practices at the site.
Regional secretary Neil Derrick said: "This is about respect and dignity for workers. These are our people, not machines.
"Our battle to defend our members' rights in Barnsley has got this company on the ropes.
"The end to same-day flex arrangements and prolonged probation periods this week are significant U-turns and a testament to our hard fought union campaign.
"But this does not end here - our members deserve far better than this."
In a statement, Asos said it cared deeply about its staff and provided learning and development programmes and free mental health support inside the warehouse.
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It was opened in the Lincolnshire resort by leisure entrepreneur Billy Butlin to offer affordable family holidays at a time when travelling abroad was for the privileged.
The attraction is still going strong, with more than a million tourists visiting so far this year.
The Spaniard, who is attempting to win a 10th title at Roland Garros, dropped the first two games against the world number 99 but then won 18 of the next 22 to ease through.
He will play either Marcel Granollers or Nicolas Mahut in round three.
Roger Federer tops the all-time list of Grand Slam matches won, with 302.
Novak Djokovic also made light work of his opponent, beating Belgium's Steve Darcis 7-5 6-3 6-4 to advance.
It means the world number one, who has never won the tournament despite reaching the final three times, will play Britain's Aljaz Bedene next.
Serena Williams - the three-time winner and defending champion - destroyed Brazil's Teliana Pereira 6-2 6-1 with another clinical display to follow her first-round demolition of Magdalena Rybarikova in just 42 minutes.
The 34-year-old American will face the winner of the tie between France's Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos of Hungary for a place in the last 16.
Eighth seed Timea Bacsinszky impressed in beating Canada's Euguenie Bouchard 6-4 6-4 while Ana Ivanovic also won in straight sets in her tie against Japan's Kurumi Nara.
Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro beat Wang Qiang of China 6-1 6-3.
Keen observers will have noticed a number of the players at this week's tournament wearing zebra-inspired kit.
Stars including former champion Ivanovic, 2014 runner-up Simona Halep and ex-Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych have all sported the black-and-white stripes - the brainchild of Adidas' Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto.
But opinion is split.
Andre Agassi's former coach Brad Gilbert tweeted a comparison with employees of a high-street clothing chain: "What's up with so many players looking like FootLocker employees on safari? U digging the Zebra shirts?"
However, Ivanovic defended the outfits which she believes are "beautiful" - and compared them to the football kit of her favourite club, Partizan Belgrade.
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The ex-energy secretary said he had taken the decision with his family in mind and amid concerns about the "inevitable intrusion" that a leadership bid would entail.
Former business secretary Sir Vince Cable is so far the only candidate to throw his hat into the ring.
Norman Lamb is among prominent figures to have ruled themselves out.
Former Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael has also declined to stand while Jo Swinson, who was seen as a frontrunner, was recently elected as deputy leader.
Candidates from among the party's 12 MPs who want to succeed Tim Farron have until 20 July to declare.
In a statement on the Lib Dem Voice website, Mr Davey - who served in the cabinet between 2012 and 2015 and who returned to Parliament at the election - said the decision not to run had been a difficult one.
But he said he had to put the needs of his family and his two children - one of whom is severely disabled - ahead of his political ambitions for the time being.
"Being there for my children over the next few crucial years and to see those special moments is my personal priority," he wrote.
"So my decision not to stand now to be leader of our party is a difficult one, but it is rooted in my family.
"The need to be there for my young children and not continually away from home; the need to protect my family from the inevitable intrusion on our lives; and the need to protect myself from pressures that would otherwise compromise my job as a father while they are still so young."
The 51-year old said he wanted to play a "big part" in continuing to rebuild the party but did not say who he would back in the leadership content.
Tim Farron is standing down this summer saying he could no longer reconcile being a committed Christian with being the leader of a progressive political party.
The capital side kick off their Pro12 season at Meggetland against Leinster on Friday, 4 September.
"We built the side through our conditioning, our defence, our set-piece and a structured game plan," said Solomons.
"Now this season we need to evolve our attack."
Edinburgh have been temporarily dislodged from their home stadium to allow preparatory work for a concert at Murrayfield the week after the Pro12 opener.
South African Solomons inherited a disparate playing group largely bereft of order and direction upon taking the reins in the Scottish capital two seasons ago.
The rebuilding process has been challenging, with Edinburgh recording consecutive eighth-place finishes, but reaching the European Challenge Cup final in May.
"This season I would like us to be a side that is capable of playing in a variety of ways," added Solomons. "To do that we need to continue to evolve our attack and like all teams, where we can win with style, absolutely we want to do that.
"Our outside backs on that are key. What's key this season are guys like Chris Dean, Damien Hoyland, that those boys come through. There's no doubt they've got the wherewithal; they don't have the experience, but we need some firepower in the outside backs.
"Bearing in mind our injuries (last season), we lacked a little bit of that firepower and that also played its influence.
"We have spent a lot of time in pre-season on conditioning games, but we've spent a lot of time on our skills. We've really worked like crazy on that. You've got to understand it's a building process, we're looking this season to hit that balance."
The 65-year-old, who coached throughout his homeland, and had stints in charge of Ulster and Northampton Saints on British soil, highlighted Scotland centre Matt Scott's lengthy absence through shoulder problems as the most detrimental among a spree of injuries to key players.
Rugby World Cup duty is set to deprive Edinburgh of a hefty forwards contingent, but they are perhaps not likely to be as depleted as many of their domestic counterparts.
Capitalising on the early Pro12 fixtures could prove crucial to attaining the top six spot and European Champions Cup qualification Solomons has benchmarked.
"We are going to miss, for sure, our whole front-row and Stuart (McInally)," he said. "Grant Gilchrist, for sure. Dave Denton, for sure. But we've got a good enough pack to cope with that.
"Everybody's the same, we can't afford injuries, but it is important we hit the ground running in this thing. The players are aware of it. The young boys are ready for it, they're excited about it."
After confirming the capture of Tongan winger Otulea Katoa on Thursday, Solomons does not expect any further additions to his squad, although summer signing Michael Allen has sustained a shoulder injury.
"Not to my knowledge," he added. "We've got to see how we track, but our squad is pretty much done."
Northeast, who made 191 in the first innings, was 70 not out with Kent 238-3 when rain ended the game as a draw.
Having resumed 163 behind on 32-0, Kent never looked in danger of collapse despite the early loss of Sean Dickson.
Tom Latham (74) and Joe Denly (64) added 103 and Denly then put on 93 with Northeast, who hit nine fours.
Kent took 10 points from the game to go four points clear of Essex at the top, but having played a game more.
Derbyshire, for whom Ben Cotton, Wayne Madsen and Neil Broom each took a wicket, have still to win a match this summer and are seventh in the table.
These are all things teachers have told Newsbeat happened to them on social media.
And the teaching union, NASUWT, says it's not unusual.
Their research suggests the number of staff facing sexist, racist and homophobic remarks - as well as personal attacks - has more than doubled in the last year.
Two teachers, who don't want to be named, told us how it happened to them:
A primary school teacher's story:
"A little boy had been naughty and I'd sent him to the head teacher for some time out from the classroom," she says.
"Then that evening the parents had a big rant on Facebook.
"And then the father of the child posted that I deserved a bullet through my head.
"The police took it very seriously and ran a background check on the father.
"It came up that they were members of a gun club and that was even more frightening.
"The school viewed it that they were just having a rant and that's probably correct, but you don't know who's reading those posts and what they might do."
It ended up affecting the teacher's work and the way she behaves in the classroom.
"I felt really intimidated. I felt like I needed a witness all the time with me to prove that everything was normal," she says.
"In the playground I felt intimidated by those parents."
A secondary school teacher's story:
"Myself and my colleagues have received numerous abuse online and on social media. Photos, name-calling, photos being taken without permission," he says.
"I've been accused of being a drug dealer. I've been abused online and been sworn at.
"It's extremely upsetting to read and see comments and posts on social media.
"It's very undermining when you teach in a large school and that is the gossip of the day."
He says he's very, very careful online after what's happened.
He's closed his Facebook account and has two Twitter accounts - a private one and a professional one.
"It does become quite difficult for you to take. Our role as a teacher is to educate and better the students," he says.
"We don't deserve this sort of abuse on a regular basis."
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Johnson, 39, has dominated the riding ranks since the record-breaking McCoy's retirement two seasons ago; he had been runner-up to the 20-time champion on no fewer than 16 occasions.
Now it's Johnson casting the long shadow in which opponents headed by Brian Hughes, Sam Twiston-Davies, Aidan Coleman and up-and-coming youngster Harry Cobden are forced to live.
"Some people seem to think it's going to be easy to do it again, but it's very, very difficult because there are an awful lot of lads who're very keen to try to get in front of me," said Johnson.
"I think it shows AP's dedication that he was able to keep on doing it for 20 years running.
"It really was an amazing achievement when you consider I was chasing him hard and lots of other eager young lads were too."
Though not his biggest tally of winners - that was 235 wins in the 2015-16 campaign - a figure in the 180s this season provides Johnson with a very comfortable winning margin.
And it means he has galloped well past the century mark and into three figures for a fairly remarkable 21st successive season.
Speaking on the 5 live Racing Podcast, Johnson nominates his season's principal highlights as rides on star pair Native River and Defi Du Seuil.
Native River, eventually third in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, heralded his emergence into the big time when guided by Johnson to striking wins in Newbury's Hennessy Gold Cup and the Welsh Grand National.
The unbeaten hurdler Defi Du Seuil, trained by long-term supporter Philip Hobbs, received rave reviews when thrashing his rivals in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham's Festival.
Also rated among Johnson's very best moments was the unexpected reopening of the racecourse at Hereford after nearly four years of closure. The jockey is a true local - born, bred, resident and rode his first winner there.
At the other end of the scale, Johnson, whose 3,200 winning mounts make him easily the second most successful jump jockey of all time behind McCoy, became the first champion in years not to take part in the Grand National.
It prompted speculation that he might actually dislike the Aintree feature.
In 20 attempts, although second twice, he has otherwise endured what you might call 'mixed luck', a situation rather underlined this time when forced to watch the win of One For Arthur, which at one stage could have been his mount.
"I find [the race] frustrating," Johnson said. "Look, it's the one thing obviously that I'd love to be able to win before I finish, but unfortunately because it only comes around once a year, it's not that easy.
"I was on standby in case Derek Fox didn't get back [from injury, for One For Arthur] which was slightly ironic, and after that unfortunately the right horse didn't come along.
"But at other times I know I've been very, very fortunate that sometimes my luck has been other people's bad luck - Barry Geraghty missing Defi Du Seuil at Cheltenham because of injury is one example - so it's swings and roundabouts.
"When you get to my age and have been at it so long, you have to look at it realistically, and optimistically for the future."
Because of the position of May Day, jumping's closed season lasts just one day before it all resumes at Warwick and Kempton on Bank Holiday Monday with every jockey's score back to zero.
Obviously, it means any celebrations, let alone a family holiday with wife Fiona - whose father Noel Chance trained Johnson's Gold Cup winner Looks Like Trouble (2000) - and their three children, is on hold.
However, the reigning champion relishes the challenge of getting on with things and seeking to continue his 'Mr Dependable' reputation, as he tries to add a third title to his CV.
People naturally wonder how long Johnson, who is also involved in the breeding of racehorses, will continue plying his trade, or whether he'll ever challenge McCoy's 4,358 total over jumps.
Success number one for Johnson came on Rusty Bridge, owned and trained by his parents Sue and Keith, at Hereford - the course named its new restaurant after the horse - in April 1994, and he's hopeful the finishing line isn't yet in sight.
"I'm loving doing what I do, especially when riding nice horses," he said. "I'm lucky - AP struggled more with his weight, and other lads have got different things, but at the moment my body's pretty well.
"It'll happen one day, but when you've got support from trainers like Philip Hobbs, Henry Daly and Tim Vaughan, it makes my job easy."
Two years? Three? Four?
"I want to go on as long as possible."
Belfast's Frampton will put his IBF super-bantamweight title on the line against Bury's Quigg, the WBA champion, in front of 20,000 fans at the Manchester Arena.
In reply to Frampton, Quigg vowed to upset the odds and knock his rival out.
"It will be so one-sided it won't warrant a rematch," said Frampton, 29.
"People are comparing it to Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales [the Mexican greats fought a classic trilogy in and around the super-bantamweight division in the 2000s] because they were so closely matched.
"But I don't see this fight like that. Once he gets hit he will go into his shell and I'll outbox him, until he gets brave enough to open up. When he does open up, he'll get knocked out.
"If he stays tight and keeps his hands to his chin, it may go the distance. If it does, it's a comprehensive points win for me. Either way, it will be such a comprehensive win for me that they won't want a rematch."
Quigg, 27, responded: "He'll stay calm for a while, but sooner or later he'll take the bait and I'll take him out.
"I've got to go in there and be smart and composed. That's the key to this fight - composure. Whatever he brings on the night, I'll have an answer for.
"I'm a terrible loser. If I lose at Connect Four I'll be banging the table and smashing the pieces.
"You show me a good loser and they'll be a born loser. Good losers aren't right in the head."
Frampton-Quigg is one of the most eagerly anticipated domestic match-ups in recent memory, and the first time two undefeated British boxers have fought to unify a world title.
Frampton, who is undefeated in 21 pro fights and managed by boxing legend Barry McGuigan, is a slight favourite with the bookmakers.
However, the fact that Frampton was knocked down twice in his last fight against unheralded Mexican Alejandro Gonzalez, along with Quigg's demolition of the tough Kiko Martinez, suggests it could go either way.
Quigg, who will have Ring magazine's trainer of the year Joe Gallagher in his corner, is undefeated in 33 pro fights.
The remains of Saima Ahmed, 36, were discovered on Saturday 9 January at Gogar Mount House, on the edge of nearby Gogarburn Golf Club.
It is believed the librarian had travelled by rail from her home in Wembley to Edinburgh a year ago.
Leaflets will also be handed out in Waverley Station on Tuesday.
They will also be given to people in the Wembley area of London, train stations in Hemel Hempsted, Birmingham and elsewhere in Edinburgh.
Police will also be distributing posters and leaflets to visitors to the Unofficial Fringe Venue 999 in East Princes Street Gardens until the end of the festival next week.
Det Ch Insp Martin MacLean, of Police Scotland, said: "There are several outstanding lines of inquiry in what has been a painstaking investigation.
"We still need to establish why Saima came to Scotland and Edinburgh and the circumstances that led to her death.
"The information gathered thus far certainly indicates that Saima left her home on Sunday, August 30th, last year and travelled by train to Edinburgh.
"Now, almost one year on, Edinburgh is again in the midst of hosting the International Festival and there will be a number of people returning to the city who may remember Saima.
"It's my hope that these posters might help jog some memories and we can gain vital information to assist with our investigation."
Ms Ahmed's death is still being treated as unexplained.
Police said she may have been spotted months earlier on Portobello beach - after travelling to the city in August.
A man walking his dog spoke with a woman on the beach, who was walking alone and who closely matched Ms Ahmed's description, at about 10:30 on a Monday in August, possibly 31 August, although the exact date is unknown.
The woman said she had wanted to see the beach and said she had travelled up from London and was going back down later the same day.
The police want to know if she stayed in a guest house there the night before, possibly on Sunday 30 August.
Ms Ahmed's exact movements as she travelled to Scotland remain unconfirmed.
However, detectives now believe she bought a Birmingham to Edinburgh rail ticket at Birmingham New Street Station at about 17:00 on Sunday 30 August 2015.
Officers said there was a strong possibility she then boarded one of two Edinburgh-bound services - either the 17:15 Virgin service due to arrive at Edinburgh Waverley at 22:22, or the 13:30 Virgin Cross Country Network (via York), which was due to arrive at 22:21.
Dagmara Przybysz, 16, was found at Pool Academy in Cornwall last May.
In a message written the night before her death, she complained of others "saying things about me because I'm from Poland".
Recording an open verdict, coroner Dr Emma Carlyon accepted Dagmara had been upset by the incidents.
Dr Carlyon said although evidence suggested a "self-inflicted death" no notes or other evidence of an intention to take her own life were found.
The three-day inquest heard Dagmara had told her parents, Jedrzej and Ewelina Przybysz, and boyfriend Lewis Simpson that she was being bullied.
During the hearing, Dagmara's parents asked questions about the recording of bullying incidents at the school.
In response to assistant principal Lisette Neesham stating that no incidents of bullying had been reported by Dagmara or anyone on her behalf, her mother said: "She said to staff about bullying. Why did nobody do anything?"
The school's pastoral support worker Susan Kent said to the best of her knowledge Dagmara had "never mentioned any problems with racism to me or any other person at school".
Dr Carlyon said although Dagmara was upset before her death, "She was clearly enjoying the relationship with Lewis and was making plans for the school ball".
Det Sgt Steve Panter said he didn't have details of "how significant" the bullying incidents were in "Dagmara's decision" on the day she died.
The delay in discovering Dagmara's body was also raised by her parents at the inquest.
She was seen on CCTV entering a toilet in the maths corridor at 12:14 BST - but was not found for more than 90 minutes - at 13:50 when two pupils raised the alarm.
A 999 call was made but school co-ordinator Paula Hosking told the inquest no CPR was attempted by school staff despite advice from the ambulance service.
"We knew Dagmara had died and decided not to carry out CPR. We knew it was all too late," she said.
Paramedic Christopher Rogers said there was "frustration" on the call as it was five minutes 38 seconds before the call handler was told what had happened.
There were also issues with phone signal between the school's reception and where the incident had taken place.
The inquest heard that the school had a system whereby a missing child should be found within 20 minutes, but nobody had looked for Dagmara.
An Ofsted report dated June 2017 said safeguarding was effective at the school.
After the inquest, Pool Academy said Dagmara's death had "shocked and saddened" the whole school and it had strengthened safeguarding procedures "since the tragic incident."
Police were called to an address in Cromwell Avenue in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, at 10:10 BST and found the body of a 44-year-old man and the girl.
Hampshire Constabulary said she was taken to St Mary's Hospital, where she died a short time later.
The bodies of two dogs were also found at the address, following what police are treating as an "isolated incident".
A spokesman said: "[We] would like to reassure the community that there is no wider risk.
"Formal identification procedures are ongoing and we will not be in a position to confirm the names of the deceased until these are complete."
Specialist support is being provided for the family and officers will remain at the crime scene overnight, the force said.
Reports say investigators believe he has relevant information, but he is not necessarily suspected of a crime.
The FBI is looking into potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election and links with Mr Trump's campaign. The president denies any collusion.
Mr Kushner's lawyer said his client would co-operate with any inquiry.
President Trump has described the situation as "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history".
US intelligence agencies believe Moscow tried to tip the election in favour of the Republican, who beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
US officials, who were not named, told NBC News that the interest in Mr Kushner, 36, did not mean the investigators suspected him of a crime or intended to charge him.
Separately, the Washington Post reported that the investigators were focusing on meetings he held last year with the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergei Kislyak, and a banker from Moscow.
Robert Mueller, a former FBI boss, last week was named by the justice department as special counsel to oversee the Russia inquiry.
Congress is also looking into Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election and any Trump campaign ties.
Mr Kushner has already agreed to discuss his Russian contacts with the Senate Intelligence Committee.
"Mr Kushner previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about these meetings," Mr Kusnher's lawyer Jamie Gorelick told the BBC.
"He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry," the lawyer added.
Calls for a special investigation have mounted since President Trump fired the most recent FBI director, James Comey, earlier this month.
The White House has been engulfed in crisis over allegations that Mr Trump asked the ousted FBI chief to drop an inquiry into links between his ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia.
Mr Flynn was forced out in February after he misled the vice-president about his conversations with Russia's ambassador before Mr Trump took office in January.
Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement in the US presidential election.
The jury of six women and three men had been deliberating since 6 April after hearing evidence for two years.
The forewoman said at least seven of the nine jurors had reached agreement on the unlawful killing question in a 14-section questionnaire.
The conclusions will be formally returned at 11:00 BST on Tuesday.
Jurors had already reached unanimous conclusions for 13 of the questions. The remaining question - for which they were given a majority direction- asked whether the 96 were unlawfully killed.
To answer yes, jurors must be "sure" that Ch Supt David Duckenfield, who was in overall command of the police operation, was "responsible for the manslaughter by gross negligence" of those who died.
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Ninety-six fans died as a result of a crush on the terraces occupied by Liverpool supporters attending the FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.
Jurors had already made their decision about whether fans' behaviour added to a dangerous situation outside the stadium in Sheffield.
They have also made conclusions about whether police "errors or omissions" caused or contributed to the dangerous situation at the match and the crush on the terraces.
Based on the evidence, the jury had also decided if police and ambulance service responses to the crushing "contributed to the loss of lives".
Coroner Sir John Goldring said on Monday he would accept a majority decision at the hearing in Warrington, Cheshire.
He began his summing up on 25 January and spoke to the jury for 26 days in total.
The hearings are the longest running inquests in British legal history.
The coroner has laid out four steps jurors must consider when answering question six. Only if they are sure of each, can they conclude the 96 were unlawfully killed. They are:
For the final point to be proved, the jury has to be sure the match commander's breach in his duty of care was so bad it amounted to a criminal act or omission.
It must also be sure a "reasonably competent and careful" match commander in his position would have foreseen a "serious and obvious risk of death" to the supporters.
Eman Abd El Aty's family said she originally weighed 500kg - and was unable to leave her home for 25 years.
Ms Abd El Aty underwent bariatric surgery at Mumbai's Saifee hospital two months ago.
The hospital said she could now fit into a wheelchair and sit up for longer periods of time.
The surgery was performed by a team of doctors led by bariatric surgeon Dr Muffazal Lakdawala.
The hospital has released new pictures of Ms Abd El Aty following weight reduction surgery.
Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, is used as a last resort to treat people who are dangerously obese (having a body mass index of 40 or above, or 35 with other obesity-related health conditions).
Dr Lakdawala said in a statement that Ms Abd El Aty continued to "rapidly" lose weight, but added that a stroke she had suffered as a child meant that she was still paralysed on one side of her body and continued to suffer convulsions. She also has difficulty speaking and swallowing.
The statement added that the hospital was now waiting for her to lose enough weight for her to be able to fit inside a CT scan machine to ascertain the cause of her stroke.
Dr Lakdawala said the next stage of her treatment involved putting her on a trial drug for obesity after six months. The hospital is currently attempting to procure the drug from a US based pharmaceutical company.
Ms Abd El Aty's family says she weighed 5kg (11lb) at birth and was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a condition in which body parts swell due to a parasitic infection.
By the time she was 11, her weight had risen sharply and she suffered a stroke which left her bedridden.
She is cared for by her mother and sister.
Ms Abd El Aty's weight loss means she may no longer be the heaviest woman alive.
The Guinness world records says the heaviest woman living is Pauline Potter in the US, who weighed 293.6 kg (643 lbs) when measured in July 2012.
Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, is used as a last resort to treat people who are dangerously obese and carrying an excessive amount of body fat.
The two most common types of weight loss surgery are:
He said the US military would want to gather intelligence from the missile's flight instead of intercepting it.
Mr Carter's remarks follow President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter comments on North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Mr Trump had said the North's development of a nuclear missile that could reach the US "won't happen".
He did not elaborate how he would stop such plans.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had claimed in his New Year's Day address that his country had reached the final stages in developing a long-range nuclear missile.
Mr Carter said on Tuesday in his final press briefing that if a North Korean long-range missile is ever deemed to be threatening, "it will be intercepted".
"If it's not threatening, we won't necessarily do so. Because it may be more to our advantage to, first of all, save our interceptor inventory, and, second, to gather intelligence from the flight."
Mr Carter is due to step down as Pentagon chief when President Barack Obama's administration ends on 20 January.
But the top US military officer, Marine General Joseph Dunford, who will remain as Mr Trump's top uniformed military advisor and was at the event, agreed with Mr Carter.
On Sunday, North Korean state news agency KCNA quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying that a missile "will be launched anytime and anywhere" as determined by Pyongyang, despite efforts by the US to contain them.
North Korea has conducted two nuclear tests over the last year - five in total - raising fears that it has made significant nuclear advances.
It has never successfully test-fired long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, but experts estimate it may be able to do so within five years.
UN resolutions have repeatedly called for an end to the country's nuclear and missile tests.
Credit Agricole said 708m euros (£563m) had been written off.
The French bank apologised to investors, saying that it had been "misled".
Portugal unveiled a plan to rescue BES on Monday after record losses of 3.6bn euros for the first half of the year.
Credit Agricole, which has a 14.6% stake BES, said second quarter net income was 705m euros compared with profits last year of 1.3bn euros.
"We can only regret having been misled by the family with which Credit Agricole was trying to create a true partnership to build the biggest private bank in Portugal," CA's chief executive Jean-Paul Chifflet said.
Mr Chifflet added that Credit Agricole was closely following investigations and audits underway at BES.
Credit Agricole reserves the right to take legal action should any issues arise out of the probes, a spokeswoman for the bank said.
"The new management [of BES] has indicated that it would consider taking legal action, and we will take part," Mr Chifflet told journalists.
Despite CA's problems, the company's shares opened almost 5% higher on Tuesday. Analysts said the bank's profit before tax was higher than expected.
Analysis
Nigel Cassidy, BBC Europe business reporter
With so much unfinished business when it comes to rationalising, refinancing and regulating EU banks, this latest and severe collateral damage to Credit Agricole is a reminder that it's not just known troubled lenders that have to bite the bullet, declare write-downs and clean up their balance sheets.
Yet it may be too hasty to see these latest events as a new leg of a European banking crisis that won't quite go away.
Dig beneath the surface and it's as much a more straightforward case of thwarted ambition.
France's second-largest listed bank by assets has become the victim of its own long-standing plan to become a major banking force in southern Europe.
It has already shelled out a fortune extricating itself from what turned out to be unwise investments in Greek and Spanish lenders.
In the case of Portugal and Banco Espirito Santo, it wasn't just hit by the business failure at the biggest private bank in Portugal, in which it had made a large investment.
Credit Agricole's chief Jean-Paul Chifflet has alleged publically that his bank was misled by the patriarch of the powerful Espirito Santo family, whose interests span hotels and commercial property at home and abroad.
Legal action may eventually get to grips with the specifics here, but what's crystal clear is that this is just the latest sign that the "systemic risks" banking regulators like to harp on about remain real.
Europe still has too many over-ambitious and under-capitalised banks - and by no means all of them are in southern Europe.
On Sunday, Portugal revealed 4.9bn-euro rescue plan for BES.
Shares in the Portuguese bank have plunged 89% since June, when concerns about the financial health of the company first came to light.
Last week BES reported a 3.6bn euro loss, which wiped out its existing capital buffer of nearly 2.1bn euros and cut it to below the minimum level required by banking regulators.
The risk in Fife has been described as "very high", the highest level for air pollution, while East Lothian and the Borders will have "high" levels.
Air Quality in Scotland said levels in these areas would return to "low" on Friday but on Saturday they will return to "high" in East Lothian and Fife.
Anyone with a heart or lung condition may be significantly affected.
The pollution is being caused by an area of high pressure, which creates calm weather. This allows pollutants to become trapped close to the ground.
Light winds from an easterly direction over the weekend brought air from the continent which also contained some pollution.
Adults and children with lung problems, as well as adults with heart problems, should avoid strenuous exertion, particularly when outdoors.
The risk has been classed as "moderate" for Perth and Kinross, Clackmannanshire and Edinburgh. On Friday there will be a "moderate" risk in Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire.
On Saturday, the risk will also be "moderate" in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Perth and Kinross, West Lothian and Falkirk.
A Scottish government spokesperson said: "Much progress has been made over recent years in improving air quality, and Scotland is pressing ahead with world-leading climate change targets.
"However, areas of poorer air quality related to emissions from transport remain in many of our urban areas and we continue to work closely with local authorities and other partners to improve air quality and the lives and well-being of communities and individuals across the country."
17 May 2017 Last updated at 11:55 BST
Rio de Janeiro celebrates its official Dia do Garis - which means Day of the Street Cleaners - on 16 May each year.
This year they had a parade where they sang, played instruments and danced to samba music around the streets of the Brazilian city.
They even took selfies with fans.
On the Dia do Garis, Rio de Janeiro plays tribute to its 15,000 street cleaners who stand out in their orange overalls.
Sorriso, who you can watch dancing in this video, even strutted his stuff in the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
It found that 690,000 people travelled to the city to attend the games. Hotel occupancy in Glasgow reached 95%.
Other parts of Scotland were also said to have benefited, with visitors spending an average of five days in the country.
Leader of Glasgow City Council Gordon Matheson said the event had been "the best games ever".
Games minister Shona Robison commented: "We were determined from the beginning that these Games would leave a positive lasting impact across Scotland and to know that so many visitors have been to Scotland and left with good memories leaves us with much to be proud of.
"The Games, plus the successful Ryder Cup and the many Homecoming events of 2014, have helped create a very successful sustainable tourism legacy for years to come.
"It is this legacy combined with the boost received by businesses in Scotland from the Games that gives us much to build on for the future."
The Games Visitor Impact Study was carried out on behalf of Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life and Glasgow City Marketing Bureau.
Councillor Matheson added: "The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games was of course the greatest ever, and one of the key legacies it leaves behind is an even higher profile for Glasgow internationally.
"In the city during August, the average hotel occupancy rate was over 95 per cent, with this exceeding 99 per cent on five nights that month.
"These fantastic figures reflect Glasgow's ever-growing reputation as a visitor destination and the pulling power of the city's events programme."
24 August 2016 Last updated at 12:22 BST
Ecstasy is getting stronger and experts are worried the negative effects the drug has on people are getting worse.
Professor Philip Murphy, who's been researching the drug for nearly 20 years, says the he's worried about the supply currently on the market.
Users have told Newsbeat's Jim Connolly about the effects taking the drug has taken on them.
Bidhya Sagar Das, 33, was charged after the children were found with critical injuries at a flat near Finsbury Park, north London, on Saturday night.
The boy died in the early hours of Sunday and the girl remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Mr Das, from Hackney, was remanded in custody by Thames magistrates.
He will next appear at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
A post-mortem examination in relation to the boy is due to begin later. Formal identification has yet to take place.
The Metropolitan Police said detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command continue to investigate.
Peter Dutton said the decision was designed to protect Australian jobs.
Since 2012, more than 500 foreign staff have been granted a visa - known as 457 - to work at businesses including McDonald's, KFC and Hungry Jack's.
The skilled worker visa, designed to fill Australian shortages, also extends to family members.
"Australian workers, particularly young Australians, must be given priority," Mr Dutton said in explaining the change.
He said visas would still be granted under exceptional circumstances.
Why Australia's temporary workers' scheme is under fire
According to government statistics, 95,758 people were living in Australia on 457 visas in September last year, compared with 103,862 in 2015.
The highest proportion came from India (24.6%), the UK (19.5%) and China (5.8%).
Foreign workers had been able to apply for fast-food industry jobs since an agreement in 2012, when the opposition Labor Party was in power.
But Labor's employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor queried the new decision, saying the visa did not apply to unskilled workers.
"The notion that 457s can take jobs of flipping burgers means either Peter Dutton is lying or they are misapplying the 457 visa," he said.
Mr Dutton conceded the change mostly affected managerial staff, but said the current arrangement did not put Australian workers first.
"Genuine business needs for overseas workers which contribute to economic growth will still be considered," he said.
More than half of the 500 workers granted visas since 2012 were employed at McDonald's, while almost 100 found work at both KFC and Hungry Jack's.
Mr Dutton in December ordered a review of Australia's Consolidated Sponsored Occupational List, which lists more than 650 professions, to ensure that overseas workers "supplement rather than provide a substitute" for Australians.
The 21-year-old began his career in the Manchester United academy before moving to Macclesfield Town in 2013.
Rokka went on to join Radcliffe, where he scored 16 goals for the Northern Premier League Division One North side in the 2016-17 season.
"Elliot's an exciting player who will create chances and get fans off their seats," manager Micky Mellon said.
The majority of the programme to modernise the line from London to Cardiff will go ahead as planned and should be delivered by March 2019.
But the route further west, due to be improved by 2018, will now not be done until between 2019 and 2024.
Great Western Railway said it was "disappointed" by the delay.
Last Friday an estimated £1.2bn rise in the project's cost was described by MPs as "staggering and unacceptable".
But on Wednesday, during the Chancellor George Osborne's spending review, the UK government reiterated that it was pressing ahead with the Great Western electrification project as part of key UK infrastructure investment.
The Network Rail report was published following the spending review and contained the conclusions of its chairman Sir Peter Hendy, who had been asked to look at the "deliverability and affordability" of the project.
He said: "Working closely with the Department for Transport (DFT) we have ensured that no infrastructure project has been cancelled and the bulk of the investment programme will be delivered by March 2019," Sir Peter said.
"Some projects will cost more and take longer than originally expected but we will see the job through to deliver better journeys for passengers.
"My review has clearly found that the original plan was unrealistic and undeliverable."
It added the Welsh government would be "making a decision on the scope and direction" of the Valley Lines electrification project as it is the primary funder.
Great Western Railway (GWR), which runs trains on the line, said it was too early to say what the full implications were for its plans to improve capacity and introduce faster, more frequent services.
"While the Super Express Trains will still be able to deliver some of the capacity improvements we planned for customers without full electrification, the full benefits will only be seen once Network Rail's electrification programme is completed," the company said in a statement.
"However, for now we will be working with the DFT to investigate alternative ways of delivering the full package of capacity and frequency improvements we promised in the new GWR franchise, despite the challenges."
Last week, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report said Network Rail's severe planning and budgetary failures caused delays and could double the budget.
Between 2014 and 2015 the estimated cost increased from £1.6bn to £2.8bn, not including the extension to Swansea.
Network Rail said changes had now been been made to control costs.
The line from London to Oxford and Bristol Parkway was originally due to be electrified in 2016, to Cardiff in 2017 and Swansea in 2018.
The 25-year-old super-bantamweight from Belfast will fight at the 9,500-capacity UIC Pavilion.
Conlan, a former world amateur champion and London Olympics bronze medallist, impressed on his professional debut in New York on St Patrick's Day.
He stopped American Tim Ibarra inside three rounds at Madison Square Garden.
More than 5,000 Irish fans were at the famous New York venue to cheer on the highly rated Conlan.
Conlan forced referee Benjy Esteves Jr to step in when a powerful right hand had his American opponent on the ropes.
He was joined on his walk to the ring by UFC champion Conor McGregor.
The Centre on Religion and Geopolitics, linked to former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, also says that 60% of the rebels could be classified as Islamists.
It argues that attempts by world powers to distinguish between moderate and extremist factions are flawed.
Western countries have stepped up air strikes against IS in Syria and Iraq.
But the Centre on Religion and Geopolitics said the greatest danger to the international community was groups who share the IS ideology but are currently being ignored.
They number about 100,000 fighters, the centre said.
"The West risks making a strategic failure by focusing only on IS," the centre said. "Defeating it militarily will not end global jihadism. We cannot bomb an ideology, but our war is ideological."
If IS is defeated, dispersed fighters and other extremists could attack targets outside Syria under a rallying cry that "the West destroyed the Caliphate", the centre warned.
Such new groups could compete for the spotlight to ensure allegiance from the global fighters and financing that IS currently attracts.
By contrast, fewer than a quarter of the rebels surveyed were not ideological, the centre said.
But many of those were willing to fight alongside extremists and would probably accept an Islamist political settlement to the civil war, it claimed.
In response, the military campaign against IS must be accompanied by an "intellectual and theological defeat of the pernicious ideology that drives it", the centre said.
It also said that unless Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leaves or is removed from office, the war in the country is likely to spread further.
They passed on variants involved in type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease and - curiously - smoking addiction.
Genome studies reveal that our species (Homo sapiens) mated with Neanderthals after leaving Africa.
But it was previously unclear what this Neanderthal DNA did and whether there were any implications for human health.
Between 2% and 4% of the genetic blueprint of present-day non-Africans came from Neanderthals.
By screening the genomes of 1,004 modern humans, Sriram Sankararaman and his colleagues identified regions bearing the Neanderthal versions of different genes.
That a gene variant associated with a difficulty in stopping smoking should be found to have a Neanderthal origin is a surprise.
It goes without saying that there is no suggestion our evolutionary cousins were puffing away in their caves.
Instead, the researchers argue, this mutation may have more than one function, so the modern effect of this marker on smoking behaviour may be one impact it has among several.
Researchers found that Neanderthal DNA is not distributed uniformly across the human genome, instead being commonly found in regions that affect skin and hair.
This suggests some gene variants provided a rapid way for modern humans to adapt to the new cooler environments they encountered as they moved into Eurasia. When the populations met, Neanderthals had already been adapting to these conditions for several hundred thousand years.
The stocky hunters once covered a range stretching from Britain to Siberia, but went extinct around 30,000 years ago as Homo sapiens was expanding from an African homeland.
Neanderthal ancestry was found in regions of the genome linked to the regulation of skin pigmentation.
"We found evidence that Neanderthal skin genes made Europeans and East Asians more evolutionarily fit," said Benjamin Vernot, from the University of Washington, co-author of a separate study in Science journal.
Genes for keratin filaments, a fibrous protein that lends toughness to skin, hair and nails, were also enriched with Neanderthal DNA. This may have helped provide the newcomers with thicker insulation against cold conditions, the scientists suggest.
"It's tempting to think that Neanderthals were already adapted to the non-African environment and provided this genetic benefit to (modern) humans," said Prof David Reich, from Harvard Medical School, co-author of the paper in Nature.
But other gene variants influenced human illnesses, such as type 2 diabetes, long-term depression, lupus, billiary cirrhosis - an autoimmune disease of the liver - and Crohn's disease. In the case of Crohn's, Neanderthals passed on different markers that increase and decrease the risk of disease.
Asked whether our ancient relatives actually suffered from these diseases too, or whether the mutations in question only affected the risk of illness when transplanted to a modern human genetic background, Mr Sankararaman said: "We don't have the fine knowledge of the genetics of Neanderthals to answer this," but added that further study of their genomes might shed light on this question.
Joshua Akey, from the University of Washington, an author of the Science publication, added: "Admixture happened relatively recently in evolutionary terms, so you wouldn't expect all the Neanderthal DNA to have been washed away by this point.
"I think what we're seeing to a large extent is the dying remains of this extinct genome as it is slowly purged from the human population."
However, some regions of our genomes were discovered to be devoid of Neanderthal DNA, suggesting that certain genes had such harmful effects in the offspring of modern human-Neanderthal pairings that they have indeed been flushed out actively and rapidly through natural selection.
"We find that there are large regions of the genome where most modern humans carry little or no Neanderthal ancestry," Mr Sankararaman told BBC News.
"This reduction in Neanderthal ancestry was probably due to selection against genes that were bad - deleterious - for us."
The Neanderthal-deficient regions encompass genes that are specifically expressed in the testes, and on the X (female sex) chromosome.
This suggests that some Neanderthal-modern human hybrids had reduced fertility and in some cases were sterile.
"It tells us that when Neanderthals and modern humans met and mixed, they were at the very edge of being biologically compatible," said Prof Reich.
Another genome region that lacked Neanderthal genes includes a gene called FOXP2, which is thought to play an important role in human speech.
Joshua Akey said his team's results were compatible with there having been multiple pulses of interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals.
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Scotland assistant McGhee was charged over his conduct towards a match official during Motherwell's 7-2 loss to Aberdeen.
The SFA suspended the 59-year-old for five matches.
McGhee also incurs an additional one-match ban suspended from earlier this season for breaching the same rule.
McGhee, who was in his second spell as Fir Park manager, was sacked by Motherwell at the end of February but is still assistant to national coach Gordon Strachan.
Well's loss at Pittodrie on 15 February was McGhee's third-last game in charge of the Steelmen.
Stephen Robinson has been appointed as Motherwell's new manager after being in interim charge following McGhee's departure.
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The Liverpudlian won bronze at the 2012 World Championships before reaching the quarter-finals at the London Olympics.
The 30-year-old, who hopes to move into coaching, told BBC Sport: "I don't think I've got the hunger and dedication to achieve any more.
"My mind is wandering to other things, and there's younger people coming through that want it a bit more."
Jonas took up boxing in 2005 to lose weight and rose through the amateur ranks before competing for Britain alongside gold medallist Nicola Adams and Savannah Marshall at London 2012.
She was favourite to win gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games but lost to Australia's Shelley Watts in her opening fight after injuring her foot.
Jonas described not winning a medal at her home Olympics as the biggest regret of her career but said fighting there was her "wildest dream come true".
She added: "London 2012 will never be matched, it was surreal. I remember saying to my mum when I was four and watching the Olympics on the TV: 'Mum, mum, I'm gonna be there.'
"It took me 24 years but I still achieved it."
Jonas is an ambassador for women's boxing, which has seen a 56% rise in the number of people taking up the sport in England since the 2012 Games.
And she welcomed the "phenomenal" changes she has witnessed.
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Jonas said: "The women's England Boxing Elite Finals will be held as the same event as the men's - that's big progression.
"The number of rounds you have to compete in at tournaments to become champion has increased. When I first started, I was boxing twice to become champion and now you're boxing four or five times.
"You've got the seniors, the youths, the juniors, and that wasn't there before. If you wanted to box, you had to box whoever."
Jonas is also proud of Britain's development into a force in international women's boxing.
She said: "Britain has surpassed other countries that have been doing it longer than us.
"We used to go to tournaments and we'd be lucky to reach the second round. Now we're coming away with medals."
"The was an air of ease about Natasha when I spoke to her at her home boxing club, the famous Rotunda ABC in Liverpool. She seemed happy with her decision and excited for the next chapter in her life.
"She described boxing as 'extremely tough' and spoke with honesty about not having the motivation to carry on, particularly with the foot injury she picked up at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
"Natasha is a pioneer in the sport and an inspiration to many."
The new rules increase reporting requirements for the groups, which risk closure for non-compliance.
Critics say the move is a crackdown on independent voices and an attempt to stigmatise the organisations.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused foreign-funded NGOs, in particular those supported by American billionaire George Soros, of domestic interference.
Groups receiving more than €24,000 ($26,000; £21,000) will have to register as "foreign-supported organisation".
Mr Orban's right-wing government says the measures aim at improving transparency and fighting money laundering and terrorism funding.
But the rules are seen as targeting Hungarian-born Mr Soros, who for decades has given away billions of dollars to promote a liberal, "open society" culture, and has founded the prestigious Central European University.
Mr Orban sees Mr Soros as an ideological enemy, and has declared a battle against liberalism. In April, parliament approved a bill that threatens to close the CEU.
The law targets three groups in particular, according to government chancellor Janos Lazar: Transparency International, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, and the Civil Liberties Union. Many others will also be affected.
The move is the latest in a sustained government attack, in official statements and in government-backed media, on civil society groups which criticise it. Formerly critical media have also been taken over by government allies.
The Central European Union is also under threat of closure, due to another law passed in April. A "national consultation" was recently concluded by the government, which aimed to stir up the public against internal and external "enemies". The latter include "Brussels bureaucrats" - a reference to the European Commission - and Hungarian-born philanthropist George Soros.
The Civil Liberties Union say it will refuse to obey the new law, on the grounds that it breaches the right to freedom of expression and association. If it is closed down, it says it will turn to the Hungarian Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
The law, passed by 130 votes to 44 in the 199-seat parliament, resembles legislation introduced in Russia in 2012 requiring NGOs to call themselves "foreign agents" if they get any foreign funding, which led to a ban on Soros foundations.
Human rights group Amnesty International said the Hungarian law was a "vicious and calculated assault on civil society", while Human Rights Watch considered it an attempt of "silencing critical voices in society".
Currently, the aim from referral to treatment is to administer cochlear implant surgery within 52 weeks.
The medical device can replace the function of the inner ear and allow profoundly deaf people to hear again.
There are 13,480 people registered in Wales as having a hearing impairment and in 2015-16, 65 people had cochlear implant surgery.
The new 26 week target, announced by the Welsh Government on Friday, includes a 36-week aim for the most complex cases.
Over the next three years, the Welsh health specialist services committee will work with health boards to achieve this.
Specialist cochlear implant service providers are based at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff and Ysbyty Glan Clwyd in Denbighshire.
Health secretary Vaughan Gething said quicker surgery for those who are deaf or hard of hearing will allow them to "lead more-normal lives again".
"For many people, deafness can have a significant impact on their quality of life, affecting employment, recreation and relationships," he added.
The numbers of people suffering from hearing loss are captured on local authority registers of people with disabilities.
As of March 2016, 13,480 had registered with a hearing impairment - with 83% stating they were hard of hearing.
For 2016-17, the forecast is for 55 people to be given cochlear surgery, a mixture of new and replacement implants.
Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said the men - including a captain and three officers - were kidnapped on Thursday night from the cargo ship Szafir.
Pirates boarded the vessel as it travelled from Belgium to Nigeria, according to Polish media reports.
Eleven other sailors evaded capture, apparently by locking themselves in the engine room.
Mr Waszczykowski said they were safe and their ship had been located about 30 nautical miles off the coast of Nigeria. The exact location has not been reported.
The foreign minister told a news conference on Friday that the kidnappers had not yet established contact.
There is widespread concern about the rise in piracy off West Africa.
The Szafir, owned by the shipping company EuroAfrica, was carrying metal and other items, according to Reuters news agency.
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The 35-year-old Swiss won 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 to claim his fifth Melbourne title and extend his lead at the top of the all-time men's major winners' list.
Nadal, 30, remains tied in second with Pete Sampras on 14 Grand Slams following his first final since 2014.
Federer's previous major title came at Wimbledon in 2012.
"I've been coming here for almost 20 years now," he said. "I've always enjoyed it and now my family does too.
"Thanks again for everything, to everybody. I hope to see you next year. If not, this was a wonderful run here and I can't be more happy to win."
Federer's achievement in ending his drought is all the more remarkable given this was his first tournament since Wimbledon last July, after which he took the second half of the season off to recover from a knee injury.
He becomes the first man in history to win five or more titles at three different Grand Slam events - five Australian Opens, five US Opens and seven Wimbledons.
Nadal was also on the way back from injuries that curtailed his 2016 season, but the Spaniard could not improve his winning record against Federer - the Swiss has now won 12 of their 35 matches and three of nine major finals.
"I worked very hard to get where I am," said Nadal. "I fight a lot, probably Roger deserved it a little bit more than me.
"I'm just going to keep trying. I feel I am back at a very high level."
The return of one of the great tennis rivalries to the Grand Slam final stage led to huge anticipation, and it lived up to the billing over three hours and 37 minutes.
A match of wild momentum swings ended with a purple patch from Federer that saw him win the last five games, and clinch the title thanks to confirmation from a Hawk-Eye challenge.
Federer leapt in the air in celebration and, after consoling close friend Nadal, broke down in tears as his wife Mirka and his team celebrated in the stands.
"Tennis is a tough sport," said Federer. "There are no draws. If there were I would have been happy to accept one and share it with Rafa.
"Everybody says they work very hard - I do the same - but I try not to shout about it. I'd like to thank my team. It's been a different last six months. I didn't think I'd make it but here I am."
The injury lay-offs meant Federer was seeded 17th in Melbourne and Nadal ninth, but the Swiss will now return to the world's top 10 and Nadal will move up to sixth.
There were moments of genius from both players - a stunning forehand angled winner from Nadal as he dominated the fourth set, a breathtaking 26-stroke rally in the fifth that ended with a crushing Federer forehand - but in the end the attacking instincts of Federer held sway.
He dropped just four points on serve in the first set, breaking serve after a brilliant drive volley in game seven, only for Nadal to race 4-0 clear in the second.
Federer recovered one of the breaks but it was not enough as Nadal served out to love to level the match, and then heaped on the pressure early in the third.
With the momentum slipping away, Federer came up with three aces on break points to nudge ahead in the first game - and it proved to be a decisive moment.
A magical half-volley forehand helped Federer get the break in the next game and he rolled through the set for the loss of just one game.
Neither had been able to produce their very best consistently and it was Federer's turn to leak forehand errors as he fell behind in the fourth set, and Nadal appeared the stronger as they headed into a decider.
Federer needed an off-court medical time-out, just as he had before the fifth set of his semi-final against Stan Wawrinka, and he had treatment to his thigh on the changeover as he fell 3-1 behind.
Despite his physical issues, Federer continued to press on the Nadal serve, earning break points in each game until he finally converted a sixth to level at 3-3.
The Rod Laver Arena crowd roared as the Swiss swept through a service game and then broke again in a dramatic game, winning a 26-stroke rally that will rank among the best ever.
Closing out a Grand Slam final was never going to be easy after five years, and Federer had to recover from 15-40 before firing a forehand onto the line and waiting for Hawk-Eye to confirm it was a historic winner.
2006: French Open - Nadal won 1-6 6-1 6-4 7-6 (7-4)
2006: Wimbledon - Federer won 6-0 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (2-7) 6-3
2007: French Open - Nadal won 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-4
2007: Wimbledon - Federer won 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 2-6 6-2
2008: French Open - Nadal won 6-1 6-3 6-0
2008: Wimbledon - Nadal won 6-4 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-7 (8-10) 9-7
2009: Australian Open - Nadal won 7-5 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-2
2011: French Open - Nadal won 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 5-7 6-1
2017: Australian Open - Federer won 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3
The 31-year-old defender is new manager Ronald Koeman's third summer purchase after Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gueye and goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.
They are also in talks to sign Crystal Palace midfielder Yannick Bolasie and Sunderland defender Lamine Kone.
"I believe the club is going in the right direction," said Williams.
The defender, who has agreed a three-year deal with the Merseyside club, said he was keen to work with former Netherlands international Koeman.
"He's been one of the greatest centre-halves to ever play the game, so I look forward to learning from him," Williams told the club's website.
Swansea had rejected an earlier £10m bid from Everton.
The signing comes a day after England defender John Stones left Goodison Park to join Manchester City for £47.5m.
Williams featured in Wales' run to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 and has not played any pre-season games following an extended break.
He spent eight years with the Swans, playing more than 300 games after joining for £300,000 from Stockport in March 2008.
As well as seeking deals for Ivory Coast international Kone and DR Congo's Bolasie, both 27, Everton are also determined to keep Romelu Lukaku.
The 27-year-old Belgium striker has three years remaining on his contract at Everton, and is reported to be interesting his former club Chelsea.
Dafydd Pritchard, BBC Wales Sport:
While Swansea were reluctant to sell, it is understood Williams was eager to move as he sought a "new challenge".
With forward Andre Ayew also leaving for West Ham just a year after signing for the Swans, a source close to owners Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan said the Americans are insistent Swansea "will not become a stepping-stone club".
Jamie Johnstone was found injured outside a flat in Balbeggie Street, Sandyhills, at about 18:00 on Saturday.
He was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where he later died.
Police Scotland said they were gathering CCTV footage from the area and door-to-door inquiries were under way.
A force spokesman said early investigations indicated that several people were at the location at the time of the incident, entering and exiting the high rise flats.
Det Insp Mark Bell, of the major investigation team, said: "We are in the process of piecing together what has happened to this young man.
"Given his injuries we know he has been attacked, but at this stage we don't know why.
"I am appealing to people who live in the area, particularly the high rise flats, to contact us with any information they may have.
"It's possible someone heard or saw a disturbance and the information could prove vital in assisting our inquiries in tracing whoever is responsible for this young man's death."
Private Christian schools receive some state funding but protesters say it is lower than that given to equivalent Jewish schools.
They say their funding has been reduced in an effort to make them join the Israeli public school system.
Israel's Christians come overwhelmingly from its Arab minority.
The country's 47 Christian schools have been on strike since the beginning of the school year on 1 September.
Ibrahim Fakhouri, a parent from Nazareth, was at the demonstration and said he believed Christian schools were being discriminated against.
"As citizens of this country, we are law obeying citizens, and we deserve equal rights," he told AP.
Arab members of parliament were also at the demonstration.
In response to the protest the education ministry said that "Christian schools are funded in an equal manner as other recognized but unofficial schools in the State of Israel," according to the Jerusalem Post.
It reported the ministry as saying it "is having meetings with representatives of the educational institutes".
The Immediate Assessment Unit (IAU) handles patients referred by a doctor.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GGC) said it had been "seeing significantly more patients than was projected".
The health board said that since Monday it had expanded the space available and increased the "amount of consultant time in the unit".
The state-of-the-art facility has been beset by problems since it began taking patients, including ongoing difficulties meeting government waiting times targets.
Earlier this month, an investigation was launched into the death of an elderly patient on a trolley in the IAU.
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday, Health Secretary Shona Robison said it had been recognised that the IAU needed to be bigger than originally planned.
In a statement, NHS GGC said: "We have said for some time now that our analysis is showing that the new model of care within our IAU is seeing significantly more patients than was projected.
"A number of additional steps are being taken to tackle bottlenecks within the unit to improve the service for patients.
"As of this Monday, the IAU has been expanded to create more space for patients who only need to be investigated and assessed but do not need to be admitted to a ward bed."
The statement said that the "expansion of space" had been "matched by an increased amount of consultant time in the unit".
It added: "By seeing this type of patient in a different area we are confident that this will help to address bottle necks within the unit and reduce the number of patients requiring a bed for further assessment.
"To support this area we are putting in an additional five whole time equivalent nurses and an additional junior doctor."
NHS GGC said that the hospital, since it opened in April, had "successfully and quickly treated tens of thousands of inpatients, outpatients and day cases" and was "performing very well in many important areas of service delivery".
The new campus replaces the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids at Yorkhill, the Southern General Hospital, the Western and Victoria Infirmaries, and the Mansionhouse Unit.
The 1,109-bed hospital was built on the site of the Southern General and is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK.
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She told a gathering of workers at the Department for International Development in East Kilbride that UK aid was a "badge of hope" around the world.
Addressing the issue of Brexit she added: "When this great union of nations - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - sets its mind to something and works together with determination we are an unstoppable force.
"That is why the plan to get the right deal for Britain abroad, as well as a better deal for ordinary people at home, has at its heart one overarching goal - to build a more united nation."
Three other people were injured, one seriously, in the incident which happened between Arbroath an Montrose, near the Maryton junction.
The collision, at about 12:00, involved a car, a pick-up truck and a security van.
Police said the pensioner, who was driving a red Volkswagen Golf, died from his injuries at the scene.
The 47-year-old female driver of a blue Mercedes Sprinter Van sustained serious injuries and the front male passenger suffered minor injuries.
The 50-year-old male driver of Ford Ranger pick-up also suffered minor injuries in the collision.
All of the injured were taken to Ninewells Hospital by ambulance for treatment.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue spokesman said four appliances and a specialist rescue vehicle attended the incident.
The road is currently closed, but is expected to re-open later.
The Goldfish Pool at Chartwell, which depicts the pond at his Kent home, was painted in 1932.
It was auctioned at Sotheby's in London on Wednesday, following the death of his daughter Mary Soames in May.
The previous auction record for one of his paintings was £1m. Fifteen of his paintings were included in the sale of Mary Soames' possessions, which raised a total of £15.4m.
Sotheby's described The Goldfish Pool at Chartwell as "undoubtedly Churchill's masterpiece from the decade" and "a striking manifestation of the artist at his very best".
It had been given an estimated value of £400,000-£600,000.
Another painting, Tapestries at Blenheim, sold for £1m, while his depiction of The Harbour, Cannes, fetched £722,500.
Among the other possessions, a red ministerial despatch box he used while secretary of state for the colonies from 1921-22, far exceeded its estimated value of £5,000-£7,000, eventually going under the hammer for £158,500.
Churchill was Britain's prime minister during World War Two. He died in 1965. Mary Soames, who died at the age of 91, was his last surviving child.
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French pundits, newspapers and a highly regarded viewers' poll all declared the centrist candidate the most convincing.
The candidates traded insults for more than two hours, arguing over terrorism, the economy, and Europe.
The second round run-off between the pair takes place on Sunday.
Both candidates were hoping to make an impression on the estimated 18% of undecided voters in the first election the country has ever held without a candidate from the two traditional mainstream parties.
The French broadcaster BFMTV found viewers had a more favourable view of Mr Macron than Ms Le Pen in most categories.
He was the "most convincing" of the pair in the opinion of 63% of those interviewed.
The major French newspapers broadly agree in their Thursday morning editorials.
Mr Macron enjoys a healthy lead in the opinion polls. But during the key debate, Ms Le Pen lambasted him on his record as economy minister in the Socialist government - a post he quit to form his En Marche! movement.
The National Front candidate accused him of being "the candidate of savage globalisation" and said his version of France "is a trading room, where it will be everyone fighting for themselves".
In turn, Mr Macron said Ms Le Pen had openly lied, proposed nothing, and exaggerated the concerns of the public.
"The high priestess of fear is sitting before me," he said.
On unemployment, which stands at around 10% nationally, Mr Macron acknowledged that the country had not tackled the problem - and Ms Le Pen asked why he had not handled it during his recent time as economy minister.
She also accused him of complacency about the threat of radical Islamist terrorism. "Security and terrorism are major issues that are completely missing from your programme," she said.
But in response, Mr Macron said the measures she proposed - "eradicating" Islamic fundamentalism by shutting down extremist mosques, and expelling preachers of hate - were "snake oil" that played into terrorists' hands and the desire they had for a "civil war".
They also clashed on the future of the European Union - another issue where they are clearly opposed.
Ms Le Pen has said she would call for an in-out referendum on EU membership, and in recent days declared the euro currency finished.
During the debate, she said she would restore France's national currency and give companies and banks an option on which currency to pay in - a proposal which Mr Macron labelled "nonsense".
This turned into a tense, at times incendiary exchange, between two leaders with starkly opposing ideas about the road France needs to take.
Marine Le Pen, who lags badly in the opinion polls, had clearly decided that the best tactic was to launch a full-frontal attack on Emmanuel Macron.
Constantly throughout the debate she threw insults and allegations at him, accusing him of being part of the discredited existing order.
But there was little substance to her attacks, and over and again Emmanuel Macron was able to expose the weaknesses in her arguments - especially over the economy and the euro.
The debate will have done nothing to alter his position as clear favourite in Sunday's vote.
The BFMTV poll was carried out among 1,314 people over the age of 18 who watched the television debate.
It found that Mr Macron was deemed the "most convincing" for two-thirds of those who voted for both left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the first round, and for 58% of those who voted for Republican François Fillon.
Mr Macron also led among voters when they were asked about which candidate was most honest, most aligned with the voters' values, and had the best plans.
Wednesday night's debate marked the last time the two candidates faced each other before Sunday's vote.
Just two days of campaigning remain before reporting restrictions come into force late on Friday evening - and remain in place until polls close on Sunday.
French newspapers were taken aback by the open hostility on display during Tuesday night's debate.
Le Figaro saw Ms Le Pen adopt a "strategy of total war that consisted of bombarding her opponent without respite". Mr Macron, it says, "dominated his opponent on economic issues" during a debate of "unprecedented brutality".
Liberation accuses Ms Le Pen of "drowning the debate in an avalanche of disinformation" and publishes a list of what it says are false or exaggerated statements made by her.
Le Monde also firmly comes down on the side of Mr Macron, who it says "repeatedly denounced the 'nonsense' by the candidate of the National Front - often rightly".
Les Echos takes issue with the aggressive tone of the debate, saying the candidates "spent more time attacking each other" than explaining future reforms.
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The so-called Norway model has been privately floated as a possibility as the Scottish government seeks ways to maintain Scotland's links with the EU.
BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor said the plan could give EU citizens the right to work in Scotland.
But it could only happen if the UK and European institutions agreed.
The idea emerged as a leaked memo about Brexit claimed splits in the UK cabinet mean there is still no overall plan for leaving the EU.
But Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said it was not a government memo, and he rejected its contents.
A UK government source said the document was an unsolicited pitch for work from a consultancy firm.
The Scottish government has said it will publish plans aimed at protecting Scotland's place in Europe in the coming weeks.
The EEA includes the existing EU states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Membership of the EEA allows Norway to have full access to the single market, with the country obliged to make a financial contribution to the EU budget and to accept the majority of EU laws.
Norwegians also have free movement across the EU, with EU citizens free to live and work in Norway too, but the country is not part of the customs union, so it is able to set tariffs for other countries.
Norway is exempt from EU rules on agriculture, fisheries, justice and home affairs - but the downside is that Norwegians have no say over how the rules of the single market are created.
Supporters of Scotland attempting to secure EEA membership say it would allow people from EU and EEA countries to work in Scotland even if they faced constraints elsewhere in the UK.
They argue that people employed in Scotland are already identified by a distinct tax code because of Holyrood's new tax powers.
But the UK government might take some convincing if ministers feared it could lead to back door access to the wider UK through Scotland.
Let me emphasise a point I have been making all day. This is not, currently, a Scottish government proposal. It has not been endorsed by ministers. It is an option in the mix - but one with influential backing.
Problems? Plenty. Firstly, EEA members are currently all autonomous states, not devolved territories like Scotland.
Secondly, the UK - as the EU member state - would have to give prior approval to such a plan, even if it caught the interest of European institutions.
And, thirdly, UK ministers may take some persuading if they fear that EU/EEA citizens could gain access to the wider UK, through Scotland, post Brexit.
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Scottish Conservative finance spokesman Murdo Fraser said the SNP "know full well the EU would not allow Scotland to have a separate deal in the first place when the precedent that would set would go directly against the interests of some member states."
He added: "If the SNP's plan is to back a 'Norway-style' deal for Scotland, separate to the rest of the UK, that would erect a hard border between us and England, our largest market and nearest neighbour.
"And as legal experts have made clear, it would also mean having no say whatsoever in the EU regulations which would still apply to us.
"One of Nicola Sturgeon's grandly-titled 'five tests' was to ensure Scotland had a say in shaping the single market, not just being subject to its rules. So this plan would not just be bad for Scotland, it would even break her own test."
Labour's shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that the UK should not be "divided" over its approach to EU membership.
He said: "In different constituencies, different regions, there were different views, but the overall view unfortunately was to withdraw from the EU.
"Let's work together constructively to get the best deal possible. What we need to do is make sure the Scottish government is working with the UK government overall."
It comes Holyrood prepares to debate a Scottish government motion urging MSPs to back Scotland staying within the European single market.
The motion calls on Scotland's place in the single market to be "fully protected", and calls for clarity from the UK government on its proposals to leave the EU, including whether it will seek continued membership of the single market.
Speaking ahead of the debate, SNP MSP Bruce Crawford said the UK government was "mired in confusion" over questions such as whether the UK and Scotland should be in the single market.
He added: "Every area of Scotland voted to remain in the EU and today's debate is an opportunity for the Tories and all other parties to reject a hard Brexit and stand up for Scotland.
"At this crucial stage while the UK government is still working out its negotiating position, this is the time to make Scotland's voice heard and challenge head-on those who want to lead us out of the single market, with all the costs to Scottish jobs and the economy."
Meanwhile, a report prepared for Holyrood's economy committee has estimated that Scotland could face further cuts in a Brexit "growth shock".
Economic think-tank IPPR Scotland said that if UK Chancellor Phillip Hammond uses public spending cuts to plug the whole of the £25bn UK budget gap per year by 2019/20 projected by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), it would cause a further £1.3bn cut to Scottish funds.
The scenario was one of three modelled by the think-tank, which also examined the impact of Westminster using public spending to deal with half or quarter of the budget gap - found to cause £670m and £330m further cuts to the Scottish settlement.
IPPR Scotland director Russell Gunson said: "Any further cuts to day-to-day spending in the rest of the UK could mean cuts for Scotland's budgets too, on top of very significant cuts already planned over the coming years."
The Warwickshire-based Air Ambulance Service made the booking in 2012 for the stage version of Whitney Houston film The Bodyguard.
It is also accused of making a £27,000 loan to an employee without informing its board until after the event.
The charity said it was ensuring governance was tightened.
The commission said it had been called to investigate the service, which serves Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Derbyshire and Leicestershire, following complaints about "significant losses".
It said the 2012 event, in which the charity bought seats to resell for The Bodyguard, was "poorly planned".
The service said that buying and reselling theatre tickets was "a method of fundraising used by other UK charities".
"Unfortunately the event was not commercially successful due to poorer than anticipated ticket sales," it said.
The Bodyguard received mixed reviews at its West End premiere, with one critic describing it as "loud" and "soupy", although its star, Heather Headley, was praised.
In 2008, Michael Dilks from Kirby Bellars, in Leicestershire, was almost killed in a road accident.
He credits an air ambulance surgeon for saving his life and spent several years raising money for the charity. One event alone raised £11,000, he said.
Mr Dilks said he has become disillusioned with the charity's commercial interests and, although he continues to make a monthly donation, he no longer raises money for them.
"When I raised £11,000, I was very curious as to how much of that went into keeping the air ambulances flying," he said.
"A lot of things done in the name of so-called charity are, in my view, ego trips.
"The crews are amazing and deserve better."
In response, the service said the Charity Commission had best practice guidelines, covering how much of a charity's income could be invested in fundraising campaigns or spent on running costs.
It said it "has always been comfortably within these parameters."
Regarding the loan, the commission said a loan totalling £27,000 was made to a senior employee at the charity.
"It was not clear on what legal basis the loan was made," it said.
"We established the loan was put in place by the CEO and the chair. The wider trustee board was only informed after the event. The staff member in question is repaying the loan and payments are up-to-date."
It called on the charity to review its policies.
The service said: "The loan referred to in the report was a one-off and made to a valuable employee facing unforeseen personal circumstances. We have worked closely with the Charity Commission to ensure governance is tightened."
It declined to comment on how many tickets it had bought and failed to sell.
British Transport Police said the incident happened at about 22:30 on Friday.
CCTV shows the 45-year-old being tripped up at the top of the escalators as she entered the station at Waverley Steps.
She spent a night in hospital with "substantial" cuts to her head and lip.
The cause was not immediately known.
Mr Yameen was uninjured but cabinet minister Mohamed Shareef told the BBC that the first lady, Fathimath Ibrahim, and two others were hurt by the "relatively large blast".
The explosion hit as the boat ferrying Mr Yameen and his entourage from the airport docked in the capital, Male.
Mr Shareef told the BBC that the blast could be heard "many hundreds of feet away".
Besides Ms Ibrahim, one of Mr Yameen's security officials and one of Mr Shareef's protocol staff were injured.
"(The police) have not ruled anything out yet. They're doing a thorough investigation here locally and we're not certain at the moment whether it's an accident or a deliberate attempt on the president's life," he said.
NSA internal memos obtained by Le Monde detailed the use of a sophisticated surveillance programme, known as Genie.
US spies allegedly hacked foreign networks, introducing the spyware into the software, routers and firewalls of millions of machines.
It comes a day after claims the NSA tapped millions of phones in France.
The details in the latest Le Monde article are based on leaks from ex-intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, through Glen Greenwald, the outgoing Guardian journalist, who is feeding the material from Brazil, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris.
It comes on the day the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, is in London meeting foreign counterparts to discuss Syria.
The Le Monde report sets out details of Genie, an NSA surveillance programme in which spyware implants were introduced remotely to overseas computers, including foreign embassies.
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It claims bugs were introduced to the French Embassy in Washington (under a code name "Wabash") and to the computers of the French delegation at the UN, codenamed "Blackfoot".
The article suggests that in 2011, the US allocated $652m (£402m) in funding for the programme, which was spent on "spy implants". Tens of millions of computers were reported to have been hacked that year.
A document dated August 2010 suggests intelligence stolen from foreign embassy computers ensured the US knew ahead of time the positions of other Security Council members, before a UN vote for a resolution imposing new sanctions on Iran.
The US was worried the French were drifting to the Brazilian side - who were opposed to implementing sanctions - when in truth they were always aligned to the US position, says our correspondent.
The intelligence agency quotes Susan Rice, then-US ambassador to the UN, who praises the work done by the NSA: "It helped me know... the truth, and reveal other [countries'] positions on sanctions, allowing us to keep one step ahead in the negotiations."
On Monday, Le Monde alleged that the NSA spied on 70.3 million phone calls in France between 10 December 2012 and 8 January 2013.
At a breakfast meeting with the US secretary of state on Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius demanded a full explanation.
Referring to a telephone call between the French and US presidents, Mr Fabius told reporters: "I said again to John Kerry what Francois Hollande told Barack Obama, that this kind of spying conducted on a large scale by the Americans on its allies is something that is unacceptable."
Asked if France was considering reprisals against the US, government spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem replied: "It is up to Foreign Minister Fabius to decide what line we take but I don't think there is any need for an escalation.
"We have to have a respectful relationship between partners, between allies. Our confidence in that has been hit but it is after all a very close, individual relationship that we have."
Both French officials made their comments before the latest revelations appeared in Le Monde.
Mr Snowden, a former NSA worker, went public with revelations about US spying operations in June.
The information he leaked led to claims of systematic spying by the NSA and CIA on a global scale.
Targets included rivals like China and Russia, as well as allies like the EU and Brazil.
The NSA was also forced to admit it had captured email and phone data from millions of Americans.
Mr Snowden is currently in Russia, where he was granted a year-long visa after making an asylum application.
The US wants him extradited to face trial on criminal charges.
The aircraft are making their debut at the Paris Air Show.
Northern Ireland economy minister Jonathan Bell has travelled to the French capital, along with representatives of local aerospace companies, aiming to land business at the trade show.
But what is the CSeries and what is at stake for Bombardier's Belfast operation?
Bombardier has long made business jets, but this is its first move into larger passenger planes and a market dominated by the big two: Boeing and Airbus. There are two versions. The CS100 and the CS300 with seat capacity of between 100-160. The smaller CS100 costs $63m (£40.4m) and the CS300 has a $72m (£46m) list price.
Is it made in Belfast?
Only the wings are - at a specially constructed factory at Queen's Island. Costing £520m, it represents the biggest inward investment project ever in Northern Ireland. Bombardier has said that when CSeries goes into full production, it will support 800 jobs in Belfast. Currently, the Canadian company employs 5,700 staff locally.
It is the world's largest trade show. It happens bi-annually, attracting buyers from the major airlines. Bombardier badly needs to generate interest. It currently has 243 firm orders, short of the 300 target it set for when the plane goes into service early next year. Only one buyer ranks among the world's top 20 airlines by passenger traffic. It has been nine months since the last order, causing concern among shareholders.
The big selling point of the CSeries is its fuel economy due to its innovative carbon-fibre wings which make it significantly lighter. But analysts say it is no coincidence that there have been no orders since the price of oil tumbled. But there are other issues.
The aircraft has been delayed by three years and is $2bn (£1.2bn) over budget. It is due to obtain certification later this year. Meanwhile, one of Bombardier's competitors, Airbus, has been discounting the price of a similar-sized aircraft, the A320.
CSeries has made it a very challenging year for Bombardier. There has been an overhaul in its top management team and even speculation that the commercial aircraft division may be put up for sale. CSeries is bleeding money with knock-on consequences.
Production of smaller Bombardier jets has been cut back or even suspended, causing jobs to be lost. Around 800 jobs in Belfast have gone within the past year, mostly among its contractor labour force.
The passage of the measures means that negotiations on an €86bn European Union bailout can begin.
The reforms include changes to Greek banking and an overhaul of the judiciary system.
Thousands demonstrated outside of parliament as the bill was debated, with protests briefly turning violent as petrol bombs were thrown at police.
There had been fears of a rebellion by MPs but Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was easily able to must the support required. In total, the measures received 230 votes in favour and 63 against with five abstentions.
Among those who voted against were 31 members of his own Syriza party. However, this represents a smaller rebellion than in last week's initial vote.
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was one of those rebels in the first vote who returned to vote with the government this time.
Speaking before the vote, Mr Tsipras stressed that he was not happy with the measures that creditors had imposed.
"We chose a difficult compromise to avert the most extreme plans by the most extreme circles in Europe," he told MPs.
Representatives of the European institutions that would provide the bailout funds will begin negotiations in Athens on Friday.
Last week, Greece passed an initial set of austerity measures imposed by its creditors. These were a mix of economic reforms and budget cuts demanded by the eurozone countries and institutions before bailout talks could continue.
This second set of measures passed early on Thursday morning were of a more structural nature, including:
More contentious measures - phasing out early retirement and tax rises for farmers - have been pushed back to August.
After another long debate, and plenty of angry exchanges, parliament approved the new reforms in the early hours of the morning.
More than 30 MPs from the governing coalition voted against the measures - but crucially for Alexis Tsipras the number of rebels was slightly lower than last week.
Mr Tsipras was defiant telling parliament that he didn't really approve of the deal that had been imposed upon him by the rest of the eurozone. But he stressed that it was the only way to keep Greece in the single currency.
Negotiations will now begin on approving the terms of a third bailout, with the aim of completing a deal by the middle of next month. It's a tight timetable with scepticism on both sides.
And Mr Tsipras still has to decide whether a successful conclusion of negotiations should be followed by early elections.
What next for Greece?
On Wednesday, the European Central Bank (ECB) increased its cash lifeline to Greek banks.
The emergency injection of an extra €900m (£630m), the ECB's second in a week, came just hours before the vote.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed on Monday that Greece had cleared its overdue debt repayments of €2.05bn and was no longer in arrears.
The repayments, which included €4.2bn to the ECB, were made possible by a short-term EU loan of €7.16bn.
Greece's next major deadline is 20 August, when it must pay €3.2bn owed to the ECB, followed by a payment of €1.5bn to the IMF in September.
The protest in Athens' Syntagma Square - called by Greece's public sector union - was reported to have been largely peaceful, until a number of petrol bombs were thrown in the direction of police.
The BBC's Piers Scholfield, tweeted from the scene that a small number of anarchists - no more than a few dozen - attempted to create a disturbance but the situation soon calmed down.
The XL Catlin Seaview Survey is an extensive scientific study that aims to carry out a rapid assessment of the current state of coral reef systems and to make the information publicly available for scientists around the world to use.
Developed and overseen by Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, who is the director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland, the survey has been independently reviewed by a panel of international experts.
According to the survey team, the world's reefs have lost 40% of their coral in the past 30 years and remain at risk from overdevelopment, pollution and climate change.
It is worse for the Great Barrier Reef. It has lost half of its coral cover in the same time, a 2012 study by the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences found.
Unesco last year warned the Australian government that dredging of the seabed to create larger ports, along with other destructive forces, was putting the Great Barrier Reef at risk.
The XL Catlin Seaview Survey began in 2012, surveying 32 reefs along the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef and in the remote Coral Sea.
A total of 150km of reef was surveyed with special cameras. The images can be accessed online by scientists and the public.
The study created a visual record of the shallow reefs but also investigated a large crop of coral 125m under water that had never been seen before.
Special cameras created 105,000 GPS-located, panoramic images for the survey.
But a lot of the Great Barrier Reef has never been explored.
The survey is now being conducted in other oceans.
In 2013, the team surveyed the coral reefs of the Caribbean and Bermuda, before moving to the waters of South-East Asia last year.
The contest, announced after weeks of wrangling, will be the only time Conservative PM David Cameron and Labour's Ed Miliband will face one another in a debate before polling day.
The Lib Dems, SNP, UKIP, Plaid Cymru and the Greens will also take part.
It follows a clash between Labour and the Conservatives over their policies on taxation and business.
The issues dominated Wednesday's campaigning as the Conservatives welcomed what they said was an "unprecedented" endorsement in a letter from more than 100 business leaders backing their cuts to corporation tax, while Labour dismissed the intervention and released another letter backing its approach.
In other developments:
With 35 days to go before polling day, the two largest parties will launch fresh attacks on each other ahead of their televised clash.
Labour is releasing its projection of what it says is the number of Sure Start centres that could close under Conservative plans. The Tories, meanwhile, will challenge Labour to commit to phase two of the HS2 rail scheme, claiming shadow chancellor Ed Balls has threatened to cancel it.
The election debate, which will also be shown live on the BBC News channel and streamed on the online election live page, will be moderated by Julie Etchingham.
There had been doubt over whether a debate between leaders - first held in 2010 when then PM Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg participated in three events - would be repeated before the 7 May poll.
Mr Cameron had rejected the initial proposals because they did not include the Greens, and also said any debate should take place after the start of the campaign on 30 March.
The final schedule also included a live question and answer programme featuring David Cameron and Ed Miliband appearing separately, shown on on Channel 4 and Sky News last week, and a BBC debate involving opposition party leaders, moderated by David Dimbleby on 16 April.
There will also be a special Question Time on BBC One, a week before polling day, with Mr Cameron, Mr Miliband and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg appearing separately to answer questions from a studio audience.
The Democratic Unionist Party, which has eight MPs, has strongly criticised its exclusion from the programme.
David Cowling, editor, BBC Political Research
Pretty slim pickings: YouGov delivered a one point Labour lead - 36% compared with 35% for the Conservatives, with the Lib Dems on 7%, UKIP on 12% and the Greens on 5%.
But maybe time to remind ourselves that the crucial bit we often miss is that the real significance of these polls is not where they are now but what is the difference between now and the 2010 general election.
YouGov suggests neck and neck at present; but 36% for Labour is up 6% on 2010: 35% for the Conservatives now is down 2% on 2010. So, what appears neck and neck is, in reality, a 4% swing from Conservative to Labour since the last election: a swing that would take Labour into largest single party territory and well on its way towards a majority of its own (Scotland permitting).
As we navigate our way through all those polls to come, remember to measure every one of them against the crucial 2010 figures: Conservative 37%, Labour 30%, Lib Dem 24%, UKIP 3% and Green 1%.
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The Liberal Democrats said the likelihood of a hung Parliament made it important for people to see seven leaders side by side.
"This debate matters because you get to choose who you want walking through the front door of Downing Street with David Cameron or Ed Miliband," a party spokesman said.
"So the question is: which leader do you want influencing the future of Britain?"
Ms Sturgeon said the "historic" debate would show the "mould of two and three-party politics at Westminster has been broken".
During a campaigning visit on Wednesday, Mr Miliband said he would value the chance to talk directly to the British people about "how I want to change the country".
The new train is for use on the line linking Paddington to Exeter and Cornwall via Reading and Newbury.
It is part of what GWR describes as the "biggest fleet upgrade in a generation", aimed at reducing journey times and increasing capacity.
The Class 802 fleet is due to enter passenger service next summer.
This new train is the same as the Class 800 model currently being built for other parts of the network, but has a higher powered engine designed specifically for use on the Berks and Hants line to overcome "more challenging geography" in Devon and Cornwall.
These trains will be built in Pistoia, Italy, due to lack of extra capacity in the Newton Aycliffe-based factory, which is building the rest of the new Class 800 fleet.
The Class 800 fleet are being tested in the UK and due to enter service later this year.
Twenty students signed up for the Higher Media studies course, run and marked by Inverness College UHI.
Most of those on the course were 17 and 18-year-olds hoping to use the mark from their studies to go to university.
The college said that following a routine review it was delivering a "redesigned" national certificate programme in media.
Last year's situation prompted an internal review and also an investigation by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA).
The SQA said the nationally-available 2016 Higher Media assessment had "performed as intended".
Inverness College UHI is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands.
The college said it reviewed its curriculum on an annual basis and added new courses to fit "local and regional demand".
A spokesman said: "The college continues to deliver a national certificate programme in media, which has been redesigned to provide direct progression into HND Visual Communications.
"The annual review of the college curriculum takes account of a range of factors and is largely informed by demand, employment prospects and progression opportunities.
"The college does not comment on the process and outcome of any specific internal reviews."
The annual event attracts some of the best thoroughbreds, jockeys and trainers in the world.
It is also known for its attention-grabbing display of hats.
You can follow the latest news and selected race commentaries on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.
Full race schedule: (Time, race, status, distance)
14.30 The Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) 1m
15.05 The Coventry Stakes (Group 2) 6f
15.40 The King's Stand Stakes (Group 1) 5f
16.20 The St James's Palace Stakes (Group 1) 1m
17.00 The Ascot Stakes (Handicap) 2 ½m
17.35 The Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed) 5f
Full race schedule: (Time, race, status, distance)
14.30 The Jersey Stakes (Group 3) 7f
15.05 The Queen Mary Stakes (Group 2) 5f
15.40 The Duke of Cambridge Stakes (Group 2) 1m
16.20 The Prince of Wales's Stakes (Group 1) 1 ¼m
17.00 The Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) 1m
17.35 The Sandringham Stakes (Listed) (Handicap) 1m
Full race schedule: (Time, race, status, distance)
14.30 The Norfolk Stakes (Group 2) 5f
15.05 The Tercentenary Stakes (Group 3) 1 ¼m
15.40 The Ribblesdale Stakes (Group 2) 1 ½m
16.20 The Gold Cup (Group 1) 2 ½m
17.00 The Britannia Stakes (Heritage Handicap) 1m
17.35 The King George V Stakes (Handicap) 1 ½m
Full race schedule: (Time, race, status, distance)
14.30 The Albany Stakes (Group 3) 6f
15.05 The King Edward VII Stakes (Group 2) 1 ½m
15.40 The Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) 6f
16.20 The Coronation Stakes (Group 1) 1m
17.00 The Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap) 1 ½m
17.35 The Queen's Vase (Listed) 2m
Full race schedule: (Time, race, status, distance)
14.30 The Chesham Stakes (Listed) 7f
15.05 The Wolferton Rated Stakes (Listed) 1 ¼m
15.40 The Hardwicke Stakes (Group 2) 1 ½m
16.20 The Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Group 1) 6f
17.00 The Wokingham Stakes (Heritage Handicap) 6f
17.35 The Queen Alexandra Stakes (Conditions) 2m 6f
Seamus Daly lived "under the radar" near the Irish border before he was arrested at a retail centre car park in Newry, County Down, prosecutors said.
It was confirmed charges were brought based on a review of available evidence rather than any new material.
Mr Daly was refused bail at a hearing on Wednesday.
The case against him centres on telephone analysis allegedly linking him to the outrage.
A former business associate who said he spoke to him on a mobile believed to have been used by the bomb team is a "pivotal" prosecution witness, a judge was told.
Mr Daly faces 29 counts of murder over the August 1998 Real IRA attack.
The 43-year-old bricklayer, originally from Culloville, County Monaghan, but now residing in Jonesborough, County Armagh, also faces counts of causing the explosion in Omagh and possession of a bomb in the County Tyrone market town with intent to endanger life or property.
He is further charged with conspiring to cause an explosion and having explosives with intent in connection with a separate dissident republican bomb plot in Lisburn, County Antrim, in April that year.
No one has ever been convicted in connection with the massacre at Omagh.
But Mr Daly, who has a previous conviction in the Republic of Ireland for IRA membership, has already been found liable for the bombing in a landmark civil action taken by victims' families.
The court heard that a man named Denis O'Connor claims Daly phoned him on the day of the attack using a mobile suspected of having travelled into Omagh on the bomb run.
Cell-site analysis also allegedly links him to the earlier bomb incident at Lisburn involving a similar modus operandi and warnings.
Asked by the judge if any of the information was new, prosecution counsel confirmed it was already known to police.
She contended, however, that there had been difficulties in locating Mr Daly before he was detained on 7 April.
He gave police a false name - believed to be that of his brother - and incorrect address.
Opposing bail, the lawyer said the chance to arrest him only emerged when he left his home.
"Police believe he has been residing in that address, almost keeping under the radar," she said.
Questioned on how long detectives had been looking for him, she replied: "Police would say in the region of five years."
Throughout four days of interviews Mr Daly made no comment to all questions.
In a pre-prepared statement, he denied being a member of the IRA or any involvement in either the Lisburn attempted bombing or the attack on Omagh, whose 29 victims included the mother of unborn twins.
Defence counsel argued that the case against his client is too weak for criminal charges.
"There's been no additional evidence in 14 years," he said.
"It has been undoubtedly analysed and undoubtedly conclusions reached (previously) that there was insufficient evidence. Nothing has changed from that."
Rejecting any suggestion that the accused had been evading the authorities, the barrister said he has been in Northern Ireland for nearly three years.
"He's just been living a normal family life at that location," he added.
However, the judge said the prosecution had established a reasonable suspicion against Mr Daly.
He said he was refusing bail due to the twin risks the accused may commit other serious offences or flee.
A survey of 2,042 people aged 18 to 24 conducted for the Money Advice Trust by YouGov found that they borrowed using credit cards, overdrafts and loans from family and friends.
Just over half said they regularly worried about money, with 32% feeling their debts were a "heavy burden".
Women were much more likely to worry about money than men, the survey found.
The average debt of £2,989 excludes student loans and mortgages. The average student loan balance is £25,505.
National Debtline, run by the trust, says that too few young people are seeking free advice from debt charities when they fall into financial difficulty.
It has published a new report called Borrowed Years, which outlines measures that could help under-25s to better manage their money and avoid financial problems. They include:
Joanna Elson, the trust's chief executive, said: "With many young people beginning to build up debts soon after they turn 18, we have a real battle on our hands as a society to make sure they receive the support they need.
"Worryingly, far too few under-25s are seeking advice when they fall into difficulty. If we let this situation continue, there is a real risk that young debts will become old debts, with the financial prospects and life chances of young adults being negatively affected as a result."
The research found that most young people try to manage their personal finances effectively.
More than two thirds (69%) of 18 to 24-year-olds have set a budget that they try to stick to and 71% check their account balance online at least once a week.
However, 37% of those in debt say they do not have a plan to repay what they owe, and 42% said they have found managing their money more difficult than expected.
Emma (not her real name), got a credit card after turning 18 and initially was able to make repayments, which led her provider to raise the credit limit.
But Emma became more reliant on her credit card and she began to spend more than she could afford. After losing her job at the age of 20, she could not afford the repayments and took out a loan in a bid to clear the £3,000 balance on her card.
After contacting National Debtline, its advisers explained the options open to Emma, which helped her get a better deal with her creditors and be "more sensible" with her money.
1. Draw up a budget
2. Get more money in
3. Spend less where you can
4. Take care with contracts
5. Choose your bank wisely
6. Save if you can
7. Plan! Plan! Plan!
8. If you borrow, borrow safely
9. Look after your student finances
10. Get free debt advice if you need it from National Debtline or 0808 808 4000.
The Money Advice Trust was founded in 1991 as an independent charity with the support of the government, creditors and the advice sector.
More to follow.
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said survey evidence suggested there had been more than two years of falling land prices.
It said this had also been partly caused by low commodity prices.
The evidence also suggested there were expectations of the declining market to continue for at least another year.
RICS called on the government to "rural-proof" policy, to protect the farming and forestry sectors against change.
Although the price slide began long before the European referendum, the survey evidence pointed to Brexit as a key source of uncertainty around land purchase.
The UK government has promised to sustain the Common Agriculture Policy payments one year after it plans to withdraw from the European Union, which is in 2019.
RICS called on that pledge to be extended.
Hew Edgar, of RICS in Scotland, said: "There is currently little belief amongst those likely to be impacted that current payment levels will be maintained post 2020.
"Furthermore, any loss of access to the single market and restrictions on freedom of movement of labour will also impact on land-based businesses.
"Imposition of tariffs, for example, on Scotland's beef and lamb exports will affect profitability of the sector."
However, Mr Edgar said that despite the uncertainty ahead, change also presented an opportunity to capitalise on Scotland's natural resources, heritage and landscape.
He said a targeted rural development policy to assist Scotland's land-based businesses to become multi-functional enterprises would be essential post Brexit.
It happened in the car park at Morrisons in King Street in Aberdeen at about 13:10 on Sunday.
The woman was loading her shopping into a car when the man grabbed her purse.
Det Insp Allen Shaw said: "This is an absolutely despicable robbery. Thankfully she has sustained fairly minor injuries but is understandably extremely upset."
The suspect is described as being in his 20s, about 5ft 7in tall, and was wearing light-coloured trousers and a hooded jacket with a light upper half and darker lower half.
The false claims began circulating on social media shortly after the attack.
A Facebook post by a man who claimed to know one of the survivors was shared more than 60,000 times.
Some US news outlets had also reported claims of multiple gunmen.
Their reports were subsequently updated to reflect statements from police that only one man, Omar Mateen, was behind the attack.
On Monday, a screen grab of the Facebook status, which continued to claim that multiple gunmen were "still out there", was shared thousands of times on Twitter, along with claims that "Facebook has deleted this post", because "the media didn't want to scare the public".
The author of the Facebook post, Cody Agnew, claimed that his "employee's sister" was caught up in the attack and that she "took 12 bullets, 11 were removed and one is in her liver and can't be taken out".
His post then described how the injured woman was "coherent" and also warned her friends and family that "there were two others in the club who were slaughtering people".
Orlando Police quickly denied the claims after Twitter users directed their attention to the post.
Despite their denial being re-tweeted about 500 times, the claim that multiple gunmen were involved has continued to circulate on social media, and has stirred debate on Facebook.
Some users have also investigated Cody Agnew's account and shared screen grabs of his other Facebook updates.
In these posts, he claimed to have a terminal illness in 2012, and asked various singers including Christina Milian, if they would be willing to "kiss a dying boy on the lips".
It is impossible to probe Cody Agnew's account further as he has now deleted his profile from Facebook.
Reports of multiple gun shots at the club have now been explained by the fact that an off-duty police officer, who was working there, engaged Mateen in a gun battle before other officers arrived.
This is not the first time that false reports have received attention on social media after mass shootings.
Following the Sandy Hook mass shooting in 2012, in which 26 people died, a YouTube video, which claimed the event had been faked, was watched by more than 8.6 million people. despite being debunked as a conspiracy theory.
Reporting by Hannah Henderson
The Swiss company said it had taken the decision with "immediate effect".
However, IAAF president Lord Coe said he was "angered" by the decision and would "not accept" it.
Last month, sportswear giant Adidas ended its sponsorship deal with the IAAF.
"We have decided to end our partnership with the IAAF Kids Athletics programme with immediate effect," Nestle said.
"This decision was taken in light of negative publicity associated with allegations of corruption and doping in sport made against the IAAF.
"We believe this could negatively impact our reputation and image and will therefore terminate our existing agreement with the IAAF, established in 2012.
"We have informed the IAAF of our decision and await a formal acknowledgment from them that our partnership has ended."
Lord Coe responded strongly, simply saying he was "angered and dismayed by today's kids' athletics announcement.
"We will not accept it. It's the kids who will suffer."
In a wider statement, the IAAF also emphasised the number of children that would be affected by Nestle's decision.
"In 2016, IAAF Kids' Athletics plans to reach a further 15 countries, training 360 lecturers, instructing 8,640 physical education teachers, with three million children participating by the end of the activation," the governing body said.
The IAAF is reeling in the face of widespread allegations of corruption and bribery. New president Lord Coe was brought in to clean up the organisation, and has been travelling the world trying to ease the concerns of corporate sponsors.
The loss of Nestle, coming so soon after Adidas, is a big blow to the body.
While Nestle was in the final year of its deal, Adidas' 11-year sponsorship deal, reportedly worth $33m (£23m), was due to run until 2019.
However, sources have told the BBC the figure was much higher and worth up to $8m a year.
Donegal produced an unconvincing display in their round 2A win over Longford on Saturday to progress to the next round of the series.
The ties will be played on 8 July, with three games involving Ulster counties in round 2B having already scheduled for this Saturday.
Wexford play Monaghan, Westmeath face Armagh and Cavan host Tipperary.
Mayo ensured their passage by beating Derry in extra-time as the Oak Leafers became the third Ulster county to exit this year's All-Ireland series, following earlier defeats for Antrim and Fermanagh.
Meath were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster SFC and edged past Sligo on Saturday, but they may prove a difficult obstacle in Navan for a seemingly out-of-sorts Donegal.
Monday's draw for the second round of the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers paired Dublin with Tipperary and Waterford with Kilkenny.
Researchers found bore-holes indicative of Osedax worms in the fossilised flipper of a plesiosaur, and the rib and shell of an ancient sea turtle.
This implies that these scavengers, also known as zombie worms, may have influenced which fossils remain today.
The research appears in the Royal Society's journal Biology Letters.
"Our discovery shows that these bone-eating worms did not co-evolve with whales, but that they also devoured the skeletons of large marine reptiles that dominated oceans in the age of the dinosaurs," said the study's co-author Dr Nicholas Higgs, a researcher at Plymouth University's Marine Institute.
"Osedax, therefore, prevented many skeletons from becoming fossilised, which might hamper our knowledge of these extinct leviathans."
This family of worms, first discovered by a deep-sea robot off the California coast in 2002, makes its living from corpses that fall onto the seafloor. They have been found at depths of up to 4km.
As adults, the finger-length worms have no mouth or digestive system. Instead they burrow into bones using root-like tendrils, which they use to drink up the fatty molecules they need to survive.
It was previously thought that they had co-evolved with whales, whose graveyards they often call home at the bottom of today's oceans.
But the new research suggests zombie worms must have been around much earlier - 100 million years ago, in fact, when huge plesiosaurs roamed the deep. Then when those huge reptiles died out, 66 million years ago, they made do with sea turtle corpses until whales emerged another 20 million years later.
The evidence that positions Osedax worms firmly inside the plesiosaur corpse is the cavities they left behind. Dr Higgs and his colleague Silvia Danise made detailed 3D scans of two bore-holes left in the plesiosaur's flipper bone, along with four from the sea turtle skeleton.
They closely match the borings left in modern whale bones.
As well as implying that these deep-sea zombie worms have a long and hungry history, the findings suggest that the scavengers may have consumed whole bones and skeletons before they became fossils - leaving holes not just in the bones that are left, but in our fossil record of the oceans.
"The increasing evidence for Osedax throughout the oceans past and present, combined with their propensity to rapidly consume a wide range of vertebrate skeletons, suggests that Osedax may have had a significant negative effect on the preservation of marine vertebrate skeletons in the fossil record," said Dr Danise, who has now moved from Plymouth to the University of Georgia in the US.
"By destroying vertebrate skeletons before they could be buried, Osedax may be responsible for the loss of data on marine vertebrate anatomy and carcass-fall communities on a global scale."
Moises Sanchez was abducted from his home in the eastern state of Veracruz by gunmen on 2 January.
He reported on corruption and violence for weekly newspaper La Union in the town of Medellin de Bravo.
Veracruz is among the most dangerous Mexican states for journalists to work in, according to Mexico's National Commission on Human Rights.
Veracruz state prosecutor Luis Angel Bravo said Mr Sanchez's body had been found on the outskirts of Medellin de Bravo on Saturday.
Mr Bravo said a former police officer confessed to taking part in Mr Sanchez's murder.
The prosecutor also told reporters that the suspect said he had acted on orders from local Mayor Omar Cruz.
Mr Cruz has not commented on the allegations.
As mayor he enjoys immunity from prosecution, but Mr Bravo said he would ask for it to be withdrawn so Mr Cruz could be charged.
Local media have compared the case to that of 43 students who went missing from the town of Iguala in south-western Guerrero state four months ago.
Investigators in the Iguala case said municipal police officers confessed to handing the students over to a gang which killed them.
Like the officer in the case of Moises Sanchez, the municipal police officers in Iguala alleged they were acting on the orders of the town's mayor, Jose Luis Abarca.
Mr Abarca, who denies the charges, is being held in a high-security jail in the capital, Mexico City.
The students' disappearance triggered a series of mass protests by Mexicans who say they are fed up with high levels of corruption and collusion between local authorities, the police and criminal gangs.
Relatives of the 43 are planning to march to Zocalo square in Mexico City on Monday to demand more be done to find them.
The remains of only one of the students have been identified so far.
The relatives of the 42 others say they will not give up their search until they have evidence of the students' deaths.
The Sanger Institute team estimate one in every four UK people is a carrier.
The gene's effect is comparable to two decades of sun exposure in terms of cancerous changes, they say.
While people with two copies of the gene will have ginger hair, freckles and pale skin and probably know to take extra care in the sun, those with one copy may not realise they are at risk.
Around 25% of UK adults have one version of the gene called MC1R which increases their risk of malignant melanoma.
These carriers may not always look like "easy burners", say the researchers - but they are.
Although not true redheads, they will have pale skin and some freckles and are prone to sun damage. Their natural hair colour can range from brown through to blond, sometimes with a hint of red.
The researchers looked at more than 400 tumour samples from patients who had been diagnosed with melanoma.
They found that the patients who had at least one copy of a genetic variant of MC1R had 42% more sun-associated mutations in their cancers than individuals without these variations - equivalent to the toll of an additional 21 years in the sun.
The findings, in Nature Communications, suggest that people with the red hair gene are naturally less able to protect themselves from the sun's damaging UV rays.
MC1R provides instructions for cells that produce a pigment called melanin, which is what makes skin go brown to protect it from UV damage.
The red hair gene version of MC1R does not offer much tanning or sun protection.
Type 1 - Often burns, rarely tans. Tends to have freckles, red or fair hair, blue or green eyes
Type 2 - Usually burns, sometimes tans. Tends to have light hair, blue or brown eyes
Type 3 - Sometimes burns, usually tans. Tends to have brown hair and eyes
Type 4 - Rarely burns, often tans. Tends to have dark brown eyes and hair
Type 5 - Naturally brown skin. Often has dark brown eyes and hair
Type 6 - Naturally black-brown skin. Usually has black-brown eyes and hair
Find out if your skin tone is at risk of sun damage
Lead researcher Dr David Adams, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said the findings reinforced the message that people need to be sun aware.
"All people, not just pale redheads, should be careful in the sun.
"It has been known for a while that a person with red hair has an increased likelihood of developing skin cancer, but this is the first time that the gene has been proven to be associated with skin cancers with more mutations.
"Unexpectedly, we also showed that people with only a single copy of the gene variant still have a much higher number of tumour mutations than the rest of the population."
Dr Julie Sharp of Cancer Research UK said: "For all of us the best way to protect skin when the sun is strong is to spend time in the shade between 11am and 3pm and to cover up with a T-shirt, hat and sunglasses.
"Sunscreen helps protect the parts you can't cover - use one with at least SPF15 and four or more stars, put on plenty and reapply regularly."
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The 10m (33ft) tall pyramid was found within two other structures that comprise the 30m pyramid at the Mayan archaeological complex known as Chichen Itza in Yucatan state.
The discovery suggests that the pyramid was built in three phases.
The Mayan civilisation occupied Central America and had its peak around the 6th Century AD.
The recently-discovered smallest pyramid was constructed between the years 550-800, researchers say.
The middle structure was discovered in the 1930s and is estimated to date back to the years 800-1000, while the largest one is believed to have been finished between 1050-1300.
"It's like a Russian nesting doll. Under the large one we get another and another," researcher Rene Chavez Seguro told a news conference.
Pyramids were built within each other for various reasons, including deterioration of the structure or the arrival of new leadership, experts say.
They say the smallest pyramid was discovered using 3D Electrical Tomography, a non-invasive technique that measures the electrical signal caused by small injected currents to form a representation of the pyramid's interior without causing damage.
The discovery could provide new insights into the original Mayan culture before it intermingled with populations from central Mexico.
Last year, archaeologists discovered that the Kukulkan pyramid was built on top of a cenote, or underground river, which are common in the region and revered by the Maya.
Today Chichen Itza is a Unesco World Heritage Site, and receives more than a million visitors a year.
The 26-year-old powered to success in Dublin in a time of 7.83 seconds.
Newcastle and District's Kerry O'Flaherty was a convincing winner of the women's 1500m in 4:20.86.
City of Lisburn's Ellen McCartney took pole vault gold with a best of 3.40m with Ballymena and Antrim's Claire Wilkinson taking silver on count back.
Reynolds was delighted with is showing as he finished the sprint hurdles well clear of second-placed Ger O'Donnell.
It was his second race in two days, having finished fifth in the Birmingham Grand Prix on Saturday.
"The technique is coming together, so I am feeling confident," he said looking ahead to the 3-5 March Europeans.
"I am taking a nice and easy approach and letting it come together - today was a good confidence boost."
Meanwhile, O'Flaherty finished some five seconds clear of UCD's Ellie Hartnet in the women's 1500m.
"I'm delighted to win a senior championship" said the 2016 Olympian.
"I went out for a 70-second 400 metres and I was able to keep that pace.
"I am going to Belgrade full of confidence and will look to do my best."
Former GB athlete Leon Reid won the 60m in 6.74.
England-based Reid, who competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. is expected to soon declare that he wants to compete for Ireland.
City of Lisburn's Erin McIlveen landed 800m bronze in 2:08.59 just behind Fiona Kehoe who won in 2:08.17.
Lagan Valley's Mandy Gault took 400m bronze in 55.06 seconds behind the impressive Belgrade-bound Phil Healy in 53.49 seconds.
The 24-year-old had been released by Kilmarnock despite having signed a three-year contract in 2015.
"It gets me out there where people can see that I am fit enough to play, but my main objective is to do well and stay here," he told the Pars' website.
"If a contract is here to sign, I will be more than happy to sign it."
Robinson came through the youth ranks to become a first-team regular at Hearts but was released after their promotion to the Scottish Premiership last summer.
He was recruited by former Hearts manager Gary Locke at their top-flight rivals last summer but made only six starts and seven substitute appearances for Kilmarnock and played his last game as a late substitute against Motherwell in February.
"I left Kilmarnock through mutual consent - both parties were happy," said the former Scotland youth international.
"The manager that signed me unfortunately got the sack, which is really unfortunate for him, and it turned out that I wasn't wanted there either."
Dunfermline boss Allan Johnston had been impressed with Robertson's display in a development league win over Hamilton Academical.
"It just gives us a chance to look at him," he said. "He has played in the Premier League and at 24 he is still at a really good age as well."
A newspaper report had lined 17-year-old Dunfermline striker PJ Crossan with Celtic, Brighton and Nottingham Forest.
"Obviously agents put stuff in the press sometimes," said Johnston of the teenager who has only made two first-team appearances so ar.
"PJ is somebody that we want to keep. He is a good young player.
"He is still young and has still got a lot to learn, but we feel that this is the right place for him.
"You can see how much we like him and that is why he has been involved."
However, the 46-year-old seems to be something of an expert after comparing the number of unemployed managers to the likes of Tinder and eHarmony.
"There is a lot of short-term appointments - it's very difficult to not get bored these days because there's so much going on," he said.
"If you look at online dating for example, it just gives you an ocean of available partners and there are so many managers available to stimulate fans, a board or directors, players - I think it's modern day trend that you get bored so easily."
It is not the first time Hill has proved to know a thing or two about relationships.
In 2007, during his first spell in charge of Dale, he had this to say after a 2-1 home defeat by Stockport: "You can compare us at the moment to a bit of soft porn - there is an awful lot of foreplay and not a lot going on in the box."
So if you're after some advice on the opposite sex, it seems Hill could be the man to go to.
However, Hill is not the only manager to talk about the lure of women. Here are some other classic quotes from the past...
"To put it in gentleman's terms, if you've been out for a night and you're looking for a young lady and you pull one, you've done what you set out to do. We didn't look our best today but we've pulled. Some weeks the lady is good looking and some weeks they're not. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She may not have been the best looking lady we ended up taking home but it was still very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much and let's have coffee."
QPR boss Ian Holloway on his team's performance against Chesterfield in 2003.
"One night, I went to a bar, I was with a woman. We talked all night. We laughed, we flirted, I paid for several drinks of hers. At around 5am, a guy came in, grabbed her by the arm and took her to the bathroom. He made love to her and she left with him. That doesn't matter, because I had most of the possession on that night."
Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli after his side were beaten 3-0 by Uruguay despite dominating possession in 2015.
"Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home."
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in response to Sir Alex Ferguson's claim that Manchester United had been the best side in the Premier League since Christmas in 2002.
"It was only a matter of time before they got fit and after that it's like riding a bike - or making love to a beautiful woman - you never forget."
Blackburn manager Graeme Souness talking about the form of strikers Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke in 2003.
The Pet Shop Boys are sprawled at opposite ends of a sofa in a perfectly white room on the top floor of their record company's London headquarters.
Neil Tennant, professor of pop and deadpan frontman is on the right, alert and well-groomed.
His partner in crime for the last 30 years, Chris Lowe, is on the left, slouched and sardonic in jeans and a sports T-shirt.
They are here, ostensibly, to discuss their 11th studio album, Elysium.
But, as is often the case with the polymath pop group, the conversation becomes a survey of the entire music scene.
Tennant holds forth on the state of US dance music: "It is the sound of a Las Vegas pool party. The music, and the things they sing, are so crass."
Then he argues in favour of rising concert ticket prices: "If the public were allowed to go through the accounting of the tour, they'd realise why the tickets were expensive."
Lowe, meanwhile, is mystified by the new host of Radio One's breakfast show.
"Nick Grimshaw? The middle-aged architect? What on earth's he doing on Radio One?
"Actually, what a great idea! Why not get a middle-aged architect to do the Radio One breakfast show?"
"And get Zaha Hadid for the morning show!" laughs Tennant, crediting the station's listeners with a fuller complement of cultural reference points than perhaps its controllers do.
But then, the Pet Shop Boys have never been ones to under-estimate their audience.
Their songs discuss capitalism (Opportunities), ID cards (Integral), and relationships of convenience - both personal (Rent) and political (I'm With Stupid).
Elysium is named after the Greek word for paradise and finds Tennant ruminating about ageing and death.
On Invisible, he discovers to his horror, that "after being for so many years the life and soul of the party... I'm invisible".
The closing track, Requiem In Denim and Leopardskin, is a first-hand account of a friend's funeral.
"It's always interesting when you write songs and realise what's going on in your subconscious," says the singer.
"In the past five years, my parents have both died, so I suppose that changes your relationship with the world.
"It makes you think about death, because when your parents die you've moved into the front line, as it were," he adds with a wry smile.
Surprisingly, then, Elysium is an uplifting listen, Tennant's vocals buoyed on a sea of warm electronics and supple strings.
The record's working title, the band confess, was HappySad.
"It's one of our trademarks," says Lowe. "Even when we're superficially sounding uplifting, there's quite often a morose underbelly."
If that suggests the band have followed a strict template for the last three decades, it's a charge they deny.
"We don't really think about the old stuff," says Tennant. "People think you're going to sit down and go, 'let's re-write It's A Sin'.
"It's much more haphazard than that. If we're going to be influenced by something, it's probably going to be a contemporary pop record."
One recent influence was Kanye West, specifically his searingly personal 808s And Heartbreaks album (written, coincidentally, in the wake of his mother's death).
The Pet Shop Boys hired West's producer for Elysium, hoping to harness some of that raw, soulful power.
Tennant describes the results as "luxurious", trading the "sturm und drang" of their mid-80s pomp for a more spacious, elegant brand of pop.
Fundamentally, though, their recording methods remain the same. You might not hear a cacophonous orchestral crescendo, as in Left To My Own Devices, but the Pet Shop Boys are still cramming instruments into every available cavity.
"There's a 20, 30, 40-piece orchestra on two-thirds of the album," says Tennant. "It's just that it's barely audible."
"The music hasn't got simpler, it's often the reverse," adds Lowe. "And sometimes, in order to achieve simplicity, it takes a surprising amount of musical parts."
The band's songwriting has undergone one revolution, however, thanks to Tennant's phone, which has become a repository for song sketches and lyrical ideas.
"I sing-song ideas onto it. And then, if I'm randomly playing my iPod, you hear some ghastly thing that's just street noise and me going [sings randomly] 'zaa shnaya, aaargh nnnneiieghah'.
"The problem is that, in your head, you hear the chord changes - but when you hear it two months later, you can't tell what the chord changes were. You just hear this incredibly derivative, awful melody and you think: 'Why did that seem so good I had to rush out of this shop and sing it round the corner to myself?!'"
One song that survived from a phone demo was Elysium's first single, Winner.
Released during the Olympics, its lyrics, "You're a winner / I'm a winner / Let's enjoy it all while it lasts," became something of an unofficial soundtrack to the games - played between every tennis match at Wimbledon.
But Tennant says it wasn't written specifically for the event. In fact, he originally wanted to give it away.
"We thought it sounded like a boy band song," he says. "It's even got the key change."
"And the bit where the fireworks can come down on X Factor," says Lowe.
"I was also thinking vaguely about Eurovision," Tennant discloses.
"The BBC have asked us a couple of times if we'd be interested in writing a song for Britain's entry. Our feeling about it was that if we had the right song then we wouldn't be embarrassed in giving it to them, and this felt a bit Eurovision-y."
Tennant is cagey on whether the band would have performed at Eurovision - but he believes he has an answer to the UK's poor showing at recent contests.
"British artists - Elton John or David Bowie - have not traditionally wanted to do it because they think it looks too crass. But now reality television is possibly even more crass than Eurovision.
"So I think the winner of X Factor should represent Britain. The timing is perfect. And you will get the A&R input, either good or bad, that goes with that."
But how would he resolve the inevitable tension of an ITV reality show star making their big debut on a BBC show?
"They should just give it to ITV," says Lowe. "I mean, no-one watches it, do they?"
Elysium is out on 10 September on Parlophone Records.
Kathryn Thomson said the funding crisis was caused by the "disconnect" of staff levels and money allocated by the NHS.
She said one option would be to move services from the £30m hospital, which only opened 20 years ago.
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "We expect all NHS trusts to have a strong grip on their finances."
After investing more than £1.4m in recruiting 25 extra midwives and 10 neonatal nurses last year, the hospital has been left with a £2.1m funding deficit.
Ms Thomson said: "There is a disconnect with the cost of staffing aligned with what we get paid for maternity services from the NHS national maternity tariff.
"The view we have taken as an organisation is that we're going to invest in those levels to make sure our staffing is safe."
The chief executive said the hospital was considering options, including moving to a new location, after being told the trust risks becoming "financially unviable".
"Location is important in terms of access for patients but what are more important are the services that people are offered," she added.
Ms Thomson said the hospital's future was safe and stressed that frontline clinical jobs were safe.
The decision on whether to relocate could be taken towards the end of the year, in line with wider plans for the city's healthcare from its NHS clinical care commissioning group.
Other options include pooling "back-office functions" with its partners in Liverpool, said Ms Thomson.
The Department of Health said: "We've increased the NHS budget by £16bn over this parliament and in certain cases provide financial support to some trusts, dependent on them developing strong recovery plans, to make sure they continue to deliver excellent and safe services for patients."
In front of almost 62,000 fans, in their home game, Bath trailed 21-13 with just 14 minutes left.
But Wales international Talupe Faletau set up Watson's first.
Leicester wing JP Pietersen was then yellow carded and, within a minute, Watson raced in for his second try.
Leicester had led 15-10 at the break after tries from Brendon O'Connor and Telusa Veainu, in response to a try by one of Bath's other England regulars, Jonathan Joseph.
Bath-bound Freddie Burns, who also landed one of his two conversion attempts, then added the second of his three penalties from inside his own half to stretch the Tigers' lead to two scores.
But, just when they seemed down and out, Bath rallied late on, Watson scoring either side of Pietersen's removal to the sin-bin for a deliberate knock-on.
A yellow card for Bath's Beno Obano evened up the numbers to 14-a-side for the final four minutes but, with England stand-off George Ford adding three conversions to his two penalties for a 10-point haul, the Blue, Black and Whites hung on.
Bath, who remain fifth, move level on points with fourth-placed Leicester, with three games left, although the Tigers appear to have the easier run-in.
Bath boss Todd Blackadder:
"We wanted to back up all the work off the field for this game with a really good performance, and we knew if we kept playing some really good rugby then we would give ourselves a good chance.
"I knew we would fire. Our preparation this week was one of the best we've had. Being on the back foot, we couldn't go into our shells, and there was real belief in the second half. Everyone played their part.
"George Ford was outstanding and really controlled the game, and I am just so pleased that our players passed the character test in that we hadn't come back from behind before in similar situations."
"Anthony has got some gas, hasn't he? He has got some absolute feet on him. He was outstanding. And Toby (Faletau) is back to his best. You need big-game players to really step up, and not only did he execute his role really well, he made a vital break when it really counted. That's what a real class player looks like."
Tigers assistant coach Geordan Murphy:
"The first 25 minutes, we played the way we wanted to, then we just switched off a little bit. We are disappointed with our lack of execution.
"We were in Bath's 22 seven times, and we only executed twice (in terms of points) and that kills you.
"In the last 15 or 20 minutes, we just forced things and made uncharacteristic mistakes. It is a lesson for us to learn.
"It is going to be a bit of a shoot-fight to see who can probably pick up bonus points and hopefully get three wins from their remaining games."
Bath: Watson; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Tapuai, Banahan; Ford (co-capt), Fotuali'i; Catt, Batty, Palma-Newport, Ewels, Stooke, Ellis, Louw (co-capt), Faletau
Replacements: Brooker, Obano, Knight, Denton, Mercer, Cook, Priestland, Homer.
Leicester: Veainu; Thompstone, Tait, Mermoz, Pietersen; Burns, B Youngs; Genge, T Youngs (c), Cole, Barrow, Kitchener, Fitzgerald, O'Connor, Hamilton.
Replacements: McGuigan, Rizzo, Balmain, Williams, Thacker, White, Williams, Roberts.
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White was appointed as the county's head coach in November following Dale Benkenstein's departure.
Hampshire face White's former county Yorkshire home and away in their first three Championship fixtures.
"We've got to look at it as a real opportunity," he told BBC Radio Solent. "We going out to compete and to win."
Hampshire were reprieved from relegation to Division Two in October following Durham's punishment for financial irregularities and are expecting a tough test in the new eight-team top division.
They start at Headingley on Friday, and then host defending champions Middlesex in the following round of fixtures.
"It's a tough start, but I don't think there are going to be any easy games this year," White continued. "The boys realise that and they're up for the challenge that lies ahead."
Hampshire will be without seam bowler Reece Topley for the opener against Yorkshire but are expected to give starts to Kolpak signings Kyle Abbott and Rilee Rossouw.
Left-armer Topley, 23, is continuing to build his fitness after several injury setbacks over the past year - including fracturing a hand, developing a stress fracture in his back and requiring shoulder surgery.
Former West Indies paceman Fidel Edwards has been included in the squad but will have a late fitness test.
The package arrived safely at its destination in Cambridge, 13 minutes after being ordered.
A video showing the process details how the order was completed using an electrically powered drone flying at up to 400ft (122m).
One sceptic questioned how much of a "game changer" the limited trial of the service would be.
As part of the testing for the Amazon Air service, the delivery took place on 7 December, although it was only revealed on 14 December.
The Cambridge fulfilment centre is home to the drones, which, once the ordered package is on board, travel along an automated track to the launch area.
The drones then take off and fly completely autonomously, guided by GPS to their destination.
They are capable of carrying items weighing up to 2.7kg (5lbs).
The aim is that all orders made using Amazon Air will be delivered within 30 minutes.
The trial will be expanded to dozens of customers living close to the warehouse in the coming months.
The safety of drones has come under the spotlight in recent months.
There have been reports of near-misses this year between drones and aircraft at London Stansted and Cornwall Airport Newquay.
"Safety is our top priority," Amazon said on its website. "We are currently permitted to operate during daylight hours when there are low winds and good visibility, but not in rain, snow or icy conditions."
There are Prime Air development centres in the US, UK, Austria and Israel. The company is also testing its drone vehicles in "multiple international locations".
"This is a marketing coup for Amazon," said Natalie Berg, an analyst at Planet Retail.
"The real significance here is the impact it has on shopper expectations.
"Last year, same-day delivery was considered impressive; now it's all about 13 minute lead times.
"Over the past few years, we've seen a proliferation in delivery options as retailers scramble to cater to changing shopping habits.
"Fulfilment has become a firm battleground in retail and the most successful retailers today are those who can deliver products to shoppers in the quickest, most convenient and economical way.
"Drone delivery is another string to Amazon's bow, but it's certainly not an industry game changer."
Its economic crime command director, Donald Toon, told the Times that London prices had been "skewed" as a result.
He said prices were being artificially driven up by criminals "who want to sequester their assets here in the UK".
Mr Toon urged estate agents to report any suspicious activity.
The newspaper reported that Mr Toon said he was "alarmed" by the number of homes registered to complex offshore corporations - some of which will have been bought with laundered money.
The Treasury has earned £150m in the past three months from a tax on properties purchased by companies, trusts and investment funds, rather than individuals - supporting Mr Toon's claim, the Times said.
When the tax was first in operation in 2013/14, it raised £100m from 3,990 houses, with 80% of the revenue coming from two London boroughs - the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, it said.
Mr Toon said: "I believe the London property market has been skewed by laundered money."
He added: "Prices of high-end property are being artificially driven up by the desire of overseas criminals to sequester their assets here in the UK.
"What they are doing is distorting the market.
"If [estate agents] have a suspicion that there may be money laundering involved, then they absolutely should be submitting a suspicious activity report.
"You are at risk of committing a criminal offence if you do not do that."
Hundreds of billions of pounds are laundered in the City every year, according to the NCA, and it said investigations were intensifying.
The 17-year-old male was detained at just after 17:30 BST on Friday following a search by detectives from the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit.
He was taken to the West Midlands area and is being questioned on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism, South Wales Police said.
He remains in police custody.
An amendment by Conservative peer Lord Mackay was backed by 270 votes to 128 - the largest in a series of defeats for the Welfare Reform Bill.
He argued it was unfair to charge lone parents who had tried and failed to get their ex-partners to pay maintenance.
The government said it would seek to overturn the defeat.
On Monday, the government was defeated in the Lords in a vote on its plans for a £26,000-a-year household benefit cap.
That amendment, put forward by the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, was backed by Labour, Lib Dem and crossbench peers, but the government has insisted it will press ahead with the plan.
Wednesday's defeat over child support was by a majority of 142 - the previous largest defeat was a loss by 112 votes on plans to abolish the chief coroner.
The BBC's political correspondent Ben Geoghegan said the latest defeat was particularly significant, not just because of its scale but because the rebellion was led by a former Conservative minister and supported by so many party grandees.
The list of Tory rebels included former ministers Lord Lawson and Lord Carrington - who, like Lord Mackay, both served under Margaret Thatcher.
The current system costs the taxpayer £460m a year and ministers say it leaves 1.5 million children without effective financial support.
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They want to encourage parents to come to their own arrangements rather than relying on the state to set child maintenance payments.
They are seeking to introduce an up front charge of £100 or £50 plus a levy of up to 12% on maintenance payments if a single parent had taken "reasonable" steps to get the other parent to come to a voluntary agreement on child support.
The government says the poorest parents will only have to pay £20 up front and charges will not apply in cases where there has been domestic violence.
But Lord Mackay said: "I am entirely in favour of that but if that proves impossible where the woman is at the stage where there is nothing more she can do, the only thing she can do is pay.
"And what does that do? If anything that might make her not go to the Child Support Agency at all and the child may lose their maintenance."
Labour peer Lord Morris said he was "aghast" at the plan, asking: "What is the purpose of imposing on the most vulnerable people a charge of this kind?"
Tory peer Lord Newton of Braintree said he had "no problem with the case for reform", but the proposals were "not just".
Cross-bencher Baroness Butler-Sloss, a former family barrister and judge, said there were fathers "who would simply not pay".
She told peers: "The idea that a mother in very poor circumstances, where the father has left her with young children, who finds herself having to seek social benefit from the state which she may not have sought before ... she then has to pay a fee for the welfare of her children, where she may not have any money and he may have some, it is profoundly unfair."
Speaking on behalf of the government, minister Lord De Mauley said Lord Mackay's amendment would require the state "to try to arbitrate" on whether a parent had taken reasonable steps.
He said parents could challenge the decision, adding to the "cost and complexity" of the system, and even if they were allowed to offer a "self-declaration" that they had taken all reasonable steps, the scheme would cost £200 million to the end of March 2019.
He said there must be a "clear financial incentive" to encourage parents to reach their own maintenance settlements, adding: "We no longer require parents to use the CSA. We do not want it to be the default option.
"We don't want to return to the days when the state is encouraging parents to blame each other."
A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said: "We are disappointed that the Lords seem content to leave in place a system that has consistently failed children and we will seek to overturn this in the House of Commons.
"Our reforms would see a doubling of support for families going through a break-up to come to their own financial arrangements with a far improved statutory scheme in place for those that really need it.
"It is right and fair that there is a charge for using a service that can cost the taxpayer around £25,000 per case and almost half a billion pounds per year."
Megan Clark, 19, was raped by a man she met in Burger King when she was drunk after a night out in Manchester.
The trial sparked controversy after the judge said the drunken behaviour of some women was putting them at risk.
Miss Clark told the Victoria Derbyshire programme the judge told women to "be careful", saying it was "good advice".
The teenager, who waived her right to anonymity to speak to the programme, said she took the judge's comments in "a positive way", adding that she did not believe she was "victim-blaming".
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Last month, Ricardo Rodrigues-Fortes-Gomes, 19, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of two counts of rape last July.
The court heard how he ignored Miss Clark's screams while he attacked her.
A witness who rang the police also filmed the attack on a mobile phone and Rodrigues-Fortes-Gomes was sentenced to six years behind bars.
A second man was found not guilty.
Miss Clark had been drinking lager and vodka before the attack and had inhaled the party drug amyl nitrite.
At the end of the trial, Judge Lindsey Kushner said that "as a woman judge" she felt compelled to plead with women to protect themselves from predatory rapists who "gravitate" towards drunken females.
The judge - in her last trial - said women were entitled to "drink themselves into the ground", but their behaviour was also putting them in danger.
Her comments were described by campaigners as "outrageous" and "misguided".
Miss Clark told the programme she had initially blamed herself.
"I [now] know it wasn't my fault. It's never the victim's fault - they aren't the problem regardless of what I was doing.
"I felt I put myself in that situation. I need to be more careful."
She added: "I think the judge was using my case, it was her last one, and she wanted to make a point."
Miss Clark said she felt "judged" when she told people she had been raped, saying she felt some people blamed her for the attack.
"There is definitely still a stigma. Victim-blaming is such a big thing. I did tell people what happened and I felt judged after it.
"People blamed my behaviour. That's why people don't talk about [rape]."
She said she could see why people do not report rape and do not want to go through a trial.
Having gone through the legal system, Miss Clark said she was disappointed with the end result and the sentence handed down by the judge.
"I am angry and it feels so unfair. So many people go through it, people get raped, we need to deal better with it."
She said she would not have reported the crime if it was not for the fact a witness was filming the rape, footage she had to watch before being cross-examined in court.
"It was pretty horrible to watch. It was different to how I remembered it. But it wasn't nice to watch."
And Miss Clark said she would not go through the legal process again - but urged other victims to report rape.
"My message is don't be discouraged by the system letting us down, or people being judgmental. That will happen regardless.
"We all know it's not our fault. I would encourage people to report it."
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The global semiconductor company said it planned to move production to "more cost-effective" sites in Germany, Japan and the US over the next three years.
It does not expect any job losses before late 2017.
The Scottish government said it would "work closely" with TI to help secure a long-term future for the Greenock site.
About 365 people currently work at the Greenock facility.
The jobs affected will be in manufacturing, engineering, support and management.
In a statement, TI said the decision had been taken with its global operations in mind.
The company stated: "Our employees have done everything they can to keep the site cost-competitive, and we strongly considered ways to improve the site's efficiency, such as upgrading or expanding the facility.
"However, even with a considerable investment, TI's factory in Greenock would be far less efficient than our other larger, more efficient fabs (fabrication plants), which have open capacity available to absorb what's produced in Greenock.
"As part of this process, we are attempting to sell and transfer the facility as an on-going manufacturing operation (manufacturing related jobs, equipment, land and building).
"We have contracted with Atreg, a company that specializes in selling manufacturing properties, to help us with this.
"We are just at the proposal stage, and ending manufacturing operations is a lengthy process.
"If the plant closes, we expect it to take our Greenock employees as long as three years to transfer production to our other sites in Freising, Germany, Aizu, Japan and S. Portland Maine.
"We do not anticipate any job losses associated with the factory to happen any sooner than late 2017.
TI Scotland site manager Gerry McCarthy added: "Decisions like this are never easy, and we don't make them lightly.
"While the rationale for moving production out of our Greenock fab makes good business sense, we understand the impact it could have on our employees and the community.
"This is certainly not a reflection of the performance or commitment of our people but due to the efficiency of the site itself.
"We recognize this is difficult news, and our focus right now is on our employees and to ensure they have all of the information they need as we move forward."
Scotland's Business Minister Fergus Ewing said he was "disappointed" at the news.
He said: "This is a blow to the local community and will be a very anxious time for employees and their families.
"The Scottish government has been in touch with Texas Instruments and we will continue to work closely with the company to do all we can to secure a long-term future for the 365 jobs and manufacturing at the site.
"In addition, Scottish Enterprise is seeking an urgent meeting with local management.
"Should any redundancies proceed, the Scottish government's PACE initiative stands ready to support any affected employees.
"Through providing skills development and employability support, PACE aims to minimise the time that individuals affected by redundancy are out of work."
Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe described the move as "a stunning blow" to the Scottish economy.
He said: "This announcement requires a significant response from local and national agencies.
"I am announcing the setting up of a dedicated task force and will be extending an invitation today to the Scottish government, their national agencies, local councillors in the area, our regional and constituency MSPs and our MP.
"It is time to once again stand shoulder to shoulder, as we did over the highly-successful Fergusons task force, and secure a future for this skilled workforce.
"We must also work together to ensure that national resource makes its way to Greenock to achieve that endeavour.
"I will also be seeking an urgent meeting with top level management at Texas Instruments."
The proposal, to change the use of council offices at Morgan Street in Cardigan, would mean the library is relocated from Canolfan Teifi, Pendre.
But there have been 13 letters of objection from the public, and a 1,000-strong petition has been handed to Ceredigion council.
Cardigan town council raised questions about parking and pedestrian crossings.
Objections from the public included access problems, a lack of computer facilities and that it would be located "on a very busy road and at a dangerous junction".
The move was also described as a "complete waste of money and time".
A report to the council said it had no control over the decision to close the existing library and that the new location was served by public transport and would be accessible by foot.
He is 30 years old but the Scottish number one believes he is only now approaching his peak and has plenty of room to improve.
It's a scary prospect for those hoping to dethrone the defending champ at Edinburgh Sports Club this weekend.
Ranked 34th in the world singles, Clyne has been training with national coach Paul Bell at the sport's high performance centre at the Oriam complex in the capital.
"I love playing at home against the players I train with a lot of the time," Clyne told BBC Scotland.
"You've got Dougie Kempsell and you've also got Kevin Moran and Rory Stewart. They are all playing well so it will be a good tournament."
Clyne has been competing on the professional circuit for about a decade and is feeling fit, strong and hungry for titles.
He points to players such as England's Nick Matthew (ranked fourth in the world, aged 36) and the French "physical beast" Gregory Gaultier (ranked third, aged 34) as proof that he has several seasons left in the tank.
"Most people are going into their peak roughly where my age is, maybe late 20s, early 30s. I feel like I'm still improving and getting better. I feel I'm in my peak at the moment and can last a lot longer.
"Making technical adjustments to my grip and swing has been great. It's showing on court.
"I'm also working with the psychologist on the mental aspects. That has helped massively."
Clyne has been playing squash since before he started school and has noticed big changes over the years, not just in terms of the physical dimensions of the doubles court and the lowering of the tin by four inches, but in the styles of play.
"The Egyptians have been coming through massively," he said.
"They've been dominating the juniors and now they are beginning to dominate the seniors. They have a lot of players up in the top 10.
"A lot of them play a new brand of squash, which is very attacking, very explosive, rather than the attritional squash, which is more associated with the English style."
Clyne is from the Black Isle, north of Inverness, which is also the hometown of another squash star in Greg Lobban, who is currently recovering from a hamstring injury.
And while the duo have a distance to go to hit the heights of Dunblane's tennis superstars the Murray brothers, the two former Fortrose Academy pupils have already brought glory to the Black Isle.
In August 2016 they won the World International Doubles Championship in Darwin, and Clyne is hoping that triumph was just the start.
"For me and Greg, in our first international tournament, to go there and win it was crazy, considering we are from the same school," he said.
"We get to defend our title in August [in Manchester]. We work well together and get on really well. We have different strengths and weaknesses and complement each other well."
Other highlights in Clyne's career to date were playing in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he and Harry Leitch came fourth, and playing in the Tournament of Champions in an iconic location in New York.
Clyne said: "Only the main draw is in Grand Central Station, and I managed to qualify and played Nick Matthew. They put up a glass court in the train station.
"Once you're on court you don't really think about what's going on, but if you did look through the wall you could see all these people walking past. It's an amazing event, everyone wants to play it."
The Irish FA ruled that the club concealed the fact that Gary Twigg was to be paid an extra 14 weeks wages.
However, the appeal against the charge of making undisclosed payments to Tim Mouncey was allowed.
"It is a fair and proportionate punishment for the offence of bringing the game into disrepute," said the IFA.
It added: "We do not consider that expelling Portadown from the Danske Premiership, relegating them or forfeiting points would be a proportionate or fair punishment for this particular offence.
"However, the offence committed by Portadown must be treated as a serious breach of sporting integrity."
The signing ban relates to players on a new professional contract until 1 June, 2017.
Portadown have responded to Friday's decision by saying that the punishment "for this minor oversight is wholly disproportionate and detrimental to the future of the club".
"We will consult with our legal advisors as to the options available to challenge the severity of the punishment."
Portadown have endured a troubled season, with long-standing manager Ronnie McFall stepping down from his position last month after 29 years in charge.
The club head into the final round of Irish Premiership fixtures this weekend still under threat of relegation in ninth place and only three points ahead of bottom-placed Carrick Rangers.
Medical staff had told Kirklees Council of concerns for the family, and social workers later removed the baby.
Care chiefs then "misled" a family court and falsely claimed the parents "agreed" to the child's removal.
A High Court judge has now ordered the council to pay the family £11,250.
The baby was returned to the parents, who cannot be named for legal reasons, more than two months after being taken.
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The High Court heard the mother suffered from minor mental health problems and other difficulties and the father had in the past been aggressive to others, but staff at the special care baby unit had no child protection concerns.
However, Mr Justice Cobb said medics had expressed worries about the couple's ability to care for the baby.
The father had, among other things, "expressed unorthodox views about the need for sterilisation of bottles and the benefits of formula milk".
Kirklees Council persuaded a family court to approve the baby being taken into emergency care as he was about to be discharged from hospital.
Mr Justice Cobb said the council had "misled" the family judge, wrongly claiming the parents had been "given notice" of the hearing and had "agreed" to the child being taken.
The boy was placed in the care of relatives and returned to his parents about 10 weeks later.
Finding in favour of the family, Mr Justice Cobb said in the year since being returned to his parents the boy had thrived.
He added: "There is no doubt in my mind, indeed it is admitted, that Kirklees Council breached the human rights of a baby boy and his parents.
"I am satisfied that the breaches were serious. The separation of a baby from his parents represents a very serious interference with family life."
He awarded the mother, father and the infant £3,750 each in damages.
Kirklees Council said in a statement: "The court and parties accepted that the council was correct to issue these proceedings, but mistakes were made which resulted in the court awarding the family compensation."
Damir Begmatov, 25, of London Road, Reading, was convicted of the murder of Bobir Esanov, a Uzbekistan national, on 27 December at a property on the same road.
A jury at Kingston Crown Court came back with a unanimous verdict on Wednesday.
Begmatov will be sentenced on 21 September.
Former Aberdeen player Duff, 35, spent a season with Astana's domestic rivals Kairat and knows the Kazakhstan Premier League well.
"It's very important that Celtic get a good lead, hopefully a couple of goals, at Parkhead," Duff told BBC Scotland.
"Astana is a very tricky place to play, Celtic found that out the last time."
The teams met in the third qualifying round last season, with the sides drawing 1-1 in Kazakhstan and Celtic winning 2-1 in Glasgow thanks to a late Moussa Dembele penalty.
Boss Brendan Rodgers believes Celtic's familiarity with Astana and previous trip to Kazakhstan will benefit them greatly this season.
Duff agrees and also believes the fact that the first leg is not until 16 August could also be crucial.
"Astana are very similar to last season - similar squad, same manager, similar danger players they had in the previous year," Duff explained.
"Astana have brought in a couple of Bosnians and a Hungarian player who have been doing very well for them in the league campaign.
"It's not the element of the unknown for Celtic as they've been there before, like Brendan Rodgers said. They know what they're going into.
"I'm confident that Celtic have got the attributes to hopefully win the game at Parkhead in the first leg, I think that's vitally important because it is a huge factor going over to Kazakhstan as they are very strong at home.
"They've had some very good home results in Europe - 3-1 against Legia Warsaw in the last round, and they are not a poor side at all.
"So I think it's very important that Celtic go there with a lead. It's very difficult playing on the 4G pitch over there and the atmosphere that the stadium creates.
"With it being a few weeks away, Celtic will have a couple more games under their belt and that will stand them in good stead. They will be up to match fitness and on their day,
"Celtic will be a match for any European team, at home or away - they're a very, very good side and I was so impressed with them last year.
"Astana are three quarters through their season, they will have the sharpness and touches. It should be an interesting tie but I have all faith in Celtic going through."
Lawyers argued that preventing families from giving children their mother's surname discriminated against women.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) had earlier condemned the legislation - which dates from Roman times - and ordered Italy to change it.
Campaigners hailed Tuesday's ruling and called for parliament to endorse it.
"The court has declared the unlawfulness of rules providing for the automatic attribution of the paternal surname to legitimate children, when the parents wish otherwise," the constitutional court said in a statement.
The case involved an Italian-Brazilian couple who wanted to give their son both their surnames, as is traditional in many Spanish-speaking countries.
After their request was rejected by Italian authorities, they took the case to the ECHR, which ruled in their favour in 2014.
It said the law was incompatible with the principle of gender equality enshrined in Italy's modern constitution.
Italy's lower house has approved a bill aimed at changing the law, but it has been blocked in the Senate for years.
"The Constitutional Court has taken a decision of great importance for our society," campaigner and left-wing MP Fabrizia Giuliani is quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
"The senate no longer has any excuse for not abolishing this anachronism and giving women their right in this matter."
Unmanned boats and submarines will travel 500km (300 miles) across an area off the southwestern tip of the UK.
The aim is to test new technologies and to map marine life in a key fishing ground.
In total, seven autonomous machines are being released in a trial heralded as a new era of robotic research at sea.
Two of the craft are innovative British devices that are designed to operate for months using renewable sources of power including wind and wave energy.
The project, led by the National Oceanography Centre, involves more than a dozen research centres and specialist companies.
Marine robots come in a variety of strange shape and sizes, and no fewer than four different types are being deployed in this project, part of a new generation of devices designed to make marine research far cheaper and easier than with large crewed vessels.
Autonaut: Powered by wave action and solar panels, Autonaut looks like a canoe with an aerial on top. It bobs on the surface and provides a platform for instruments. The result of a partnership between a management consultant and a former Royal Navy commodore, Autonaut was designed and built by MOST in Chichester.
C-Enduro: Distinctively shaped with an in-built wind turbine reminiscent of an air-boat, C-Enduro is designed to operate on its own for up to three months. A diesel motor provides back-up power. Instruments record water and weather data, and a winch can lower sensors below the surface. The machine is designed and built by ASV in Portchester in Hampshire.
Waveglider: The Waveglider involves twin elements, one floating on the surface, the other being a system of miniature blades dangling underwater and harvesting energy. Billed as ideal for operating "for years at sea with no fuel, emissions or crew", the US makers have now turned out more than 100 units.
Slocum Glider: Named after Joshua Slocum, the first solo round-the-world sailor, this American device looks like a torpedo. It dives and rises through the water with a system of variable buoyancy. Every time it surfaces, the glider can relay information by satellite and pick up new instructions.
Chief scientist Dr Russell Wynn told BBC News: "This is the first time we've deployed this range of vehicles carrying all these instruments.
"And it's exciting that it's the first time we can measure everything in the water column and all the life in the ocean simultaneously.
"The ability to measure the temperature or the weather at the ocean surface, or dolphins and seabirds with the cameras on the vehicles - no-one's ever been able to do that at the same time hundreds of miles from the shore."
Data about the oceans is usually gathered by a combination of satellites, buoys and research ships, but all three have limitations in their coverage, and large crewed vessels are particularly expensive.
The motivation for exploring the use of massed robotic vehicles is to assess whether they can provide near-constant coverage at far lower cost - the equivalent of CCTV offering round-the-clock surveillance.
The target for the deployment is an area of ocean marking the boundary between Atlantic waters and tidal waters from the English Channel - what's known as an ocean front.
Fronts like this usually create upwelling that brings nutrients from the seabed towards the surface and encourages plankton to thrive. That in turn attracts fish, whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Most of the craft are being deployed from the Isles of Scilly for a three-week traverse of the ocean. The exact route of the journey is being withheld to avoid the risk of anyone interfering with the experiment.
Instruments will record key parameters of the ocean, ranging from the concentrations of plankton to the clicks and whistles of dolphins and porpoises. Cameras on the surface vehicles will also attempt to capture images of seabirds and other marine life.
According to Dr Wynn, the UK's 700,000 sq km of waters are highly productive as fishing grounds but the processes at work in them remain unclear.
"Actually understanding how that sea works and how the animals are distributed is a real challenge if you've only got a small number of ships and a few buoys dotted around.
"Having a fleet of vehicles that can go out, without humans on board, controlled by satellite, really gives us a chance to transform our ability to monitor the ocean.
"At the moment a lot of decisions about how we manage the oceans are based on very few data - relatively simple things like where do dolphins and seabirds go to feed? We actually have very little information on that."
Until now, companies developing robotic vehicles for use at sea have focused on military and commercial customers such as the US Navy and oil and gas companies, and American firms have dominated the market for automated submarines.
The British government's hope is that the UK may become a leader in unmanned surface machines - robotic boats - which can act as drones gathering information to help weather forecasters or do conservation work.
Ministers have identified robotics as one of the "eight great technologies" that can help rebalance the country's economy and drive growth.
Funding has allowed the National Oceanography Centre to support two UK companies, MOST and ASV, in developing their AutoNaut and C-Enduro robotic boats that are on trial now.
The first phase of the deployment is planned to end in three weeks' time, when the vehicles will be retrieved from the ocean and the results analysed.
Partners in the project include the universities of St Andrews and Exeter, Cefas, the Marine Biological Association, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the British Oceanographic Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey, UK Met Office, Royal Navy and DSTL. Corporate partners include MOST, ASV, J&S, RS Aqua and Liquid Robotics.
"Of course, I would love to play for England again.
"I thought I had a pretty good winter with the Lions, so I was pretty keen to come back in and continue that form here," the 30-year-old told BBC Sport.
Rankin has played one Test, seven one-dayers and two T20 matches for England since switching from Ireland.
He bowled with pace and hostility to help the Bears bowl Hampshire out for 319 after they had been 89-0 at lunch on the opening day of their Championship game.
With the ball swinging, captain Varun Chopra did not introduce Rankin until the 24th over, but he made the most of his opportunity.
"My role is to try and take wickets - thankfully that happened," he said.
Londonderry-born Rankin's sole Test match for England came in the final game of the Ashes series in Australia in January 2014, but he recently went on the second-string Lions tour to South Africa.
He took 28 wickets in seven County Championship matches last season, but is hoping for a more regular place in Warwickshire's four-day side this summer.
And he is hopeful that he can force his way back into the national set up through weight of wickets throughout the season.
"I am just concentrating on playing for Warwickshire at the minute, but you never know what might happen down the line," he added.
Some 70,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar into Bangladesh in the last six months, and the UN has gathered accounts of gang rapes and mass killings.
A Burmese official said the move was "not acceptable" as Myanmar was carrying out its own investigation.
China and India did not back the decision, however.
The two countries said they would "disassociate" themselves from the UN probe.
The UN resolution, which was brought by the EU and adopted by consensus, decides "to dispatch urgently an independent international fact-finding mission", with a view to "ensuring full accountability for perpetrators and justice for victims".
The Rohingya say they are being targeted amid a military crackdown on insurgents in Myanmar's western Rakhine state. The campaign was launched after nine border policemen were killed in an attack in October.
Last month, the UN published a a damning report compiled after interviews with more than 200 Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
Nearly half of those interviewed by the UN said a family member had been killed. Of 101 women interviewed, 52 said they had been raped or experienced sexual violence from the security forces.
The report included accounts of an eight-month old and a five-year-old being slaughtered with knives as their mothers were raped.
The new investigation is at a lower level than the Commission of Inquiry which United Nations special rapporteur on rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, had been seeking. She has accused Myanmar's security forces of committing crimes against humanity.
The team of investigators is expected to give an update in September and to publish a full report in a year's time.
The BBC's Myanmar correspondent Jonah Fisher says the country may still block the investigation.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel peace laureate and former democracy activist leading the new civilian government, will have to choose between upsetting the powerful Burmese army or defying the wishes of the increasingly concerned international community, he says.
A spokesman for her party recently said the abuse allegations were "exaggerated" and an "internal" not "international" issue.
The Rohingya say they are descendants of Arab traders and other groups who have been in the region for generations, but Myanmar's government denies them citizenship and sees them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
About one million Rohingya are estimated to live in western Rakhine state, where an outbreak of communal violence in 2012 saw more than 100,000 people displaced.
Tens of thousands of Rohingya remain in camps where conditions are poor and travel is restricted.
What didn't happen can sometimes spook people as much as what did.
The initial market reaction appeared relatively sanguine, sparking bafflement in some quarters.
But this piece in the Telegraph argues that this is because the markets have yet to grasp the scale of the rift between EU creditors and the new Greek leaders, and that a showdown is inevitable.
This piece in the New York Times argues that the vote for Syriza highlights a deeper fault line in Europe.
Elsewhere, the question is what exactly happens now. Who blinks first?
The stage is set for a challenge to Europe's prevailing economic orthodoxy, according to this analysis in the Wall Street Journal.
The New Yorker maintains that it was only a matter of time before Greeks turned to Syriza and that the vote sends a clear warning to the rest of Europe's leaders.
With just 100 days to go to the General Election, the Independent takes a close look at what it says will be the 100 seats that decide the result.
Goode, 35, played 17 Tests for his country and joined London Irish in the summer after leaving Wasps.
The former Leicester, Saracens and Worcester back is the second highest points-scorer in Premiership history.
"I can honestly say I've loved playing for every team and I feel immensely proud to have achieved what I have at each club," he said.
Goode joined Irish with the intention of playing one more season in the Premiership and Europe.
But, following consultations with the club's medical staff and his own physician, he will call time on his playing career and leave the Exiles.
"I'm really disappointed I can't continue my career at London Irish and I've really enjoyed my short period with them," Goode said.
During his first spell with Leicester, he was part of the side which won four successive Premiership titles and the European Cup twice.
He also spent time playing for South African Super Rugby side the Sharks and with Brive in France's Top 14.
Green Hedge Renewables has drawn up initial plans for the development of Baldoon Airfield near Wigtown.
They claim it could generate up to 20MW of renewable energy annually.
The developer outlined its proposal for the 53.8 hectare (133 acres) site in a "pre-application" submission to Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Rows of solar panels would be built on former runways and on farmland south-east of the airfield, under the plans.
Fixed at a 20 degree angle, the front of the panel would be 80cm (31 inches) from the ground, the back would be two metres (6.5 feet) high.
The farm would be surrounded by a two metre high boundary fence, with infra-red motion sensor CCTV cameras "to deter trespassing or any criminal activity".
The site borders the Crook of Baldoon RSPB reserve and it is close to two sites of special scientific interest (SSSI) - Wigtown Bay and the Cree Estuary.
The developers have mooted plans to re-seed the ground beneath the solar panels built on farmland.
It would allow sheep to continue to graze the land, therefore managing the growth of vegetation.
In a report to Dumfries and Galloway Council, project planner Adam Banting, of Green Hedge Renewables, stressed that the plans are at a very early stage.
He said: "Any proposal that is considered viable on this site will be subject to full consultation and liaison with the local community and other stakeholders who may have an interest in this proposal."
The energy it generates would be fed into the National Grid.
After 25 years, the development would be decommissioned, all equipment removed and the site reinstated to its current state, the developer said.
The Microsoft founder said he wanted to begin sending processing plants around the world after tests later this year.
The project was welcomed by WaterAid, which said that it could particularly help in urban areas.
According to the charity, some 748 million people worldwide lack clean drinking water.
In a video posted on his blog, Mr Gates watched as the human waste was fed into the processor, before drinking the end product from a glass.
"The water tasted as good as any I've had out of a bottle. And having studied the engineering behind it, I would happily drink it every day. It's that safe," he wrote in the blogpost.
In the video, the developer of the Omniprocessor system, Peter Janicki, says the raw "sewer sludge" is first boiled, during which process the water vapour is separated from the solids.
Those solids are then put into a fire, producing steam that drives an engine producing electricity for the system's processor and for the local community.
The water is put through a cleaning system to produce drinking water.
"Why would anyone want to turn waste into drinking water and electricity?" Gates asked.
The answer, he wrote, was because "diseases caused by poor sanitation kill some 700,000 children every year, and they prevent many more from fully developing mentally and physically".
He added: "If we can develop safe, affordable ways to get rid of human waste, we can prevent many of those deaths and help more children grow up healthy."
According to a report released by the World Health Organization and Unicef in 2013, data collected two years earlier showed that 2.5 billion people worldwide lacked "improved sanitation facilities".
Figures from WaterAid suggest that the number of people in the world without access to safe water has fallen by about 20 million since then.
The charity said that the technology could "first and foremost benefit those who already have some access to sanitation, rather than those without".
"If the technology can be rolled out at a scale that makes it viable for smaller investors or entrepreneurs, then this could be a catalyst for changing the sanitation landscape in urban areas in the developing world," said its sanitation technical support manager, Ada Oko-Williams.
WaterAid said the introduction of this type of plant could "help to facilitate the need to complete the sanitation cycle, by creating a market for the creation of a sustainable services around the safe collection, transportation, treatment, disposal, and indeed reuse of human waste".
Mr Gates said that a pilot of the Omniprocessor was due to go ahead in Senegal later this year and that he hoped to begin sending working plants to India and other countries soon after.
"If we get it right, it will be a good example of how philanthropy can provide seed money that draws bright people to work on big problems, eventually creating a self-supporting industry.
"Our goal is to make the processors cheap enough that entrepreneurs in low- and middle-income countries will want to invest in them and then start profitable waste-treatment businesses."
But he acknowledged that "the history of philanthropy is littered with well-intentioned inventions that never deliver on their promise", adding that he hoped the planning undertaken on the Omniprocessor project would mean that it did not join this list.
The project was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Meryl and Jerry Butler bought the stone at an auction in Ruabon in the 1990s.
Academics say the inscribed carving could be an image of a 13th Century Cistercian abbot from the Valle Crucis Abbey in Llangollen, Denbighshire.
Archaeology Prof Howard Williams, from the University of Chester, said it was a "unique monument".
Mr and Mrs Butler were restoring a medieval and Tudor house when they spotted the stone fragment for sale.
"We just loved the smile on his face, so we bought it for the garden," said Mr Butler.
"It was on its side and we think it had been face down before that - had it been left face up you wouldn't have the detail now."
The monument spent 20 years alongside the fireplace of the couple's home until they decided to share it with the public.
They approached Llangollen Museum, whose manager Gill Smith quickly realised its significance.
Ms Smith in turn contacted Prof Williams, who spoke of his "awe and surprise" on seeing the stone.
"I realised we were looking at a unique monument," he said. "We couldn't think of anything like it from north Wales.
"Inscribed effigies are rare indeed. There is only one other comparable example, from Rhuddlan, and while there are a large collection of medieval grave slabs from Valle Crucis Abbey, none have an inscribed effigy.
"What is amazing is that he is smiling. In this monument, we have an individual depicted fully aware and awake, awaiting salvation."
Prof Williams believes the original Lombardic inscription - of which only the final fragment remains - is likely to refer to Hwyel, who was recorded as Abbot of Valle Crucis around 1295.
"It's wonderful that he has survived and we are thrilled to see him appreciated at last," added Mr Butler.
"I'm sure one day he will go back home to Valle Crucis and perhaps more will be discovered about his life and times."
It had previously been announced that branches at Buncrana Road in Londonderry and Belfast's Boucher Road were to close.
Now it has been confirmed that branches at Sprucefield, Ballymena and Craigavon will also shut.
B&Q confirmed later on Tuesday that about 300 jobs would be affected.
Kingfisher, the company which owns B&Q, is undergoing a major restructuring.
As a result, it is closing 60 stores across the UK.
Kingfisher is expanding its Screwfix DIY chain, so there may be some opportunity for redeployment.
In a statement, B&Q said that following a review of retail space requirements in Northern Ireland, it proposed to move "its business to four store locations in Northern Ireland by January 2017, with the closure of five stores".
It said the decision to reshape the store network had "not been taken lightly" and B&Q would "endeavour to find positions for as many employees who are affected by the change as possible, either at the four remaining B&Q stores or elsewhere in the Kingfisher Group, such as at Screwfix".
It said B&Q was in discussion with other retailers about the future of the store locations and job opportunities.
The ex-Liverpool and Chelsea striker fell heavily after an 85th-minute aerial challenge with Alex Bergantinos.
He will remain under observation but Atletico confirmed scans showed he has "no traumatic alterations or injuries".
The Spain international, 32, released a statement saying: "It was just a scare. I hope to come back very soon."
Speaking at his post-match news conference, Atletico coach Diego Simeone said he was "worried and nervous" when the incident happened.
"We heard the blow from the bench, we saw how he fell and we were afraid," he said. "We didn't know if that noise was Fernando's neck or not."
Atletico finished the game with 10 men, having used all three substitutes, but earned a point thanks to Antoine Griezmann's stunning 30-yard strike.
Deportivo had taken an early lead in Pepe Mel's first game in charge when Florin Andone capitalised on a poor Jan Oblak goal-kick.
"In the end I do not care about the result," said Griezmann. "I just want to know what's up with Fernando and hopefully he's fine. And he gets back to us soon."
Atletico left-back Filipe Luis added: "It's very ugly to see it, we were all scared but at least the news we have received so far is good and the most important thing is that Fernando is well."
The draw leaves Atletico fourth in La Liga - 11 adrift of leaders Barcelona - while Deportivo are now 17th.
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North Wales Police said it was working with Operation Hydrant "to ensure our response is coordinated and efficient".
More than 20 former footballers have recently come forward with allegations of historical sexual abuse in other parts of the UK.
A UK-wide hotline has dealt with more than 250 reports in just one week since it launched.
Operation Hydrant was set up in 2014 to help coordinate non-recent child abuse investigations relating to a number of settings.
Det Ch Insp Andrew Williams, of North Wales Police, said: "I can confirm that we are in receipt of a number of reports of non-recent sexual abuse within a football setting.
"The people who have courageously reported what happened to them are central in our considerations in this regard."
He urged "anyone who has been the victim of child sexual abuse" or those with information to report it to the police.
"They will be listened to, taken seriously and a thorough investigation will take place," he added.
The hosts were inches away from an early lead as Jordan Cook's effort deflected narrowly wide, while Barnet's Jack Taylor saw his volley stopped by Christian Walton.
The Hatters went ahead after 31 minutes when Alan Sheehan curled a stunning free kick into the top corner from 25 yards out.
However, Barnet levelled six minutes later when Taylor's cross-shot was nodded home by Bira Dembele with the home defence screaming for offside.
Danny Hylton went close to a second twice before the break, his fierce effort requiring a sharp stop from Jamie Stephens, and then hooking just over, while Cameron McGeehan scooped off target from a yard out.
In the second period, Jonathan Smith only just missed the bottom corner, before two goals in the space of seven minutes gave Luton complete control.
McGeehan notched his 11th of the season with a wonderful volley four minutes after the restart, before Alex Gilliead rifled home from 25 yards on 56 minutes to make it 3-1.
Barnet tried to mount a comeback as Michael Nelson headed just over and Sam Muggleton's free-kick went close, but the Hatters held on.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Luton Town 3, Barnet 1.
Second Half ends, Luton Town 3, Barnet 1.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Mauro Vilhete.
Attempt missed. Danny Hylton (Luton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
Sam Muggleton (Barnet) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sam Muggleton (Barnet).
Jordan Cook (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Scott Cuthbert.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Jonathan Smith.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by John Mullins.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Christian Walton.
Attempt saved. Jack Taylor (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Scott Cuthbert (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Alex Gilliead (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Luton Town. Olly Lee replaces Cameron McGeehan.
Foul by Alex Gilliead (Luton Town).
Bira Dembélé (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Christian Walton.
Attempt saved. Curtis Weston (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Sam Muggleton (Barnet) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
Foul by Glen Rea (Luton Town).
Jack Taylor (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Barnet. Sam Muggleton replaces Luke Gambin.
Attempt missed. Cameron McGeehan (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Bira Dembélé.
Substitution, Barnet. Nana Kyei replaces Alex Nicholls.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by John Mullins.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Scott Cuthbert.
Corner, Barnet. Conceded by Glen Rea.
Attempt blocked. Curtis Weston (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Elliot Johnson (Barnet) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Luton Town. James Justin replaces Alan Sheehan.
Attempt blocked. Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Michael Nelson (Barnet) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
Foul by Jonathan Smith (Luton Town).
Luke Gambin (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal! Luton Town 3, Barnet 1. Alex Gilliead (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Cook.
Substitution, Barnet. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro replaces Jamal Campbell-Ryce.
But unlike her peers in the east Belfast school, seven-year-old Sala-Joy is blind.
She is not unusual, however, as many blind children in Northern Ireland are educated in mainstream schools.
A project which aims to help children like Sala-Joy - and their parents - get the most from education has been awarded almost £700,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.
The Family Insight project is run by Angel Eyes NI and the Royal National Institute of Blind People NI (RNIBNI).
Sara McCracken founded Angel Eyes NI after her own twins, who are now 11, were born blind.
"My twins are now at mainstream school with a statement of special educational needs," she said.
"But for parents the system can be quite daunting, and, as sight loss is very rare, the chances are that many schools and pupils won't have encountered sight loss before."
According to RNIBNI, there are more than 2,300 children and young people who have some form of sight loss in Northern Ireland.
The majority are educated alongside pupils in mainstream schools.
According to Sala-Joy's father, Gunther, that brings many challenges.
"Things like mobility, knowing her way around the school and how to get there and interaction with the other kids can all be difficult," he said.
"Sala-Joy needs a bit more assistance in finding friends, knowing what's going on and being able to join in with things."
Sala-Joy has a full-time classroom assistant, and works with the aid of a braille machine in class.
Her fellow pupils have learned to spell their names in braille using her machine, and their efforts are proudly displayed on the classroom wall.
Headteacher Philip Monks said that staff in Lisnasharragh have learned how best to help Sala-Joy in class, in the canteen and in the playground.
"We, as a school, were very keen to welcome her and to meet her needs," he said.
"As a school we have learned from her in many different ways."
Angel Eyes NI is using part of the five-year funding to employ a specialist worker who will focus specifically on providing educational guidance.
"We want to help visually impaired children access the curriculum like their peers," Ms McCracken said.
"Parents of blind children want their child to do their best educationally, like any other parent.
"Sometimes they don't fully understand all the support there is out there."
And although Sala-Joy's education journey is only beginning, she knows where she wants it to end.
"I'm longing to be a teacher," she said.
"I'm in a really good school, so I've decided to work in a school too."
So why is this suddenly an issue and what could it mean for society?
Well it is like a normal baby, but one that has been modified by altering their DNA - which is the blueprint for building a person.
Your DNA blueprint is far from perfect. Lots of diseases such as cystic fibrosis, bubble boy syndrome (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease) and the blood disorder beta thalassaemia are down to bad instructions in your DNA.
These defects could be corrected.
But a baby could in theory also be engineered to resist diseases. A single mutation can protect against HIV infection and there are also sections of your DNA which increase the risk of cancer which could also be altered.
Then there's the far more distant prospect of making alterations to alter height, beauty, hair colour or intelligence.
Nobody is on the cusp of doing this.
However, genetic engineering is progressing at a phenomenal pace and scientists say it is important to discuss what is acceptable now, rather than wait until someone crosses an ethical line.
Earlier this year Chinese scientists corrected the defect causing beta thalassaemia in embryos (they were then destroyed rather than implanted).
A few years ago a new way of editing DNA was discovered. It has transformed research and is now being used by biology laboratories around the world, whether they're working on plants, animals or human embryos.
The method combines a "molecular sat-nav" that travels to a precise location in our DNA with a pair of "molecular scissors" that cut it.
But that's a simple description.
The main method being used is called CRISPR-Cas9 and it is the way bacteria defend themselves against viruses.
A short section of genetic material precisely matches up with a section of DNA and then the enzyme Cas9 comes along and makes a cut.
Your DNA then tries to repair itself - this can turn off that section of DNA or allow scientists to insert new sections of DNA that they have engineered.
And it is cheap. And it is easy.
There are other techniques such as Zinc Fingers and Talens which have some advantages, but are harder to perform.
Well that's for you to decide, but in the eyes of the law at the moment then 'no'.
But it is worth noting the UK has already made a big shift - in 2015 it made the historic decision to allow the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man.
The reason was to prevent babies being born with "mitochondrial diseases".
It was the source of vigorous ethical debate - and it's one we may be hearing again soon.
The singer's lawyer said he would work "diligently and forcibly to pursue his accusers and clear his name".
A BuzzFeed report accuses the singer of brainwashing women, who got closer to him in an effort to boost their musical careers.
Kelly has faced previous accusations of sexual misconduct, but was never found guilty. He denies any wrongdoing.
The report, which quoted three unnamed sets of parents, said they had not seen or spoken with their daughters for months, and that the women, all of them over the age of consent, had their routines controlled by the singer.
That included rules about what they could eat and wear, when to bath and sleep and how to engage in sexual encounters recorded by him, they said.
Three former members of Kelly's inner circle were also interviewed, saying that six women lived in properties managed by the singer in similar conditions.
If they broke the "rules", they said, the women could be punished physically and verbally by the singer, according to to report.
Some of the parents reported their concerns to the police, but the women said they were not being held against their will.
The singer's lawyer, Linda Mensch, said in a statement: "Robert Kelly is both alarmed and disturbed at the recent revelations attributed to him. Mr Kelly unequivocally denies such allegations."
BuzzFeed has said it is standing by its reporting.
In 2008, R Kelly was acquitted of 14 charges of making child pornography after a videotape emerged allegedly showing him having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
Kelly is one of the most successful R&B artists of all time, with 40 million records sold worldwide. His best known his include I Believe I Can Fly and Ignition (Remix).
The cars affected are Prius and Lexus models from 2008 to 2012.
Toyota and other carmakers have over the past years been rocked by millions of recalls over problems with airbags from Japanese supplier company Takata.
The latest recall does not involve Takata products and the problem has not been linked to any fatalities or injuries.
The recall includes some 495,000 cars sold in North America, 743,000 in Japan as well as vehicles in Europe, China and other regions.
In a statement relating to the US recall, the carmaker said the vehicles had an airbag inflator that could have a small crack in a weld which could widen over time.
The airbag could partially inflate and parts of the inflator could enter the vehicle interior, leading to "an increased risk of injury".
Safety devices made by Takata have been linked to 11 deaths and more than 100 injuries.
Globally, 12 carmakers have been affected with more than 100 million Takata-related recalls under way or expected.
A 27-year-old motorcyclist from Reading died at the scene on the A4074 near Wallingford just after midnight.
A man from Wallingford was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving whilst over the prescribed alcohol limit.
He remains in custody, Thames Valley Police said.
The motorcyclist's next of kin have been informed.
Police said three vehicles were involved in the collision - an orange Scania HGV, a silver Vauxhall Corsa and a Yamaha motorcycle.
Investigating officer Det Sgt Gavin Collier urged anyone who was on or near the A4074 at the time of the crash to contact police.
Spokesman Jay Carney said an ongoing White House intelligence policy review would account for "privacy concerns".
Spain is the latest of several countries reported to have been the target of US collection of phone data.
A top Democrat in the Senate has said its intelligence panel will undertake a "major review" of US spying programmes.
Senator Dianne Feinstein said she was "totally opposed" to the National Security Agency's (NSA) intelligence gathering on leaders of US allies.
An EU delegate in Washington described the row as "a breakdown of trust".
On Monday Mr Carney, US President Barack Obama's spokesman, told reporters the administration "recognise[s] there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence".
He said the US did not use its intelligence gathering capabilities for the purpose of promoting its economic interests, and that Mr Obama was committed to ensuring "that we are collecting information not just because we can, but because we should, because we need it for our security".
"We also need to ensure that our intelligence resources are most effectively supporting our foreign policy and national security objectives, that we are more effectively weighing the risks and rewards of our activities," he said.
An across-the-board review of US intelligence resources, currently under way, is also expected to assist the administration in "properly accounting for both the security of our citizens and our allies and the privacy concerns shared by Americans and citizens around the world", Mr Carney added.
Mr Carney and Mr Obama have not commented on specific allegations that the US eavesdropped on international allies, including tapping the phones of foreign officials.
Earlier on Monday, representatives from the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs spoke to members of the US Congress about the alleged US spying on European leaders and citizens.
"We wanted to transmit to them first that this mass surveillance of EU citizens is a genuine concern," British Labour MEP Claude Moraes, a member of the delegation, told the BBC after the meetings.
But Mr Moraes said he and his fellow delegates were unsatisfied with the "stock" responses from US officials on the issue.
"They're giving us answers, but not the answers we want," he said. "We're getting a bit tired of this, 'Well, spying has always existed.'"
Spain has also urged the US to give details of any eavesdropping, amid reports the US National Security Agency (NSA) monitored 60 million Spanish telephone calls in a month.
The latest allegation, published by Spain's El Mundo newspaper, is that the NSA tracked tens of millions of phone calls, texts and emails of Spanish citizens, in December 2012 and January 2013. The monitoring allegedly peaked on 11 December.
Minister for European Affairs of Spain Inigo Mendez de Vigo called the allegations, if true, "inappropriate and unacceptable".
The allegations of US surveillance on international allies stemmed from documents leaked by fugitive ex-US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, now living in Russia.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is also sending intelligence officials to Washington to demand answers to claims that her phones were tapped.
Spying scandal: For 'five eyes' only?
German media reported that the US had bugged Ms Merkel's phone for more than a decade - and that the surveillance only ended a few months ago.
The German government hoped that trust between the two countries could be restored, a spokesman told a news conference in Berlin.
"It would be disturbing if these suspicions turned out to be true. But Germany and the United States can solve this problem together," Steffen Seibert said.
Senator Feinstein, the chair of the Senate intelligence panel, has previously expressed support for US intelligence programmes, but said in light of the Merkel revelations, her committee needed to know more.
"It is abundantly clear that a total review of all intelligence programmes is necessary so that members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are fully informed as to what is actually being carried out by the intelligence community," she said in a statement.
"It is my understanding that President Obama was not aware Chancellor Merkel's communications were being collected since 2002. That is a big problem," she said.
Meanwhile, a Japanese news agency reported the NSA asked the Japanese government in 2011 to help it monitor fibre-optic cables carrying personal data through Japan, to the Asia-Pacific region.
The reports, carried by Kyodo, say that this was intended to allow the US to spy on China, but that Japanese officials refused, citing legal restrictions and a shortage of personnel.
Sheriff David Clarke is being sued by Dan Black, who claims he was held after he spoke to the police official on board a flight from Texas to Wisconsin.
Mr Clarke allegedly texted a police official to follow Mr Black to baggage at the airport, federal records show.
He claims Mr Black stood over him in a "physically threatening manner".
"Just a field interview, no arrest unless he becomes an a**hole with your guys," the Milwaukee County sheriff allegedly wrote in a text message to Captain Mark Witek, the Milwaukee Journal-Setinel reported.
"Question for him is why he said anything to me. Why didn't he just keep his mouth shut. Follow him to baggage and out the door. You can escort me to carousel after I point him out."
A copy of the text messages was given to the newspaper by an attorney for Mr Black, who is suing the sheriff, Milwaukee County and several deputies over the matter.
A spokeswoman for the sheriff, Fran McLaughlin, declined to comment on the text messages, according to the newspaper.
Mr Black said he approached Mr Clarke to ask him if he was the sheriff after boarding a flight from Fort-Worth Dallas, Texas, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 15 January.
He claimed he shook his head after the sheriff asked him if he had a problem and walked away.
Mr Black said he was later detained, questioned and escorted out of the airport upon arrival by several officers in uniform and a police dog.
The sheriff's lawyers claim Mr Black approached Mr Clarke, stood over him in a threatening manner and stared before he "shook his head at him for a prolonged period of time", according to court records.
Federal investigators launched an inquiry into the incident, but said earlier this month they would not criminally prosecute any civil rights offences.
After Mr Black filed the complaint in January, the sheriff's office mocked him in a Facebook post, calling him a "snowflake" and saying anyone who would harass him on a plane might get "knocked out".
Milwaukee County auditors are also probing whether Mr Clarke abused resources in ordering Mr Black's detention.
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Almost one in five children said they had seen something on their devices that had upset them, twice the number parents had thought.
A separate study found that just over 20% of parents do not monitor what their children are doing online.
The research was commissioned as part of Safer Internet Day.
While 90% of the parents surveyed by the BBC in England said they had spoken to their children about staying safe online when using a tablet or a smartphone, most said they allowed their children to use them unsupervised.
"Unfortunately, none of us - of whatever age - is immune from encountering problems online," said Tony Neate, chief executive of Get Safe Online.
"Without using controls such as built-in security, safety and privacy features and search engine filters, children will almost certainly run into something that really isn't appropriate for their age, or any age."
Source: BBC WebWise
The survey also found that teenagers aged 13-16 were more vulnerable to being bullied online than those aged 8-12. However, parents worried less about the older group using a tablet.
David Emm, senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab said parents were not often as aware of the dangers of using the internet on tablets and smartphones as they were with PCs.
"When children use mobile devices to access the web, they are using the same internet, with the same risks," he said.
"There is a common misconception that smartphones and tablets don't need the same level of protection as a PC.
"But with such a high percentage of parents not having a clear view of their children's online activity, this way of thinking needs to change."
Apple's iPhone and iPad have restrictions, or parental controls, that can be set using a passcode.
Access to certain apps or websites can be blocked completely or restricted to age appropriate content.
Restricted profile accounts can also be set up on Android smartphones and tablets.
Tom Neate, chief executive of Get Safe Online has these tips for parents
Over 50% of parents who took part in the BBC poll said they had set up parental controls and filters on their tablets but only 40% said they had done the same on their children's smartphones.
Kapersky Lab's own survey revealed that 18% of parents had lost money or data from their own phone or tablet because their children had been using it unmonitored.
In-app purchases made by children when playing games on their parents' phones are often cited as a reason for money being spent unwittingly.
Apple was recently told to refund $32.5m (£19.8m) to parents whose children had made purchases without their parents' consent.
Adults were also being warned to stay safe online as Microsoft released its annual online consumer safety research.
It showed that 5% of consumers in the UK had fallen victim to a phishing attack - losing on average £100. Meanwhile, 3% said they had suffered identity theft which had ended up costing them £100.
The software giant recommended that users set PINs for their mobile phones and strong passwords for online accounts.
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Many parents are out of touch with the dangers faced by their children on tablets and smartphones, according to a poll by BBC Learning.
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Nicaragua has asked the US to send a plane to remove him.
The embassy acknowledged the man had travelled to Liberia but he had not come into contact with Ebola patients.
It said he had no sign of haemorrhagic fever and that both the US and Nicaragua's health ministry had cleared him to return.
The embassy said the 51-year-old man had been examined at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the US before returning to Nicaragua.
However, the Nicaraguan government has asked the US state department to send a plane "with all the equipment necessary" to take him back to the US.
The health ministry has isolated him at his home, setting up a security corridor around it.
"The man confirmed that he had spent time in health facilities where Ebola patients are being treated," said the head of epidemiology at the health ministry, Carlos Saenz.
"The man does not show any symptoms of the disease and the measures are strictly preventive," he said.
A number of Latin American countries have banned travellers from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa that erupted last year has killed more than 10,000 people, almost all of them in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.
But the World Health Organisation says the number of new cases has fallen and the risk of the disease spreading appears to be receding.
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The health ministry in Nicaragua says it has quarantined a member of staff at the US embassy in Managua amid concerns over contact with Ebola.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated the trust as inadequate at providing a safe service and said it needed improving in three other areas.
It raised particular concerns over staff levels and the failure to ensure staff undertook basic training.
The trust said it was "disappointed" with the inadequate safety rating.
Dr Paul Lelliott, the deputy chief inspector of hospitals, said: "Humber NHS Foundation Trust has a number of issues it has to address.
"They have been rated as inadequate for safety, and a great deal of what we saw demonstrates that the trust had not learnt all the lessons from our last comprehensive inspection [in 2014]."
The trust was, however, rated as good at providing a caring service.
Inspectors found that patients were "treated with kindness, dignity and respect" and staff were "committed and compassionate".
The inspection was carried out by the CQC between 11 and 15 April, but inspectors also made separate unannounced visits.
The report said the trust needed to ensure it trains all qualified staff in immediate life support and that all staff are trained in the use of seclusion.
The trust's chief executive David Hill said he welcomed the CQC's findings and was pleased the workforce's compassion and commitment had been recognised.
Regarding issues around patient safety, he said: "We would like to reassure people that this rating is in a small number of services and we have taken immediate action to address the issues."
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The health watchdog has told Humber NHS Foundation Trust its mental health service provision is "unsafe" and "requires improvement".
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Officers found a body in a river in west London on Tuesday night.
The 14-year-old schoolgirl was last seen on CCTV walking along the towpath next to a canal near her home.
Newsbeat reporter Tamsyn Kent lives in Hanwell, in Ealing, west London, and she explains what it's like to live there now.
"I live just around the corner from Alice's family. I don't know them. Until a few weeks ago, I'd never heard of her.
"But a few days after she went missing, I tied a yellow ribbon to a lamp post outside my house.
"Like everyone else in Hanwell I was showing support for the Find Alice campaign.
"Now the whole town's covered with yellow ribbons.
"On the high street at the end of the road, you can see them in the trees, on the railings, the bins, on people's cars.
"Her photo is up in every shop window and on the bus stops.
"Now through the Facebook page her friends and family have set up they're asking people to take them down.
"Last Sunday, 6,000 people and I ran through this bit of Hanwell in the Ealing half-marathon.
"It was amazing to see most of the runners wearing the Find Alice yellow ribbon.
"It's had a huge impact on the town. It's everywhere you go and all people do is talk about the investigation and when she'll be found.
"But this morning, everyone I've spoken to is devastated that there's a body.
"It's what no-one wanted to hear, but as the weeks went by it seemed sadly inevitable.
"On the local Facebook group, Hanwell Friends, someone posted, 'I think Hanwell's collective heart just broke.'"
"About a 10-minutes walk away is the local park.
"The River Brent, where the body's been found, runs right through it. It's not deep.
"The kids paddle here in the summer. And two miles from here is where the police's main suspect, a Latvian, Arnis Zalkalns, lived before he disappeared.
"Walking back past the golf course, which has become the makeshift police headquarters, I think everyone feels so deeply for Alice and her family.
"And also devastated that this should happen to our town."
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An investigation by the Herald newspaper reported that the Scottish Asian Women's Association (Sawa) spent only 2.8% of its income on donations.
The two parties hit out at the MP and said the charity should account for how money was spent.
Ms Ahmed-Sheikh said she was "very proud" of her role with the charity.
The Ochil and South Perthshire MP set up the charity with support from the Scottish government in 2012, with Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon both present at the government-funded launch event.
Records held by the Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator show that over the years she was chairwoman and it had income of £25,027, with expenditure of £2,507.
The Herald said £700 of that was spent on donations, although there was no suggestion the MP was involved in any wrongdoing.
The 45-year-old resigned from Sawa in 2015 after becoming an MP, and since then it has donated £11,000 to charitable causes.
Labour and the Conservatives said "serious questions" had to be asked about how money was spent while the SNP representative was in charge.
Ms Ahmed-Sheikh said the charity's main role had been in raising the profile of women from Scotland's Asian communities.
She said: "While I am grateful for the Scottish government's reception in launching the organisation in 2012, Sawa did not receive Scottish government funding.
"The association supported two highly successful awards events in 2013 and 2014, which also had cross party and cross community support, in addition to a diverse range of events to support our aims and objectives.
"Following our own fundraising efforts between 2013 and 2014, Sawa made a range of donations in 2015, and continues to plan and carry out its work in this important area, in addition to planning future events."
Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie said "serious questions" should be asked about what the charity had spent its money on.
She added: "If the SNP government are going to hand out large sums of money to charities they need to establish what those charities are going to do with the funding to promote their cause."
Ms Baillie urged the government to release all correspondence and documentation relating to grants given to the charity.
Scottish Conservative finance spokesman Murdo Fraser echoed Labour's call saying: "Questions have to be asked about any charity which receives public money but puts barely a fraction back to good causes.
"The Scottish government must reveal, in full, its decision making process for awarding this cash.
"Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh should also explain why this charity failed to deliver when it benefited so richly from taxpayers' cash."
A Scottish government spokesman said: "The Scottish government supported the launch of the Scottish Asian Women's Association. We have not provided any financial support to the organisation since its launch in 2012."
Channel 4 has also fined Glasspool an undisclosed sum which he will give to a domestic violence charity.
"I am truly sorry to anyone I have upset or offended," he said.
"I would never condone domestic violence in any way and on reflection see that my video was insensitive and inappropriate."
The 24-year-old, who plays Harry Thompson, joined the soap to play student Harry last year and was nominated for best newcomer at this year's National Television Awards.
The clip was posted to the actor's Instagram account in June and featured him waving a knife in front of the camera.
He took on the role of a woman warning her boyfriend about talking to other girls, saying: "I would kill you if you did... With this knife I know exactly how to.
"Done it before and I'll do it again so don't even think about it."
The video has now been deleted.
A Hollyoaks spokesperson said: "Parry Glasspool has apologised and will begin an immediate two-week suspension from Hollyoaks. He will also be donating a fee to a domestic violence charity."
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The Mariners previously had a bid rejected for the pair, but have now come to an agreement after they handed in transfer requests.
Osborne, 24, has signed a two-and-a-half year deal while Asante, also 24, has agreed an 18-month contact.
They are reunited with boss Marcus Bignot, who took over in November.
Dutch forward Asante, who has 12 goals this season, and midfielder Osborne are both available to face Notts County on Saturday.
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The protesters blame India for blockading fuel supplies on the India-Nepal border because Delhi is unhappy about Nepal's new constitution.
But India insists that it is not responsible for the blockade.
The demonstrators gathered after the embassy asked the Nepal Oil Corporation to provide fuel for its vehicles.
Shortages have become so pronounced that pharmaceutical companies in Nepal say they will be unable to manufacture essential drugs in the coming weeks because of a shortage of raw materials created by the blockade.
Officials are now reported to be looking into the possibility of flying fuel into the country from nearby Bangladesh.
Steps have already been taken to curtail the sale of petrol to all private vehicles.
Protesters said that their demonstration was "in the spirit of good neighbourliness" which is why they mockingly decided to "donate" oil to the embassy even though many Nepalese people are enduring hardships because of what they say is the Indian-enforced fuel blockade.
The BBC's Sanjaya Dhaka in Kathmandu says that at one point on Wednesday #DonateOilToIndianEmbassy became a top worldwide trend on Twitter.
Nepal's new constitution was promulgated two weeks ago, but sparked protests in the country's southern plains bordering India.
More than 40 people have died in protests related to the new constitution.
The demonstrators - most of whom are ethnic Madeshi people who live in the plains - are angry that it divides Nepal into seven new states, slicing through their ancestral homeland.
The Madeshis - who have close cultural ties with India - and other ethnic groups want the states to be larger with more autonomy.
India argues that insecurity caused by protests has meant that trucks carrying fuel and other essential goods cannot enter Nepal.
But correspondents say that many Nepalese view the Indian move as an unofficial blockade in support of people who live in the plains.
Negotiations between the protesters and the government are due to resume on Friday.
The talks come as concern mounts that the blockade will interfere with Dashain, the highlight of Nepal's religious calendar, which begins in less than two weeks.
Many people who live in Kathmandu come from districts outside the city and its surrounding valley and return home by road for the festival.
Former heavyweight world champion Haye, 35, dropped Gjergjaj three times before the referee waved the fight off.
Haye's next fight in September will be against American veteran Shannon Briggs, who knocked out Argentina's Emilio Zarate on the undercard.
Haye's ultimate aim is a match with either IBF champion Anthony Joshua or WBA and WBO champion Tyson Fury.
Fury having still not forgiven Haye for pulling out of two scheduled fights against him in 2013, Joshua is the more realistic target.
Manchester's Fury faces a rematch against Wladimir Klitschko on 9 July, while London's Joshua faces unbeaten American Dominic Breazeale on 25 June.
"I felt amazing," said Haye, who now has 28 wins (26 KOs) and two defeats from 30 professional contests.
"The fans have come out to see the future of heavyweight boxing. People thought I was the past, but I am still the future.
"Anthony Joshua is a fight I would relish. But next up for me is Shannon Briggs. He came over to England and talked a big game.
"I told him if he came over and beat someone I would fight him in September. Let's go chump, let's go chump."
Haye was out of the sport for three and a half years after undergoing shoulder surgery in 2013 but returned with a first-round knockout of Mark de Mori in January.
And he floored the unbeaten Gjergjaj with a right hand inside the first 30 seconds at the O2 arena, before dropping him with a left jab and a chopping right in the second.
Haye's Swiss-based opponent made it to his feet but referee Terry O'Connor had seen enough.
The 44-year-old Briggs, a former WBO world champion, lost world title challenges against Vitali Klitschko in 2010 and Britain's Lennox Lewis in 1998.
Briggs, who is now based in London, took four years out of the sport after the Klitschko defeat, during which he suffered from depression and ballooned to 400lb.
But he has won all nine fights since returning, including his latest one-round demolition of Zarate.
Haye has pledged to donate 10% of ticket sales for his latest fight to Nick Blackwell.
The 25-year-old Blackwell will not fight again after sustaining serious head injuries in his middleweight fight against Chris Eubank Jr in March.
Alex Phillips, who was UKIP's head of media for two years, said she was impressed by PM Theresa May.
The government was putting in place UKIP policies on grammar schools and Brexit, she said.
Ms Phillips said her former party, which declined to comment, was in a "catastrophic mess" and riven by irreparable schisms and divisions.
Mr Farage told BBC Breakfast UKIP needed to "professionalise and change" since many of its senior officials did not have the political experience and expertise necessary.
"A new broom sweeps clean," he said. "That is a job for the new leader to do."
Under his leadership, he said the party had gone from being regarded as a "kooky" outfit on the margins to winning national elections.
He rejected suggestions UKIP was irrelevant following the vote to leave the EU, saying it was the only party able to keep the pressure on Theresa May to "deliver on Brexit".
The new UKIP leader is to be announced later at the party's annual conference in Bournemouth.
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Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme about the state of UKIP, Ms Phillips said: "There's a lot of suspicion, there's a lot of jealousy, there's a lot of bitterness and anger."
She added she felt she had "outgrown" the party.
Mr Farage had stepped down as leader, she said, partly because the divisions became so profound the party had ground to a halt.
"Being able to keep the machine oiled and functioning in terms of co-operating and working with the NEC had all dried up and I think Nigel eventually just threw his hands up and went, 'Well, what's the point?'," she said.
Ms Phillips revealed she is writing a memoir about her experience working closely with Mr Farage on a series of election campaigns.
She stressed that she was a "huge fan" of the outgoing UKIP leader and blamed his advisers for his failure to win a seat in the House of Commons.
But she added: "I do think that he has a tendency at times to create rifts with people.
"You can fall out of favour with Nigel - and some people have learned that to their cost."
Ms Phillips worked as UKIP's head of media from 2013 until last year.
Most recently she has been working for Welsh assembly member Nathan Gill, who sits as an independent after falling out with the leader of UKIP in Wales, former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton.
Ms Phillips, who is now a member of the Conservative Party, said: "I'm extremely impressed by Mrs May's conviction when it comes to selective education.
"I am currently reassured by what she's saying about Brexit, and I'm also optimistic about Britain's future energy security because I know that she's willing to go ahead and say, 'Right, let's have exploratory drilling for shale gas.'
"I think those three key issues are in the UKIP 2015 manifesto. They're now actually being conducted in Parliament, which is excellent."
Terry Myerson said Strontium was exploiting the bug to infect PCs in order to get access to potentially sensitive data.
Strontium is also known as APT28 and Fancy Bear, and has previously been blamed for attacking a French TV network and the US Democratic Party.
Microsoft says it is working on a fix.
It intends to release the patch next week.
Other cybersecurity researchers say analysis of the hackers' previous activities suggests they are Russians, or at least citizens of a neighbouring country who can speak Russian, and appear to be acting in Moscow's interests rather than for personal profit.
FireEye - a company whose clients include the US Department of Defense - has gone so far as to say the attackers are "most likely sponsored by the Russian government".
But the link has never been conclusively proven, and the Kremlin has repeatedly denied its involvement.
It's unusual for the big tech companies to reveal a software flaw in their products before they have a fix, because it flags the problem to cybercriminals.
Indeed, Microsoft had planned to stay quiet about this bug until it had a solution.
But Google forced its hand when it published details of the issue on Monday.
Microsoft was irked. But Google justified its move saying: "This vulnerability is particularly serious because we know it is being actively exploited."
Mr Myerson has confirmed the issue is with a system file, which Windows requires to display graphics.
The company says customers using both the latest version of Windows 10 and Microsoft's own Edge web browser should be safe but acknowledges others remain at risk.
However, it says the attack only works if a user also has Flash installed, and a newly released version of Adobe's media plug-in also provides protection.
Regarding Strontium itself, Microsoft says the hackers have come up with more types of novel attack - known as zero-days - than any other tracked group this year.
"Strontium frequently uses compromised email accounts from one victim to send malicious emails to a second victim and will persistently pursue specific targets for months until they are successful in compromising the victims' computers," Mr Myerson wrote.
"Once inside, Strontium moves laterally throughout the victim network, entrenches itself as deeply as possible to guarantee persistent access, and steals sensitive information."
The hackers are believed to have used spearphishing - a technique that involves targeting specific individuals with emails and other messages that seek to fool them into revealing their logins.
The attackers have a reputation for being persistent.
They have been known to repeatedly send messages to high-value individuals for more than a year, if necessary, until one succeeds.
Neither Google nor Microsoft have said who received the latest batch of booby-trapped emails.
But Microsoft has previously said of the hackers' typical prey: "Its primary institutional targets have included government bodies, diplomatic institutions, and military forces and installations in Nato member states and certain Eastern European countries.
"Additional targets have included journalists, political advisers, and organisations associated with political activism in Central Asia."
The group has also been called Sofacy, Sednit and Pawn Storm, and has been linked to attacks dating back to 2007.
It appears to operate its own website, where it calls itself Fancy Bears.
It was used to leak confidential medical files about US Olympic athletes earlier this year, which had been stolen from the World Anti-Doping Agency.
The site suggests the group is part of the wider Anonymous hacktivist collective, although this may be an attempt at misdirection.
Months earlier, cybersecurity company Crowdstrike accused the hackers of breaching the US Democratic Party's governing body's network.
It suggested they might be affiliated with the GRU, Russia's military intelligence service.
"Their tradecraft is superb, operational security second to none, and the extensive usage of 'living-off-the-land' techniques enables them to easily bypass many security solutions they encounter," it said in a report.
Other activities blamed on the team include:
No. Security company Trend Micro has previously linked the hackers to malware designed to infect jailbroken iPhones and iPads.
Microsoft says it has also observed the group using web domains customised to compromise Mac and Linux computers in other campaigns.
In the past, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has strenuously denied allegations that the hackers are directed or supported by the Russian government or its intelligence services.
He has said the claims are "unfounded" and "do not contain anything tangible".
"There's no smoking gun," says Alan Woodward, a security consultant who advises Europol and has worked with GCHQ in the past.
"But the amount of circumstantial evidence is certainly mounting.
"What most of the government agencies are saying is that the Russian government doesn't seem to be doing anything to stop them, which kind of tells a story in itself."
At a Glasgow rally, Mr Miliband said there would be "no deal, no coalition, no pact" with Nicola Sturgeon's party.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the threat of a Labour/SNP government "remains the same".
Ms Sturgeon said a minority Labour government would be "paralysed" if it refused to talk to other parties.
Meanwhile, UKIP's Nigel Farage said he could support a deal with a Conservative and Lib Dem coalition.
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The parties clashed over potential post-election arrangements after Thursday's BBC Question Time, in which Mr Miliband said there would be no Labour government if it involved "deals or coalitions" with the SNP.
Polls suggest a hung Parliament is likely after 7 May, and that the SNP could take a number of Labour seats.
Ed Miliband has been clear for some time he wouldn't be offering the prospect of a coalition to the SNP.
Privately then publicly he stated his approach if he is in a position to form a minority government: He would put forward a Queen's Speech - a legislative programme - without an SNP deal and dare the nationalists to vote it down.
He thinks he is in a strong position because Nicola Sturgeon has said she wouldn't give David Cameron the keys to Downing Street.
But by going even further and saying he would rather not be in government than do a deal with the SNP, he has given Nicola Sturgeon a powerful weapon in her so far successful battle to persuade former Labour voters in Scotland to back her party because - as at the referendum - she can argue that Mr Miliband is too close to the Tories.
So why do it? Well the polls suggest that Scotland has turned from fertile to hostile territory for Labour so he has in effect given up on the prospect of very many former voters returning to the fold.
But in 50 key English marginals, polling for ComRes suggests - after a relentless focus on this by the Conservatives - three out of five voters are worried about the influence the SNP would have over a minority government.
So he decided to try to eliminate this negative rather than pursue an all but lost cause.
Mr Miliband returned to the theme in Glasgow as he addressed Labour supporters having been greeted by some protesters as he arrived to make his speech.
"Nationalist never built a single school... never lifted a single person out of poverty," he said.
He praised former Labour leaders John Smith and Gordon Brown and said the SNP could not "lecture" his party about fighting the Conservatives.
Mr Miliband also renewed his attack on the Conservatives over welfare cuts, saying there were "six days to save your child benefit" after Mr Cameron faced questions about his party's plans on Question Time.
The prime minister, who said child benefit was "vital" to parents, dismissed Mr Miliband's ruling out of an SNP deal.
He said: "What Ed Miliband said last night actually changes nothing.
"Is he really saying that if Labour don't get a majority but if Labour plus the SNP is a majority 'I won't be PM'? Of course he's not saying that.
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"The threat today is the same as the threat yesterday. Ed Miliband propped up by the SNP not governing on behalf of the whole country."
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said people would be appalled by Mr Miliband's refusal to consider a deal with her party, and she said his comments would only galvanise more people to vote for the SNP so Scotland had a decisive voice at Westminster.
She told the BBC her party could vote against a minority Labour budget without bringing the government down if it was not consulted.
Mr Miliband "wants to cling to the pretence that he's going to win a majority," she said.
"The polls say he's not. And if he ends up in the position of being in a minority government then he simply cannot continue to say he's not going to talk to anybody, because that means his own government would be paralysed. And he will not want that to happen."
The Conservatives highlighted a comment from Labour's shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, who said "of course" when asked whether there would be dialogue with the SNP if a minority Labour administration needed to get its policies through the House of Commons.
Labour's Hilary Benn also told the BBC's Daily Politics his party would have to have discussions with the SNP to get a Queen's Speech through parliament, saying such conversations were "the normal to and fro of the House of Commons".
Earlier, on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he didn't want UKIP to go into coalition.
However, he said he could do a "confidence and supply" deal with a Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition.
In such a deal, a minor party would typically support a bigger party in any votes of no confidence which could threaten to topple the government, and in voting through the Budget.
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said Mr Miliband's comments were "very surprising", saying "he appeared to say that he'd leave David Cameron in place, rather than be prepared to work with the SNP".
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said Mr Miliband had been "foolish" to say he would implement his manifesto in full, even if he does not win a majority.
"It's just another ludicrous claim from Ed Miliband. It's just such a foolish thing to say," he said.
"If you don't win a majority and you have to govern with another party, you don't have the democratic right from the British people to insist on implementing your manifesto in full without any compromises."
Mr Clegg made the comments on a visit to Manchester to set out another of his party's "red lines" before entering into any future coalition.
He said the Lib Dems would insist on securing £8bn funding for the NHS, and making sure mental health issues were treated with the "same esteem" as physical health before entering into any deal with another party.
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Kewell, 38, joined Watford as an under-23 team coach in June 2015, before leaving the club earlier this season.
The former Australia international scored 45 goals in 185 Premier League games for Leeds, before spending five seasons with Liverpool.
He retired in June 2014 after spells at Galatasaray and Melbourne.
Former Newport County manager Warren Feeney, who was sacked by the Exiles in September 2016, has been appointed as Kewell's assistant.
"During his interview Harry showed us great passion - that's needed to make this team move onwards," director of football Selim Gaygusuz told the club website.
Crawley had been without a head coach since Drummy left the club by mutual consent on 4 May.
The Reds finished 19th in League Two this season, five points above the relegation zone.
Shares in IBM rose more than 2%. Earlier it announced the purchase of Bluewolf, which provides software services to firms.
The Dow Industrials lost 31.57 points, falling to 17,685. The S&P 500 fell 4.21 points to 2,059 and the Nasdaq was a little higher at 4,869.
There will be a closely-watched employment report out on Friday.
"Today, we're just in a do-nothing mode and we will wait and see what happens Friday," said Matthew Tuttle, chief executive, Tuttle Tactical Management.
"There's going to be a big move one way or the other [on Friday], you don't know which way it's going to go and you don't want to put on large bets right before that," he said.
Argoed Residents for a Safer Community wants councils and others to provide secure, supported housing instead.
The group was set up after homeless prison leaver Matthew Williams killed Cerys Yemm at Argoed's Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Caerphilly county last year.
Caerphilly council said the use of B&Bs for homeless people had been reduced.
Lisa Watkins, who helped start the Argoed residents' group, said they believed some prison leavers being housed in B&Bs were re-offending because they were put in the accommodation unsupported.
"We do have supported accommodation within the community and it's run really, really well - we'd like to see more of that type of accommodation," she added.
Councils are allowed to use bed and breakfast guest house rooms as emergency accommodation for those classed as a "priority need", such as people with a dependant child or those deemed vulnerable due to leaving the armed forces.
Homeless prison leavers can get emergency accommodation but they would be "subject to careful consideration of all the risk information available at the time", a report to Caerphilly council on the matter said.
Caerphilly council's housing manager Kenyon Williams said uncertainty surrounding funding given to councils to address homelessness was frustrating, but said the council had made significant progress in reducing the use of B&Bs for the homeless.
"This time last year we had 50 people in bed and breakfast accommodation, today we have four," he said.
Councillor Hefin David, who chaired a meeting to discuss the issue on Thursday night, said: "Any use of bed and breakfast accommodation is too much but what we've seen is it's been reduced right down to four at the moment and the officers committed to reducing it completely as far as they can in the future.
"We've received Welsh government funding to ensure we continue to alleviate poverty and homelessness - that funding is really important, and the committee has agreed to write to the Welsh government to ask them to continue that funding into the years ahead."
William Graham, Conservative AM for South East Wales, said he would to write to the housing minister to ask how the government will monitor the use of B&B accommodation for those who claim they are homeless.
The company has said the average annual saving will be about £50.
The move has been made possible by a steady fall in the price of wholesale gas, the main fuel used in electricity generation.
According to Power NI, its business and farm customers will also see reductions of between 7% - 11%.
Power NI is Northern Ireland's largest electricity supplier, used by more than 500,000 homes.
Its managing director, Stephen McCully, said: "This is the third year in a row we have been able to cut or freeze prices.
"This means more money in the pockets of householders and with farms and businesses also seeing a similar reduction it is good news all round."
Power NI is facing ever greater competition from rival suppliers.
Richard Williams, head of energy at the Consumer Council said: "We would now like to see the other domestic electricity suppliers follow suit."
Earlier this month, Open Electric announced a 9% cut, while in January, SSE Airtricity announced a 1% reduction.
The defender left last year because of work and studying commitments, plus the need to recover from a back injury.
Manager Jamie Sherwood told the club website: "I am really happy to have brought Natalie back to the club.
"Her experience, leadership and outright ability becomes an excellent addition to our squad for 2017."
Haigh added: "After the injury I sustained to my back almost 15 months ago, I never thought I would play again, let alone at this level.
"It's great to be back in and around the club - there is a real buzz after the success they achieved last year."
The initial assumption was that a criminal gang was behind the attack because ransomware is typical of such groups out to make money (rather than states, which tend to engage in espionage and sabotage).
But officials say they are now not discounting the possibility of North Korean involvement, although emphasising the evidence so far is fragmentary.
The code behind the attack might have been damaging but it was not actually that complex. Nothing, for instance, on the scale of Stuxnet (developed by the US and Israel) which targeted Iran's nuclear programme and took years of development.
"Devious rather than sophisticated," was how one person described it, particularly devious in the way it used a replicating worm to spread the code from machine to machine.
There remains some mystery as to how the campaign was first launched. Experts are looking for "patient zero" - the first computer to be infected to understand the method of delivery.
From that point on, the malware spread virulently because it looked for computers to spread to within an organisation but also looked across the internet for other computers it could connect to and infect.
There were some unusual elements to the ransomware. The amount demanded was relatively small, as were the number of Bitcoin wallets into which it was to be paid.
So far, experts at Elliptic, a British company which works with law enforcement to track down such payments, says it has not seen any money taken out of the accounts. That is the point where investigators can sometimes try to follow the money trail.
A cyber-security consultancy firm also says it knows of some people who had paid but had not yet had their data decrypted.
Some of these signs have led people to question whether the attackers were relatively amateurish and did not understand quite what they had unleashed and what the consequences would be.
Some researchers have also pointed to a possible state connection, namely North Korea.
The possibility stems from an overlap in the malware used in an early version of the ransomware (later removed) with a tool previously exclusively used by a North Korean group often known as Lazarus.
One cyber-security analyst also said that people watching the North Korean group had, in previous months, seen them tinkering with aspects of Bitcoin, which could be read as potential preparation to launch a campaign. No-one is pretending this is the smoking gun.
In the past, North Korean cyber-attacks have been more targeted than this global blast of ransomware.
Sony was hit (with both data theft and the wiping of computers) because it was releasing a film involving the North Korean leader. The Lazarus group was seen as responsible.
North Korea may also have been linked to an attack on the Swift banking network which led to a massive theft from the Bangladesh Central Bank, with some experts believing this was carried out by an offshoot from the Lazarus group.
The use of ransomware would be a departure for Pyongyang, although it is the one state which is thought to have used cyber-attacks for financial purposes.
One thing that might make this more plausible is the timing, coming just after pressure was put on the country over missile and nuclear tests (which might themselves have been the target of US cyber-attacks to sabotage their success).
It is possible North Korea looked for some way to strike back (similar to the way Iran struck back against US banks and Arabian Gulf energy companies after its nuclear programme was hit). However, it is too early to make any assessment of North Korean involvement with a high degree of confidence.
As well as the possibilities that North Korea sought disruption or to acquire money, it is also possible that another group used the North Korean code or tried to pose as them. False flag operations - posing as someone else to mislead investigators - are particularly easy to undertake online.
It may take time for any evidence to emerge. Some of this will come from researchers analysing code but some may come from secret signals intelligence collected from the United States' National Security Agency and the UK's GCHQ spying on global communications: this was reportedly used to attribute the attack on Sony to North Korea.
Whoever was behind this attack, though, will know that there are a lot of people now looking for them.
It follows a lengthy commission inquiry on devolving further powers to Wales.
Under the plans controls on stamp duty paid by house buyers and landfill tax would be devolved.
The way has also been paved for a referendum on control of some part of income tax.
Making the announcement in Cardiff Bay, the prime minister also said Wales would be given borrowing powers, allowing investment in major projects such as upgrading the M4 in Newport.
First Minister, Carwyn Jones, said it was "an important day for Wales".
"We are now being treated like equals in the UK," he said.
"This announcement today goes a long way to show devolution works and further strengthens the UK."
While Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt said it was a "step forward for a maturing democracy".
Welsh Secretary David Jones said the move showed a commitment to renew Wales' infrastructure.
The Conservative MP added: "These measures will make the assembly & the Welsh government more accountable to the people of Wales who elect them."
Labour's Shadow Welsh Secretary, Pontypridd MP Owen Smith, also backed the announcement: "Labour has repeatedly called on the government to give Wales borrowing powers, as proposed a year ago by the Silk Commission, so today's announcement is welcome."
Liberal Democrat leader in Wales Kirsty Williams said the move "should sharpen minds" in Cardiff Bay.
"Wales must have a proper functioning parliament with additional fiscal responsibilities to create a stronger economy and a fairer society," she said.
"I know that the Liberal Democrat side of the coalition is working hard to ensure that we achieve this aim.
"We want Wales to have further powers to drive forward Wales' economic development, creating jobs and prosperity for our people."
Plaid Cymru have also voiced guarded support for the announcement - but added: "We would have preferred them to have gone further".
The party's leader, Leanne Wood, said the issues surrounding income tax were crucial.
"We need powers over income tax to incentivise the Welsh government to create well-paid jobs, which will radically change the landscape," said the assembly member.
"This process needs to begin as soon as possible."
Ms Wood also said she remained disappointed that the UK government had not implemented all the recommendations in the Silk Commission report on devolution.
"There are many outstanding questions which will need to be addressed by the UK government in their fuller response," she added.
The commission's chair, Paul Silk, said: "I am pleased that the UK government has today responded positively to our first report and as a commission we look forward to their full response later this year.
"Our cross-party report was agreed unanimously, endorsed by the National Assembly and warmly received by business and civil society in Wales.
"Together with the UK government's agreement on the use of the Welsh government's existing borrowing powers for key transport projects, today's announcement is an important step in bringing greater empowerment and responsibility to the National Assembly for Wales, which we believe is necessary for devolution in Wales.
"We made recommendations that we believed would strengthen Wales within the United Kingdom, and look forward to their implementation."
Presiding Officer of the National Assembly Rosemary Butler added: "The devolution of financial powers is unanimously supported by all parties in the assembly as a means of giving us more of the tools we need to improve the lives of people in communities across Wales."
Finance minister Jane Hutt paid tribute to the work of all political parties in the assembly for backing the reforms.
She added: "I would particularly like to thank the business community in Wales, whose overwhelming support for these reforms certainly strengthened the call for the new borrowing and tax powers."
The announcement has also been broadly praised by the business leaders organisation, CBI Wales.
"This is a major day for Wales. To drive private sector growth, Wales needs modern and reliable road infrastructure and today's announcement will move the M4 relief road from blueprint to building," said CBI Wales director, Emma Watkins.
"The M4 is the gateway to Wales, and this upgrade will bring clear benefits for both businesses and commuters, and enhance Wales' position on the global map."
But the CBI Wales director said she remained in favour of the status quo when it came to powers over income tax "in the absence of a full assessment of the costs and implications of devolving income tax".
The Federation of Small Businesses also backed the broader announcement, stating that FSB Wales has "consistently called for those recommendations to be implemented in full".
But the FSB also voiced some concerns.
"There are many questions left unanswered by today's announcement, crucially over the full devolution of business rates to Wales," said the chair of FSB Wales' policy unit, Janet Jones.
"The full devolution of business rates would open the way for much-needed reform which would assist small firms and the wider Welsh economy."
Borrowing powers also came under FSB Wales scrutiny.
"While the devolution of borrowing powers is undoubtedly welcome, we remain concerned that there is a danger that too much of the available funding could be swallowed up by the proposed M4 relief road, leaving little for vital infrastructure investment in other parts of Wales, added the policy unit's chair.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said it welcomed steps being taken to invest in infrastructure projects in Wales.
"There now needs to be a strategic plan for the long term infrastructure requirements of Wales," said a spokesperson.
"With this in mind, RICS welcomes investment to help prioritise the M4, which will provide critical support to the Welsh transport system and will help boost to the economy."
Rupert Joseland, regional director for developers St Modwen in Wales, said it was good news but added: "Putting up stamp duty would generate additional revenue for the economy but to stimulate more house building stamp duty would need to come down."
Although the South Wales Chamber of Commerce hoped the borrowing powers would lead to improvements on the M4, it warned that the tax raising powers should not be seen as a "cash cow" by the Welsh government.
Director Graham Morgan said: "We are pleased to see the Welsh and UK governments working together on something that could provide a real benefit to the Welsh economy.
"The devolution of these taxes enables the Welsh Government to borrow money which can play a major role in infrastructure projects such as the M4 relief road. We have, since 2010, highlighted the importance of this critical piece of infrastructure."
He said that businesses from Newport to Pembrokeshire were affected by congestion around the Brynglas Tunnels.
"This gives a very bad first impression of Wales, and needs to be addressed if we want to promote the country as a world class tourist destination," he said.
"The devolution of these taxes also opens up the options to able to pay for other infrastructure projects right across Wales, however, we would warn Welsh politicians against seeing these new powers as a convenient 'cash cow'.
"While many of the projects that could be paid for would benefit the economy, we need to be careful that taxes are not raised to the point that it has a negative effect on businesses."
The Wales TUC said devolution of more powers to the Welsh government would help "raise funds for investment in jobs and growth".
"There are many large scale infrastructure projects within the responsibility of the National Assembly, such as the M4 improvement, which the Welsh government have long wanted to progress - they now have the ability to do so," said Wales TUC general secretary, Martin Mansfield.
"The principle of devolving income tax is positive and we will play our full part in that debate when the people of Wales decide.
"However the overall financing of Wales must be properly resolved before this becomes a viable option. The outdated Barnett formula continues to short change us and must be modernised as a first step."
Margaret Thomas of Unison Wales added: "This is good news for Wales and for Welsh public services.
"Unison has long argued the case for the Welsh government to have additional tax raising abilities.
"Clearly these powers do not represent a silver-bullet for Wales and there are many other options that could be used alongside these powers, but we wholeheartedly welcome the news and look forward to seeing the outcomes."
Potential investment in a new section of M4 motorway in the Newport area has not been universally welcomed.
The group, Campaign Against the Levels Motorway (Calm), said the spending was unnecessary.
"Quite frankly, we don't believe there is a case for a new road - but the government seems determined to build one," said Tom Clarke from Calm.
"So we favour a reasonable, viable alternative that enhances the existing road system around Newport.
He also argued that environmental cost of a new motorway section through part of the Gwent Levels wetlands was too high.
"The Gwent levels are nationally and internationally important. They are home to an astonishing array of wildlife and areas which wildlife organisations have identified for their importance on a landscape scale," he said.
"The route would cut through five Sites of Special Scientific Interest."
Swann, 34, was struck on the right arm while batting on day two at Chelmsford and was subsequently sent for an X-ray.
But an England and Wales Cricket Board tweet said: "X-ray showed no fracture. He is receiving treatment and will return to the field later in the game."
The first Test against Australia begins at Trent Bridge on 10 July.
Swann was hit on the right forearm by the left-arm pace of Tymal Mills, but continued batting after receiving treatment.
Mills, who on day one was regularly bowling at speeds above 90mph, said: "I didn't think that I had put him out of the Ashes.
"I've spoken to him since and there's no hard feelings.
"We laughed and joked. It's just bruising so if it had been different I'm sure I would have got another response."
Swann eventually fell for 94 in England's total of 413-9 declared, in which Tim Bresnan made an unbeaten 105.
"I wasn't concerned," said Bresnan, who was batting with Swann at the time and was hit on the helmet by Mills later in the same over.
"I could see that he could grip the bat and move his wrist, meaning it wasn't broken. It will just be quite sore.
"Injuries are part of the game but you don't want them in these sorts of matches when we're preparing for a big series."
Swann did not take the field when England came to bowl, leaving the national side's seam trio of Bresnan, Steven Finn and Graham Onions to be supported by the part-time spin of Joe Root and Kevin Pietersen as Essex closed 182 behind on 231-9.
The Nottinghamshire man appeared on the England balcony during the afternoon session with a bandage on the injured arm.
Swann, who made his Test debut in 2008, has taken 222 wickets in 53 matches, more than any other England off-spinner.
He played in the Ashes-winning sides of 2009 and 2010-11, taking 29 wickets in 10 Tests against Australia.
The former Northants man missed the Test series in New Zealand earlier this year after having elbow surgery.
The Chartered Institute of Housing - which represents housing professionals - and the Resolution Foundation - which campaigns for better living standards for people on low and modest incomes - say in a joint report that the rapid increase in property prices has left more people relying on private landlords.
The report says that one in three privately rented properties fails to meet the government's standards for a "decent" home - but what is like for those tenants who find themselves living in such a place.
Ron Bower, who is in his 60s and has recently suffered heart attacks and a mini-stroke, feels trapped in inadequate housing.
He is one of six adults sharing what would originally have been a two-bedroomed house in east London.
The house, condemned by the local council as "insanitary and unsafe", has been infested with mice, cockroaches and bed bugs.
"It's a terrible place to live," says Mr Bower, "It's shabby, it's dirty, it's too small. If you're number six waiting to get into the bathroom… you can imagine."
He looks round the bedsit that contains all his possessions - with its fridge in the corner, oxygen mask by the bed and plastic bag of medicines on the window sill.
"You are stuck in your room, it's like a prison cell", he says, "but I couldn't ever invite anyone round. It's embarrassing."
The report calls for the creation of a single, easily understood, set of statutory minimum standards that landlords have to meet, and sufficient resources for enforcing them.
Grainia Long, the chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing, says: "These are people's homes we're talking about. I want to see a situation where all landlords understand their obligations, meet their obligations, and are committed to professional standards."
Mr Bower is among those vulnerable tenants the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Resolution Foundation want to help.
He lost his job as a lorry driver when he had a heart attack, and has little money to spare for rent.
He describes being in the house as "existing" rather than "living".
"I can't get a deposit together [for a house] to move out so I've got to stay here," he says. "I don't want to, but what can I do?"
People often have to find a significant sum to get tenancies in decent accommodation - to pay the fees charged by some letting agents.
The report calls for letting agents to be regulated in the same way as estate agents are, and for an end to the practice of charging fees to tenants.
Newham Council, in whose area Mr Bower lives, has pioneered a system of compulsory registration of landlords, partly so it can track down those properties it describes as "slums".
Ian Dick, of the council's housing department, says for many tenants there is a stark choice - between very poor housing or life on the streets.
"We have a big problem with homelessness," he says. "Therefore tenants are forced into living in this kind of poor quality housing. They don't have any alternative."
Newham has prosecuted 500 landlords, tackling those who flout health and safety standards, in the past 18 months.
"Put simply, it's greed and exploitation. Landlords are making a killing without doing anything for tenants," says Mr Dick.
But as well as acting against exploitative landlords who let their properties deteriorate, the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Resolution Foundation want new incentives to others to improve the accommodation they're offering.
Landlords can currently claim tax relief on the money they spend repairing and maintaining their houses and flats - the report suggests that landlords who join a recognised accreditation scheme should get similar concessions for making some physical improvements to them.
Richard Blanco, of the National Landlords' Association, welcomed the proposal.
"Landlords run businesses and anything that encourages us to reinvest our profits or improve our properties is to be welcomed."
Mr Blanco said the association would also welcome a hard line against exploitative landlords.
"Rogue landlords ruin our reputation, and we want to drive them out," he says.
The Scottish government has been consulting on plans to introduce new regional education boards, which would operate across council areas.
Some within local government fear the proposals could reduce their traditional role.
The EIS union said ensuring education was democratically accountable at a local level "remained key".
The Scottish government consultation also covers its desire to hand as much power as possible to individual schools and head teachers as part of efforts to close the attainment gap between the country's wealthiest and most deprived pupils.
This will include £120m of government funds which will go straight to head teachers to allow them to help children from disadvantaged backgrounds - with schools with the most disadvantaged pupils getting the most money.
It also wants to create new regional education boards which will be designed to support schools and help ones in different council areas work together more effectively.
However, details of what specific powers the boards will have and the regions they will cover have still to be decided.
The government has insisted that councils will still have legal responsibility for schools, and an important role to play in deciding how they are run.
But local government has been fiercely protective of its traditional role in the education system, with some wondering what practical powers they will retain after the new regional boards are introduced and greater powers are devolved to individual schools.
Speaking in October, Cosla president David O'Neill said the local government body would strongly resist any attempt to "centralise" the education system.
In its response to the school governance consultation, which will close later on Friday, the EIS welcomed the commitment from the Scottish government that it will not remove education from local authority control.
And it praised ministers for ruling out a move towards the "discredited academy or free school models" that have been introduced elsewhere in the UK.
But the union's general secretary, Larry Flanagan, echoed the view that any "significant restructuring" of the relationship between central and local government would be a "significant distraction from the real needs of Scottish education".
He said: "Recent tensions between national and local government have led some to question whether the current model of delivery through local authorities is the best means of delivering education at a local level.
"It could be argued, however, that the checks and balances which exist between the different layers of government is an important aspect of a pluralist approach to democracy.
"The EIS does not believe that it would be useful at this point to look at any significant restructuring of the basic relationship between the two arms of government.
"In fact, we would go further and state that it would be a significant distraction from the real needs of Scottish education to engage in such a process."
Mr Flanagan also said it was important that new initiatives, such as the £120m in additional funding for attainment projects, were managed through democratic structures to ensure fairness and transparency.
And he warned that schools, and the education system in general, would struggle to cope if wide-ranging changes were introduced too quickly.
He added: "It is essential that sufficient time is taken to make the correct decisions and to prepare for changes, rather than rushing to judgment and implementation simply to meet political rather than educational imperatives."
Mr Flanagan also said the greatest barrier to educational equality was "the imposition of austerity driven budgets and the underfunding of the Scottish education system over the past period".
He argued it was clear that in significant areas, such as pupil support, previous levels of provision have simply disappeared which "inevitably creates barriers for children's learning".
He concluded: "Genuine commitment to tackling inequality of outcome caused by socio-economic disadvantage requires solid support for schools, and the necessary resources, as the EIS has outlined in its submission to the Governance Review."
Meanwhile, the Commission on School Reform - set up by the Reform Scotland and Centre for Scottish Public Policy think tanks - has published its own response to the Scottish government consultation.
It welcomed proposals to give schools, teachers and parents greater autonomy, but recommended that all decisions relating to "children's learning and school life" should be taken in school unless strong arguments are advanced to the contrary.
This would include allowing head teachers to have the final say in staff appointments, and to be able to remove staff who are surplus to requirements or not performing satisfactorily.
But it said passing more power to schools would fundamentally alter the relationship between schools and local authorities, with a "significant impact" on local democracy.
The commission also said change should take place only when the ground has been well-prepared, and need not take place at the same pace or even in the same form throughout the country.
Speaking ahead of the consultation closing, a Scottish government spokesman said it had an "unwavering focus on improving Scotland's education system to make it world-class".
He added: "Our comprehensive programme of reform is based firmly on the independent findings of the 2015 OECD review of Scottish education which recommended, among other things, putting schools and communities at the heart of the education system.
"That is why we are reviewing school governance, and we will carefully consider all submissions to our consultation."
Isa Nacewa scored two tries for last year's beaten finalists, with Jamison Gibson-Park also touching down.
Man-of-the-match Johnny Sexton added two penalties and two conversions.
Peter O'Mahony marked his first start for Munster since May 2015 by crossing for his side, while replacement Jaco Taute grabbed a late consolation try.
Skipper O'Mahony, who was injured in Ireland's World Cup win over France a year ago, had come on as a replacement in the win over Zebre last weekend.
The match marked Robbie Henshaw's debut for Leinster following his move from Connacht in the summer, the centre having been out of action since sustaining a shoulder injury on Ireland's summer tour of South Africa.
Both sides had won four of their opening five games and it was Leinster who got off to the better start with two Sexton penalties in the first six minutes following infringements by O'Mahony and Rory Scannell.
Nacewa almost crossed for a score in the seventh minute but Simon Zebo produced a tremendous try-scoring tackle to prevent his fellow winger touching down in the corner.
O'Mahony rumbled over for a try after a powerful rolling maul in the 25th minute, referee David Wilkinson awarding the try after consulting with the Television Match Official and Tyler Bleyendaal adding the extras.
Four minutes later, Sexton sent Garry Ringrose away with a perfectly weighted grubber kick, but the centre was unable to collect with the line at his mercy, albeit his cause was not helped by a difficult bounce of the ball.
Five minutes before the interval, Nacewa did manage to cross the whitewash, stretching to score in the corner after Luke McGrath had waited at the base of the scrum, before passing to Sexton, who provided the decisive delivery to the try-scorer.
Sexton was unable to convert but his side still went in four points to the good at the break, 11-7.
After half-time, Munster replacement James Cronin looked to have burrowed over the line at the back of the ruck but the referee ruled that he had executed a double movement.
Nacewa went over for his second try on 55, Ringrose making the initial break and Rob Kearney providing the long pass, which Nacewa collected to score. Sexton's additional two points made it 18-7.
Gibson-Park put further distance between the sides when he placed the ball down after a comedy of errors in defence by Munster - Ronan O'Mahony spilling the ball under pressure from Henshaw, and then Bleyendaal fumbling to set up the opportunity for the Kiwi.
The try was awarded after the TMO took a long look at the footage.
Sexton's conversion put 16 points between the sides and Munster's late try was a mere consolation.
A couple of long passes found Taute in space and with the Leinster defence sucked in, he went over for five points, Bleyendaal converting.
Leinster begin their European Champions Cup campaign by hosting Castres next weekend, while Munster, who now lie fourth in the Pro12 standings, are away to Racing 92.
TEAMS
Leinster: R Kearney; R O'Loughlin, G Ringrose, R Henshaw, I Nacewa (capt); J Sexton, L McGrath; C Healy, S Cronin, T Furlong; D Toner, I Nagle; R Ruddock, J Murphy, J Heaslip.
Replacements: J Tracy, J McGrath, M Ross, R Molony, D Leavy, J Gibson-Park, J Carbery, N Reid.
Munster: S Zebo; D Sweetnam, K Earls, R Scannell, R O'Mahony; T Bleyendaal, C Murray; D Kilcoyne, N Scannell, J Ryan; D Ryan, B Holland; P O'Mahony (capt), T O'Donnell, CJ Stander.
Replacements: D Casey, J Cronin, S Archer, R Copeland, J O'Donoghue, D Williams, I Keatley, J Taute.
The National Union of Teachers annual conference heard claims sexism is being “rebranded” as something fashionable and mainstream.
Delegates criticised the “raunch culture” of lap-dancing clubs and pole dancing.
Teachers, meeting in Liverpool, say it can have a “disastrous effect on the self-image of girls”.
The National Union of Teachers heard warnings from teachers that “sexism and inequality are still a huge factor in shaping women’s lives”.
The conference heard claims that old-fashioned sexism has not gone away, but has been re-invented into something that appears to be “ironic or empowering”.
Teachers warned that pole dancing clubs and beauty pageants are turning back the clock on decades of campaigning for sexual equality.
There are concerns that pupils are growing up in a culture where pornographic images are widely available, cosmetic surgery is advertised and there is a “fixation” with staying slim.
Teachers fear this can undermine young women’s self-confidence and contribute to problems such as eating disorders and anxiety about their appearance.
This can disrupt both girls’ school work and their social life, say teachers.
The motion said: “Growing up in a world where it is normal for women’s bodies to be seen as sex objects affects the way that girls in our schools grow to view themselves and their place in society.”
There were also claims that this is linked to the number of sexual assaults and incidents of domestic violence.
Delegates called for recognition of the negative impact of sexism and the need to protect equal rights for women.
In an earlier debate on the conference on Sunday, teachers described the problems of young people living in an environment with such widespread access to pornography.
A teacher from east London talked of pupils setting up websites showing sexual images of teenage girls in their schools.
NUT delegate Kiri Tonks said social media was making it easier for sexism to be spread and better sex education for both sexes was needed.
"It is having a real impact on behaviour," she told BBC News.
"Girls and women internationally are victims of violence that has come out of these kinds of attitudes, but if we want to change the behaviour, we have to talk to boys as well."
Sex and relationship education is compulsory in state-funded secondary schools, but it is up to primary schools to decide if they want to teach it.
Last week, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ annual conference also heard warnings of pupils viewing aggressive sexual images.
Teachers said they feared pupils could be “desensitised” by such images and called for more guidance on how schools should tackle such an over-sexualised youth culture.
Even very young children were inadvertently exposed to such images, the ATL conference heard, either by watching video games with older children or watching late night television.
Teachers said that they had heard sexually explicit language from young children.
NUT general secretary Christine Blower said: “It is important for all children and young people to learn, in an age-appropriate manner, about respect for their own and other people’s bodies and emotions.
“This is all the more important given the rising levels of pornography which is very much in the public domain. There also continues to be a high rate of sexual harassment and homophobic bullying in society at large, despite efforts in schools to address and reduce it.”
A spokeswoman for the Department for Education said ministers were clear about the importance of PSHE (Personal, social and health education).
"PSHE encompasses a number of different areas, many of which are compulsory," she said.
"Beyond that it is right that teachers are given the freedom to tailor PSHE to the pupils whose needs they know best. We are funding the PSHE Association to demonstrate best practice in covering the subject."
Shahzad Shah, 56, died following an incident which happened at the Mirchi Indian takeaway in Mintlaw at about 17:35 on Monday.
Police Scotland said a 52-year-old man had been charged.
He was expected to appear at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
The party said the number is made up of about 350,000 members, 129,000 who paid £25 each to be registered supporters, and 168,000 from other organisations.
Jeremy Corbyn is up against the party's former shadow work and pensions secretary, Owen Smith.
The result of the contest will be announced on 24 September.
Mr Corbyn has announced that he would look to bolster the bargaining powers of trade unions if he wins.
Announcing his reform plans, Mr Corbyn said he wanted to "democratise our country from the ground up".
He said a Labour government would introduce "new collective and individual rights" for employees with the aim of giving people a "real say" against "boardrooms that control them".
Guide to the Labour leadership election
BBC political correspondent Chris Mason
Amid the noise and the court cases, the rallies and the rancour, it is easy to overlook the extraordinary growth of the Labour movement: both those who've joined the party and those willing to sign up as supporters, at no small cost.
It's provided a welcome fillip to Labour's meagre finances: the new registered supporters alone collectively handed the party more than £3.2m in just 48 hours last month.
Over the last 40 years, membership numbers for the Conservatives and Labour have shrivelled; the Tory figure currently stands at around 150,000.
The hundreds of thousands drawn to Labour's ranks appear driven by one man - Jeremy Corbyn - and a passionate desire to either endorse or reject him.
As part of Mr Corbyn's reform plans, he said he would include mandatory collective bargaining in firms with more than 250 employees, the election of staff representatives to executive remuneration committees, and the introduction of "sectoral union bargaining rights".
"We need to break open the closed circle of Westminster and Whitehall, and of the boardrooms too," he said in a statement.
"Labour under my leadership will listen to ideas from the bottom up - and take radical action to transform and rebuild our country so that no-one and no community is left behind."
Mr Corbyn's proposals also include:
Meanwhile, the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Kezia Dugdale, became the latest senior party member to back Owen Smith in the leadership contest.
Writing in the Daily Record, she said the question of who was best placed to lead Labour to a general election victory was "the only question that matters".
She wrote: "With the Tories wreaking havoc on our country, the first and last consideration must be which of the candidates is most likely to lead the next Labour government that will invest in our public services and give everyone a fair chance in life."
Ms Dugdale added that she thought Mr Smith could "unite our party and move us on from the divisions that exist under the current leadership of Jeremy Corbyn".
Her intervention comes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan urged Labour voters to ditch Jeremy Corbyn as leader and vote for Owen Smith.
Speaking on Sunday, Mr Khan told BBC News Mr Corbyn had "failed to win the trust and respect of the British people" and criticised his leadership during the EU referendum.
But a Corbyn campaign spokesman pointed out that Mr Khan won the London mayoralty standing on a Labour platform - which had the support of Mr Corbyn.
Rakhat Aliyev, a former ambassador to Austria, is accused of killing two bank managers in his home country in 2007.
Kazakhstan has attempted to have him extradited to face trial, but Austria has twice refused because of the former Soviet republic's human rights record.
Instead, Austrian prosecutors opened their own murder investigation in 2011.
Mr Aliyev has denounced the case against him as politically motivated.
However, in June he flew voluntarily to Vienna from his home in Malta and handed himself in to the Austrian authorities. Since then, he has been held in "investigative custody".
On Tuesday, a court in Vienna said Mr Aliyev had been charged.
A spokeswoman for the court told the Reuters news agency that the judge had not set any bail option and that Mr Aliyev's lawyers had two weeks to appeal against the charges.
He faces at least 10 years in prison if found guilty of murder. If extradited to Kazakhstan he could face a sentence of up to 40 years.
Mr Aliyev was once married to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev's eldest daughter, Dariga.
A businessman with extensive contacts among the Kazakh elite, he spoke out against Mr Nazarbayev after being sacked as ambassador to Austria.
The Lib Dem said the move would help London's lowest-paid workers.
Labour's Sadiq Khan has pledged to freeze fares until 2020, and Conservative Zac Goldsmith has said he would "bear down" on travel costs.
Green candidate Sian Berry wants to scrap travel zones and introduce a flat fare across the city.
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The Lib Dems' proposed change would apply to all trips using the Underground, Docklands Light Railway, Overground or TfL rail which start before 07:30.
Ms Pidgeon said it "would really help some of London's lowest paid workers who often have to work unsocial hours" and claimed it was "a genuine fare cut that can be delivered immediately".
Travel watchdog London TravelWatch published a report last month which found London's low-paid workers "are being disproportionately affected by rising transport costs".
It found those on lower incomes tend to spend longer travelling to work and pay more for travel as a proportion of their income.
She added it would also help tackle overcrowding, with TfL recording the highest passenger flows during the morning peak in the hour from 08:00 to 09:00.
The Lib Dems estimate the fare cut would cost £30m a year, which they say they would be funded in the first two years by withdrawing the financial support TfL is giving to the Garden Bridge project.
TfL's financial support for the Garden Bridge has been capped at £10m. The Lib Dems said they would also use "other savings identified in TfL's budget".
So I spent a night out on the banks of the river to see how the problem is being tackled.
Elvers are amazing creatures. Small, transparent worm-like fish that arrive in the Severn from the Sargasso Sea in their millions. They work their way upstream and after five to 20 years living in the Severn they head back out to sea to breed.
Right now, it's full moon which means big tides and a huge bore, a surge wave, coming up the Severn at night.
The elvers are carried along and also swim with the bore, and at weirs and other obstacles they are lifted over the obstruction into the next part of the river.
There's something spooky about standing late at night by the river Severn and hearing the familiar noise of water rushing over a weir..., and then hearing the weir go silent as the bore arrives and lifts the river level above it.
Right now all along the river you'll find hundreds of elvermen fishing for elvers.
Believe it or not elvers are a delicacy, although not generally considered so in this country.
In Spain and elsewhere in Europe people enjoy them as tapas and tasty nibbles so each kilo the elvermen catch currently fetches £150. While we were out we heard tales of people catching 18kg of elvers in an evening which would earn them several thousands pounds.
Elvers are also considered a delicacy in the Far East. But since eels and elvers are endangered and because the demand from countries like China is so huge, export outside Europe has now been banned.
Of course where there's a ban and huge demand there's also money and smuggling. A kilo of elvers in China could cost £6,000. That's more than Beluga caviar.
For the first time in this country a large scale elver smuggling operation has been caught and stopped. At Heathrow a man was found trying to smuggle 200kg of elvers which would have a street value in his attempted destination of Hong Kong of £1.3m
In the wake of this teams from the Environment Agency have been stepping up their patrols and intelligence gathering with the help of law abiding elvermen along the Severn.
Because 60% of all the elvers caught on the Severn are not eaten, they actually go to help restock other areas in Europe where the population of eels has declined even further than here. And if the elvers we do have end up being smuggled to the Far East that will be bad news for the elvermen of the Severn and the eels themselves.
The fish were discovered dead on Tuesday near Ballyclare. The cause of their deaths is not yet known.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) was notified and has begun an investigation.
Jim Gregg, of the Ballynure Angling Club, said the fish kill was "devastating" and had occurred at the ideal spawning time.
"The anglers were made aware of this at approximately 10 o'clock this morning," he told the BBC.
"We've removed approximately 30 to 40 fish that we have found in the shallows, lying dead.
"The water levels are quite significantly high, to suggest that there are an awful lot more fish dead that we can't see and that have possibly been washed further downstream."
The NIEA is an government agency within Northern Ireland's Department of Environment (DoE).
In a statement, a DoE spokesperson said the incident was reported to the agency via its water pollution hotline at 11:15 GMT on Wednesday.
"A NIEA water quality inspector was immediately tasked to the area to investigate the report and determine the environmental impact. The NIEA investigation has not yet identified any immediately obvious source or symptoms of pollution," the statement added.
"Investigations are on-going to determine whether there has been any polluting discharge to the watercourse, including collected samples from potential sources of pollution in the area."
Staff from the Department for Culture Arts and Leisure (DCAL)'s Inland Fisheries Group were also called to the site to assess the number of fish affected.
Approximately 50 dead fish have been recovered so far, but the DoE warned the number could rise.
In 2011, hundreds of fish were found dead in the Six Mile Water river.
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Some 25,500 people complained about the issue in the first six months of 2015, more than in the whole of 2014.
Packaged bank accounts offer additional benefits such as insurance and cheaper overdrafts, in return for a fee.
But many customers complained that they were sold the accounts unwittingly or they did not need the insurance.
While the number of complaints about Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) is now falling, the Ombudsman is now seeing about 1,000 complaints about packaged accounts every week.
In 2014 there were 21,348 such complaints, and just 5,667 in 2013.
Last month, Barclays set aside £250m to compensate customers who might have been mis-sold the accounts.
Packaged bank accounts are often marketed as "gold" or "premium" - and customers typically pay between £5 and £25 a month.
All the major banks and building societies have offered them over the years, in an attempt to increase their income.
Complaints fall into three categories:
"Pushy sales tactics have left many consumers paying a monthly bill for benefits that aren't suitable, and don't give them good value for money," said Hannah Maundrell, editor in chief of the comparison site money.co.uk.
She estimates that the average fee on such accounts is £150 a year, so the compensation bill could be large.
However, the Financial Ombudsman said the issue with packaged accounts was not "the new PPI scandal".
It said many people had actually used the benefits.
It also said that it was only upholding around 10% of complaints, as in many cases it agreed with the compensation already offered by the banks.
But it advised customers to complain directly to their bank, rather than going through claims management companies, which currently handle 80% of the complaints received by the Ombudsman.
The full list of complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman is here.
Eamon Bradley, 28, originally from Melmore Gardens in Creggan, Londonderry, denies six charges.
They include attending a rebel training camp in the Middle East war zone and receiving training in guns and grenades.
The case at Londonderry Crown Court is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland.
Mr Bradley is alleged to have committed the offences between 31 March and 29 October 2014.
The "bedrock" of the prosecution case surrounds interviews Mr Bradley gave to police after he was arrested, upon his return home, over images of him apparently posing with guns posted on social media.
He told a detective he was spirited into Syria from Turkey in a makeshift raft and joined the forces of a faction opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad and Islamic State.
Mr Bradley described being given months of training in using weapons before attending three battles as a junior soldier armed with a firearm and grenade.
He denied firing a single bullet and returned home disillusioned after initially going to help the Syrian people.
Sending the jury out at Londonderry Crown Court, a judge said Mr Bradley's defence had attempted to introduce doubts about the police interviews, centring on his apparent lack of knowledge about military matters and about the Army of Islam, which he said he joined.
Prosecutors said he was not a fantasist and his account to police was the truth.
Henry Ayabowei, known as Henry Esin, was found collapsed near a Bangor nightclub in the early hours of Saturday.
The 27-year-old, from Llangefni, Anglesey, was taken to hospital, but died on Sunday morning.
A man who was arrested has now been charged and will appear before Llandudno magistrates on Wednesday.
Mr Ayabowei played football for a number of clubs on Anglesey and was described as a "true gentleman in every sense" by Llanfairpwll football club.
Floral tributes to Mr Ayabowei have been left outside the Peep nightclub, close to the Brick Street-High Street junction where he was found.
A post-mortem examination was also expected to be carried out on Tuesday, with family liaison officers supporting Mr Ayabowei's family.
So many people in the city of Hamaden wanted a picture with Reza Parastesh that police took him to the station and impounded his car to stop the chaos.
The fuss started a few months ago when the Messi lookalike's dad made him pose in a number 10 Barcelona shirt.
The 25-year-old soon started cutting his hair and grooming his beard like the Argentina forward.
He told AFP: "Now people really see me as the Iranian Messi and want me to mimic everything he does. When I show up somewhere, people are really shocked.
"I'm really happy that seeing me makes them happy and this happiness gives me a lot of energy."
Parastesh is fully booked with media interviews and has even landed modelling contracts.
He also says that he is working on some football tricks so he can play the role better.
Referee Mike Dean showed Feghouli a straight red card after the midfielder's 15th-minute challenge on Phil Jones.
Replays showed it was more of a coming together between two players committed to winning the ball than a reckless tackle meant to cause harm.
Antonio Valencia was guilty of an astonishing miss for the visitors before Juan Mata scored from 10 yards after a clever pass by fellow substitute Marcus Rashford.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was one of three players offside when he doubled the lead after Pedro Obiang's clearance fell to Ander Herrera.
It was Jose Mourinho's side's sixth straight Premier League win and their seventh in all competitions.
The Hammers have beaten Bournemouth, Sunderland, Burnley and Hull at home this season, yet their hopes of claiming a first major scalp at London Stadium were undone by the fastest sending off in the Premier League this season.
There is no doubt Feghouli lost control of the ball and deserved a booking for his challenge on Jones.
But Dean, who sent off Southampton's Nathan Redmond in the 4-1 defeat by Tottenham on Wednesday, brandished a red card for the fifth time this season, much to the fury of West Ham boss Slaven Bilic.
Jones, who was clearly hurt and rolled over several times before receiving treatment, was booed by home fans for the rest of the game each time he touched the ball.
Feghouli is now set to miss his side's FA Cup third-round home tie against Manchester City on Friday, while Hammers supporters showed their anger at the official by chanting 'Mike Dean - it's all about you'.
In the second half, Dean kept his cards in his pocket after Cheikhou Kouyate's reckless challenge on Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
This was far from vintage Manchester United, yet Mourinho's team started 2017 as they finished 2016 - with three points.
They are now unbeaten in their past 13 games in all competitions, while they have taken 25 points from the last 33 on offer.
Valencia will surely be haunted by his 36th-minute miss. It was a brilliant save by Darren Randolph to deny him from close range, but the Ecuador international should have buried the chance, as should Jesse Lingard, who hit the post with the follow-up.
Mourinho's decisions to bring on Mata at the start of the second half and Rashford before the hour mark proved decisive.
The pair combined to break West Ham's spirited resistance - the busy and menacing Rashford evading a couple of challenges before cutting back for Spaniard Mata to find the net.
The 19-year-old England striker hit the post before Ibrahimovic, standing in an offside position, scored a controversial second to complete West Ham's misery.
Beaten by Leicester City on Saturday, it has been a 48 hours to forget for West Ham in terms of results.
However, they dug deep, displayed a steely resolve - and might even have got something from the game despite the visitors' extra-man advantage.
David de Gea twice saved well from Manuel Lanzini, before Michail Antonio's glancing header flashed agonisingly wide as the Hammers threatened.
And shortly before Mata broke the deadlock, Antonio found himself clean through after Lanzini's perfectly weighted pass, only for De Gea to block his effort.
West Ham boss Bilic: "I was pleased with the performance, we fought hard and gave everything. I told my players that if we did this we will be all right in the table.
"Ten men against a team like this is very hard - but we had chances.
"I am disappointed with the result and frustrated by how we lost it, but I am proud of my players."
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Manchester United manager Mourinho: "It was hard for us to think well with one more man - and it was very hard for them physically.
"I was happy with my choices in Juan Mata and Marcus Rashford, they gave us what we needed. Rashford is very professional and very mature. He is a Manchester United player with Manchester United DNA.
"I don't feel sorry for West Ham - I didn't watch the decisions. I think if you talk about decisions, we are the champions of bad decisions."
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West Ham are back in action on Friday when they host fellow Premier League side Manchester City in the FA Cup third round (19:55 GMT kick-off).
Manchester United start their defence of the famous trophy at home against Championship club Reading - managed by former Old Trafford defender Jaap Stam - on Saturday (12:30).
Match ends, West Ham United 0, Manchester United 2.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 0, Manchester United 2.
Håvard Nordtveit (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Håvard Nordtveit (West Ham United).
Attempt blocked. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, West Ham United. André Ayew replaces Manuel Lanzini.
Hand ball by Winston Reid (West Ham United).
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Darren Randolph.
Attempt saved. Ander Herrera (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Substitution, West Ham United. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pedro Obiang (West Ham United).
Attempt blocked. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michail Antonio with a cross.
Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcos Rojo.
Foul by Paul Pogba (Manchester United).
Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal! West Ham United 0, Manchester United 2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
Attempt blocked. Ander Herrera (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Antonio Valencia (Manchester United).
Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Foul by Phil Jones (Manchester United).
Andy Carroll (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, West Ham United. Andy Carroll replaces Dimitri Payet because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ander Herrera.
Substitution, Manchester United. Chris Smalling replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United).
Goal! West Ham United 0, Manchester United 1. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
Offside, Manchester United. Juan Mata tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manuel Lanzini with a through ball.
Paul Pogba (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
Substitution, Manchester United. Marcus Rashford replaces Jesse Lingard.
Foul by Phil Jones (Manchester United).
Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross following a set piece situation.
Being born in Switzerland does not guarantee citizenship and non-Swiss residents must typically wait 12 years before applying.
Tests and government interviews are also required, which can be expensive.
The new proposal will allow third-generation immigrants to avoid some of that bureaucracy.
It will directly affect those born in Switzerland, whose parents and grandparents also lived in the country permanently.
Supporters of the plan to simplify the process argue that it is ridiculous to ask people who were born and have lived all their lives in Switzerland to prove that they are integrated.
However opponents suggest that the measures could lead to further steps that will eventually allow all non-Swiss residents - 25% of the population - to gain easy citizenship.
An opposition poster, which features a woman in a burka, suggests that the new proposal could lead to a so-called "Islamisation" of the country.
The current vetting procedure, aimed at ensuring that new citizens are well integrated, includes interviews carried out by town councils. Questions put to interviewees can include requests to name local cheeses or mountains.
Those in favour of maintaining the current system also argue that the strict vetting rules make it superior to the more anonymous systems in neighbouring France and Germany.
Over the past 30 years, three previous attempts to relax the rules have been defeated. This time, opinion polls suggest the vote on Sunday will be close. Big cities back the idea, while more conservative rural areas oppose it.
BBC News NI examines the events that followed her disappearance in 1994.
14 August 1994: Fifteen year old Arlene Arkinson goes missing after attending a disco at Bundoran in Donegal.
The Castlederg teenager was last seen in a car driven by Irish native Robert Lesarian Howard.
21 April 2001: South London teenager Hannah Williams goes missing during a shopping trip.
15 March 2002: Williams's badly decomposed body is discovered in an industrial area of Northfleet, Kent, beside the Thames estuary.
23 March 2002: Howard, a convicted sex offender who had known Williams since 1999, is arrested.
October 2003: Howard is found guilty of raping and murdering the 14-year-old before dumping her body. He is sentenced to life imprisonment although the details of his conviction cannot be reported because he faces separate sex charges in Northern Ireland. He is jailed in County Durham, England.
27 June 2005: Howard, then 61, is found not guilty of murdering Arlene Arkinson. The prosecution had accused him of trying to conceal his movements on the night Arlene went missing and getting others to lie for him. The jury did not know that by then he was already serving life for raping and killing Hannah Williams.
20 September 2005: As reporting restrictions are lifted at Belfast Crown Court, it emerges that Howard's criminal record dates back 40 years.
20 September 2011: Howard wins permission to challenge the holding of an inquest into Arlene's death. His legal team claim the move involves an attempt to undermine the not guilty verdict returned against him.
6 February 2013: Senior Coroner John Leckey rules out holding a full inquest into the murder of Arlene Arkinson within the calendar year because of a strain on resources.
24 June 2015: The long-delayed inquest into Arlene's disappearance is again postponed until November 2015.
2 October 2015: Howard dies aged 71. He remains the only suspect in the murder of Arlene Arkinson. Former PSNI detective Alan McQuillan says chances were missed to save the lives of his victims. Despite 92 searches and a long-running missing persons investigation, Arlene's body has never been recovered.
Grix, 31, was one of three Huddersfield players to suffer injuries during Friday's defeat at St Helens.
He played 24 games for the Giants last season after a previous shoulder injury limited his appearances in 2014.
"Everything you can imagine that's gone wrong with his shoulder has done," Anderson told BBC Radio Leeds.
"He has had previous history with surgery on that shoulder and it will be a longer rehabilitation programme. We're looking at five months."
Anderson also said club captain Danny Brough, who suffered a dead leg that led to him being substituted, and Eorl Crabtree (groin) will be out for a few weeks.
"It's the first time in my history I've seen Danny in genuine pain," Anderson added. "He's a tough human being and he hates rehab, so he's giving them a tough time."
The Exiles have given away 19 spot-kicks this campaign, more than any other side in League Two.
That statistic has contributed to Newport finding themselves six points from safety.
"We've not been unlucky, there's been mistakes. I will be drumming it home to the boys again," said Flynn.
Of the 19 spot-kicks County have given away, 14 of them have been converted, often robbing the Welsh side of points.
Most recently, Luton's Danny Hylton fired home from 12 yards on Tuesday night before Newport fought back for a point in their bid to avoid dropping out of the Football League.
Caretaker boss Flynn said that while there had been some questionable decisions, it was a lack of care in their own box from his players that was contributing.
"There's been a lot of silly fouls, there's been a few dubious decisions against us, but on the whole I think a lot of them have been penalties," said Flynn.
"You can't dive in in the box, you can't pull shirts. You have to be so careful now, stand up, move you feet, make the striker do something extraordinary to get a shot off.
"But it's done now, I can't change it. I'd love to change it, but we've given away too many penalties and it's cost us."
Newport head to high-flying Portsmouth on Saturday looking to try to drag others into the relegation fight.
The club brought in former Cardiff City manager Lennie Lawrence to act as 'first team management consultant' alongside Flynn.
But, rather than feeling threatened by the appointment, fledgling manager Flynn said bringing 69-year-old Lawrence in had actually been his idea.
"It was my idea so I obviously welcome him here," Flynn added.
"I'm not arrogant. I know the things I need to improve on and I know what I'm good at.
"If I can't learn from someone like Lenny then I am in the wrong game.
"Against Luton, straight away, his advice was outstanding. His experience is invaluable."
The soaring temperatures are part of a trend putting the world on track for the warmest year on record.
Maximum temperatures were warmer than average across nearly the entire continent, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
Nine of the warmest springs on record occurred since 2002, said BoM Manager of Climate Monitoring Karl Braganza.
"Australia has been warming up, by about 0.9C since 1910," Dr Braganza told the BBC.
Australian temperature records go back to 1910.
"There were two really significant heat waves on the east [of Australia] and there were a couple of [heatwave] duration records," he said.
A 13-day stretch of above-40C weather ended on 25 November in Longreach in north-west Queensland. It was some of the hottest weather in living memory for the Queensland town.
"In the past couple of years, we have seen heatwaves starting earlier in the season," said Dr Braganza.
Spring 2014 was the warmest on record for Australia for the second year running. Both mean temperatures and maximum temperatures were highest on record for the season.
Spring rainfall for Australia as a whole was 34% below the long-term mean.
In the Murray-Darling Basin, in the interior of south-eastern Australia, this spring was the equal tenth driest on record. The area is one of the most important agricultural areas in the country.
Some of the hottest temperatures in November were recorded at Roxby Downs in South Australia with 46.1C, and in Richmond in NSW with 45.3C.
"On 23 November, most of NSW was baking," said Dr Braganza.
Johnny Russell's header gave the visitors a lead which lasted barely a minute as Jonathan Kodjia levelled.
Bobby Reid scored from distance as City led at half-time, but Derby struck back shortly after the break.
Craig Bryson levelled from 12 yards before Ince put his team ahead with a left-footed shot across goal.
It is the first time Derby have won four successive league games since April 2014 and victory, combined with Cardiff City's defeat at Brentford, ensures they will finish the season inside the top six.
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With three games remaining, Derby are level on points with fourth-placed Hull, who enjoyed a late victory over Reading and have a game in hand.
Bristol City showed commitment throughout the match but it was an error-strewn performance.
The defeat, plus MK Dons' draw at Sheffield Wednesday, means City still need a point to guarantee Championship survival.
Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson:
"I'm disappointed with the result and angry at the performance. We were naive tonight and didn't communicate as well as we needed to.
"The players gave everything and the problem was our quality, not our attitude.
"You can't make as many mistakes in succession as we did against a good side. That's me being honest."
Derby head coach Darren Wassall:
"That's four wins on the trot, the first time we have done that for two years.
"Now we want to extend that run right through to the play-offs because it's important we go into the semi-finals in the best possible form.
"It was the ideal result for us after trailing 2-1 at half time. We knew it would be tough because Bristol City have been in good form at home recently.
"I'm delighted with the way the players responded in the second half. In the end we could have had more goals."
New tax powers mean a new finance role, carved out from the vast array of things that John Swinney has been doing for the past nine years. That's one for Derek Mackay, who is highly rated by the First Minister.
That will be important to determining the future direction of tax policy as income tax is devolved.
He also gets the constitution brief, which obviously matters to SNP ministers and members. But as Mr Swinney remains deputy first minister, he will surely continue to have a role in that too.
And Mr Swinney also takes in skills, which is a very significant part of what government can do about economic growth.
What else can it do? Business bosses will tell you a crucial bit of government's role in the economy is to get the planning system working.
That's not with the economy brief, of which Keith Brown is now in charge, but with a new portfolio called "communities, social security and equalities". Angela Constance has moved to that from education.
Then there's transport. That seems to be split. The infrastructure spending bit falls into Mr Brown's new economy brief.
But the less chunky bits of transport - from air routes to bus fares - appear to be for Fergus Ewing, which fits a bit oddly with his rural affairs role.
Mr Ewing and his fishing and farming officials will also be pushing for wider and faster reach for "connectivity". Again, broadband is far from being only a rural issue.
And for those with an interest in the rural economy, that too is going in different directions. The environment is a big deal for farmers and renewable energy developers. Land reform will continue to shake up country estates. They are now grouped with climate change under Roseanna Cunningham's charge.
And tourism gets promoted to a special mention in a job description. It's now in with culture, tourism and external affairs, with Fiona Hyslop in charge.
It's arguable whether tourism deserves special status, apart from the wider economy. It can help it by giving it special attention, and in this case, it clearly fits with the arts and overseas promotion. But there's more to tourism that fits with the economy, skills, connectivity, the environment and planning.
If you're interested in tourism development, for instance, that means you'll have to speak to six cabinet ministers, as well as the finance minister and first minister. You probably won't have to deal with Michael Matheson at justice or Shona Robison at health.
It would be best not to overstate this fractured business and economy portfolio. As Brian Taylor has pointed out, the configuration of jobs reflects priorities. And government priorities change.
More significantly, the way the Scottish government's cabinet has worked under SNP management has been much less about departmental battling than it was before, and than it remains in Westminster. SNP ministers will tell you they're a close-knit bunch and not given to battling with each other.
However, one factor that is getting closer to Westminster is the role of a finance minister, as tax-setter, purse-bearer, gate-keeper and progress-chaser. In governments around the world, that has a habit of gaining a lot of power at the expense of others.
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The world champions' win in Wellington means they have an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
New Zealand ran in four second-half tries, but Liam Williams and Jonathan Davies scored in a late Welsh flurry.
"I was pleased we kept going until the end, I think it showed that we can play for 80 minutes," said Warburton.
"It's just they are ruthless when you make a mistake."
New Zealand took the game away from Wales in 14 second-half minutes with Ben Smith, Beauden Barrett, Waisake Naholo and Ardie Savea all crossing to score.
Wales had led the first Test after an hour in Auckland only for Steve Hansen's side to score 21 unanswered points on their way to a 39-21 victory.
Warburton had said before Saturday's game that Wales had a physical barrier to overcome against the All Blacks and admitted that keeping up with the pace of the game over 80 minutes was a significant challenge.
He said New Zealand were able to think more clearly in the final 10 minutes because they were used to playing at such a high tempo.
But in Wellington, it was Warren Gatland's side who finished on a high with Williams and Davies scoring late on to ensure Wales only lost by 14 points - the narrowest losing margin they have ever achieved against the All Blacks in New Zealand.
Wales hooker Ken Owens commented: "We finished strongly which we didn't do last weekend, which we're pretty proud of."
"One thing we spoke about behind the posts was not to go into our shells and just keep playing, keep plugging away and we got two tries in the end. I thought we played some decent stuff out there."
Warburton, though, says Wales' late rally was no consolation as their losing streak against the All Blacks stretched to 28 games, with their last win coming in 1953.
"We wanted to win that match and there was a great feeling at half-time, we physically felt good," he said.
"But one or two or three mistakes gives three tries. There was that three-minute period where we gave away two tries and that was a huge swing and they really grew after that.
"There's no psychological barrier to get over, it's just they're a damn good team and you've got to take your hat off to them.
"When they had to score tries and capitalise on our mistakes, they did. They don't punish you with three points, it's normally seven."
Wales face Hansen's side again in Dunedin on Saturday, 25 June and the New Zealand coach says his side will be better again next weekend after a powerful performance in Wellington.
"It's only the second game of the season so you would [still] expect a lot of improvement," he said.
"Whilst we improved, I think the Welsh team did as well.
"We scored five good tries and anytime you do that in a Test match you've got to be reasonably happy with your attack play and we defended really, really well for long periods of time."
Allan Williams, who worked with the Beatles from 1960 to 1961, died in December aged 86.
He arranged the band's breakthrough residency in Hamburg, where their future development was shaped, but parted company with them a year later.
His funeral was held at Liverpool Parish Church earlier.
John Keats, from Liverpool's Cavern Club, said he was "a huge part of the [Beatles] story."
"It was Allan that took them to Hamburg and in terms of the Beatles story, that's incredibly important... it's in Germany playing all those long sessions that they really got their stage set together and became a group."
"It's a huge loss but you've got to celebrate the fact that Allan was such a character," he said.
Born in Bootle, Williams was the original owner of Liverpool's Jacaranda Club, which opened in 1957 as a coffee bar, where he let the band play.
He then helped to secure them gigs in Britain and personally drove the van to take the Beatles to Hamburg in 1960.
Williams parted company with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe in 1961.
The following January, the band - minus Sutcliffe - signed a five-year contract with Brian Epstein.
Williams later co-wrote a memoir called Allan Williams: The Man Who Gave The Beatles Away.
The boy was taken to hospital in September 2013 with four "extreme" injuries including bleeding to the brain, Truro Crown Court heard.
He had been on the child protection register from birth, the jury was told.
His parents deny causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and causing or allowing injury to a child.
The father told the court the baby had been crying lots over the weekend before the couple took him to hospital.
He said they had gone shopping and the injury might have happened when he was being taken out of his car seat.
He also told the court the injuries might have been caused by his older brother jumping on him.
The mother said the baby had been "crying and crying" and "I wish I had taken him to hospital earlier, he must have been in so much pain".
However, medical experts say the injuries could not have been accidental and that they would have been caused by a major trauma.
Previously the court heard his father was not allowed to have unsupervised contact with the baby's brother, after the boy sustained suspicious injuries a year earlier.
The boy's mother told the court she had no reason to believe their baby was in any danger from his father.
However, on an earlier occasion she had seen blood coming from his mouth and when she had questioned his father, he told her he had accidentally banged the baby's head whilst picking him up.
The family was being monitored by social services after unexplained injuries were found on her older son.
Neither the man, woman nor the baby can be named for legal reasons.
The trial continues.
Reece Thompson's fifth goal of the season gave North Ferriby their third win in four league games and moved them to within two points of safety.
Thompson struck against his old club after 28 minutes when he rounded home goalkeeper Kyle Letheren before finding the York net.
The Minstermen went close when a Simon Lappin free-kick clipped a post, and Rhys Murphy had the ball in the net before Callum Rzonca's cross was adjudged to have drifted out of play.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, York City 0, North Ferriby United 1.
Second Half ends, York City 0, North Ferriby United 1.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Curtis Bateson replaces Ryan Fallowfield.
Simon Heslop (York City) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Ryan Kendall replaces Reece Thompson.
Sam Topliss (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, York City. Callum Rzonca replaces Danny Holmes.
Second Half begins York City 0, North Ferriby United 1.
Substitution, York City. Alex Whittle replaces Adriano Moke.
First Half ends, York City 0, North Ferriby United 1.
Rory Watson (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Rhys Murphy (York City) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! York City 0, North Ferriby United 1. Reece Thompson (North Ferriby United).
Connor Oliver (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Ben Middleton (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
It says 137,000 of its workers will see their pay rise from £7.08 an hour to £7.36 from the end of this month.
The new rate will also apply to its 40,000 workers who are under 25.
According to the British Retail Consortium the median wages for hourly-paid workers in the retail industry currently stands at £7.30 an hour.
Sainsbury's said its wage increase was "affordable" but did not disclose the additional cost to its overall wage bill.
Sainsbury's chief executive Mike Coupe praised the hard work and dedication of his staff.
Mr Coupe also said the company was one of the biggest tax payers in the UK.
"We think we contribute a lot to the exchequer and I think we can more than pay our way," he told BBC Breakfast.
Under plans announced in the Budget, workers aged over 25 in the UK will be paid a minimum of £7.20 an hour from April next year, rising to £9 by 2020. This compares to a minimum wage of £6.50 at present.
Some retailers, pub groups and care home providers have criticised the move, warning it could lead to higher prices, job losses or the closure of some care homes.
So what are standard hourly rates of pay at the other UK main grocers?
Tesco already pays its shop workers £7.39 an hour although staff are facing a pay freeze this year.
Morrisons says it pays a minimum of £6.83, outside London and several other locations. It has yet to set its new annual rate.
Asda said its hourly rate of pay is currently £6.89, outside of London, a figure which will increase to £7.00 in October as part of its annual pay review.
The shop workers' union Usdaw welcomed Sainsbury's pay increase.
"I'm pleased the company has listened to us as significant increases in retail pay is long overdue," said national officer Joanne McGuinness.
"We meet with the company every year and make a strong case for decent rewards for staff, particularly around pay, and the new rate of £7.36 is a step in that direction.
"For the small number of staff not covered by the increase we will make representations to the company to address this issue."
Amanda Young, 40, slumped in the dock at Bristol Crown Court as the verdict was read out.
Joshua Gafney, 22, died after she administered 14 times the dose of anti-psychotic Clozapine in February 2012.
During trial, Ms Young said she had "not seen" details of the drug's strength written on the bottle's label.
Witnesses described the nurse, from Yeovil, Somerset, as "kind and empathetic" and dedicated to her profession.
The court was told Mr Gafney had serious mental health issues and was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
Ms Young was instructed to give him 6ml - a little more than a teaspoon - of Clozapine but the court heard she "hadn't seen" the dosage written on the medication.
Instead, she poured six bottles into a glass for him.
Mr Gafney drank the glass, containing 84ml, and was pronounced dead two hours later.
Defence barrister, Elizabeth Marsh QC, had told jurors at least two other nurses had given Mr Gafney similar doses in the days leading up his death.
She described Ms Young's actions as "a mistake by a compassionate and focused nurse".
But the 32-year-old is expected to be fit in time for Swansea's Premier League opener at Southampton on Saturday, 12 August.
The Welsh club says the Spaniard's pre-season training programme will be adjusted because of his injury.
Llorente was Swansea's top scorer last season with 15 goals from 33 games.
Narrative - which was originally known as Memoto - raised more than $550,000 (£425,000) when it crowdfunded its small wearable camera in 2012.
Its failure follows the demise of Autographer, which sold a similar item.
Others are still active in the sector and Sony has teased its own product. But one expert suggested such kit was doomed.
"I love the concept of life-loggers but after wearing one for several weeks and it quickly became clear that it made people uncomfortable," commented Ben Wood from the consultancy CCS Insight.
"People tended to consider it an invasion of their privacy and in business situations is was verging on unacceptable.
"Although a life-loggers such as the Narrative Clip provided a much more discreet way of recording your day compared to the awkward looking Google Glass, they also quickly became a lightning conductor for privacy concerns.
"But cameras are becoming so pervasive that I think it is only a matter of time before life-loggers resurface - a camera the size of a button that you could wear at all times might appeal to some."
The Narrative Clip cameras automatically took a photo every 30 seconds and could also record videos.
Narrative has emailed owners saying it will no longer be able to support its products, but it is providing a tool to allow content stored on its servers to be downloaded. The cameras will also continue to record images into their local storage.
Although the life-logging concept may not have caught on, wearable cameras may still have a chance.
Last week, the makers of the popular Snapchat messaging app announced they plan to sell sunglasses that can record up to 30 seconds of video at a time.
Three years ago, life-logging was all the rage. Devices like the Narrative Clip, the Autographer wearable camera and of course Google Glass promised a future where we would all record every moment of our lives - for posterity or to share instantly with the world.
Now all three have disappeared, swept away on a wave of indifference or active distaste.
It turned out that not many people wanted to record the extraordinarily dull minutiae of their lives - and their friends and family often objected to featuring in their home-made reality television shows.
Personally, I enjoyed trying out Google Glass and Autographer and kept meaning to get myself a Narrative Clip. But after a few weeks, I decided they were curios, not life-changing gadgets.
Just because technology makes something possible, it doesn't mean we will find it desirable or even useful.
Former British Davis Cup player Jamie Baker, who'd once been ranked number two in the British game, made his decision to quit in June 2013.
However, his career earnings over nine years of competition totalled a more modest £360,000.
Both players had battled significant injury and fitness problems during their time on tour, but their future prospects were worlds apart.
Li Na, 32, one of the most recognised, inspirational figures - not merely in China but throughout Asia and beyond - commanded huge off-court commercial value.
In contrast, Mr Baker, 26, had achieved a career high ranking of 186 in 2012, but had nothing like the sponsorships and endorsements enjoyed by the Chinese player to show for his dedication.
So, looking for a new job took him completely out of his comfort zone, having previously given little thought to anything else except succeeding at tennis.
"I knew there would be a life [outside tennis]. But I definitely didn't know what that was going to be," he says.
We are sitting in the same London head office where he was interviewed last autumn for a role - one that he now holds - within the UK corporate division of bank Santander.
Unlike many players confronted by such a stark change in circumstances, Mr Baker had actually made moves in the months before he stopped playing.
"I knew who I was going to speak to, and how I was going to get in front of as many people as possible, to assess the options," he says of those job hunting days.
And, importantly, he sought advice from the British game's governing body - the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) - where he was introduced to its senior performance lifestyle advisor, Rachel Newnham.
She says: "Most tennis players have few qualifications. They left school early on. Education is looked on as if it's 'tennis or nothing'.
"They think they're going to stay in tennis. They think that coaching is the next thing they're going to move on to."
For Mr Baker, however, coaching was never the goal. With a brother already working as a trader in the City, he had an inkling of another, off court, world.
But it was Ms Newnham's contact at a recruitment agency that properly set him on his way into banking.
"Part of the reason I wanted to stop [playing] was to give something else a go," he says. "It was just a question of when."
He said he was made aware of the many different jobs in finance, not just City trading, and that such knowledge helped enable him to "give this a shot and get into the business world".
Mr Baker, now 28, has become a role model for Ms Newnham in her drive to make other UK players appreciate what is possible outside of the sport that has consumed them all their lives.
Making such a change involves a change in attitude and culture among players, says Ms Newnham.
She continues: "There is no shame in having a plan B - the smart ones have one. Usually it's the lower ranked players who are aware that they are going to have to do something else after tennis."
Ms Newnham says although players' CVs may be short of formal qualifications such as GCSEs, the skills they pick up as tennis competitors are transferable and hugely in demand in a lot of jobs.
"Motivation, leadership skills, teamwork, having the commitment, the drive, and focus are hugely thought of by employers these days," she says, referring to these attributes as "life skills that you can't teach".
These words offer encouragement to Tara Moore, 22, who's currently ranked number six in Britain. Her funding was among that cut under LTA reforms announced last December.
She's still keen to make her way in the sport she's played since she was six years old, but understands that her plans may have to change unless her fortunes improve on court.
"I'm finding ways to continue playing tennis but if you're not in the [world] top 100 or 200, you're not earning money. We're barely breaking even," she says.
"If I was to stop today then I would have nothing. I would have to start from zero. And that's incredibly tough, incredibly scary.
"But Rachel shows us that there other things besides tennis, there are so many other things we can do and skills we can use from tennis."
Ms Moore's house-mate in London is another who appreciates Newnham's expertise.
Oliver Golding, the 2011 US Open Boys' Champion, announced his retirement just before Christmas - at the age of just 21 - and has consulted her on what he might do next.
Currently he's working at his mother's tennis coaching company while working out his next move.
Around 80% of British players choose to stay in the game either coaching or working in administration.
Martin Lee is among them. Now 37, he runs his own coaching business in Buckinghamshire with another former player Paul Delgado.
Mr Lee, who reached a career best world ranking of 94, always knew he wanted to work in tennis, following his father who was a coach for 40 years.
Initially after retiring he tried his hand at sports management, but missed the court environment.
His company, Living Tennis, offers tuition from community to elite levels, including coaching a thousand children each week at its eight venues.
Three years after their launch, turnover has increased to £500,000. Their office is now at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, where they won the contract to run the tennis facility.
Mr Lee admits it's been a daunting venture. He says he's permanently tired, regularly working 12 hours per day, seven days a week.
"When you're a tennis player, you only think of one person and that's yourself," he says. "You have to be selfish because it's your career and it's your job.
"Now it's totally the opposite. The last person we think about is ourselves. We've got to get enough money in to pay everyone and we've got to make sure everybody gets the most out of their time."
The same commitment which qualified him to play in Grand Slam tournaments during his ten years on tour now earn him a living in a very different way.
Mr Lee and Mr Baker find it hard to replace the camaraderie and thrill of competition in their new roles.
Both make time to play the game when they can and enjoy the familiar, instant feedback of winning or losing.
But for Mr Baker, who's working as a commentator at the Australian Open, there is a strong connection between the past and the present which bodes well for the future.
"I feel like my tennis life has prepared me for what's happening now," he says.
"I hope that in 10 or 15 years I will feel I am making a big difference, and I'm really glad that I had the opportunity to go through that journey."
The investigation into Emstrey Crematorium in Shrewsbury will be led by former Dorset County Council chief executive David Jenkins.
It comes after the BBC found just one out of 30 sets of ashes were given to babies' families since 2004.
The inquiry, commissioned by Shropshire Council, is due to begin on Wednesday.
But parents said they should have been consulted over the appointment.
"All we are asking for is a fair hearing," said Glen Perkins, founder of the Action for Ashes campaign group, which called for the inquiry.
Mr Perkins's four-month-old daughter Olivia was cremated at Emstrey Crematorium in December 2007 but the family was told by the funeral director there would be no remains.
He said he did not trust the council investigation to be truly independent or rigorous.
"I think the hardest thing to presume is that we will get an answer about what happened to Olivia," he said.
"I don't think I will ever know.
"I can look at her picture but I can't go where she should be and that hurts."
Mr Jenkins, a solicitor who has led reviews of other authorities and public service organisations, was recommended for the role by the Local Government Association.
The inquiry findings are due to be published in April.
Shropshire Council leader Keith Barrow said: "I'm really pleased that David has agreed to chair the inquiry and I'm confident that he is the right person to carry out this very important role.
"He has all the right experience and qualifications and, importantly, is independent."
Emstrey Crematorium has been managed by Co-Operative Funeralcare on behalf of Shropshire Council since 2009.
Far less lethally, his party is currently engaged in infighting that he would never have predicted as prime minister.
It's a measure of how Labour has changed that its current leader is set to denounce its most successful one.
Jeremy Corbyn was instrumental in setting up the Stop the War Coalition to oppose - initially - military action in Afghanistan in 2001. At its peak it mobilised as many as two million people to demonstrate against the Iraq War.
In 2003, speaking at one of its rallies, Mr Corbyn - then a rebellious backbencher - predicted that those who took the country to war would pay a political price.
And on Wednesday he will have the opportunity to denounce Mr Blair from the despatch box of the House of Commons.
During last year's Labour leadership contest Mr Corbyn insisted that the war wasn't just "catastrophic" - and responsible for the current instability in the Middle East - but also "illegal".
That message clearly went down well with many who elected him so he is likely to repeat it.
He strongly hinted in a BBC interview last August that he may well brand Mr Blair a war criminal but he will wait to read the report before rushing to judgement.
His team is frustrated that he won't see it until 08:00 BST and will have just a short time to digest its two and a half million words (or even its 150-page "summary") before he is expected to speak about its findings in the Commons around lunchtime.
What is almost certain is that he will apologise for his party's role in taking the country to war. Mr Blair will not.
He has already apologised - on CNN - for failures in planning and said he regretted the inaccurate use of intelligence. But he won't say sorry for unseating Saddam Hussein.
In this, he won't just be attacked by the current Labour leader.
The SNP's foreign affairs spokesman - and former party leader - Alex Salmond has said he expects Chilcot to be "damning".
He will be searching the 29 previously unpublished memos from Mr Blair to President Bush for any evidence of what he calls "predetermination".
In other words, was Mr Blair privately settled on regime change when publicly, concerns about Iraq's weapons programme was being promoted as the basis for action?
But the Chilcot inquiry was told from the outset to steer clear of apportioning "criminal or civil liability" - it will not pronounce on whether Mr Blair, or anyone else, is or is not a war criminal.
So the former prime minister's critics will have to assemble their own ammunition from the wealth of 150,000 documents that lie behind the report and not from the words of Sir John Chilcot himself.
Sir John has, however, revealed ahead of publication that he hasn't shied away from criticising individuals.
He served on the Butler inquiry in 2004, which looked at the use of intelligence, so it's highly likely that its criticisms of the use of informal "sofa government", rather than collective decision-making across the cabinet table, will be repeated.
The certainty with which Mr Blair presented "patchy" intelligence could well be called into question too - even if there was no deliberate attempt to mislead.
Lord Butler had said that "more weight was placed on the intelligence than it could bear".
But it's not just Mr Blair's political reputation that is at stake.
Clare Short's international development department and the apparently limited role it played in post-war reconstruction has been closely examined by Sir John.
The defence secretary in the run up to the war - Geoff Hoon - may face scrutiny over whether political and diplomatic manoeuvring delayed military planning and the provision of appropriate kit.
There has been strong criticism from some in the military as well as from bereaved families that our forces were - initially at least - not properly equipped.
The then Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith could face scrutiny in the report over why the full, and nuanced, legal advice on the war wasn't presented to the entire cabinet - though Sir John himself won't pronounce on the legality, or otherwise, of the conflict.
It will be for the outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron to respond first to the report, just an hour or so after publication - though he has had advance sight of it. He will have to outline any lessons learnt from a conflict he supported.
The Iraq War has cast a long shadow over domestic politics and foreign relations - and may have been responsible for a political reluctance to commit ground troops in subsequent conflicts.
But one legacy of Iraq has been welcomed by politicians.
There was a vote of MPs on whether to go to war in 2003 and there have been similar votes on major military action - from Libya to Syria - ever since. That tradition now seems to be embedded in our unwritten constitution.
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Alfred N'Diaye scored on his Tigers debut and loanee Oumar Niasse added the second as the Reds lost for the fourth time in their past five matches.
Klopp's men remain fourth - though they could slip to fifth on Sunday - but are yet to win a league match in 2017.
"The overall performance was not like it should be. It makes no sense for us to play like this," said Klopp.
"If we played like we did in the second half for the whole game, no team can cope with us. But we need to wake up; that was not acceptable."
Five-time European champions Liverpool have played in the Champions League just once in the past six seasons.
They remain in the qualifying places despite their defeat at Hull, but Manchester City will pass them if they avoid defeat by Swansea on Sunday (13:30 GMT) and Manchester United will move to within one point of the Reds if they beat Leicester City (16:00 GMT).
Klopp has told his players to forget about focusing on their league position and accept all the criticism that will come their way because "it's 100% true".
"The Champions League is a big, big target but it is so difficult because there are so many challengers," he said. "After today's performance we don't have to think about this.
"A week ago I spoke about expectations and said we were still allowed to have a positive look on the situation because we are still fourth in the league.
"But, after a game like this, we have to take all the criticism because we expect more from ourselves and we have to show more than we did today. It is my responsibility to make it possible."
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Victory for Hull maintained their 100% home record under Marco Silva, who succeeded Mike Phelan last month.
"Of course I'm happy with our performance," he said. "My team showed a fantastic attitude and fantastic spirit, and the important thing is to keep focus and continue to take more points.
"We need to keep sight of our goal because we have only won three points and nothing more. But this shows the players that this is the right way and they can believe.
"This is important because when the players don't believe it is impossible."
Former England striker Alan Shearer on Match of the Day
"One of the problems Klopp had when he arrived at Liverpool was they were defensively really poor and 16 months on they're still really poor.
"It was far too easy for Hull to score. That can't be allowed to happen and that's why Liverpool won't win the title.
"Hull were absolutely superb and deserved the three points."
Channel 4 announced the show's new line-up ahead of its first series since leaving the BBC.
"I could not be more delighted by who will be joining me on the show," said Hollywood, the only holdover from the BBC's version.
Leith said she was "so thrilled to be joining... the biggest show on TV".
"I cannot wait to see what the real stars of the show - the bakers - are going to create for us," the restaurateur and novelist went on.
The 77-year-old had previously revealed she would "love" to take over from Mary Berry as a judge on the baking competition.
"It is an extraordinary honour to part of this national treasure of a show," said Toksvig, who will co-present the show with The Mighty Boosh's Fielding.
Fielding himself said Bake Off was "one of his favourite shows" and that landing the job was "a dream come true".
Channel 4's Jay Hunt said Leith and Hollywood had "huge amounts of expertise", while Toksvig and Fielding would bring "plenty of fun and warmth".
"It's just the sort of innovative line-up audiences expect from Channel 4," the channel's chief creative officer continued.
The BBC lost the contract to broadcast Bake Off last year after Love Productions, the makers of the show, signed a three-year deal with Channel 4.
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, the programme's previous co-hosts, declined to follow it to its new home, while Berry said she was "never asked".
The show made its debut on BBC Two in 2010, moving to BBC One in 2014.
Earlier on Thursday, BBC director general Tony Hall admitted he was "very upset to lose the Bake Off".
"We'll just have to pick ourselves up, and we are doing, and coming up with new things too," he told young reporters taking part in this year's BBC News School Report.
The news has certainly divided opinion among fans on Twitter.
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Mrs Danczuk, who found fame posting "selfies" on Twitter, was hoping to be chosen to stand for Labour in the marginal Bury North constituency.
But the party has instead chosen James Frith to stand for the seat, currently held by Conservative David Nuttall.
Mrs Danczuk has tweeted her support for Mr Frith and said she will campaign alongside him.
The mother-of-two served as a Labour councillor from 2012 to 2015 in her hometown of Rochdale.
She later became famous for posting revealing photographs on Twitter.
The 33-year-old waived her right to anonymity last year after her brother was jailed for raping her as a child.
She became patron of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood and said she wanted to become an MP to help victims of sexual abuse.
Mrs Danczuk is the ex-wife of Simon Danczuk, the sitting MP in Rochdale.
He was suspended by Labour in 2015, pending an investigation, following revelations he exchanged explicit messages with a 17-year-old girl.
Mr Danczuk, 50, who currently serves as an independent MP, recently said he "expects to fight the general election for Labour" in Rochdale on 8 June.
Letters announcing the ban were sent out on Monday, giving businesses 48 hours to get rid of their stock, the reports stated.
There was no official announcement from the government, but unnamed officials told outlets the decision was made due to "security concerns".
It is unclear if Morocco is now intending to ban the garment outright.
A high-ranking interior ministry official confirmed the ban to the Le360 news site, adding that "bandits have repeatedly used this garment to perpetrate their crimes".
The burka, which covers the entire face and body, is not widely worn in Morocco, with most women favouring the hijab, which does not shroud the face.
Women in Salafist circles, and in more conservative regions in the north, are more likely to wear the niqab, which leaves the area around the eyes uncovered.
The decision has split opinion in the North African kingdom, led by King Mohammed VI, who favours a moderate version of Islam.
Hammad Kabbaj, a preacher barred from standing in parliamentary elections in October over his alleged ties to "extremism", denounced the ban as "unacceptable", mocking the "Morocco of freedom and human rights" which "considers the wearing of the Western swimsuit on the beaches an untouchable right".
Meanwhile, the Northern Moroccan National Observatory for Human Development said it considered the measure an "arbitrary decision that is an indirect violation of women's freedom of expression and wearing what reflects their identities or their religious, political or social beliefs".
But Nouzha Skalli, a former family and social development minister, welcomed the ban as "an important step in the fight against religious extremism".
It has gone further than recommendations from the regulator to ban surcharges on debit cards only, by proposing to issue the same ban on credit cards.
However, traders will be allowed to levy a "small charge" to cover the cost of processing a card payment.
So what will this mean for you?
What are these surcharges?
Consumers booking tickets for travel or entertainment online are often charged extra when they tick the box that says they intend to pay by credit or debit card.
Sometimes this payment is only added to the total cost after buyers have ploughed their way through up to eight web pages.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said that this is unfair, because it makes it difficult for consumers to compare prices between different companies.
So what is the government proposing to do?
The government wants to ban "excessive" surcharges for anyone using a debit or credit card. It says that the charge should only relate to the "small" cost to a retailer of processing a card payment.
The ban will cover travel companies, booking agencies and even councils.
In effect it is bringing forward European proposals that will force companies to make these surcharges cost-reflective.
These were not due to become law until mid-2014, but the government will bring the new law into force in the UK from April 2013.
Does this kind of thing happen in many industries?
It certainly does.
There is evidence of local authorities and the DVLA levying these surcharges.
However, the OFT said in its report earlier this year that it considered the travel industry to be the most pressing to deal with.
There is a difference in using a debit or credit card when buying items.
Using a credit card does offer extra protection for consumers if things go wrong, such as a travel company collapsing, and, of course, allows people to book tickets on credit.
What do travel companies say?
Some made changes to their websites after recommendations were made by the OFT.
Those airlines which failed to do so were investigated by the watchdog, and later agreed to include debit card charges in their headline prices.
They were Ryanair, Easyjet, Aer Lingus, BMI Baby, Eastern Airways, Flybe, German Wings, Jet2, Lufthansa, Thomas Cook, Thomson and Wizz Air.
Why is there a card processing cost anyway?
High Street retailers point out that they absorb the cost, by charging the same in shops to someone paying by card as they do to cash-paying customers.
However, card payments do involve costs, in what is quite a complex process.
The customer uses a card to pay for a product or service. The retailer or business takes the card details and gives them to an "acquirer". The acquirer is the bank which processes the payment on the retailer's behalf.
The acquirer passes on the details to the customer's bank or building society, and passes the payment back to the retailer. This operation is overseen by the card scheme, such as Visa, Mastercard or Maestro.
So, for example, the acquirer will charge a fee for its part of the process.
How did this issue come to light?
After an investigation prompted by a super-complaint from the consumers' association Which?.
Various consumer groups have the statutory power to make a super-complaint to the OFT if an issue is "significantly harming the interests of consumers".
The OFT has 90 days to respond by stating what action, if any, it plans to take on the issue and the reasons behind its decision.
The OFT made proposals which led to the latest government response.
Yes, to a degree.
It has already read the riot act to businesses over "drip-pricing". This is when extra costs are added when a customer goes through the transaction process online.
Now, businesses must include any compulsory extras in their headline price on their website.
For example, if an airline charges customers a fuel duty surcharge, this must be included in the advertised price of the flight.
Many businesses have made prices on their websites clearer as a result of these rules.
John Kear's side failed to win a game in last year's tournament.
But tries from Steve Parry, Dalton Grant and Anthony Walker, plus three Courtney Davies goals, ensured a moral-boosting win for Wales.
Scotland were always playing catch-up but finished with tries from Dale Ferguson and Oscar Thomas
Wales started brightly and Parry weaved his way through the Scottish defence to go under the posts, allowing Davies an easy conversion.
Davies increased the home side's lead when he was the subject of a dangerous tackle, picking himself up to kick the resulting penalty goal.
Scotland hit back through a Ferguson try between the sticks, converted by Danny Brough.
But Grant squeezed over in the corner to give Wales a 12-6 lead at half-time.
Ferguson nearly grabbed a second try as Scotland started the second period well, but he was held up over the line.
Wales stretched their lead with another Davies kick, before Walker went over after good work by Rhys Williams and Ollie Olds.
Thomas ensured a thrilling finale as his try, converted by Brough, brought Scotland to within a converted try of claiming a draw.
But Wales held firm to get their campaign up and running.
Wales next host France at Cardiff Arms Park on 30 October, before an away game in Ireland on 7 November.
Wales squad: Michael Channing (Castleford Tigers), Dalton Grant (Dewsbury Rams), Courtney Davies, Jamie Murphy, Steve Parry, Lewis Reece (Gloucestershire All Golds), Craig Kopczak (Huddersfield Giants), Elliot Kear, Rhys Williams (London Broncos), Matt Barron, Ricky Hough (Newcastle Thunder), Joe Burke, Rob Massam, Christian Roets (North Wales Crusaders), Morgan Knowles (St Helens), Ollie Olds (Souths Logan Magpies), Anthony Walker (Wakefield Trinity), Phil Joseph (Widnes Vikings), Rhodri Lloyd (Wigan Warriors)
Scotland squad: Danny Addy, Dale Ferguson (Bradford Bulls), Corbyn Kilday (Central Queensland Capras), David Scott (Doncaster), Lewis Clarke, Scott Plumridge, Craig Robertson (Edinburgh Eagles), Joe McClean (Gloucestershire All Golds), Danny Brough (Huddersfield Giants), Sonny Esslemont, Adam Walker (Hull KR), Johnny Walker (Leigh Centurions), Ben Hellewell, Oscar Thomas, Alex Walker (London Broncos), Liam Hood (Salford Red Devils), Richard Harris (Warrington Wolves), Ben Kavanagh (Widnes Vikings), Harvey Burnett (unattached)
The five men and two women are charged with more than 60 offences in total against 12 girls between November 1987 and March 2003.
All seven deny the charges against them. Arshid Hussain, 40, denies 28 charges, including five counts of rape.
They have been on trial at Sheffield Crown Court since December.
Arshid Hussain, 40, High Street, East Cowick, Goole, faces 28 charges, including five counts of rape.
Qurban Ali, 53, Clough Road, Rotherham, faces four charges, including rape and conspiracy to rape.
Majid Bostan, 37, Ledsham Road, Rotherham faces one charge of indecent assault.
Sajid Bostan, 38, Broom Avenue, Rotherham faces seven charges, including four counts of rape,.
Basharat Hussain, 39, of no fixed abode, faces 15 charges including two counts of rape.
Karen MacGregor, 58, Barnsley Road, Wath, South Yorkshire, faces four charges, including conspiracy to rape.
Shelley Davies, 40, Wainwright Road, Kimberworth Park, Rotherham, faces two charges, including false imprisonment.
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Irani told BBC Essex: "We need to try to get into Division One of the County Championship. We've fallen short of that for quite a few years now.
"We have to change and we have to improve massively."
Essex were last in the top division in 2010, when they were relegated after winning just two matches.
Irani, who played for Essex between 1994 and 2007, has recently replaced Graham Saville, who held the post for 27 years, as committee chairman.
"Our performance levels haven't been as high as they should have been and a lot of the members would probably say that," added Irani, who won three Test and 31 one-day international caps for England.
"We need to keep working hard and improving in all areas.
"Top players who want to achieve and be successful aren't necessarily bothered about the type of beer in the members' bar. That's down to the members, but the players themselves want to win things.
"We know the Test grounds have always got a bigger wage structure and bigger budgets, but there are ways and means.
"There's an amazing heritage here, and we're not actually far behind when it comes to wage structure."
The stock phrase cropped up again on the occasion of Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond's visit to Tehran to reopen the British embassy nearly four years after it was closed amid attacks by hardline protesters.
Conservative daily Hemayat carried a front page report headlined "The old fox arrived with its lights turned off". Another conservative daily, Resalat, published a report entitled "No-one is happy with the return of the old fox".
As in many other countries, foxes symbolise a cunning and sly character in Persian literature but where does the term "the old fox" come from?
In the Persian language, a poet who died in Tehran around 85 years ago was the first to promote the phrase.
Seyyed Ahmad Adib Pishavari (1844-1930) was an expert in literature and philosophy, whose work was characterised by anti-British sentiment.
Born in Peshawar, in today's Pakistan, he lost many of his relatives during the wars with British forces in 1857-58. Adib later moved to Iran where he continued his education.
There, he experienced major events such as the Constitutional Revolution, in 1905-07. The revolution led to the establishment of the parliament during the Qajar dynasty.
Despite the fact that the majority of people backed the creation of the constitutional monarchy, Adib described the revolution as a "plot" hatched by Britain.
His anti-UK feelings emerged in his poetry, particularly during World War One. In fact, he wrote several poems in support of the German Kaiser.
Throughout his works, he often likened the UK to animals - an "old fox", an "ominous raven" and a "venomous viper" - to attack British colonial policies in Iran and the region, policies which he saw as "evil". The term, the old fox, however, remains popular to this day.
The following is a translation of one of Adib's poems:
Many an ancient house
Was razed after you crept in
You seized lands through your fox games
You have escaped hundred of traps, like an old fox.
There's been an orchestrated media campaign against the reopening of the British embassy. Conservative media outlets are highlighting key moments in Iran and Britain's troubled history including Britain's complicity in the CIA 1953 coup which toppled the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadeq.
They also accuse Britain of helping mastermind and provoke the mass street protests against the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which followed the disputed presidential elections in 2009. Conservatives refer to those protests as "sedition".
"Such documented historical evidence is only one part of the treason and deception of the evil British government against the noble people of Iran. That's a strong reason for the historical hatred by Iranians towards Britain and that's why they call it 'the old fox'," says a commentary from the conservative Mehr news agency.
Some hardline users also took to social media platforms to criticise the perceived thaw in the bilateral relations by posting pictures and cartoons of "the old fox".
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The target, to be met by 2021, is double that set by Welsh Labour ministers in the current assembly term.
Lib Dem AM Peter Black said the Lib Dems would fund the proposals using new borrowing powers and by scrapping plans for an M4 relief road.
He said action was needed to tackle a "crippling undersupply of housing".
The Republican presidential frontrunner claimed that research by the respected Pew organisation showed a "great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population" - but he did not refer to any specific study to support that claim, and we can't find one that does.
Mr Trump did cite a specific a study by the Center for Security Policy - "very highly respected people, who I know, actually" - which he said showed that 25% of Muslims in the US believed violence against America was justified "as part of the global jihad".
Mr Trump's press release:
But what exactly is the Center for Security Policy, and just how highly respected is it?
The CSP was founded in 1988 by Frank Gaffney Jr, a former staffer in the Ronald Reagan administration who has been accused of Islamophobia. On its website, the centre calls itself a "Special Forces in the War of Ideas" which offers "maximum bang for the buck" to its donors.
The CSP does not publish information about who those donors are, but according to a 2013 report by Salon they include some of the US's biggest aviation and defence companies - Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and General Electric.
Promoted on the organisation's website are reports and books with titles such as Star Spangled Sharia, Civilisation Jihad, and Muslim Colonisation of America. Responding to the controversy over Mr Trump's remarks, the CSP said it was "necessary to respond to the threat posed by jihadist terror in a way that ... calls it what it is".
The CSP has been criticised across the political spectrum - by high-profile Republicans as well as Democrats - and by organisations which monitor extremist groups. Terri Johnson, executive director of the Center for New Community and J Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, called it "an extremist think-tank" led by an "anti-Muslim conspiracist".
The group was heavily criticised in 2012 after it repeatedly accused Huma Abedin, an aide to Hillary Clinton, of being a secret member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Leading Republicans including John McCain and John Boehner denounced the accusations.
The CSP has been criticised by a wide range of extremism monitoring organisations, including the Anti-Defamation League, and Center for Democratic Values at City University of New York.
Arguably, no. According to the Bridge Initiative, a Georgetown University Islamophobia research project, the CSP survey was an online, self-selecting poll of 600 people, meaning respondents opted in to taking part.
Self-selecting internet surveys are less reliable that more traditional, random polling methods, because the opt-in element can lead to bias. Then there are the existing views of the organisation commissioning the poll - the CSP - which may have influenced the outcome.
The Washington Post called the poll "shoddy". According to the Post, the question had an agree/disagree answer format with agree in each case linked to the more controversial option - favouring Sharia law or supporting violence. Researchers say this format is affected by "acquiescence response bias" - we are generally more likely to favour agree options.
The CSP said in a statement on Sunday that its research methods were "consistent with international industry standards".
Mr Gaffney Jr served in the Reagan administration during the 1980s but left in 1988 to form the CSP, after his nomination as assistant secretary of defence was rejected by the Senate.
"Once a respectable Washington insider," according to the Southern Poverty Law Centre, which monitors US hate groups and extremists, Mr Gaffney Jr became "one of America's most notorious Islamophobes", the SPLC said.
Mr Gaffney Jr has repeatedly accused parts of America's Muslim population of what he calls "civilisational jihad". He has also called for Muslims to be investigated by a "new and improved" House Un-American Activities Committee - a highly controversial Cold War-era body which questioned and blacklisted US citizens accused of being communists.
Frank Simpson veered off the road at 50mph in an 18-tonne lorry and failed to slow down before smashing into John Trimble's parked Vauxhall Corsa.
Simpson, who admitted causing death by careless driving, only braked after hitting Mr Simpson's car.
He was also given a six-month curfew.
In addition, the 35-year-old, from Edinburgh, was disqualified from driving for 30 months and ordered to re-sit the extended driving test.
Sheriff William Wood told Perth Sheriff Court that the offence was in the mid-range of careless driving.
The court heard previously that Simpson was driving a refrigerated HGV for DHL and heading to the Vue Cinema in Inverness when the crash happened on 4 November 2014.
Fiscal depute Sue Ruta said Mr Trimble was parked in layby 33 on the northbound carriageway of the A9 at 07:50. He was wearing his seatbelt.
Ms Ruta told the court: "A witness observed the accused's lorry start to drift slowly to the left towards the entrance of the layby.
"That witness had a clear view of the lorry and could see the car parked in the layby. He thought the lorry was going to hit the car because it did not slow down and the brake lights did not come on.
"He saw the accused's lorry plough into the back of the car, propelling it into the air. He saw it turn over before coming to rest on its roof."
Mr Trimble was declared dead at the scene.
Ms Ruta said the lorry's tacograph showed it had gradually slowed down before the impact, but the brakes were only applied two seconds after the vehicles collided.
"There were no mechanical defects. The driver would have had a clear view of the layby for 32 seconds before impact.
Simpson's solicitor Gary Foulis said: "He is truly and deeply remorseful for what's happened here.
"He fully understands and comprehends the catastrophic consequences of his actions.
"There is understanding on his part of the devastating impact it will have on the victim's family."
Sheriff Wood said: "It's certainly nowhere near dangerous driving, yet it's not simply momentary inattention, because there was 32 seconds where he should have seen the vehicle.
"These are serious matters. You caused the death of a man who was in the prime of his family life.
"This was a man with very close relationships to his three daughters and son, and a wife and grandchildren.
"You have denied all of those generations a future with John Trimble.
"You will need to live with that. It will not be an easy thing for you to deal with."
Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao was a terrible let-down followed by a crashing hangover, but Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez versus Amir Khan might be the fight that elevates one or both of them into the superstars the sport of boxing needs.
After a slow start, Alvarez-Khan has gained traction on the Vegas Strip as the week has worn on. Friday's weigh-in outside the spanking new T-Mobile Arena was attended by a few thousand Mexicans, already in full swing ahead of Cinco de Mayo weekend, and a small but vocal contingent of Brits.
Oscar de la Hoya has thrown the kitchen sink at the promotion, because he knows what's at stake.
While Mayweather-Pacquiao had a record 4.6 million pay-per-view buys in the United States, both fighters' next bouts (against Andre Berto and Timothy Bradley respectively) pulled in about 400,000 buys each.
All those floating fans Mayweather-Pacquiao attracted quickly floated off again, before the two men themselves, the sport's only active household names, hauled their riches into retirement.
Whether Khan, who is bidding to become Britain's 12th current world champion, has enough ring smarts to take Alvarez to the limit is questionable.
Khan, 29, is bidding to become only the third former light-welterweight world champion to win a middleweight world title, after De la Hoya and Miguel Cotto. That tells you all you need to know about how difficult it is to do.
Even Khan doesn't sound too convinced about his chances. The Bolton boxer has claimed he doesn't have the power to hurt Alvarez and admitted he'll need to be the best he's ever been to have a hope.
And that's assuming the champion hasn't improved since winning the WBC belt from Cotto last November.
Alvarez has had 48 professional fights but is only 25. That makes for a frightening combination of vast experience and learning potential.
Remarkably, Alvarez turned pro three months after his 15th birthday. Apparently, social services turn a blind eye to boys fighting grown men over in Guadalajara.
He'd had 21 fights by the time he was 18 and was only 20 when he outpointed Britain's Matthew Hatton to win the vacant WBC light-middleweight title.
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Hatton, the younger brother of British boxing legend Ricky, believes Khan can cause Alvarez problems but will come unstuck in the end.
"When I saw Canelo at the weigh-in, I looked him up and down and thought: 'I fancy this'," Hatton told BBC Sport. "But on fight night he whipped off his dressing gown and I couldn't believe the size of him, it was like Popeye had been at the spinach.
"One thing Amir certainly doesn't lack is self-belief. But jumping up one weight division is difficult enough, jumping up two is a massive ask.
"Amir is a lot better with Virgil Hunter as his trainer and is boxing to a game-plan. And he has the speed to cause Canelo trouble. But I just can't see Amir overcoming the size and strength factor and holding him off for 12 rounds."
While the match was made at a catch-weight of 155lb, five pounds under the middleweight limit, Alvarez is expected to come in at about 175lb, almost a stone heavier than Khan. Alvarez has been knocking light-middleweights out for fun for the last 10 years, while Khan has been knocked out twice and wobbled on numerous occasions. Furthermore, Alvarez is much more than just a slugger.
True, Mayweather made him look like a club fighter at times when they fought in 2013, but Alvarez has learned from that defeat, as all good boxers do.
In his four fights since, he has beaten a future hall-of-famer in Cotto; a slickster in Erislandy Lara; and a couple of punchers in James Kirkland and Alfredo Angulo. As such, De la Hoya's repeated assertion that Saturday's fight is all about power versus speed appears to be a crude generalisation.
"Canelo is a very smart fighter with good boxing skills," Khan told BBC Sport. "And timing beats speed, so that when I do throw good, fast shots I need to get out of the way as quick as possible.
"But Canelo still makes mistakes and he made plenty against Cotto. If he makes the same mistakes against me, I believe I can take advantage. I've got the speed and the movement, he's never faced anyone as slick as me."
There is speed of movement and there is speed of thought and the latter could be even more important than the former against Alvarez. For his part, Hunter, who was hired by Khan following his knockout defeat by Danny Garcia in 2012, believes his charge has matured into a much more cerebral boxer.
"The first thing I had to address was his recklessness," said Hunter, who trains Khan at his gym in the San Francisco Bay Area of California and also handles Andre Ward, arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer on the planet.
"It was hard to take away things he'd been successful with, but once I convinced him to look a little deeper, it was easy to implement the changes that needed to be made. He now understands boxing on a different level.
"He can now fight a very disciplined fight when he has to. But I don't think he's scratched the surface of what he can do. Physically he's a marvel. When he can put the physical and mental together, he could become special."
The stakes for both fighters are huge. If Alvarez wins and wins in style, he will be anointed the new face of boxing and a clamour for a match with Kazakh knockout artist Gennady Golovkin will reach fever pitch.
If Khan wins, it will go down as one of the biggest upsets in boxing history - almost up there with Lloyd Honeyghan's victory over American sensation Don Curry in Las Vegas in 1986 - and cement his place among the British greats.
If Khan is still standing heading down the stretch, we could be in for a treat. The sport could have two new superstars and we might get a rematch we can call a super-fight.
Four newspapers learned about the liaison, which took place before he joined the cabinet, but decided not to publish the story.
He said he ended the relationship as soon as he found out in February 2014.
Labour said a "sword of Damocles" had been hanging over Mr Whittingdale, who is responsible for press regulation.
Downing Street said Mr Whittingdale "is a single man entitled to a private life" and had the full confidence of Prime Minister David Cameron.
Mr Whittingdale told BBC Newsnight: "Between August 2013 and February 2014, I had a relationship with someone who I first met through Match.com.
"She was a similar age and lived close to me. At no time did she give me any indication of her real occupation and I only discovered this when I was made aware that someone was trying to sell a story about me to tabloid newspapers. As soon as I discovered, I ended the relationship.
"This is an old story which was a bit embarrassing at the time. The events occurred long before I took up my present position and it has never had any influence on the decisions I have made as culture secretary."
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the question for Mr Whittingdale was not about his relationship, but about his role in regulating the press when the newspapers had a story about his private life.
Labour shadow cabinet minister Chris Bryant, who was shadow culture secretary until September last year, said: "It seems the press were quite deliberately holding a sword of Damocles over John Whittingdale.
"He has a perfect right to a private life but as soon as he knew this he should have withdrawn from all regulation of the press.
Mr Bryant added that the prime minister had promised to fully implement the recommendation of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, adding: "That's what he should deliver."
Before taking up the cabinet post Mr Whittingdale served as chairman of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee for a decade.
Earlier this month the journalism website Byline reported that Mr Whittingdale had had a relationship with a professional dominatrix and fetish escort.
BBC political correspondent Ben Wright says the fact the story stayed out of the press has raised questions about a potential conflict of interest involving the man in charge of media regulation and the motivation of newspapers and broadcasters not to report it.
A number of newspapers told Newsnight they did not run the story because it was not in the public interest.
However, Brian Cathcart, co-founder of campaign group Hacked Off which wants tougher press regulation, said Mr Whittingdale's credibility had been damaged.
The mesh fabric hoods are placed over the heads of suspects to protect police officers from potentially being spat at or bitten.
The restraining device is to be trialled at 32 custody suites across the capital from October.
Liberty, Amnesty and Inquest are among the Human rights groups to speak out against them, saying they belong in "horror stories".
"A spit hood is a primitive, cruel and degrading tool that inspires fear and anguish," Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty, said.
"Police have the power to use force against citizens when they have to - using handcuffs, arm restraints, leg restraints, pepper spray, batons.
"The suggestion that officers need to be able to cover people's faces and heads is as far-fetched as it is frightening.
"Spit hoods belong in horror stories, not on the streets of a civilised society - we urge the Met Police to think again."
The Police Federation has called for the use of spit hoods to protect officers.
British Transport Police has used a hood 151 times since introducing them in June 2014.
The force is being investigated by the police watchdog over an incident where officers put a spit hood on a man at London Bridge in July.
Shamik Dutta, the solicitor representing the man who had the hood put on his head, said: "The application of a spit hood can be deeply distressing and humiliating, causing panic in the detained person.
"By obscuring someone's face, the use of a spit hood can prevent witnesses, including police officers, from quickly identifying whether a person is suffering breathing difficulties, is choking or has suffered some other serious facial or head injury requiring immediate medical attention to avoid life-threatening consequences."
Lord Adebowale, former chair of the commission on the Met Police's response to mental health, said: "There is an awful trend of these devices being misused and being used in a way which tends to impact minority ethnic groups, those with mental health challenges, those with learning difficulties."
He added he was concerned they could be used "in situations where the police may not be trained to deal with it", leading to individuals being "forced into positions where breathing can be restrained".
He also said it was a question of human dignity.
But a former Det Insp at the Met, Hamish Brown, said: "What's the other option? Putting a hand across someone's mouth or a handkerchief in their mouth?
"It is pretty awful to have this, but unfortunately it's the way society has gone. It is for the police to be sensible and use their discretion."
A Met spokeswoman said officers would be trained to ensure use was proportionate, but added they were necessary "to meet the duty of care owed to officers when a detainee spits at or attempts to bite them".
It's one of those fun facts that fascinates people about life in space.
Robyn Gatens, deputy division director for Nasa's International Space Station (ISS) programme, has seen plenty of negative reactions to the practice in her 30 years at the US space agency.
"It's a mental thing, it sounds yucky," she says.
The ISS recycles about 90% of all its water - as well as astronauts' urine, this includes their sweat, the moisture from their breath and their washing water.
"Yesterday's pee is this morning's coffee basically," is how British astronaut Tim Peake summed up the process.
It may sound unappetising, but the ability to reuse the same water over and over again has enabled people to stay in space longer without refuelling. Ultimately it could help astronauts become self sufficient on a planet such as Mars, a two-year trip Nasa says it is planning for the mid-2030s.
It is just one example of the many ways in which Nasa exploits limited resources. And it's exactly the kind of practice that makes the space agency a role model for those on earth trying to eliminate waste by reusing and repurposing things.
Nasa works with businesses on a lot of its research and has a Technology Transfer Program aimed at making sure its scientific know-how is applied on Earth as well as in space.
"We're working across industries, not just traditional space companies," says Ms Gatens.
US firm Water Security Corporation, for example, bought the rights to Nasa's water recycling tech and now uses a simpler version of it on earth.
The firm's filters are used to supply clean water in remote areas in countries such as Mexico and India, or disaster relief areas.
In Nasa's case, recycling almost all the water on the ISS has meant that since 2009 the space station has been able to host six astronauts, rather than three. This expansion has been "critical", says Ms Gatens, because it has enabled the crew to carry out more scientific research.
It's also saved a huge amount of money. Nasa last year estimated sending water to the space station, instead of reusing it, would have cost it more than $225m (£180m) due to the high cost of transporting such a heavy item.
But the space agency isn't stopping there. It's now working to recover even more water from the concentrated urine left behind by the current process. What's left after this will be solid waste that, Ms Gatens says, could potentially be used as radiation protection.
Nasa also recycles air on the ISS. Currently the space station's system recovers about half of the oxygen contained in the CO2 breathed out by the crew, a percentage it's actively trying to increase.
Start-up Skytree arose out of working on this technology. The firm's founders met at the European Space Agency (ESA) where they were working on recapturing CO2 to make longer space missions possible.
They secured funding from the ESA's technology transfer programme - which helps entrepreneurs starting businesses using space tech in a different field.
Now the firm is working with different companies on a variety of commercial uses for its technology, including using the CO2 captured to increase the yields derived from plant crops for purifying water and to create a clean domestic energy source.
"We hope to initiate a positive shift in people's perception: from CO2 as a potential problem to CO2 as an essential and incredibly versatile resource," Skytree says.
Just like in recent film The Martian where stranded astronaut Mark Watney grew potatoes, Nasa is also working on growing its own fresh vegetables in space. The project is aimed at eventually providing those on longer missions, such as to Mars, with a sustainable food source.
To grow the lettuce - eaten by US crew for the first time last year - Nasa used a collapsible unit packed with rooting "pillows", essentially mini grow bags, which contained the seeds, and coloured LED lights to enhance plant growth.
Similar farming systems where plants are stacked up on shelves to save space and grown from seeds are already common in Asia, and are beginning to become more popular in the US and UK.
Dr Gioia Massa, a Nasa scientist working on food production, says many of the lessons the space agency is learning could be applied in urban plant factories and other agriculture settings, with the potential to increase the amount of food grown in less space. Such skills will be vital as the world's population increases.
But sustainable solutions are not always hi-tech. Currently, space farers enviably never have to wash their clothes, but simply throw them away at the end of their usable life.
ISS crew are now testing exercise clothing, which has been treated with an antimicrobial compound, enabling them to be worn longer without smelling.
The other solution being considered is a simple ozone washing machine which, as Ms Gatens notes, nurseries often use to wash toys.
But in other areas of sustainability Nasa still has a long way to go. For example, as well as used clothing, astronauts still throw away things such as empty containers and the material used to cushion cargo from vibrations.
The items are stored in cargo resupply ships, which then burn up upon re-entry to Earth's atmosphere, incinerating everything.
The space agency is now considering making the cargo cushioning material out of 3D printer stock so that once in space, it can be used to create things such as tools.
Another option is heating and compacting its rubbish. After hiving off the additional water, the process creates big plastic dishes, which Ms Gatens likens to "a huge coaster". She says this could then be used as additional radiation protection, for example, in crew sleeping areas.
"The mindset is, with limited resources, whatever you can use, you want to be able to repurpose that," says Mary Hummerick, a Qinetiq North America microbiologist at Kennedy working on the project.
The claim: Introducing the soft drinks levy would lead to 4,000 job losses.
Reality Check verdict: The analysis assumes that no changes will be made to the formulation of soft drinks, which is at odds with what the industry says it is doing.
The plans have gone out for consultation. The suggested plan is that companies producing or importing soft drinks with added sugar will have to pay a tax.
There are two levels of the tax, a lower level for drinks with between five and eight grams of sugar per 100ml, and a higher level for drinks with more than eight grams per 100ml.
As an example, Coca-Cola contains 10.6g of sugar per 100ml, while orange Tango contains 4.3g of sugar per 100ml.
The government expects the tax to raise £520m in the first year after it is introduced, which the Office for Budget Responsibility worked out meant that the lower rate would be about 18p a litre while the higher rate would be about 24p a litre.
Speaking on Radio 4's Today Programme, Gavin Partington from the British Soft Drinks Association said: "We're now facing a tax that is going to cost 4,000 job losses throughout the supply chain, including pubs and retailers."
That figure comes from research commissioned by the British Soft Drinks Association and carried out by Oxford Economics.
It makes two key assumptions: that the levy is passed directly onto consumers of the higher sugar drinks and that there are no changes to the formulation of the drinks.
The assumption of no changes in formulation is a problem - Mr Partington was keen to stress that his association announced plans last year to cut 20% of calories from soft drinks by 2020, which would presumably involve using considerably less sugar.
Also, the government was clear that the levy was supposed to encourage manufacturers to change their recipes, which was why it went for a levy on producers and not a tax on consumers.
The Oxford Economics analysis is based on an increase in price of 23p to 24p a litre rather than the 18p or 24p calculated by the OBR.
From this, the analysis concludes that there would be a 0.4% reduction in the amount of soft drinks sold.
The research then looks at people directly employed by the soft drinks industry, companies supplying goods and services to the industry, and businesses supported by the wages that those groups then get to spend.
It concludes that 346,518 jobs depend on making and selling soft drinks.
With a 0.4% fall in sales, leading to a 1.2% fall in employment, the analysis concludes that 4,000 of those jobs would be lost.
The planned move - aimed at kick-starting the fracking industry - will be included in the Queen's Speech as part of an Infrastructure Bill.
The companies will still need planning permission to drill for shale gas.
But they will be able to install pipes to transport the gas under private land without fear of breaking trespass laws.
Prime Minister David Cameron has also indicated that the government could cut subsidies for land-based wind farms when it has "built enough to meet all our targets".
Ministers fear landowners and anti-fracking protesters would use existing law to block shale gas extraction in the UK, as it suggests prior permission is needed to run pipelines thousands of feet below private land.
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said the Infrastructure Bill would make clear that putting pipes under private land would not constitute trespass - but it would also give the affected landowners the right to compensation.
Ministers are worried that other countries - especially in eastern Europe - have been making fracking there appear more attractive to investors than Britain.
They believe a clarification in the law will send a positive signal to companies.
The prime minister's official spokesman confirmed the government was looking at ways of making test drilling easier and to ensure there was not "an overburden of red tape and regulation".
He added: "Fracking is something that is very new, certainly in this country, which is why we are looking to see whether there are particular obstacles to the test drilling."
A conference on the potential economic benefits of fracking is to be held in Blackpool on Thursday.
The Infrastructure Bill would also give new freedoms to the Highways Agency in a bid to get more roads built, and planning changes to fast-track developments, according to The Financial Times.
Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne joined forces on Tuesday to promote the UK's construction programme.
The pair, who visited road building schemes, claimed more than 200 rail, road, local transport, broadband, airport and waste management projects were due to start construction over the next year, creating more than 150,000 jobs.
Downing Street said the jobs figure had been calculated using Office for National Statistics data.
The government says £36bn is being spent on the projects, which include flood damage repairs. That figure is made up of £5bn in public investment, £21bn private and £10bn in joint funding.
Mr Cameron said: "This government is backing business with better infrastructure so that more jobs and opportunities are created for hardworking people, meaning more financial security and peace of mind for families."
He also indicated that the government could look at cutting subsidies on land-based wind farms in the future.
Visiting the UK headquarters of the construction group Skanska, in Hertfordshire, the prime minister said: "We have now got the largest offshore wind farm anywhere in the world built off the coast of the UK and another one coming on stream almost as big very, very shortly.
"In terms of onshore wind, obviously there will come a time when we will have built enough to meet all our targets and so I've always said with subsidies, we shouldn't keep subsidies for longer than they are necessary and so that's something we'll be looking at."
Labour said the government's "reheated announcements" about infrastructure masked a failure to deliver and the lowest level of peacetime housebuilding since the 1920s.
Shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie said: "We need action not words on infrastructure if we're to get a recovery built to last."
According to the Office for National Statistics infrastructure spending fell 11.4% in 2012 but went up by 2% last year.
Before the twentieth century it was assumed a land owner's rights extended from the centre of the earth to the top of the sky. But a series of key court cases have challenged that notion.
1931: US court rules that a sewer 150ft deep was not on land belonging to the home owner above.
1946: US Supreme court rules that transcontinental flights do not trespass on land below.
1978: High Court of England and Wales says aerial photography plane was not trespassing.
2010: UK Supreme Court rules that diagonal drilling down to 2,800ft from an adjacent plot of land is still trespassing under the surface.
Dr Barry Morgan said a bill on the matter would be brought in next September.
However, even if backed, it would not be brought into force until pastoral provision had been put in place for those who are opposed, he added.
Earlier, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, a former Bishop of Oxford, called on the Church in Wales to take the lead.
Speaking to BBC Wales, Dr Morgan said: "My hope is that we will be able to ordain women as bishops in the Church in Wales, at least in principle, before very long.
"It'll be September next year that we'll bring the bill hopefully enabling women to be ordained as bishops.
"Even if we accept them in principle it can't come into force until there is some pastoral provision for those who are opposed."
Some members of the Church in Wales have voiced their opposition to women bishops.
Canon Peter Russell Jones, the Vicar of Conwy, said: "Within a family the role of the father is not interchangeable with that of the mother, so here the role of bishop should properly be discharged by a male.
"It's not right to view it as a mode of employment.
"The symbolism is far deeper than that."
A vote on the ordination of women bishops in Wales was defeated by just three votes in 2008.
The issue was opened up for discussion again in April when a paper was drawn up by the Bench of Bishops for its governing body.
Lord Harries of Pentregarth, former Bishop of Oxford and a leading theologian, said Welsh Anglican leaders should now "have a go again".
"I think it would be very interesting and salutary if the Church in Wales over the next year or two had women bishops and the Church of England didn't," said the peer, who is an honorary professor of theology at King's College London.
"It would be good to see the Church in Wales giving us a lead on this."
'Deeply dispiriting'
The ordination of women bishops in the Church of England was narrowly rejected by its ruling general synod on Tuesday.
Dr Rowan Williams, the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury, described the failed vote as a "deep personal sadness".
And speaking on BBC Radio Wales, Lord Harries described that decision as "a disaster" for the Church of England.
"Personally, I find it deeply dispiriting and, more widely, it's highly damaging for the Church of England," he said.
"The overwhelming opinion in the Church of England is in favour of women being made bishops.
"42 out of the 44 dioceses are very, very strongly in favour. The bishops and clergy are very strongly in favour."
He said 'unrepresentative' lay members in the general synod had tipped the balance against women bishops.
"I think there is a particular lesson here for the Church in Wales," he added.
The design contract, worth between £40m and £50m, covers about 29 miles of the road's western section, east of Auldearn to east of Fochabers.
Earlier this year a £30m contract was awarded to design 19 miles of dual carriageway between Inverness and Nairn.
Ministers said the contract marked "a further milestone" in the project.
The work to upgrade the latest section of A96 forms part of a wider project to build 88 miles of dual carriageway between Inverness and Aberdeen.
The latest design contract is expected to be awarded early next year,
Infrastructure Secretary Keith Brown said: "The publication of this contract notice marks another significant milestone in a dualling programme that will deliver a number of benefits when completed, including improved journey time and reliability, improved connectivity and improved road safety for all those who use this key artery connecting two of Scotland's economic hubs.
"With the Scottish government making major infrastructure investment in projects like the A9, new Queensferry Crossing and recently completed Borders Railway, this contract for the A96 further underlines the significant investment we are making in our transport network across Scotland."
Refitted District Line carriages are being offered as an affordable way to replace ageing Pacer trains.
Firm Vivarail, behind the plan, said it was in talks with rail operators competing for the northern franchise.
The Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) said it did not want second hand trains on the northern network.
Pacer trains were built in the 1980s and were originally intended as a short-term solution to a shortage of rolling stock, but remain in use today.
The London Underground trains designed in 1978 were heading for scrap but have been bought by the rolling stock manufacturer Vivarail.
The company said the refurbished trains would be a "step forward" from the Pacer and were affordable because the body shells could be reused.
Adrian Shooter, from Vivarail, said: "We're keeping the basic body shell to which will be added modern state of the art traction, braking equipment, engine and other transmission."
Mr Shooter said the trains were a third cheaper than new ones and bringing them north would provide extra seats.
He said they would work well on many routes, including services from Huddersfield to Leeds and Leeds to Morecambe.
Micky Thompson, RMT regional organiser, said: "Why should people in the North be disbenefited by inheriting 35-year-old rolling stock.
"If they want a modern railway that delivers what is supposed to do, let's see a level of investment the same that's emulated in the South of the country."
The victim, 58, was walking on a path between Saxon Street and Groveway in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, when he was attacked by seven boys.
Details of the robbery, which happened at 21:55 GMT on Monday, have just been released by Thames Valley Police.
Det Con Katrina Walmsley said the man was set upon from behind by the gang, aged between nine and fifteen.
"The group cowardly attacked the victim... and then continued to assault him as he lay on the ground and tried to get up," she said.
"This was a traumatic incident for the victim who sustained cracked ribs and severe bruising to his face and body."
"Unfortunately there are not other descriptions of the offenders, but I am confident someone knows who they are."
Afterwards, the gang fled with the victim's bag.
Police want anyone who may have spotted the royal blue bag, with blue and white drawstrings, to contact them.
The man was treated at hospital in Milton Keynes but has since been discharged.
At the launch of a government technology initiative, Lee Hsien Loong said he had written the "pretty basic" computer program a few years ago.
On Facebook, he revealed he had written it in the C++ programming language, first widely used in the 1980s.
It has led to thousands of responses praising him for knowing how to code.
Mr Lee, who graduated from Cambridge University with a first-class degree in mathematics and a diploma in computer science, asked readers to tell him "if they found any bugs".
Many of the hundreds of comments the post has attracted have been from people from countries outside Singapore, admiring the Mr Lee's skills, with some lamenting the technical abilities of their own leaders.
Singapore's population has one of the highest levels of computer ownership in the world.
The government has been keen to present the island as a test bed for new technology innovations.
Mr Lee said it was imperative Singapore stayed ahead of the game when it came to technology and programming.
Coates replaces Glen Harris, who left the club on Sunday.
The 25-year-old was previously head coach of Leeds United's reserves side, before joining the Belles in 2014.
Doncaster won promotion to the top flight last season, but are bottom of the table after losing their first three games of the season.
"I'm delighted to have been given the chance to take charge of a team with such a great history in the women's game," said Coates.
"The club have supported me throughout my development and I'm looking forward to leading the team forward.
"We now have to focus on developing some momentum for the second half of the season."
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Wales is sending 40 teenage athletes to the 2017 Games, which starts in the Bahamas on Tuesday.
"I think it's a critical development tool for young athletes to have that experience," Gerwyn Owen told BBC Wales Sport.
"If you look at previous teams that we've sent to the Games, you've got names like Geraint Thomas, Frankie Jones, Jazz Carlin, Elinor Barker - the list goes on and on.
"It's not about medal-winning - it's about the learning and education that the young athletes will have in that environment."
Wales will be represented in six sports - athletics, swimming, boxing, judo, tennis and rugby 7s.
The team includes 17-year-old Sarah Omoregie - sister of hurdler David - and 16-year-old swimmer Bec Sutton - who won three medals at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa.
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"I definitely want to come away with a medal," said Sarah.
"I've looked at the (Commonwealth age group) rankings and I'm second, so there's definitely an opportunity.
"I've seen the amount of success David's had and it's made me want to work hard and show people that I'm good as well!"
Wales ranked 15th with six medals at the 2015 Youth Games in Samoa.
But Owen says there are no set goals for his young squad.
"There's no undue pressure," he said. "I'm definitely not going to be putting a medal target on them.
"Obviously the athletes themselves will be putting pressure on themselves to win medals but for me, it's about learning.
With the event seen as a pathway to the senior Commonwealths, Owen believes some of the squad will be targeting next year's Games in Australia.
"There's now a bubbling undercurrent of huge potential coming through," he said.
"We've got four Welsh athletes at the World Champs and nine at the Para-athletics World Champs.
"There'll be one or two (at the Youth Games) who're eyeing the Gold Coast and may already be on the long list."
ATHLETICS:
Bethany Moule (16, Neath Port Talbot), James Tomlinson (17, Pembrokeshire), Lauren Evans (16, Cardiff), Naomi Reid (16, Rhondda Cynon Taf), Sarah Omoregie (17, Cardiff).
BOXING:
Jacob Lovell (17, Cardiff), James Probert (16, Pembrokeshire), Jay Munn (18, Cardiff), John Wilson (17, Conwy), Rhys Edwards (17, Cardiff), Sammy Lee (18, Cardiff).
JUDO:
Callum Bennett (14, Carmarthenshire), Ffion Robinson (14, Carmarthenshire), Sam Ashton (17, Rhondda Cynon Taf).
SWIMMING:
Connor Bryan (16, Oxfordshire), Elena Morgan (14, Flintshire), Hannah Sloan (16, Vale of Glamorgan), Iestyn Cole (17, Carmarthenshire), Ioan Evans (15, Bridgend), Joseph Small (16, Shropshire), Lewis Fraser (16, Swansea), Medi Harris (14, Gwynedd), Megan Allison (15, Monmouthshire), Rebecca Sutton (16, Bridgend).
TENNIS:
James Story (16, Cardiff), Morgan Cross (15, Flintshire).
WOMEN'S RUGBY 7s:
Gwen Crabb, Lleucu George, Courtney Greenway, Ffion Jones, Manon Johnes, Bethan Lewis, Caitlin Lewis, Maisie Mackenzie, Amy Morgan, Ellie Morgan, Lucy Packer, Kayleigh Powell, Imogen Shide, Lauren Smyth.
There were 12 yellow cards during the match, which featured two mass brawls.
Both sides may face retrospective action from the Football Association, with Spurs' Mousa Dembele having appeared to gouge Diego Costa's eye.
"It is not nice to see for kids here or kids watching on TV, I apologise if it looked bad on TV," said Rose.
"It is a London derby. It is to be expected. We wanted to win and they wanted to stop us having any more say in the title race.
"There are no bad words to say about Chelsea. These are the games you want to be part of. It was a great game."
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It was an emotional London derby at Stamford Bridge on Monday night, with Tottenham being shown nine yellow cards, the most to a single team in a match in Premier League history.
Spurs needed to beat Chelsea to retain hopes of winning the Premier League but squandered a two-goal lead, which saw Leicester crowned champions for the first time in their history.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino stepped onto the pitch at one point to separate Rose and Chelsea's Willian in the first half, and at full-time the 25-year-old full-back was involved in an incident that resulted in Blues boss Guus Hiddink being pushed to the floor.
"I couldn't tell you what happened, it was just handbags being thrown," said Rose.
"I saw the Chelsea manager fell on the floor. I hope he is all right. People were saying from the bench that he conducted himself like a true gentleman throughout the whole game.
"He did not want any trouble to be started."
Hiddink said: "It was a very emotional and hectic game. To be honest, there were some incidents which were not good. There was a bit of verbal animosity and I tried to come in-between and go into the locker room.
"Everyone started dancing around and pushing around. More people became involved and we shuffled around. You must not have these type of incidents but it happens and at the end we must all calm down."
The Dutchman also played down the incident that saw him pushed to the floor, adding: "If you have done some judo and wrestling you can easily fall. Even at my age, I had no problem to fall down."
Xinhua news agency said students were crowded into a toilet during the morning break in Puyang when others began pushing their way in.
Another report in a Chinese newspaper claimed the toilet's wall collapsed from the pressure of the crush.
All the injured have been taken to hospital, where some are reported to be in a serious condition.
Puyang county's government told the Associated Press the incident was under investigation, but declined to provide further details.
It happened at the Number Three Experimental Primary School in Puyang county in Henan province on Wednesday morning.
Similar deadly incidents have happened before.
Six children died and 25 were injured in a stampede on a school staircase in South West China in 2014.
These were the words of BBC radio commentator Harry McMullan as he broadcast from a second-floor window on Royal Avenue on 8 May 1945 - Victory in Europe (VE) Day.
Seventy years ago, excited crowds took to the streets of Belfast and towns and villages across Northern Ireland after Prime Minister Winston Churchill's official announcement that the war in Europe was at an end following the Nazi surrender.
The celebrations were marked by outbursts of patriotism, joy and huge relief.
Street parties were arranged in local communities, home-made bunting was strung between street lamps and Union flags were hung from homes as people began looking to the future with renewed hope after six long years of war.
Archive newsreel of the VE celebrations in London contain colourful images familiar to many, however no film of events in Northern Ireland has so far been discovered.
Nevertheless, this momentous occasion was well documented in words and photographs by the Belfast press at the time and on BBC Radio.
But more recently, a rather unique VE day scrap-book, which was kept by a member of staff at Belfast's city hall has come to light.
It was gifted to the Northern Ireland War Memorial project in Talbot Street. Curator Ciaran Elizabeth Doran said it is an important item.
"We're very, very lucky. As a museum curator, when something arrives in a brown paper package, you're never quite sure what it is. We opened this with sheer delight because it's so beautifully written and presented.
"It's a diary of press cuttings, personal comments, little anecdotes and just things that are every curator's dream. It's remarkable."
The person who compiled the scrap-book is 93-year-old Betty Porter from Gilnahirk, Belfast.
She and her husband Bob, 92, have very different memories of VE day. While Betty worked at city hall for the Belfast Corporation, Bob was on the high seas as a sailor on the Atlantic convoys.
"We just heard it on the radio that the war was finished and a bit of a cheer went round everybody on board. We realised that the time of danger had passed and we could start to enjoy cruising while being paid for it!" said Bob who was 19 at the time.
Betty had been out walking on the hills around Belfast with a group of friends from her local church when they heard about VE day. She wrote the following inscription in her scrapbook about that day.
"The fellowship were out by Glengormley hiking and so the news came to us in the heart of the countryside... as we returned home bonfires were lit, the town was crammed and the whole world had gone mad with joy."
Betty recalls the short return journey into Belfast.
"When we got back down into Glengormley, the place was wild. Everybody was at their front door, the war was over. And as we travelled down into the city on the tram some of the streets already had bonfires lit."
But the party was just beginning for Betty, as thousands of people poured out onto the streets around Belfast city centre.
"We joined in. I don't think we were home until midnight that night. It was all so exciting. That's what I remember about VE day."
As a teenager, Marion Kirkpatrick from the Shankill area had survived being buried alive in the rubble of her own home during the Belfast blitz but she was in Bristol in southern England when VE day was declared.
"Just like in Belfast, everybody came out onto the streets. People hugged each other that wouldn't normally bid each other the time of day" said Marion.
"Then the tables came out and the food came out and there were street parties and games for the children.
"It was as if you had come in out of the cold and somebody had wrapped a nice warm blanket round you."
While it was called VE Day, Marion said the word "victory" did not really matter on that particular day, as far as she was concerned.
"It was over, it was done. It wasn't like 'We've won!' - that came after. 'It's over', came first. That's how most of us felt that day."
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said plans for the non-hazardous waste landfill earmarked for Parry's Quarry, near Alltami, could cause "significant odour" and "potentially contaminate groundwater".
An application for an environmental permit was also rejected last year.
Planning permission to open the site to landfill was granted in 2009.
Site operators have been advised of the latest decision, said NRW.
NRW team leader Paul Wright said: "Following careful consideration, there are numerous aspects of the application that are unacceptable to us.
"The applicant has failed to justify that the proposals will not be harmful to the environment.
"We are concerned that the proposal could cause significant odour in the area and could potentially contaminate groundwater.
"This would have had a detrimental impact on the residential areas and businesses nearby."
The giant, flightless beasts that roamed South America for more than 50 million years following the demise of the dinosaurs were fearsome predators.
New research shows the birds' huge beaks could deliver swift and powerful pecks, very probably killing their victims in one blow before ripping the flesh from their bodies.
"They had the full kit," said palaeoscientist Steve Wroe.
"These birds had enormous beaks with big hooks on the end. But we've shown they had to use those beaks with some precision and caution," Dr Wroe, a researcher from the University of New South Wales, Australia, told BBC News.
Dr Wroe was part of an international team that has been investigating the predatory behaviour of these extraordinary creatures.
Referred to by scientists as phorusrhacids, the birds flourished when South America was an island continent. Ranging in height from under a metre up to three metres (3ft to 10ft), at least 18 species are known to have evolved before the animals became extinct just a few million years ago.
But because nothing on Earth today resembles the terror birds, it has been difficult to say much about their life habits.
To try to get on top of the issue, the team examined the skeleton of one particular creature called Andalgalornis.
This animal lived in northwestern Argentina about six million years ago. It was mid-sized, standing about 1.4m high (4ft 6in) and weighing about 40kg (88lb).
Like all the terror birds, its skull was big (37cm; 15in) with a deep narrow bill armed with a hawk-like hook.
The team scanned the skull to picture its internal architecture and then applied an engineering technique known as finite element analysis (FEA) to assess its capabilities.
FEA is a common approach in advanced design and manufacturing that allows engineers to test the performance of load-bearing materials.
It involves creating a computer model of the skull which can then be subjected to the sorts of forces a real skeleton would experience in different types of attack behaviour.
The results demonstrated that Andalgalornis was built to jab at its prey - in much the same way as a technical boxer might make a series of swift, targeted jabs.
Other strategies ran the risk of injury by putting the slender beak under too much stress, the team found.
"It would have used a repeated, rapid strike - a downward strike, using the neck muscles to drive that big spike on the beak into the prey and then pull back and rip," explained Dr Wroe.
"It was really badly adapted for grabbing an object and shaking it."
The research is detailed in a new paper in the journal PLoS One. Its lead author is Federico Degrange of the Museo de La Plata/CONICET in Argentina.
He commented: "No one has ever attempted such a comprehensive biomechanical analysis of a terror bird.
"We need to figure out the ecological role that these amazing birds played if we really want to understand how the unusual ecosystems of South America evolved over the past 60 million years."
Certainly, the terror birds would have had the opportunity to use their particular attack strategy on a remarkable array of animals.
Like the birds themselves, many other heavyweight and unusual-looking beasts emerged during South America's separation from the North.
These included giant sloths, huge armadillo-like creatures and even 3m-long rodents.
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But Lewis, who won heptathlon gold in Sydney in 2000, feels it is too early to tip the 21-year-old for a medal.
Just weeks after Wales' football team reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016, Bundy-Davies will compete in the 400m and 4x400m relay at the Rio Olympics.
"You look for inspiration and Seren is that person at the moment," said Lewis.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Sport, she added: "Look at someone like Gareth Bale and how much someone like him has inspired people to get into football, and the whole team with their success in France."
Wales lost to eventual champions Portugal in their first major finals appearance in 58 years.
The efforts of Chris Coleman's side enthralled the nation and Lewis expects Manchester-born Bundy-Davies to have a similar impact.
"Like every region, you look to that next person coming through that will give that inspiration to young athletes. To show that it is possible," she said.
"Seren has had a fantastic season so far."
Bundy-Davies expressed disappointment at being the only Welsh representative in Team GB's 80-strong athletics team for Rio 2016.
Former GB hurdler, and compatriot, Colin Jackson has already tipped her as a medal contender, but Lewis feels it may be too soon.
"I think it is important to realise it is her first Olympics, it is a really big deal and there is a lot to get used to, being in that cauldron of activity," she said.
"There is a lot of pressure on these athletes.
"I think the future is looking good for her, she is strong, she is quick and now it is a case of the learning process. Can she adapt quickly and not panic in those pressure situations?
"Can she win a medal? It is a little early. She is still very young and learning how to cope in this environment.
"There is something very, very special about the Olympics. But she will be all the better from the experience."
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Mr Corbyn said that while policy was "developing" he could not foresee a situation where Labour would campaign for a "Brexit" under his leadership.
He has come under growing pressure from Labour MPs to clarify his position.
Mr Corbyn also said it was "very strange" his decision not to sing the national anthem at a Battle of Britain service had attracted so much interest.
The Labour leader, whose decision to stay silent during the playing of the national anthem at St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday has attracted widespread criticism, said he had "respected the sacrifice" of those who had fought and died.
In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg, he said the final decision on policy would be his.
Asked about potential disagreements within his shadow cabinet, many of whose members did not back his leadership bid, he said there would be discussions ahead and urged colleagues to respect his mandate.
Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Corbyn took part in his first prime minister's questions, using the occasion to put questions from members of the public to PM David Cameron - an approach which he said meant "people's voices would be heard".
Telling MPs that he wanted to make PMQs "less theatrical" and more in touch with public concerns, he asked six questions on housing, tax credits and mental health which he said had been suggested to him by members of the public.
Mr Cameron, who began his own career as opposition leader in 2005 promising to end "Punch and Judy" politics, said "no one would be more delighted than me" if PMQs could become a "genuine exercise in asking questions and answering questions".
Laura Kuenssberg's verdict on PMQs
As promised, it was different. A parliamentary revolution in beige, Jeremy Corbyn's new leader's navy suit was nowhere to be seen. It wasn't so much Jeremy Corbyn's questions to the prime minister but Gail, Marie, Steven, and Angela's questions.
What's also different? Camp Corbyn and David Cameron's team are both happy with the outcome of the crucial half hour of PMQs, the new Labour leader's first-ever outing at the despatch box.
Read Laura's full analysis
Mr Corbyn, who is regarded as the most eurosceptic Labour leader for years, has insisted that Mr Cameron should not be given a "blank cheque" in negotiations about the UK's EU membership ahead of a future in-out referendum, and any changes he secures must be the "right ones".
Since being elected on Saturday, he has declined to categorically rule out campaigning for the UK to leave the EU - despite shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn saying this should be the case and shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer saying he would quit if this happened.
Mr Corbyn told the BBC that policy was still "developing" but he said he envisaged making the UK's continued membership of the EU a manifesto commitment for the 2020 election.
Asked whether he could ever foresee campaigning to leave the EU, he replied: "No I don't see that position."
But he said he wanted the EU to change direction and move away from the increasingly market-driven model he said it had adopted in the past 20 years.
"We are having discussions to sort this question out. Basically, on the question of Europe, I want to see a social Europe, a cohesive Europe, a coherent Europe, not a free market Europe.
"That is a developing position. It is not a problem, we have had that discussion, we are continuing that discussion, there will be very clear statements coming out in the very near future."
He rejected suggestions that his position had shifted, adding: "What I remain opposed to is the idea that David Cameron could go around and give up workers rights, give up environmental protection, give up a whole load of things that are very important."
In the interview, Mr Corbyn refused to say whether he would kneel before the Queen as a prerequisite of joining the Privy Council - the historic body of senior politicians that advises the monarch on matters of state and receives security briefings.
As part of the Privy Council ceremony, politicians kneel before the Queen and kiss her hand but Mr Corbyn - who is a longstanding republican - said he "didn't know that was involved" and said he would discuss the matter with colleagues.
"Of course I'll end up being a member of the Privy Council if that's what the requirement of the job is. I think there are some things that ought to change in our society and maybe that's one of them."
Critics have accused Mr Corbyn of making a series of "unforced errors" since he became leader but senior figures in the party - including Lord Prescott and Margaret Beckett - have been supportive, welcoming his change of tactics at PMQs and insisting that he is "finding his feet".
Amid calls for him to do more to get his message across in the media, Labour announced that it had appointed a senior former aide to Ken Livingstone as the party's new director for policy and rebuttal.
Neale Coleman worked for the Greater London Assembly for 12 years, during which he advised the mayor on housing, regeneration and the 2012 Olympic bid, before becoming chair of the London Legacy Development Corporation
Terry Coles was struck near Rotherham's football ground in 2000 and an inquest concluded his death was accidental.
His family want evidence disclosed and "fresh eyes" to look at the case.
Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris has also asked for a meeting with the Home Secretary to discuss it.
Mr Coles had travelled to Rotherham's Millmoor ground with other Swansea City fans for the final game of the season on 6 May 2000.
But before the match started, trouble broke out between opposing fans and Mr Coles died after suffering abdominal injuries after he was struck by a police horse.
An inquest at Doncaster Magistrates' Court in 2003 heard the incident was unavoidable as Mr Coles, who was four times over the drink-drive limit at the time of his death, had walked into the horse's path.
Ms Harris said: "Somebody has to take responsibility for what happened that day.
"Whether it is an organisation like South Yorkshire Police for the way they organised the planning for that football match, or whether it is an individual, somebody made a decision that it would be policed in such a way, the consequence of that was Terry Coles lost his life.
"We need to find out what went wrong."
She said an inquest finding 96 Liverpool fans were "unlawfully killed" at Hillsborough in 1996, "has opened the door to other people" and the case must be looked at again.
A review by the Independent Police Complaints Commission found the actions of three officers; Supt Dave Turner, Chf Insp Paul Cropley and PC Dave Lindsay amounted to "a failure of duty".
Supt Dave Turner, received a verbal warning, but no action was taken against the others who had retired and were no longer subject to the police disciplinary code.
Mr Coles' wife Christine took civil action against South Yorkshire Police but lost the High Court claim for compensation in 2005.
The IPCC said it has considered whether it should review previous findings but "does not intend to".
Mr Coles' family have said they are "disappointed" and are now waiting to hear more from South Yorkshire Police, who said they are considering whether to disclose all evidence.
Their solicitor Andrew Sivertsen said: "I would like the police to look at this case with fresh eyes and from an objective point of view in light of the criticism that's been levelled at certain police officers in South Yorkshire Police.
"In particular the officers that were involved in both Hillsborough and at the Rotherham football match where Terry Coles died. "
He said this was "sufficient reason for there to be a whole-hearted review".
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those who have lost loved ones or have been seriously injured in this vicious attack.
"Many of our football supporters enjoyed attending the European Championship in France in recent weeks and the scene of devastation and pain this morning are in stark contrast to the carnival atmosphere and warmth people from across Europe enjoyed.
"The people who carried out this attack want to create fear and division. Their actions have resulted in the loss of many lives of people of different nationalities. Their acts are futile and will serve only to strengthen our resolve and determination that democratic means are the only way forward."
"Many local people will have experienced the beauty of Nice recently, as Northern Ireland played their first game at the European Championship there.
"The people of Nice showed the supporters the very best hospitality and we stand with them in solidarity after this horror.
"The proximity of France to us and the fact they have been an ally in good times and bad means people from here will be particularly hit by this incident."
"It's obviously devastating, I'm really shocked.
"I'm in Toulouse at the moment, I'd been watching the Bastille fireworks and was walking back when we heard the news and couldn't believe it.
"My thoughts are with everyone who has been affected, when you see the families and children caught up in it, you can see the true horror that unfolded."
"I am absolutely disgusted and repulsed at the cowardly terrorist attack on men, women and children as they celebrated Bastille Day in Nice. My thoughts and prayers are with the President and people of France.
"Those who carry out and encourage such attacks hate our way of life and the freedoms that we hold dear.
"We must re-double our efforts and work ever more closely with our European and Transatlantic Allies to enhance our security, share intelligence and remove the threat from the terrorists who want to drive us back to the dark ages."
On Friday night Belfast's City Hall was illuminated in the colours of the French flag as a mark of respect for the victims of the attacks in Nice.
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Grimsby, managed by former Moors boss Marcus Bignot, have made improved offers for both the two 24-year-olds.
But BBC Sport understands that the bids fell well below the Moors' valuation.
Other English Football League clubs have expressed serious interest in Osborne, but the Moors are not actively looking to sell either player.
Both remain vital members of Liam McDonald's squad, who rose up to 15th in the National League table, nine points clear of danger, after their two Yuletide home and away victories over Chester.
Former Hednesford Town man Osborne scored his fifth goal of the season in the 3-0 win at Bumpers Lane on New Year's Day, on his first appearance in a month, while Asante started on the bench in both festive fixtures.
Bignot left Solihull on 7 November to take over at Grimsby, who are back up to 12th in League Two after seven points from a possible nine over Christmas.
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The 23-year-old was sent home on Sunday from a training camp, with a replacement yet to be named.
"Boufal has left after examination of his injury showed he would not be capable of playing," the national team said in a statement.
Morocco have already lost midfielders Younes Belhanda, Oussame Tannane and Watford's Nordin Amrabat to injuries.
They play Finland in a friendly on Tuesday before heading to the tournament in Gabon, where their first match is against the Democratic Republic of Congo in Oyem on 16 January.
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The attack happened at about 23:30 BST on Saturday in Rossdowney Drive.
The PSNI said the attack on the occupied house was "extremely reckless" and urged anyone who has any information to come forward.
Det Con Donnell said: "It is very fortunate we are not dealing with a death this morning.
"We believe at least two shots were fired through the front windows of the property."
Sinn Féin councillor Christopher Jackson said "there was no place for guns on the streets of our city".
"This attack is wrong and must be condemned," he said.
"Thankfully no-one was injured in this incident but it must have been a frightening experience for those in the area at the time."
Gary Middleton, from the Democratic Unionist Party, said it was a "disturbing and worrying attack within our community".
"The reality is we could have been mourning the loss of life," he said.
"These actions are serious and criminal. I would urge anyone with any information to contact the PSNI and bring forward any knowledge they may have of this attack."
SDLP councillor Martin Reilly described it as a "reckless and sinister" attack.
Unicef, the UN children's fund, said that Islamist militants in the north of the country had forcibly recruited at least 175 boys aged 12-18.
Unicef said it had collected evidence that also indicated the groups had raped and sexually abused girls.
A military coup in Mali in March 2012 allowed Islamist militants to take control of the north of the country.
The UN Security Council said on Thursday it was not ready to back a West African intervention force in northern Mali, but instead passed a resolution calling for sanctions against the groups.
Unicef said as well as abuse and the use of children as fighters, children have also been killed and maimed by landmines and other ordnance.
It went on to say that about 300,000 children have been affected by the closure of schools in unstable areas.
Since rebels took control of the north of Mali, many children have been living in camps where they face food shortages, Unicef said.
The UN said the information they had presented was only a partial picture, however, as it was too dangerous to undertake proper research in northern Mali.
Unicef said it was working with partners in certain areas of the country in an attempt to help communities to protect children.
"Children in the north are witnessing or becoming victims of violence and they must be protected," said Theophane Nikyema, Unicef's Mali representative.
The ongoing conflict in Mali has seen mosques and shrines in the historic city of Timbuktu attacked in recent weeks by militants.
Ansar Dine, a group said to have links to al-Qaeda, said it had an objective of destroying all mausoleums that were not in line with Islamic law.
The group seized control of Timbuktu in April.
Halifax beat seventh-tier side Nantwich Town 6-4 on aggregate to secure a first trip to Wembley in the club's history.
Jordan Burrow scored both goals as they drew Saturday's semi-final second leg 2-2 in front of 3,009 fans at The Shay.
Padraig Amond scored both of Grimsby's goals as they beat Bognor Regis 2-1 in their second leg at Blundell Park to complete a 3-1 aggregate success.
Meanwhile, Hereford will meet Morpeth Town in the FA Vase final, which is to be staged on the same day.
Hereford won 2-1 at Salisbury in their second leg, the Bulls going through 3-1 on aggregate, while Morpeth's Luke Carr scored an injury-time goal to earn a 4-3 aggregate win over Bowers & Pitsea.
John "Goldfinger" Palmer, 65, who allegedly amassed a fortune in a time-share scam, was shot six times in the chest at his South Weald home in June.
Essex Police said they believed his killer climbed over a fence and shot him from an area not covered by CCTV.
There was "speculation" Palmer was linked to other organised crime such as the Hatton Garden raid, they added.
Profile: Who was John "Goldfinger" Palmer?
Det Ch Insp Stephen Jennings said: "Due to John's significant criminal history there are people or groups of people who may have wished to do him harm.
"Therefore our search is not just for the gunman but for a person or group of people who may have commissioned the killing."
Palmer was due to stand trial and police believe his death could relate to concerns about what he would say in evidence during court proceedings.
Det Ch Insp Jennings said: "There are two very significant main lines of inquiry at the moment, the first being that John was due to stand trial in mainland Spain relating to real estate fraud that followed an eight-year investigation.
"The second is a combination of factors throughout 2015 which included a number of significant crimes in the UK, significant law enforcement intervention into organised crime in the UK and significant arrests of people in organised crime groups."
Speaking ahead of a BBC Crimewatch appeal, police said the crime scene had been "professionally" stripped of evidence.
Live: More on the professional hit murder of John "Goldfinger" Palmer
No shots were heard in the house and his body lay undiscovered until it was found by his son's girlfriend an hour later.
Palmer had recently had surgery and it was initially thought he had suffered a cardiac arrest.
It is thought that this surgery was common knowledge among friends and family and could have been deliberately used to disguise the injuries.
A week later, a post-mortem examination found the convicted conman had been shot in the chest six times, which prompted an investigation by the police watchdog.
Detectives found a hole in the fence surrounding Mr Palmer's sprawling grounds which they believe the gunman used to watch his movements.
"We believe the killer entered the garden over the fence, close to where he was, and made his way to where Mr Palmer was burning the rubbish before shooting him," said Essex Police.
"We do not know at this time whether a silencer was used or not but no modifications had been made to the bullets.
"The murder bears all the hallmarks of a professional hit."
The force refused to comment on whether Palmer was a police informant at the time of his death.
Police said they want to trace two or three men seen digging in woodland close to Palmer's home the day before the murder, late in the morning.
One was aged 30 to 40, just under 6ft (1.8m) and of average build with dark hair.
A man was also seen in Weald Country Park, next to Palmer's home, on the day he was shot.
He was white, in his early 20s, about 5ft 10in (1.78m), slim, with short and dark-blond hair. He was wearing light blue jeans and a light-coloured baggy sweat top.
Last year, a 43-year-old man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder was released without charge.
Mr Palmer's partner, Christina Ketley, said he had turned his life round prior to his death.
She said: "He had made mistakes in his life, but he had paid for those mistakes.
"I was incredibly proud of the way he had readjusted to a very, very normal life."
Crimewatch is on BBC 1 on Thursday 10 March at 21:00 GMT and available on the BBC iPlayer after broadcast.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 211.75 points to 16,204.83, while the S&P 500 shed 35.43 points to 1,880.02.
The Nasdaq fell 146 points to 4,363.15 as investors sold off tech stocks.
Earlier, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics said the US economy added 151,000 jobs in January, far fewer than the 292,000 created in December.
The increase did bring the unemployment rate to 4.9% - the lowest level since the financial crisis.
In the tech sector some stocks saw dramatic losses.
Shares of social media site LinkedIn were down 44%, a day after the company forecast lower than expected profits for the first quarter of 2016.
Amazon shares dropped by 6.3%, while Apple stocks lost 2.6%.
Shares of Google's parent company, Alphabet fell 3.6%. On the Dow, Nike shares dropped 5% and shares of burger chain McDonald's fell by 4.4%.
Energy stocks were also hit hard as oil prices dropped.
Brent crude fell to $34.06 a barrel, while West Texas crude dropped to $30.89.
A crowd of more than 70,000 sang La Marseillaise - the French national anthem - with the Duke of Cambridge and Prime Minister David Cameron present.
France's game with Germany at the Stade de France was targeted in the attacks.
But France chose to go ahead with Tuesday's game, which ended 2-0 to England, amid heightened security.
Before kick-off, flowers were laid at the side of the pitch by Prince William and the opposing managers, England's Roy Hodgson and Didier Deschamps of France.
The Football Association (FA) had encouraged England supporters to learn the words to La Marseillaise in a show of solidarity and Wembley's arch was lit up in the blue, white and red of the French flag.
Applause greeted the end of the anthems before a minute's silence was impeccably observed, with one side of the London stadium creating a Tricolor mosaic with coloured cards.
Goals from Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney won the game.
As the final seconds were played out, France's fans delivered a final rendition of La Marseillaise, which drew loud applause from England supporters.
A Belgian citizen has been identified as the mastermind of Friday's deadly attacks, and Belgium's friendly with Spain on Tuesday in Brussels was called off because of security fears.
Meanwhile, Germany's match against the Netherlands in Hannover was cancelled about an hour before kick-off. The stadium was evacuated and supporters sent home because of a "concrete security threat" and "plans for an explosion", according to police.
French security sources say that surveillance video shows a possible ninth assailant during the attacks - which have been claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group.
French Football Federation president Noel le Graet turned down the FA's offer to cancel the match and FA chief executive Martin Glenn said the game would have "massive global significance".
Extra officers were on duty for the game, including armed police.
Prince William, president of the FA, decided to attend the match after Friday's attacks. London mayor Boris Johnson was also at Wembley.
After the match, Hodgson said: "It was a very poignant occasion. It was really everything I expected it to be."
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His France counterpart Deschamps said they "felt grateful" for the "very heartfelt, special, moving, grandiose moment", adding: "We have had a moment of communal grief and this has been good for us."
He said: "There was a sporting meaning and a sporting dimension, but on a human level the match had far greater importance. We had desire and will but all things considered the human aspect was maybe more important tonight."
England captain Rooney said: "It was always going to be a difficult night for everyone, especially the French players and staff.
"For ourselves to be involved in this occasion was tough, the young players were excited but it was a difficult game for them. I thought both teams handled it extremely well. The fans were brilliant.
"Football is a global game and, as Didier Deschamps said yesterday, it is not about religion or race. We need to stand tall together in these tough times."
France and Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris said: "First of all we want to thank all the England people in the stadium for their respect.
"The performance was not there for us and we had a lack of aggressiveness and concentration. It was more about solidarity. Life is still going on so we need to carry on."
Marseille midfielder Lassana Diarra - whose cousin was killed during the attacks - came on as a substitute to a standing ovation.
He was joined from the bench by Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann, whose sister was in the Bataclan theatre where 89 people died, but escaped.
Plenty of supporters made their way to Wembley early, waving both the French and English flags outside the ground.
One French fan, who was at the Stade de France on Friday, told BBC News: "Everyone's a bit afraid of leaving the house now, but you have to keep living your life and lots of people are in shock.
"There should have been nine of us here tonight but four chose not to come because their wives and families had persuaded them to stay at home."
An England supporter said: "We shouldn't change anything, we should be here because of the football and that's why we are here, and obviously to show a bit of solidarity with the French."
The hashtag #engvfra was trending from 17:30 GMT on Twitter in the UK, with the match also being discussed around the world in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia.
Daniel Woodley: "Those scenes at Wembley even brought tears to my eyes. Amazing how football can join together in times like this."
Sam Jenkins: "Football, so often a great divider. Not tonight. Quite spectacular to see and hear La Marseillaise ringing around Wembley."
Mark: "The football at Wembley tonight is what sport is all about. Bringing enjoyment to those in dark times. Uniting nations. If you wonder whether we will be beaten by terrorism, look at the 10,000 extra people who bought football tickets tonight. That's your answer."
Paul Thompson: "Proud to be English tonight and supporting the French in what must be an awful time. Sport really does bring people together."
Doctor Claire Sheppey was rescued by firefighters from her burning second-floor flat on Crowland Terrace in Islington early on Wednesday morning but died later in hospital.
Dr Sheppey was a consultant paediatric anaesthetist at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.
Tributes paid to her came from as far afield as New Zealand.
The 7 July attacks on a bus and three London underground trains killed 52 people and injured hundreds more in 2005.
Dr Sheppey was part of the Royal London Hospital's response team to the attacks.
Six fire engines and 35 firefighters from Islington and nearby stations tackled the blaze at her home on Wednesday morning for three hours before bringing it under control by 04:31 GMT.
A spokesman for the London Fire Brigade said: "A woman has sadly died following a fire in a house converted into flats on Crowland Terrace in Islington.
"Firefighters brought the woman out of a second-floor flat. She was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews where she later died. The fire badly damaged the second-floor flat and also spread to the third floor and roof."
The cause of the fire is under investigation, the brigade added.
Doctor Jane McNeill, clinical director for perioperative medicine and consultant anaesthetist said Dr Sheppey was "a very valued colleague and important part of our department with a joie de vivre that will be so missed".
She added: "Personally I will miss a great colleague, but also a dear friend who enriched the lives of so many around her, with her tales of her travels across the world and a passion for life in general.
"She was an amazing woman and doctor."
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The woman's family says five men gang-raped her and then set her alight in her own home in Etah district.
In the past week there have been three violent attacks on women in the state.
Correspondents say Uttar Pradesh is one of India's most lawless states where women are accorded a very low status.
On Friday a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in the eye as she fought off two men who attempted to rape her.
The teenager was attacked in Gadwa Buzurg village in the Kannauj district of the northern state. She lost one eye and the other was also seriously damaged.
Police say the attackers were from her own village. Only one has been arrested so far and police said they were looking for the second man.
Two policemen in the area, who initially refused to lodge the parents' complaint, have been suspended.
Last week, a girl's body was found hanging from a tree on police premises in the Nighasan area of Lakhimpur district.
The girl's parents alleged that she was raped and murdered and that the police had offered them a bribe to keep quiet.
In the latest incident the woman, who was in her thirties, was sitting outside her home when five men dragged her inside the house and gang-raped her, according to her family.
Her family say the attackers sprinkled kerosene on her and set her on fire because the woman had recognised them and they were afraid of being caught.
The woman managed to give a statement to police but died shortly afterwards.
Police say they are are still looking for the attackers.
Earlier this year, the head of the National Commission for Women, Girija Vyas, said Uttar Pradesh was at the top of the list when it came to violent crimes against women.
State authorities have been criticised in recent years after several attacks on women and girls were reported.
The San Francisco 49ers quarterback has silently boycotted The Star-Spangled Banner in games, sitting or kneeling.
The threats came from different avenues, he added.
He said the killing of Terence Crutcher by police in Tulsa was a "perfect example of what this is about".
Video showed the 40-year-old had his hands in the air when he was shot next to his car during a police operation on Friday.
"It will be very telling about what happens to the officer that killed him. They shot and killed a man and walked around like it wasn't a human being," the player told journalists.
When asked about the possibility of the threats being acted upon, he said: "If something like that were to happen, you've proved my point.
"It'll be loud and clear why it happened."
Kaepernick's protest has stemmed from the racial tensions that increased across the nation this year amid a string of police killings and subsequent revenge attacks.
It has drawn strong reactions both in opposition and support.
"I knew there were other things that came along with this when I first stood up and spoke about it. It's not something I haven't thought about," he said.
Meanwhile, he said he would donate $1m (£770,000) to local communities over the next 10 months.
About 500 people attended the service at Artillery Wood Cemetery on Sunday, where poet Hedd Wyn is buried.
The sounding of the Last Post dedicated to the Welsh fallen at Menin Gate, in Ypres, marked the end of a weekend of events in the town.
They began on Saturday with the unveiling of a memorial to all Welsh servicemen killed in the Great War.
Welsh language poet Wyn, who was born Ellis Humphrey Evans, was killed in action near to where the new memorial stands in Langemark on 31 July 1917.
The same year he became the posthumous winner of the bardic chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod for his poem Yr Arwr (The Hero).
Langemark parish priest, Bart Demuymck, opened the service and paid tribute to the poet who he said represented the many soldiers who were never found.
"On this remote place in fields of Flanders so many years ago, this country was over run by ruthless war," he said.
"From all countries of the world, soldiers came here to bring an end to hatred and violence, even from your country.
"Many of them never returned back home and found their last resting place here in the soil. One of then was very well known - Hedd Wyn.
"With him we will remember the many unknown soldiers that are buried here."
Elfyn Llwyd, Plaid Cymru MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, which includes the poet's home town of Trawsfynydd, said the purpose of the ceremony was not to glorify war, but to thank the thousands of men and women who lost their lives for their country.
"Today in Flanders we have the great privilege of having the opportunity to thank those thousands of men and young women for their ultimate sacrifice.
"Not in celebration but as an act of tribute to those brave young people who gave their future to allow us ours.
"By honouring the memory of those brave men and women we can learn great lessons, lessons it is our duty to pass on to the next generation.
"Hedd Wyn was iconic, he's part of our national consciousness but he also represents a lost generation of brave and gifted young Welsh people," he said.
"Hedd Wyn and our lost generation, may they rest in peace. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts."
Members of Cor Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (The North Wales Rugby Choir) performed three songs, including the Welsh hymn Cwm Rhondda, accompanied by harpist Dylan Cernyw.
The ceremony ended with a prayer for peace, before the crowd broke into a spontaneous rendition of the Welsh national anthem.
A short ceremony followed at a plaque dedicated to Wyn in the community of Hagebos (Iron Cross).
Fraser Savage travelled from Llangollen to attend this weekend's remembrance events.
Mr Savage said: "The level of interest (in the Welsh Memorial in Flanders) piqued my interest and about the war in general.
"My great grandfather lost his leg here, my wife's great grandfather lost his arm and my great grandfather's brother died.
"I have seen records and letters of their time at war at home and thought it's nice to come and see where it happened and pay my respects."
Hundreds later gathered for the sounding of the Last Post at the Menin Gate, a ritual played out every evening on the same spot since 1928.
In autumn a memorial garden will be created around the stone cromlech to complete what is a lasting reminder of the sacrifice made by the people of Wales who fought in the First World War.
On Saturday, about 1,000 people had gathered to see the unveiling of a lasting monument to Welsh soldiers who died in World War One in Flanders.
The cromlech built in Langemark, Belgium, marked the 100th anniversary of the war's outbreak and followed years of campaigning by those who wanted a permanent dedication to the fallen.
It is estimated 40,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen from Wales died during the 1914 to 1918 war.
First Minister Carwyn Jones unveiled the monument.
Former US Navy reservist Aaron Alexis, 34, had been treated for paranoia, hearing voices and sleeplessness, the Associated Press reported.
The military contractor had a valid pass for Washington Navy Yard, where the attack unfolded, authorities said.
Alexis was shot and killed by police during Monday's assault.
On Wednesday, US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel acknowledged "there were a lot of red flags" in Alexis's background that had been missed in the security clearance process which ultimately resulted in his having access to the secure building where he undertook the attack.
"Why they didn't get picked up, why they didn't get incorporated into the clearance process, what he was doing, those are all legitimate questions that we're going to be dealing with," he told reporters.
He said he had ordered the Pentagon to conduct a wide-ranging review of the physical security at all US defence installations across the world and of the security clearance process.
"Where there are gaps, we will close them," he said. "Where there are inadequacies, we will address them. And where there are failures, we will correct them."
Alexis reportedly approached the US Department of Veterans Affairs in August to seek psychological help.
It has also emerged that last month he called police from a hotel in the US state of Rhode Island to say he kept hearing voices.
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According to a Newport police report, he told officers he believed people were following him and "sending vibrations into his body".
Alexis said he had twice moved hotels to evade his pursuers, who he believed were using "some sort of microwave machine" to stop him from sleeping.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has ordered a physical security review of all Navy and Marine Corps installations, a Navy official told the BBC.
On Tuesday, the US capital remained in a state of shock and mourning.
Defence Secretary Hagel laid a wreath at US Navy Memorial Plaza in honour of the Navy Yard victims.
The attack took place on Monday morning at Building 197, headquarters for Naval Sea Systems Command, which builds and maintains ships and submarines for the Navy.
Profile: Aaron Alexis
Witnesses said the gunman sprayed bullets in a hallway and fired from a balcony down on to workers in an atrium at the heavily secured installation in the US capital.
The attack only ended when police stormed the building and shot him dead.
Alexis was armed with a shotgun legally purchased in Virginia, as well as a handgun authorities say he may have taken from a guard inside the naval complex.
Previous reports suggested he had used an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle. But officials said on Tuesday that although the weapon had been found at the scene, it was neither carried nor used by the gunman.
In addition to the 12 shot and killed, three people - a police officer and two female civilians - received gunshot wounds, but all were expected to survive. Five others were treated for minor injuries.
On Tuesday, authorities said they believed Alexis had acted alone and that all victims - ranging in age from 46 to 73 - had been identified.
As an employee of an IT contractor, Alexis apparently had a card granting him access to the building - even though he had had several run-ins with the law and had been discharged from the Navy under a cloud, authorities said.
"It really is hard to believe that someone with a record as chequered as this man could conceivably get, you know, clearance... to be able to get on the base," Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray told CNN.
Alexis left the Navy as a petty officer 3rd class, after serving full-time in the naval reserve from 2007-11, under a general discharge, a status that suggests misconduct.
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He had been cited for insubordination, disorderly behaviour and excessive absences from work at least eight times during his Navy career, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
According to media reports, Alexis was a Buddhist convert who had had previous gun-related brushes with the law.
On Tuesday, his employer, an IT contractor called The Experts, said the military should have made his record known.
"Anything that suggests criminal problems or mental health issues, that would be a flag. We would not have hired him," Thomas Hoshko, chief executive officer of firm, told the Washington Post.
The company confirmed Alexis had worked since July at six different military installations and had only been at the Navy Yard for a few days before the shooting.
At his swearing-in ceremony, Mr Rouhani said Iran would continue to abide by the terms of the deal as long as the other signatories do the same.
The White House says Iran is complying with the deal but Mr Trump says Iran is violating its spirit.
Last month the US state department announced new sanctions on the country.
The US says the sanctions relate to Iran's missile programme and alleged support for terror groups but Tehran says they violate the nuclear deal.
Mr Rouhani - being sworn in for a second term after winning presidential elections in May - said he had nothing to do with "newcomers to the world of politics" and urged "old-timers" to see the nuclear deal as an example of how to manage international relations.
"Those who want to tear apart the JCPOA [nuclear deal] should know that they would also be tearing apart their political life," he said in a ceremony broadcast live on state TV.
He accused the US of a "lack of commitment" to the deal and said it was an "unreliable partner".
Meanwhile Iranian officials have been urging Europe not to side with the Trump administration.
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Mr Trump was "trying to destroy the nuclear accord at Iran's expense" and said "Europe should be conscious of this", private Tasnim news agency said.
Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, asked Europe to "take a more independent policy towards Iran", state media reported.
Mr Rouhani won 57% of the vote in May's election after promising to create jobs and build bridges with the outside world.
In Iran the ultimate power lies with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He has been ruling the country for nearly three decades, increasingly like an absolute monarch.
Constitutionally he has power to lay down the general guidelines. He is commander-in-chief with the power to declare war or peace and appoint all the top generals, as well as the head of the judiciary.
Informally he has been demanding to approve ministers in several key ministries. All this leaves little to the president.
But the supreme leader is not elected - he is chosen by a group of clergymen. In May, nearly 24m people voted for Mr Rouhani - a source of power that the hardliners, even the supreme leader, cannot ignore.
Dozens of world dignitaries attended Mr Rouhani's inauguration at Iran's parliament, reflecting an easing in Iran's isolation since the nuclear deal.
Guests included EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and the chairman of the North Korean parliament, Kim Yong-nam, signalling a growing closeness between Tehran and Pyongyang particularly over defence matters.
Last month, the US state department accused Iran of undermining stability, security and prosperity in the Middle East.
It criticised Iran's support for the Syrian government and groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas and accused it of prolonging the conflict in Yemen by providing support for Houthi rebels.
The state department announcement came a day after the Trump administration certified that Tehran was complying with its nuclear deal obligations.
A new 420-place primary school is planned for the Montague Park housing development, with a £17m secondary school proposed for Arborfield.
The borough council's executive committee has approved the development of the Arborfield scheme proposals.
It has also agreed that potential sponsors be invited to express interest in running the Montague Park school.
The report about the Arborfield secondary school plans, said the Department for Education (DfE) guidance indicates it would cost £17m to build.
It said projections indicate a new school would be "viable and necessary" to serve the south of the borough by 2016. The school would be either a Free School or an Academy, it added.
Under the Montague Park school proposal, there would be an option to create up to 630 pupil places, the report stated.
It comes as the Brazilian real nears a five-year low against the US dollar.
The real and other emerging market currencies have fallen steadily over the last three months on speculation of higher US interest rates.
The central bank said it would spend $500m a day on Mondays to Thursdays and $1bn on Fridays buying reais in the currency markets.
The Monday-to-Thursday interventions will target currency swap markets - financial derivatives used by companies and investors to hedge their currency exposure - while on Fridays, the central bank will buy the national currency directly in return for US dollars.
The interventions will run up until December.
"This shows the firm determination of monetary authorities to keep the exchange rate from slipping further," said Andre Perfeito, chief economist at Gradual Investments in Sao Paulo.
It is the first time the central bank has pre-announced daily interventions in this way since 2002 - a time when markets were speculating over a possible Brazilian debt default, following the financial collapse of neighbouring Argentina and with the imminent election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The weaker currency is raising the cost of imports, which in turn increases the cost of living for Brazilians and raises concern that inflation could get out of control.
By Andrew WalkerBBC World Service Economics correspondent
It's a response to something that hasn't even happened yet. Currencies across the emerging markets have been under the cosh because the US Federal Reserve is rolling up its sleeves and getting ready to… well, to stop doing something.
The Fed will at some stage reduce the $85bn a month it's pumping into the markets. Already the mere expectation is reducing the flow of cheap money to emerging economies and it will have far-reaching effects on their international trade and financial markets.
Indonesia has also announced new measures - tax changes to stimulate exports and reduce imports.
The responses will vary from country to country, but the impending changes at the US Fed are now the big challenge for many emerging economies.
And, bizarrely you might think, it's all because the US economy is gradually getting stronger and has less need of the Fed's strong medicine.
It could also put pressure on any Brazilians who have taken on large debts, particularly if the debts are denominated in foreign currency.
Brazil and India have been at the brunt of the recent change in market sentiment, with the real down 16% against the dollar since May.
Both countries benefited from inflows of foreign money over recent years as investors and speculators have been able to borrow cheaply in the dollar.
That process now appears to be unwinding, as the long-term cost of borrowing rises on speculation that the US Federal Reserve is preparing to curtail its monetary stimulus programme, perhaps as soon as next month.
Another victim of the loss of market confidence in emerging markets has been Indonesia, whose currency, the rupiah, has fallen to a four-year low.
Indonesia's finance minister has announced measures to return the country to a trade surplus, including the lifting of restrictions on mineral exports and the imposition of taxes on imports of luxury cars and branded products.
Concerns over Brazil have been heightened by inflation rising well above 6% in recent months, and doubts about the central bank's willingness and ability to contain it.
The country suffered from hyperinflation in the 1980s and 1990s, although price rises have remained in single digits ever since.
The central bank faces a difficult dilemma. The weak currency and rising inflation would normally be tackled by higher interest rates.
However, the country's economy has ground to a halt as Chinese demand for the country's mineral exports has weakened.
The authorities' room for manoeuvre has also been limited by recent street protests.
A helicopter has been deployed to help firefighters tackle the blaze which covers over 100 hectares (247 acres) in Wattsville near Crosskeys on Thursday.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service say it was started deliberately.
A total of 12 fire appliances and water bowsers, as well as a mobile command unit, were sent to the incident on Wednesday night.
So far, it has affected about 300 hectares (741 acres) making it the biggest such grass fire this year.
Fire crews in south Wales have dealt with over 620 deliberately-set grass fires since 1 April.
In Wattsville, the blaze is near an industrial area where Tata Steel has a plant.
William Hill said it took the decision after canvassing views from a number of major shareholders.
Last week, its biggest investor, Parvus Asset Management, heavily criticised the tie-up.
Canada's Amaya, which owns PokerStars, said that remaining independent was the best move for shareholders.
Amaya said: "Discussions have concluded, and Amaya and William Hill have determined that they will no longer pursue the merger."
News of the talks emerged earlier this month, with William Hill saying a merger would create "a clear international leader across online sports betting, poker and casino".
However, Parvus said the deal had "limited strategic logic" and would "destroy shareholder value".
The FTSE 250 bookmaker is looking to keep up as many of its close rivals merge. Paddy Power and Betfair have merged to create a FTSE 100 betting firm, while Ladbrokes and Coral are combining to become the UK's biggest High Street bookmaker.
Ladbrokes reported a 12% rise in third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, boosted by online growth and poor results for fan-favourites Manchester United and Barcelona.
William Hill, which ousted its chief executive in July after a string of profit warnings, saw off a takeover approach from casino firm Rank and online operator 888 two months ago.
Meanwhile, Amaya's shares have fallen 30% in the past 12 months amid an insider trading investigation into its former chief executive, the threat of a $870m (£710m) fine in Kentucky, and slowing prospects for online poker.
The bank is allocating £450m for SME loans north of the border this year - £50m more than in 2015.
It said the increase was in response to growing demand for financing from smaller firms.
The money is part of a £10bn SME lending fund which HSBC is allocating regionally across the UK this year.
HSBC said it was also offering a broader package of support for Scottish SMEs, including a free banking offer of up to 18 months for start-ups.
Susan Rowand, HSBC's head of business banking in Scotland, said: "We want to be the bank of choice for Scottish SMEs, reinforced through our desire to lend more to local businesses, by committing the funds to do so, and by making banking easier and cheaper to help our customers grow.
"There is a strong desire from ambitious local SMEs to grow their businesses, and we are responding by ensuring HSBC is providing the funds they need to realise these ambitions."
Europe Minister David Lidington was in Edinburgh for talks with his Scottish government counterpart Fiona Hyslop.
He said there was a "clear legal position" that "we have to leave the EU".
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said ruling out any options for Scotland would be "seriously premature".
Voters in Scotland backed remaining in the European Union by 62% to 38%, while the UK as a whole voted 52% to leave in a referendum on 23 June.
The Scottish government has pledged to study all possible options for the future - one could include a special deal allowing Scotland to retain access to the EU, another could be a second independence referendum.
Asked if there was a way Scotland could remain in the EU, Mr Lidington said: "The legal position is very clear, we have to leave the EU, before you can apply to be a member again, and the Spanish government has made it very clear that they don't see this as a prospect.
"The important thing is that the Scottish government works very closely with the UK government to get the very best possible deal for Scotland and its people in the forthcoming negotiations."
When asked if Scotland's future relationship with the EU would be from the outside, he replied "yes".
Mr Lidington added: "I'm very sad about the result, but it has to be respected."
Ms Sturgeon said she would not read too much into Mr Lidington's comments, adding that there might not even be a Europe minister when the new UK government is set up following the Tory leadership contest.
The first minister said she remained of "the very firm view that Scotland voted to remain in the EU", and that her job was to make sure all options were considered to "achieve that outcome".
She said: "For anyone to rule out these options before they've been considered is seriously premature.
"We have no sense of how things are going to move forward. The complete lack of planning [from the UK government] has been exposed over the last few days.
"The fundamental point is that Scotland didn't vote to leave the EU. Scotland voted to stay in the EU and that should be our starting point of principle."
The first minister later tweeted BBC Scotland business and economics editor Douglas Fraser to underline her view that the legal position on Scotland remaining in the EU remains to be clarified.
Mr Lidington also met members of the first minister's Standing Council on Europe, as well as Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.
Ms Davidson said she had stressed the importance of the European single market to Scotland's economy, and the "over-riding priority" to retain access to it.
She added: "We both agreed that it is vital for the voice of Scotland to be heard in these talks, and that the Scottish government should be involved at all stages of the negotiations.
"Protecting our trade with the European Union will boost our economy, sustain jobs and help to fund vital public services."
Marler apologised to Lee for calling him a "Gypsy boy" during Saturday's Six Nations match at Twickenham.
Gatland made his comment on Tuesday, but, in a statement on Wednesday, said: "I don't condone racism of any kind."
Lee added: "I personally believe the comments to have been intended as banter and accepted Joe's apology."
After Gatland referred to Saturday's incident as "banter", ex-Wales captain Gareth Thomas tweeted: "I'm sorry, but I cannot agree with this as banter. Poor excuse."
Romany Gypsy advocate and activist Shay Clipson earlier told BBC Radio Wales Gatland should be "held accountable" for his comment.
Cardiff North Welsh Assembly member and former MP Julie Morgan said on Twitter: "Gatland dismissing 'gypsy boy' taunt as 'banter' has sent rugby backwards."
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Gatland's statement continued: "I apologise for any offence my use of the word banter may have caused.
"My intention was to take the focus away from Samson, a private individual, and enable him and the rest of squad to prepare for the final game of the championship.
"My comments were made following a discussion with Samson about the incident."
A Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) statement added: "The WRU does not condone racism of any kind. The incident is being investigated by the Six Nations and we would welcome a definitive and speedy conclusion to their investigation.
"The WRU recognises that Warren's overriding intention was to protect Samson by playing down the incident and that his comments were made following a thorough consultation with Samson and with his support."
In the same statement, Lee, who is from a Traveller background, added: "I stand beside Warren.
"Warren is fiercely protective of the team and his comments were made based on conversations with me and with the intention of deflecting attention away from me."
The body of Mohammed Abdurezek, 31, was found in Gibbs Lane, Siston, at 10.10am on Saturday.
Officers want to retrace his steps in the hours before his death, locate his mobile phone and identify the vehicle he was transported in.
A post-mortem examination confirmed Mr Abdurezek died of multiple stab wounds.
Det Ch Insp James Riccio, of Avon and Somerset Police, said: "We have a team of officers and staff working tirelessly to find out who killed Mohammed and why.
"We don't believe he was murdered at the location where his body was found, and we're actively tracing his movements in the hours and days leading up to his death to establish where he was killed.
"Our focus is also on trying to identify the vehicle used to transport Mohammed's body to Siston and CCTV is being examined from the local area."
Police would like to speak anybody who may have seen a suspicious vehicle, or a parked vehicle, in the area around Siston Lane between the evening of 21 December and Christmas Eve morning.
Mr Abdurezek was based in Bristol but had links to other locations in the UK, including Swansea and Newcastle.
Mr Riccio added: "We're in contact with some of Mohammed's friends and associates to try to trace any family members or next of kin, who we believe live abroad.
"I firmly believe someone has information which could help establish who killed Mohammed. I'd ask them to call us immediately."
Six per cent of pupils aged under 11 said they had used e-cigarettes, compared to 2% who had tried tobacco, the Cardiff University study found.
Six per cent of 10 to 11-year-olds and 12% of 11 to 16-year-olds said they had used an e-cigarette at least once.
Only 15 to 16-year-olds asked said they smoked tobacco more than e-cigarettes.
The research, carried out on behalf of the Welsh government, used data from two national surveys conducted in 2013-14 involving primary and secondary school pupils.
The study found:
The Welsh government's chief medical officer, Dr Ruth Hussey, said she was concerned e-cigarettes could normalise smoking among a generation which had grown up in a largely smoke-free society.
"This research demonstrates that e-cigarettes are being used by young people who have never smoked," she said.
"We should be doing everything we can to prevent a new generation becoming addicted to nicotine, because it is a highly addictive substance and has been shown to impact on brain development."
She added a Welsh government white paper would set out proposals to restrict the use of e-cigarettes in public places in line with restrictions on conventional cigarettes in a bid to protect people's health.
If approved, Wales could be the first part of the UK to ban them in enclosed public places.
The ex-PM said the scheme, which he set up during his time in office, was "the Big Society in action".
The NCS aims to prepare teenagers for work through team-building activities and community projects.
Mr Cameron will be chairman of NCS Patrons, aiming to make the course "a normal part of growing up".
Having resigned as prime minister in the aftermath of the EU referendum, Mr Cameron also quit his Parliamentary seat last month.
In an article he has written for the Daily Telegraph, he said setting up the NCS was one of his proudest achievements, with more than 275,000 having taken part.
He said it was "building bridges across social divides", creating lifelong friendships between teenagers and "building the soft skills, the resilience, the self-confidence and the creativity that can help them get on in life".
He said his new role would involve "bringing together a senior cross-party and cross-sector group of patrons and ambassadors who can help NCS to reach more youngsters".
"By bringing together expertise from every part of society we can embed NCS in our national fabric," he said, adding that he hoped to "make it a reality for generations to come".
The former PM said he was "delighted" his successor, Theresa May, was pressing ahead with a National Citizen Service Bill, which would put the NCS on a permanent legal footing.
"But making NCS a rite of passage requires more than political leadership," he added.
"It requires leadership from every part of society."
NHS Highland's plan for the future shape of maternity services at the hospital in Wick was raised at First Minister's Questions (FMQs).
The move is opposed by a local campaigners who want obstetricians to still be available to the hospital.
Pregnancies with complications are to be handled in Inverness under the plan.
Inverness' Raigmore Hospital is about 102 miles (165 km) from Wick.
At FMQs in Holyrood, Conservative MSP Edward Mountain told how a woman was in labour in an ambulance while being taken from Wick to Inverness.
He said women giving birth faced a journey time of two-and-a-half hours to get from Caithness to the city hospital by road ambulance, and longer if the weather was bad.
Caithness General maternity services
Ms Sturgeon said NHS Highland's plan was backed by a review of maternity services at Caithness General.
She said the health board was not proposing to consult on setting up a Community Midwife Unit (CMU) at Wick, and the plan would not be put before ministers.
The first minister said: "However, they are proposing to consult widely on the proposal to strengthen services in Raigmore and provide facilities for parents to make sure they meet local concerns.
"I hope all members will recognise that where a report makes a recommendation on the basis of patient safety, and it is clearly on the basis of patient safety, it is incumbent upon the local NHS board to act accordingly."
The £58m facility will house the university's School of Computing Science, with 1,500 staff and students.
It is the latest addition to the £250m Science Central project - a partnership between academia, the public sector, business and industry.
The site, a former colliery, was the home of Newcastle Brown Ale, until production moved to Gateshead in 2005.
Professor John Fitzgerald, a lead member of the university's Science Central team, said: "This is a significant step in the design and development of the Urban Sciences Building and gives us an opportunity to make the plans more widely available to staff, students, our key partners in business and industry and the public.
"The vision for the Science Central site is urban sustainability underpinned by digital technology and the School of Computing Science will be central to that plan."
The Romanian international, 27, played 18 games for the Premier League champions last season but was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer.
Pantilimon is Sunderland's third signing this summer and will vie with Vito Mannone for the number one spot.
"It is a great privilege and honour to join a club like Sunderland," he said.
He joins Jordi Gomez and Billy Jones as manager Gus Poyet's free transfer acquisitions at the Premier League club.
Pantilimon added: "Sunderland have an amazing history and tradition and, of course, passionate fans.
"When I left Manchester City it was important that I chose a club with good ambition and a manager who has the hunger and desire to take the team forward.
"After speaking with the boss, I knew this was the right place and he was the right man. I can't wait to start."
Artist Marc Treanor knew he had to pay tribute to his music idol, so he did it in the only way he knew how.
He visited his favourite beach, Mwnt, near Cardigan in Ceredigion, and recreated Bowie's last album cover, Blackstar, in a sand circle.
The "simple" work of art was created in just an hour using only a rake, string and some sticks.
"Bowie has been such a key figure in my life, and it's very strange when someone who was important to you, but had never met, dies," he said.
"Mwnt is one of my favourite beaches and I felt I just had to do something."
Mr Treanor said his hobby is rapidly turning into a job.
"It all started off on a beach in north Cornwall - the kids and I thought we could re-create the crop circles on the sand and that was about seven or eight years ago," he said.
"I love it."
The incident happened at the Auchenharvie filling station in Boglemart Street at about 07:45 on Saturday.
The man is expected to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.
The prestigious Palme d'Or is to be handed out, having been chosen from a selection of 19 films in competition.
The jury, headed by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and including Jessica Chastain and Will Smith, select winners for acting, writing and directing too.
Film critics have given the BBC their views on the hits and misses from the festival.
Jon Frosch, reviews editor at The Hollywood Reporter, said: "My favourite was French film BPM (Beats Per Minute), about AIDS activists. It's a really no-nonsense drama - both a group portrait of activists and a love story. It is really unsentimental, beautifully done, and would be my choice for the Palme d'Or."
He also had praise for Good Time - a heist film set in New York about a man trying to free his brother from jail - and The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), starring Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson and Ben Stiller, about a dysfunctional family coming together amid a crisis.
"I also really, really liked the Safdie brothers film Good Time," said Frosch.
"It's a very dynamically shot crime thriller with a great performance from Robert Pattinson, who has a really good Queens accent - he's fantastic. He's magnetic and doesn't have any of those methody mannerisms that pretty actors can sometimes do when playing low-lifes.
"And I really liked Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories, which I thought was his most mellow film in a long time. Another surprise, other than Pattinson, was Adam Sandler in that movie - he was just really funny and tender."
Finn Halligan, chief film critic at Screen Daily, said this year's offering was not up to the standard of last year - which saw the Palme d'Or go to Ken Loach for I, Daniel Blake, with Oscar nominated Elle also debuting.
"Having seen all the competition titles, I'd say it hasn't been a banner year - although there were some good fun films in there, like the Safdie brothers' Good Time and Francois Ozon's L'amant Double," she said.
The latter film is a thriller about a model who is in a love triangle with twin brothers - and involves one of Cannes' most explicit sex scenes ever seen.
She also had praise for You Were Never Really Here by Briton Lynn Ramsay, about a man - played by Joaquin Phoenix - trying to save a kidnapped girl, describing it as "the flip-side of Sofia Coppola's delicate sensibilities in The Beguiled".
That film, one of four works shown at Cannes featuring Nicole Kidman, is about an injured soldier taken in by a girls' boarding school in the American Civil War.
But Halligan was more taken by Kidman's role in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, where she plays the wife of a surgeon who brings a teenage boy into their home, with dangerous repercussions for the family.
"When she's great, she's amazing. She's completely unadorned and playing, and looking, her age - which is not a bad thing, but done in a really realistic way. It's her at her absolute best."
Jason Solomons, critic for Radio 4's Front Row and The New European, said: "It was an average, quite conservative selection this year - not a vintage year. They could really do with a bit more variety and a bit more looking forward.
"It all felt too white, too male and too Western and looking at the past. I still think we need to see more African cinema, more Chinese cinema and more Indian cinema."
He singled out Russian films Loveless - about a warring couple searching for their missing son - and Gentle Creature, which tells the story of a woman visiting her husband in jail.
"Russian cinema was very strong this year, particularly the film Loveless which I thought was tremendous and powerful but also very funny and is a film meaty enough to win the Palme d'Or - it had that heft.
"Its director, Andrey Zvyagintsev, has been at the top of his game for a long time so it's time to recognise that. He's bold and brave and takes on Russia.
"Sergei Loznitsa's Gentle Creature was rather divisive - it has two good hours, then a half hour I'd cut, with a terrible rape scene which is rather brutal, and a dream sequence that doesn't make sense."
He added: "I think we'll be seeing a prize for BPM, which I found terrific. I found The Meyerowitz Stories sweet and funny, and it could see a supporting Oscar nomination for Dustin Hoffman.
"And I still don't know what's going to happen to the Michael Haneke film Happy End - about a bourgeois family living in Cannes. I don't know if it's a bad film or absolute genius. I'm not sure if it's the film to win Haneke his third Palme d'Or."
Freelance critic Damon Wise, contributing editor at Empire, described it as a "funny year" which left people "feeling a bit short-changed".
He said: "I certainly know that some are wondering whether planning a starry 70th birthday party was a bigger priority for the festival."
He said Netflix's other film Okja - Bong Joon-ho's work telling the story of a young girl's battle to save her pet superpig from an evil corporate giant - along with The Beguiled and The Killing of a Sacred Deer were among his favourites.
He added: "Something that hit me in the gut was Robin Campinello's 120 Beats Per Minute, which I think might strike a chord with Pedro Almodovar, being an account of the Paris-based Aids activist group ACT UP in the early '90s.
"My favourite film came right at the last minute - Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here - it's so brutal and at the same time so subtle.
"I had to see it twice, just to make sure what I thought of it. It sounds obvious - a hitman wants to get out of the game - but Ramsay crafts something unexpectedly fantastic from a really familiar story. There's a terrific, totally unnerving score from Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood that kept me glued to my seat."
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The 10-year-old, who won the 2012 Champion Hurdle race at Cheltenham, had 12 victories from 27 races.
Rock On Ruby finished out of the first four just once, in the 2014 Arkle.
Trainer Harry Fry said there "were quite a few tears shed by our staff" when he told them that the "horse of a lifetime" was being retired.
"If he was a younger horse we might have considered treating the injury and bringing him back a year or more later," added Fry.
Rock On Ruby was officially trained by Paul Nicholls when he beat Overturn and odds-on favourite Hurricane Fly to win the Champion Hurdle, but much of the credit for the win went to Fry, who looked after the satellite yard from which he was trained at the time.
But Mr Castro said the role of the state would be reduced in some areas, with more workers allowed to be self-employed or to set up small businesses.
Urgent measures would aim to cut the "overloaded" state payroll, he said.
Speaking to Cuba's National Assembly, Mr Castro nonetheless insisted the socialist system was "irrevocable".
By Michael VossBBC News, Havana
You have to remember that in Cuba not only does the state centrally control the major industries - the banks, the farms etc - but virtually every economic activity on the island.
It looks as if what they are saying is that they are prepared to step back and allow self-employment and small co-operatives but they will not go further than that.
There's a liquidity crisis in Cuba so bad that they're not paying foreign companies that they do business with at the moment. The economy is in very deep trouble.
He was conscious that the Cuban people expected measures to pull the country out of a deep economic crisis, the president told the assembly.
He said some restrictions on issuing licences to small businesses would be lifted, and they would also be allowed to employ staff.
A scheme launched earlier this year under which some hairdressers are allowed to work for themselves is likely to be extended to many other areas, says the BBC's Michael Voss, in Havana.
Mr Castro, 79, also warned that unproductive or under-employed workers in the state sector would have to find other jobs.
"We have to end forever the notion that Cuba is the only country in the world where you can live without working," he said.
Mr Castro stressed there would not be massive sackings of workers.
"No-one will be simply left out in the cold," he said.
Mr Castro rejected reports in the foreign press that had suggested he had been planning economic reforms based on "capitalist recipes".
He also dismissed speculation that there were conflicts in the Communist Party leadership over the pace and depth of change, insisting the unity of the revolution was "stronger than ever".
Speaking to reporters before Mr Castro's speech, Economy Minister Marino Murillo said that while the state would reduced its role in small businesses, it would continue to direct a centralised economy.
"We are studying an updating of the Cuban economic model in which socialist economic priorities will be at the forefront, and not the market," he said.
Cuba's state-run economy has been gripped by a severe crisis in the past two years that has forced it to cut imports.
It has suffered from a fall in the price for its main export, nickel, as well as a decline in tourism.
Growth has also been hampered by the 48-year US trade embargo.
In his speech, President Castro also made his first public mention of his decision to release 52 jailed dissidents.
Mr Castro said none of the prisoners had been jailed for their ideas, but had committed "counter-revolutionary" crimes in the service of the US.
"The revolution can be generous because it is strong," he said, adding that there would be "no impunity for enemies of the fatherland".
Mr Castro became Cuba's leader when his brother, Fidel Castro, stepped aside because of ill-health in 2006.
Rebeca Schaefer and Peter Schmidt are accused of kidnapping, manslaughter and membership of an illicit organisation.
They handed themselves in after a judge ordered their arrest on Monday along with five others.
The judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Hartmut Hopp, the deputy leader of Colonia Dignidad who is thought to have fled to Germany.
Ms Schaefer is the adopted daughter of the former cult leader and Nazi sympathiser, Paul Schaefer, who died in prison in April 2010.
He was serving a 20-year term for sexually abusing children at Colonia Dignidad.
The Baptist preacher founded the commune in 1961 in a remote area about 390km (245 miles) south of the capital Santiago.
Ms Schaefer and her husband Peter Schmidt were detained after travelling to a police station together.
The justice ministry told the BBC that Chile had filed an international warrant via Interpol for the arrest of Hartmut Hopp.
Hopp, 66, disappeared last Friday while on bail awaiting trial.
"We are aware of press reports that he may have fled to his native Germany," justice ministry spokesman, Hector Cruzac, said.
The Chilean authorities are currently investigating how the German national managed to flee from house arrest.
Hopp, who is a medical doctor by profession, was convicted by a court last year of child sex abuse.
However, the authorities had not yet jailed him as they wanted to put him on trial on additional charges, including membership of a banned organisation.
The fugitive's daughter-in-law, Baerbel Schreiber, told a Chilean investigative website that he had arrived in Germany several days ago and was still there.
Colonia Dignidad served as a torture centre during the military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet.
The colony was taken over by the Chilean government in 2005.
A subsequent investigation showed how it operated as a state within a state, with children forced to live separately from their parents.
The Commons Brexit committee's first report urges ministers to publish their Brexit plan by mid-February and give Parliament a vote on the final deal.
Jonathan Edwards, the committee's only Welsh member, accused Labour MPs of "gagging" Labour ministers in Cardiff.
The Welsh Government said it would work to ensure Brexit talks take account of "the interests of all parts of the UK".
As well as calling for clarity on the Brexit plan, the cross-party committee said the UK government should "strive" to ensure there was no return to tariffs or other trade barriers.
Chairman Hilary Benn said: "This is going to be a hugely complex task and the outcome will affect us all.
"The government needs to publish its Brexit plan by mid-February at the latest, including its position on membership of the Single Market and the Customs Union, so that it can be scrutinised by Parliament and the public."
He added that ministers should make it clear that Parliament would get a vote on the final deal.
Mr Edwards, MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, welcomed the committee's support for continued free trade, but was unhappy it would not back his call for the devolved nations to be given a say on the final Brexit deal.
"By blocking my amendments to give Wales a voice, the Labour MPs on the committee have effectively gagged their Welsh Government colleagues," he said.
"That should ring major alarm bells for us in Wales. Westminster is intent on turning the UK into a unilateral state, dictating everything from Westminster, regardless of the needs and interests of Wales."
A Welsh Government spokesman welcomed the report's support for keeping trade open, and said it was involved in "ongoing discussions" with the UK government and other devolved administrations on the approach to Brexit.
"This is important work to ensure that the overall UK negotiating position takes into account the interests of all parts of the UK," the spokesman said.
"We look forward to continuing this constructive relationship after Article 50 has been triggered."
A UK government spokesman said it welcomed the report, but stressed: "We will set out our plans, subject to not undermining the UK negotiating position, by the end of March and that parliament will be appropriately engaged throughout the process of exit, abiding by all constitutional and legal obligations that apply."
Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew RT Davies said: "The committee recognises the damage that would be done if the Prime Minister were to be forced to disclose the government's negotiating position, and that is to be welcomed in what is by and large a sensible report."
Laurie told presenter Kirsty Young on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that the former comedy duo "often" talk about a reunion.
But he said whatever they came up with, it would not be a sketch show.
"I think probably sketching is a young man's game because, by and large, it's about mocking people much older than you," he said.
"We are now not only the age of cabinet ministers, we are actually probably older than half the cabinet."
The pair met at Cambridge University and made four series of the sketch show A Bit of Fry and Laurie.
They later worked together in a TV adaptation of PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster.
Laurie said he had a "pretty instantaneous" friendship with Fry, and they have "barely" had a cross word between them in all the years of their friendship.
"That's not really natural, is it, to never have a cross word? It seems odd," he admitted.
Laurie said he hoped their future project would be a revue-style show like those of Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, who were popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
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"A sort of Flanders and Swann-type stage revue with a couple of wing chairs and a rug and a decanter of Madeira and my colleague will recount amusing stories and I will sit at the piano and play ditties," he said.
"I know no more than that - we have not advanced with this idea but that would be my pick of the way to go."
Laurie has moved back to the UK after eight years in Hollywood starring in the hit medical drama House. The show reached a global audience of 81 million.
Laurie said he has a different level of fame in the UK as House was not as big as it was in other countries.
"I became a very big cheese in France, Italy and Germany," he joked.
In the US he said there were "things I don't do and places I can't go to".
He said he had not learned to surf in California because he knew he would be photographed.
"You're not allowed that sort of tentative first experience of anything without having your picture taken."
Laurie said digital cameras did not exist when he signed up to play the main character, Doctor Gregory House, and now they are everywhere.
"People photograph everything and nothing - no interaction is deemed to have actually happened unless somebody has a picture of it," he said.
"Nobody is satisfied with having met a person without having a picture to prove it."
He added: "I think that is odd and I think it's so odd I think it might actually be starting to alter the way we think about each other and the way we think about general day-to-day social interaction."
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No one in Scotland will have to pay for prescribed medicines following the move brought in by the SNP government.
It comes on the same day charges per item rise in England by 20p to £7.40.
But despite the charge, 90% of items dispensed are given out free as children, those on low incomes and cancer patients are exempt.
Prescription charges have been falling in Scotland for the last three years and stood at £3 before the 1 April change, which will mean the Scottish government losing out on £57m a year.
Under devolution, Wales was the first part of the UK to make prescriptions free - four years ago - and Northern Ireland followed in 2010.
Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "An SNP government, working for Scotland, has ended prescription charges which were a tax on ill-health saving those with long term conditions around £180."
Prescriptions were free for all when the NHS was set up in 1948, but charges were introduced in the early 1950s to plug gaps in funding.
The Department of Health defended its policy of charging in England.
It said the fees raised more than £450m a year - equivalent to the salary costs of 18,000 nurses or 3,500 hospital consultants.
A spokeswoman said: "This income helps the NHS to maintain vital services for patients."
And she added alongside the exemptions those needing regular prescriptions, such as patients with long-term conditions, were eligible for discounted rates.
The spokeswoman said: "The price of the 12-month prescription pre-payment certificate will be frozen for the second year running. This allows people to get all the prescriptions they need for an average cost of £2 per week."
By Nick TriggleHealth reporter, BBC News
The elderly, children and those with being treated for conditions such as cancer are the most likely to need prescriptions.
And despite the furore over the differences across the UK - all these groups get their medicines without paying wherever they live.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland may all have a policy of free prescriptions, but in England there are an extensive list of exemptions and discounts.
Nine in 10 prescription items in England are handed out free as those exempt include the under 16s, over 60s, pregnant women and those on low incomes.
Of the rest, many are discounted through a pre-payment scheme which means that people needing regular prescriptions, such as those with long-term conditions like arthritis, only have to pay just over £2 a week.
It effectively means only the healthy and wealthy pay the full £7.40 charge.
Responding to the fact England stands alone in charging for prescriptions, Roger Goss, of Patient Concern, said: "Patients in England will be asking if this is fair. They are being discriminated against and losing out. It should be the same across the NHS."
The move to end the fees north of the border comes in the second week of campaigning for the Scottish Parliament election on 5 May.
The Scottish Labour Party said it welcomed the move.
Its health spokesperson Jackie Baillie said: "This is something that we supported in the Scottish Parliament and would not come to fruition without that support."
Derek Brownlee, finance spokesman for the Scottish Tories said that giving free prescriptions to those people who could "well afford to pay for them" was "politically irresponsible and a drain on public resources at this time of huge financial challenges in the NHS".
He added "The young, the elderly and those on benefits are all already exempt. Using millions of Scotland's health budget to reduce the cost of prescriptions to zero by next year means it cannot be spent elsewhere."
The Scottish Liberal Democrats said it would take forward "what we've inherited on free prescriptions" but it added that the SNP could not have it both ways.
A spokesperson said: "They cannot scrap prescription charges and also continue paying out £28 million of bonuses to the highest paid employees in the NHS."
The Scottish Greens said it believed there should be equal access to the NHS and that meant free access to everyone at the point of use, including free prescriptions.
The party's co-convener Patrick Harvie added: "We fully support the abolition of prescription charges. This kind of move will become harder to sustain, though, if none of the other parties are prepared to support our call to bring in fairer taxes and protect public services."
The minister was rushed to a hospital in Delhi on Thursday morning after he complained of chest pain. The exact cause of his death is unknown.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that Mr Dave's sudden death was "shocking" because he was attending official meetings until last evening.
Mr Dave was an MP in Rajya Sabha (lower house of India's parliament) and became a minister in 2015.
Mr Modi added that the minister's death was his "personal loss".
Other ministers, including junior home minister Kiren Rijiju, have also paid tributes.
The Fire Phone allows its user to change an image's perspective by moving their head, rather than creating "pop-out" effects.
The owner can also scroll through a webpage or bring up menus by tilting the smartphone in their hand.
Chief executive Jeff Bezos announced the phone at a press event in Seattle.
One industry watcher had doubts about what was on show.
"We've seen similar gesture controls on Samsung's Galaxy range, and not many people use them," said Francisco Jeronimo, a mobile devices analyst at market research firm IDC.
"Unless the experience is extraordinary it can come across as a gimmick. I'd be surprised if Amazon has succeeded when Samsung hasn't, but I'll need to try it.
The launch comes at a time when Amazon's tablet sales appear to be on the wane, despite recent price promotions.
The basic version of the Fire Phone, with 32 gigabytes (GB) of storage, will cost $199 (£117) on top of a two-year contract with AT&T - the only network to offer it initially - on 25 July.
That is the same price AT&T charges for the 16GB versions of Apple's iPhone 5S and Samsung's Galaxy S5.
The "dynamic perspective" effect is made possible by the inclusion of four "ultra-low power" cameras coupled with four infrared LEDs, which permit the device to keep tracking the position of the user's eyes and mouth in the dark.
The process only requires two cameras, but the firm said the extra two meant users would not need to worry how they held the handset.
Mr Bezos gave the example of looking at a dress' design from different angles as an example of how the effect could be used, and showed how a handset could be tilted afterwards to make it move onto another garment.
Another innovation introduced by the Fire Phone is a dedicated side-button to activate Firefly, an app that allows it recognise text, images and sound in the smartphone's immediate vicinity.
It can be used to bring up information - for example details of a wine, the name of a song, or information about a painting - and when relevant, the chance to buy the same or a related product from Amazon.
The facility relies on Amazon's computer servers, so will not be available when the phone is offline.
"Firefly is not just about taking you back to the Amazon store, it's about knowing so much more about consumers - things Amazon would not have known before," noted Carolina Milanesi, from research firm Kantar Worldpanel Comtech.
The device also takes advantage of several other online services the company offers, including:
Several of these services will only remain available if the owner renews their Amazon Prime membership after a year, at an annual cost of $99.
Amazon promised us something "a little bit different" - and on that front Jeff Bezos has delivered with a phone with a "wow factor" sporting several differentiators.
Sure, established phone makers LG and HTC had 3D displays back in 2011, but they used filters on top of the screen, a far cry from the "dynamic perspective" take on 3D Amazon is bringing us here.
The Firefly object recognition might prove more immediately useful for many users, and for Amazon itself, providing yet another virtually seamless route for purchases to be made through the retailer itself.
Yet despite these unique features, Mr Bezos is treading into territory where other more established tech names have stumbled.
Amazon's recent foray into tablets has barely made a dent in the Apple-Samsung duopoly.
Consumers also do not appear to have warmed to Amazon's own software, a "forked" version of Google Android.
Its own app store may have some 240,000 apps, but many are poorly-rated third-party versions of popular apps found in Google Play, which has more than 1.2 million apps.
Even so, Amazon's offer of 12 months of free membership to its Prime services - including fast free deliveries of physical goods - will undoubtedly help this handset gain market traction, especially amongst price-sensitive customers.
And for those that do buy the Fire Phone, it will undoubtedly create a "halo effect" on the rest of Amazon's businesses; the big unknown is just how far it will stretch.
Amazon shipped one million Kindle Fire-branded devices in the first three months of this year, down from 1.8 million the same period in 2013, according to IDC.
Its data indicates that Amazon's market share of the tablet sector now stands at 1.9%, about half what it was a year ago.
The handset market is an even more crowded space with several existing manufacturers failing to profit from the hardware they sell.
But with the number of global smartphone users approaching the two billion-mark, grabbing even a small fraction of the market could still prove valuable to the US firm.
"Most of the value Amazon will accrue from these handsets will be made over the following years after the initial sale," said Chris Green, principal technology analyst at the Davies Murphy Group consultancy.
"That's partly selling you follow-up annual subscriptions to its Prime services after the first 12 months.
"But it's also about one-off purchases such as paying for the rental of a movie that's not included in the subscription package and also buying apps from it store.
"I wouldn't say Amazon has tied everything together as well as Apple, but it's certainly done it much better than Google."
In an interview with the Guardian, Nick Hardwick said conditions in adult prisons had deteriorated over the past five years.
He also criticised the detention of asylum seekers and the "failure of empathy" among civil servants.
He leaves his post on Sunday, having decided not to apply for another term.
Mr Hardwick told the Guardian his job was a role that should not be done "for too long because you get used to things you shouldn't get used to."
He described some of the conditions in prison as "disgusting", with prisoners living two to a cell, eating meals sitting on the bed next to an "unscreened" toilet.
"Things have got worse, and I think they would have been even worse were it not for us," he said.
Child, eight, held overnight in cell
In his final annual report released in July, which said that prisons in England and Wales were in their worst state for 10 years, he noted that one staff member at Wormwood Scrubs said of the cells: "I wouldn't keep a dog in there".
In that instance, they found that toilets "were filthy" and inadequately screened, broken windows, and cockroaches.
Mr Hardwick also told the newspaper that children who are locked up in young offenders institutions are being failed.
"These are our children; we should be moving heaven and earth to try to make a difference and we don't," Mr Hardwick said.
He said it was "bonkers" that "our most troubled children" were put "in an institution with loads [of others] just like them" and said they should be put in smaller units.
Referring to one instance when he was approached by a boy in an institution, he said: "I said, 'What can I do?' and he said, 'I want to go home to my mummy."
Mr Hardwick also suggested that locking up asylum seekers is an abuse of power.
"These people haven't been convicted of anything, and they're detained on the say-so of a relatively junior civil servant," he said.
On policymakers, Mr Hardwick said there was a "lack of imagination and failure of empathy".
"Too many policymakers do not ask themselves the crucial question: 'How would I react if I were in that situation, and why are people in prison in the first place?'" He said.
Earlier this month he told BBC Two's Newsnight programme that prisons have grown ''a lot more'' dangerous.
Mr Hardwick has been appointed chairman of the Parole Board of England and Wales, succeeding Sir David Calvert-Smith.
Yisrael Kristal was born near Zarnow in Poland in 1903 and lived through two world wars before moving to the Israeli city of Haifa.
He was 112 years and 178 days old on 11 March, Guinness World Records says.
The previous oldest-recorded man, Yasutaro Koide of Japan, died in January aged 112 years and 312 days.
As he received his Guinness World Records certificate, Mr Kristal said he did not know the "secret for long life" and that he believed everything was "determined from above".
"There have been smarter, stronger and better looking men then me who are no longer alive," he added.
"All that is left for us to do is to keep on working as hard as we can and rebuild what is lost."
The son of a religious scholar, Mr Kristal was separated from his parents during World War One. He later moved to Lodz to work in the family confectionery business.
After the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in 1939, Mr Kristal and his family were moved into the Lodz ghetto.
His two children died there and Mr Kristal and his wife Chaja Feige Frucht were sent to Auschwitz in 1944 after the ghetto was liquidated, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Mr Kristal's wife was murdered in Auschwitz but he survived, performing slave labour in that and other camps. When he was found by the Allies in May 1945 he weighed just 37 kg (5 stones 11 lbs).
The sole survivor from his family, Mr Kristal emigrated to Israel in 1950 with his second wife and their son, where he continued to run his confectionery business until his retirement.
His daughter, Shula Kuperstoch, said the Holocaust had not affected her father's beliefs.
"He is optimistic, wise, and he values what he has," she told the Jerusalem Post.
The oldest person alive today is believed to be an American woman, Susannah Mushatt Jones, who is 115 years and 249 days.
The oldest person ever to have lived is thought to be Jeanne Calment from France, who died aged 122 years and 164 days.
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An announcement is expected and could come as early as next week, sources have told the BBC's Sunday Politics Wales programme.
It is understood to involve the Tata plant at Port Talbot, as part of moves to safeguard the future of the site, which currently employs 4,000 workers.
The company said it had "no announcement to make at present".
Thousands of jobs were lost in 2015 with cutbacks and the closure of steelworks in England and Scotland involving Tata and other companies.
Steel unions and local politicians have called for urgent action from the UK government to prevent further job losses, saying the industry is in crisis due to high energy costs, collapsing prices and cheap Chinese imports.
Tata Steel employs more than 6,000 people at plants across Wales, putting £200m a year into the economy in wages.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart said: "If we have an announcement from the company, the government will respond appropriately.
"Steel has been in crisis for a long time - this is not just a new thing.
"We and the First Minister in particular have been pressing the UK government on energy costs.
"We are now dealing with energy costs and Europe is dealing with that, but that's almost too late for firms like Tata."
Rob Edwards, lead organiser of the Community trade union, said: "The problem is there's cheap steel imports from China, all the business rates are wrong, the environmental taxes are wrong.
"It is a very difficult situation and I think people underestimate how important the steel industry is to Wales."
Tata Steel Europe, which employs 17,000 in the UK, is in the throes of a wide-scale reorganisation of its business.
In October, the firm announced nearly 1,200 roles were to be axed in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire.
A spokesman for the company said: "We have no announcement to make at present.
"If we have significant news we would always tell employees first."
The harsh reality is that Tata is hoping that by cutting hundreds of jobs they can save the steelworks - a plant which has more impact on the Welsh economy than purely the number of people working there.
It is understood to be losing £1m a day and has been for months.
The workforce have known since Christmas that a survival plan was being developed and it is this plan that we understand will be announced at the start of next week.
There are few signs that the market Port Talbot operates in will get stronger any time soon.
Chinese imports are still coming into Wales in considerable volume and prices for electricity - of which Port Talbot uses huge amounts - are still higher than competitors are being charged.
The European steel association Eurofer reports that the amount of Chinese steel entering Europe doubled in 2014 and much of that is coming into the UK, including Newport docks.
While hundreds of job losses are always painful, particularly for the families involved, looking at the bigger picture for the plant, this could be the best case scenario.
The restructuring plan, as the company will call it, still has to be approved by the board of Tata in Mumbai. If it decided that the plan does not make business sense, the fear is that the whole plant could be mothballed.
No steel would be made there, for the short term at least, ending generations of steel making at the site.
But Port Talbot steelworks has been though this before and survived.
In the early 1980s, 12,500 worked there. British Steel brought in restructuring called Slimline and 5,000 people lost their jobs there. By 1986, steel was making a profit again.
Tata UK will be hoping that by cutting jobs now the works will be able to ride out poor economic forces and have a brighter future ahead.
CCTV footage has shown the young people trespassing on high buildings at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) site.
A Belfast Trust spokesman said its concern was for "the comfort and wellbeing of our patients, some of whom are extremely unwell".
"It is also very dangerous for those involved," he added.
Sgt Anthony Greene of the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) said the young people's actions were "both disruptive and reckless, and could end up causing upset and injury".
He said those involved risked receiving a criminal record.
"I would also appeal to parents in the area to be aware of where their children are, and what they are up to. We all have a responsibility to work together and make this part of west Belfast a safer community in which to live," Sgt Greene said.
The trust spokesman added: "We are constantly reviewing our security measures to keep the environment safe, but we would appeal to them to think about the impact their activities have on our patients, as well as their own safety".
The palace has issued an appeal to world media not to publish unauthorised images of the two-year-old, who is third in line to the throne.
Some paparazzi had gone to "extreme lengths" to take pictures and "a line has been crossed", the palace said.
It wants to "inform discussion" on unauthorised photography of children.
The palace said a small number of media organisations, mostly in Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand and the US, had published photos of Prince George in "unacceptable circumstances".
However it said the "vast majority", and all UK publications, had refused.
The palace says in recent months, photographers have:
It said the most recent incident, which was last week, involved a photographer who was discovered by police lying down in the boot of a rented car attempting to shoot photos outside a children's play area.
Nicholas Witchell, BBC royal correspondent
The palace hopes that by drawing attention to the way in which these photographs are being obtained, the readerships of these magazines will bring pressure to bear on the publishers to stop printing them.
It says it wants to instigate a "public discussion" which will help publishers of what they call "unauthorised photos of children" to understand their responsibilities better.
But is it realistic to expect the few publishers who rely of these photos to put principle before profit?
That remains to be seen.
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Kensington Palace tweeted: "The Duke and Duchess want to extend their thanks for the kind and supportive messages they have received in recent months.
"They have been delighted to share photos of their children and will continue to do so in the months and years ahead.
"Yet undercover paparazzi continue to pursue their children, selling images of Prince George to international publications."
In the published letter, Kensington Palace communications secretary Jason Knauf said the prince had become the paparazzi's "number one target".
He said: "It is of course upsetting that such tactics - reminiscent as they are of past surveillance by groups intent on doing more than capturing images - are being deployed to profit from the image of a two-year-old boy.
"In a heightened security environment such tactics are a risk to all involved.
"The worry is that it will not always be possible to quickly distinguish between someone taking photos and someone intending to do more immediate harm."
Mr Knauf said the duke and duchess wanted Prince George and his sister Princess Charlotte "to be free to play in public and semi-public spaces with other children without being photographed".
They want to give their children a childhood that is "free from harassment and surveillance", he said.
Paddy Harverson, former communications secretary to the Duke of Cambridge, said: "Just imagine if everywhere you went and when you took the children out to playgrounds, there were men carrying cameras, they were hiding.
"Often they don't know they're there until they see the photographs later in magazines, which are published abroad."
The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: "The covert actions of photographers have at times caused concerns during police protection operations when they have been considered a possible security threat.
"Photographers are potentially putting themselves at risk from armed intervention where our armed officers perceive a risk to the personal safety of their principal, the public and themselves."
This academic year, 43% of finalists made job applications by the end of October, compared with 31% five years ago, the High Fliers research finds.
The poll of more than 18,000 finalists suggests they are making an average of 7.5 applications - an all-time high.
A quarter of those surveyed expected to start a graduate job as soon as they finished studying.
Three-quarters of those surveyed had started researching their career options before the start of their final year at university, compared with 61% in 2010 and 57% in 2008.
Of those who began their job hunt early, a quarter had started looking in the first year of their degree studies and a further fifth had been hunting since before they started their course.
The students who took part in the survey had collectively made 463,000 job applications this year. This compares with 257,000 made by those who graduated in 2010.
About one in four of those who had put in job applications by the time the survey was carried out, in March, had received definite job offers.
A quarter of the students surveyed said they expected to start a full-time graduate job as soon as they finished their studies.
A further 17% said they would look for work once they had graduated, while 3% planned on running their own business.
About one in eight (12%) said they had "no definite plans".
On average, new graduates expect a starting salary of £23,000, the research suggests.
London was again the leading destination for job hunters, with 50% saying they hoped to work in the capital, but 23% of final-year students hoped their first job would be overseas.
The research is based on a poll of 18,336 students, studying at 30 leading universities, who are due to graduate this summer.
Managing director of High Fliers Research, Martin Birchall said: "Our latest research confirms just how dramatically the process of getting a graduate job has changed over the last five years.
"Finding a first graduate job for after university is no longer something that students do in their final few months of study.
"Nearly half of those graduating this summer from the 'class of 2014' had started researching their career options by the end of their first year at university, and record numbers of students made their job applications to employers up to a year before graduation.
"It's great to see that although the job market for university-leavers remains highly competitive, more new graduates than ever have managed to secure a definite job offer before leaving university."
National Union of Students vice-president Dom Anderson said: "Competition for jobs is now incredibly high, which is why many students are applying for jobs earlier.
"There needs to be a greater investment in careers guidance right from school through to leaving, to ensure that students are able to make informed, meaningful decisions about their career choices."
Neil Carberry, director for employment and skills for the CBI, said: "In a highly competitive jobs market, young people thinking earlier about what route to take after leaving education should be encouraged.
"Effective careers guidance is vitally important at all stages so that young people are aware of the broad range of options available to them and the skills, attitudes and behaviours that employers value."
The 35-year-old Glasgow player, who was originally scheduled to "have a bit of rest at home", replaces the injured Tim Visser in the 27-man party.
Visser suffered a knee problem playing for Harlequins against Montpellier in the European Rugby Challenge Cup final.
Lamont will compete with fellow wings Tommy Seymour, Sean Maitland and Damien Hoyland for a Test place.
He won the last of his 104 caps in Scotland's final Six Nations match against Ireland in March, but was omitted from the original tour squad in favour of Edinburgh wing Hoyland.
Scotland will fly out on 11 June to Japan, where they face the Asian champions in Tests on Saturday 18 June at Toyota Stadium, Toyota City, and on 25 June at Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo.
Both matches will be broadcast live by BBC Scotland, with 11:20 BST kick-offs.
Scotland beat Japan 45-10 at last year's World Cup, four days after the Japanese caused one of the biggest upsets in rugby history by beating South Africa 34-32.
Forwards
Props: Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh), Moray Low (Exeter Chiefs), Willem Nel (Edinburgh), Rory Sutherland (Edinburgh). Hookers: Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors); Ross Ford (Edinburgh), Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby). Locks: Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Gray (Castres), Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors). Back-rowers: John Barclay (Scarlets), David Denton (Bath), John Hardie (Edinburgh), Josh Strauss (Glasgow Warriors); Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors).
Backs
Full-back: Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors). Wings: Damien Hoyland (Edinburgh), Sean Lamont (Glasgow) Warriors), Sean Maitland (London Irish), Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors). Centres: Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors), Matt Scott (Gloucester), Duncan Taylor (Saracens). Fly-halves: Ruaridh Jackson (Wasps), Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors). Scrum-halves: Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester), Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors).
The Coliseum in Porthmadog closed in 2011 because of falling attendances after 80 years of entertaining the crowds.
Gwynedd council voted to demolish it in September - despite 300 people objecting to the plan.
Work to flatten the building began on Monday, with the walls demolished on Tuesday.
There had been calls for the 1930s cinema to be given listed-building status, however, developers said it needed to be flattened.
A council report said experts had ruled out giving the building protected, status despite it being of some "historic interest".
Ethan Hughes, 23, was also given a 12 months supervised release order having pled guilty to assaulting driver Jan Smialek.
A third man, Murray D'Angelo, 28, died after being struck by two cars when he left the taxi.
The incident happened on the outskirts of Edinburgh at 06:15 on 6 December last year.
Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how Hughes, Mr D'Angelo and another man had been picked up by Mr Smialek from outside a house in Edinburgh.
The trio had been at a function at Tynecastle Stadium before going to a party, where they had been drinking.
Hughes got into the front passenger seat, while the two other men sat in the rear. Mr Smialek was asked to go to Chesser Avenue and then Livingston.
Fiscal depute Brian Robertson told Sheriff Alistair Noble that an argument had broken out when one of the passengers wanted to go to Livingston first.
The driver began to head for Livingston, but the argument escalated and the men in the rear seats began fighting with each other.
Mr Robertson said Hughes shouted at his two companions to stop, and told the driver to stop the car.
Mr Smialek pulled the taxi over onto the hard shoulder between the Hermiston and Gogar junctions of the M8, at which point Hughes attempted to calm the other two men down.
Mr Robertson said: "The driver was concerned that the incident was escalating and pressed the emergency button. Control asked if everything was OK and the driver said 'No' and asked for the police to be contacted".
The fiscal said the situation appeared to calm down and the driver contacted his control room and told them not to call the police.
"The end of the phone call was heard by the accused" said Mr Robertson. "He heard the word 'police' and produced a curved hunting knife, brandished it at the driver and threatened to kill him if he didn't go to Livingston".
The fiscal said there was a struggle and Mr Smialek was struck in the eye with the knife.
He added: "While the accused was distracted, he (Smialek) jumped out of the taxi. He ran across two carriageways of the M8 in the dark.
"A lorry driver saw the complainer standing on the hard shoulder, waving his arms, and radioed 999 about a pedestrian being on the roadway".
Mr Smialek got into the cab and told the lorry driver what had happened.
Mr Robertson said the taxi driver had been "visibly terrified and distressed", adding: "He had scratches to his eye and considered himself lucky not to lose it".
Mr D'Angelo had also left the taxi during the incident, and was killed after being struck by two vehicles on the carriageway.
Defence solicitor Andrew Aitken said Hughes had expressed remorse throughout the proceedings, not just to Mr Smialek, but to his friend, Murray D'Angelo, who was killed as a result of the incident.
The AU team said the poll had been "free, fair, transparent and credible".
Ahead of Friday's vote, the main opposition party Unita had called for a delay, expressing concern about a lack of transparency.
The latest count gives President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' governing MPLA party an unassailable lead.
With 90% of ballots counted, the electoral authorities said the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) has won 73% of the vote, with Unita garnering 18%. A newly founded third party, Casa, is forecast to win 6%.
If confirmed, the results mean another term for President dos Santos, 70, who has ruled since 1979. Final results are expected to be announced on Monday.
The state-ruin newspaper Jornal de Angola has already declared Mr Dos Santos the victor, saying on its front page on Sunday: "The MPLA is the big winner of the general elections of 2012... Jose Eduardo dos Santos is president-elect."
The vote was the second since the civil war ended a decade ago.
They were also the first to be held under a newly adopted constitution, under which the leader of the winning party in the 220-member parliament becomes president.
Main contenders:
The head of the AU mission, Pedro Pires, congratulated Angola's electoral commission, the parties and the voters for their political maturity.
But he did point out problems with observers getting accreditation, and said opposition candidates had not enjoyed equal access to the media.
Unita has said that the authorities' failure to publish a full electoral roll had cast doubt on the vote's transparency and credibility.
Some voters were unable to cast their ballot as they did not appear on lists, despite being registered.
Analysts had predicted an easy victory for Mr dos Santos' MPLA, which won more than 80% in the last vote.
MPLA officials said the results showed that the party was enjoying widespread support.
The MPLA has been in power since Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975.
Angola - Africa's second largest oil producer - has witnessed an economic boom since the end of the 27-year civil war in 2002, but the opposition says the wealth has only benefited a small elite.
Christopher James Wauchope, 40, was arrested following a search of his home at Strabane Road, Castlederg, on Tuesday.
He faces four charges relating to attempted importation and attempted possession with intent to supply.
The defendant will appear in court by video link on 21 April.
The court heard that on 15 March the Belgian authorities intercepted a postal package containing 3.2kg of a suspected Class B drug.
The National Crime Agency was alerted and they in turn spoke with the PSNI as it was addressed to a 'Christopher Walker'.
When police swooped on the defendant's home he immediately admitted knowledge of the package but said he did not know the identity of the sender.
He said his payment for receiving the package was to be a small amount of cannabis for his own personal use.
In court, police opposed bail on the grounds that Mr Wauchope could tip his contacts off about the investigation.
The District Judge said the defendant there was a "real and substantial risk of interference with the administration of justice and any further investigation".
Mr Wauchope will reappear at Strabane Magistrates Court next month. Bail has been refused.
On Wednesday, in a separate incident, police arrested a 40-year-old man in the Carnhill area of Londonderry, after herbal cannabis with a potential street value of £66,000 was also uncovered in Belgium.
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In its latest African Economic Outlook, the fund forecasts growth in the region of 3.75% this year, the slowest growth in six years.
Next year, the report forecasts growth of 4.25%.
Low oil and commodity prices, together with a slowdown in the Chinese economy, are the main reasons for the overall downturn, the IMF says.
China is the region's largest trading partner and many African countries have benefited hugely from exporting raw materials to the country.
"The strong momentum evident in the region in recent years has dissipated," says the report, titled Dealing with the Gathering Clouds.
"With the possibility that the external environment might turn even less favourable, risks to this outlook remain on the downside."
Oil exporters such as Nigeria and Angola are being hit particularly hard by the slump in the oil price, which has fallen by more than 50% since mid-2014 to less than $50 a barrel.
Mineral exporters such as Zambia, Ghana and South Africa are also suffering from lower commodity prices, the report says.
The IMF calls on African governments to adopt policies to lessen the impact of this economic slowdown, such as allowing currency depreciation to help boost exports.
It also urges governments to address income inequalities that are particularly high in the region, as well as gender inequality.
Diego Leon Osorio, 46, is accused of trying to smuggle more than 1kg (two pounds) of cocaine to Spain concealed in his underwear, which he denies.
He was arrested at the international airport in the Colombian city of Medellin in October.
If found guilty, Mr Osorio could face up to 12 years in prison.
Mr Osorio played for Colombia's national team in the Copa America in 1991 and 1993 and also at the Barcelona Olympics in 1993.
He also played for Colombian teams Atletico Nacional, Santa Fe and Medellin.
Local media say that after his retirement from football at the age of 29, Mr Osorio managed a number of hotels around Medellin.
He still played occasionally in charity matches with his former teammate Carlos Valderrama.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has served two consecutive terms and under Argentina's constitution is barred from running again until 2019.
The swearing-in ceremony on 10 December of whoever gets elected as the new president will officially mark the end of 12 years of Kirchnerism, the political movement named after President Fernandez de Kirchner and her late husband and predecessor in office, Nestor Kirchner.
Irene Caselli looks at some of the policies that left a mark on the country and which have divided voters.
Passed in 2009, the universal child allowance is arguably the most widely accepted social policy in Argentina.
It provides financial support to parents who are unemployed or work in the informal sector.
Parents receive a monthly stipend for each child under the age of 18 for up to five children.
They receive 837 Argentine pesos ($88, £57 at the official market exchange rate) per child per month.
Eighty percent of that sum is handed to them on a monthly basis, while the remaining 20% are retained until the start of the school year in March, when parents have to produce school attendance certificates and vaccination records in order to receive the outstanding amount.
The scheme has been praised by supporters and opponents of the president alike although its long-term effects on health, education and poverty remain to be determined.
When Nestor Kirchner came into office in 2003, Argentina was facing a deep economic crisis.
The country was still reeling from its $100bn default - at the time the biggest sovereign debt default in history.
He began a process of restructuring the debt that had been defaulted on.
In 2005, a majority of creditors agreed to swap their bonds for new ones that left them with little more than 30 cents on the dollar.
A second debt restructuring in 2010 brought the percentage of renegotiated bonds to 93%.
The remaining 7% refused a deal and became known as the holdouts.
While even critics of Kirchnerism recognise the importance of the debt restructuring deals, some bemoan the government's failure to settle the long-running $1.3bn dispute with the holdouts, which has locked Argentina out of capital markets for a decade.
Read also: Argentina in denial over debt dispute
The opposition blames the Kirchners for rising inflation, lowering purchasing power and stagnant growth.
Since Argentina is cut off from borrowing on international capital markets, the government imposed strict currency and capital controls to avoid capital flight.
The amount of dollars available at the official rate is limited but demand remains high, leading to a soaring black market and an overvalued currency.
Government officials estimated that inflation would hit 14.4% this year, but independent economist predicted almost double that: 25% annually.
As inflation rises, the peso has increasingly less purchasing power.
The price of some basic goods has been stabilised thanks to an agreement between the national government and local businesses.
But critics say this only distorts the economy further.
Read also: Argentina vote poses economic choice
When it comes to the justice system, the Kirchners' legacy is highly divisive.
Supporters highlight the government's decision to overturn amnesty laws which protected lower-ranking members of the military from prosecution for crimes committed during Argentina's military rule from 1976 to 1983.
One thousand former members of the military have been charged thanks to this change in the law.
But critics accuse the Kirchners of co-opting the justice system, slowing down and obstructing any investigation that could affect the government, from corruption charges involving Vice-President Amado Boudou to the death in mysterious circumstance of prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
Over the past 12 years, the Kirchners re-nationalised many companies which had been privatised during the 1990s.
Argentina's postal service, its radio spectrum and Buenos Aires's water company were nationalised early on under Nestor Kirchner.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner drove the re-nationalisation of arguably the four most important companies: national carrier Aerolineas Argentinas, oil company YPF, Argentina's railway system and its pension fund.
While some celebrate these as an important reassertion of state control in the economy, critics complain of inefficiency and of government interference.
In 2010, Argentina became the first Latin American country to allow same-sex marriage.
The law gave gay people the same marital rights as heterosexuals, including adoption and inheritance rights.
In 2012, parliament approved a "gender identity law", which allowed for changes to be made to people's gender, image, or birth name on civil registries.
However, discrimination and violence against transgender people remains high.
Three transgender people have been killed in recent weeks.
Left-wing critics say the government has not been progressive enough to legalise abortion or the sale and consumption of marijuana, as neighbouring Uruguay has.
"I don't want to live like that," the Gangnam Style singer confesses.
"I am not that responsible person. I hate the word responsibility. I wasn't responsible at all before Gangnam Style and now I gotta be good."
Psy, 34, says he was "bad ass" before the worldwide success of Gangnam Style.
The video has now been viewed more than 700 million times on YouTube.
In previous concerts, Psy has dressed in revealing PVC outfits and covered Lady Gaga songs.
In 2011 he performed Beyonce's Single Ladies on stage wearing a leotard.
Earlier this month Psy was awarded the Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit by South Korea's Culture Ministry, for increasing awareness of South Korean pop music and interest in South Korea.
When asked how he felt about being used politically, Psy admitted he was "not that kind of person".
He also recounted a tale of being photographed in Toronto recently standing by a no smoking sign which did not go down well at home.
"There was a public ashtray there," Psy protested. "That's why I smoked there and everybody smokes there so I thought it was all right.
"But in Korea that was kind of a bit of trouble so people say, 'Oh Psy, you are representing our country so don't do that.'
"That kind of thing happens these days."
At the weekend Psy won best video for Gangnam Style at the MTV Europe Music Awards and he says he is working on his first international album.
That will be recorded half in English, half in Korean and will be released in 2013.
That is currently $7.25 (£4.90) an hour, but individual states can set their own rates.
The move will only benefit staff at company-owned outlets - about 10% of McDonald's 14,000 US restaurants.
In a statement, the firm said employees covered by the new policy will be paid more than $10 per hour by 2016.
The rate is still short of the increase sought by campaigners in recent months.
The move follows a similar one by retailing giant Wal-Mart.
Franchisees who run around 90% of outlets set their own pay and benefits but this could prompt some of these to improve their own terms.
One analyst said this could help offset the cost of the wage rise for the parent company.
"They'll try to paint this as altruistic, but they're increasing their corporate income by doing this. It's not as nice as it sounds," said Richard Adams, a former McDonald's franchisee who now acts as a consultant for current ones.
McDonald's franchisees pay the company royalties based on sales.
Fast food workers across the US have been demanding that the minimum wage in the sector should be raised to $15 per hour.
Workers at various outlets, including McDonald's, have held strikes and there have been street protests in many US cities.
McDonald's new chief executive, Steve Easterbrook, said the company had "listened to our employees" and announced he would introduce "paid personal leave and financial assistance for completing their education" alongside a wage rise.
Hannah Stewart and Chloe Fitzpatrick both scored doubles as the Dons completed the quarter final line-up a week on from last week's games.
Holders Hibernian Ladies will host Rangers Ladies, and champions Glasgow City will play Stirling University.
Hearts, the only SWPL2 team left in the competition, will travel to Celtic.
Ties will be played on Sunday 26 March.
"A great victory to build on as we approach the start of the league campaign," said Aberdeen head coach Stefan Laird of the win against Glasgow Girls.
"The players worked hard in tough conditions and created enough chances to score more than the four we got."
Madine, 26, who has scored 16 goals in 78 appearances for Bolton, has signed a new two-year deal.
Wheater, 30, has made 167 appearances for the Trotters and has agreed a new one-year deal with an option.
"Hopefully, we will have another season like last and I don't see any reason why not with the quality we have in the squad," Wheater told the club website.
Sean Williams was hit in Lakefield Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, on Thursday afternoon.
The car driver was treated for shock in hospital and was helping police with their investigations. The boy was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.
Sean's parents Elaine and Andrew said he would be "truly missed".
In a statement released by West Midlands Police, they said: "To all family and friends…thank you for your support.
"This is the picture we would like you all to remember of our baby boy. Anyone who knew Sean would know he was an amazing, intelligent, polite, loving little boy."
Sgt Alan Wood, from the regional Collision Investigation Unit, said his team still needed to trace witnesses, in particular the driver of a car waiting at traffic lights at the time of the collision.
He said: "It was a small, light-coloured vehicle stationary at the traffic light junction, in the right filter lane heading from Lakefield Road turning right into March End Road."
The staff at the Bryn Hesketh unit, Colwyn Bay, were suspended last Thursday, Betsi Cadwaladr health board confirmed.
It follows concerns raised by another member of staff over some aspects of patient care.
The health board, which runs the unit, said an independent investigation has begun.
But it stressed that the suspensions were "a neutral act".
A spokesman said: "We have robust systems and processes in place to monitor the quality and safety of the care being provided at all of our mental health services.
"If a concern is raised by a member of staff there will be an immediate response and it will be escalated as appropriate.
"Last week, a concern relating to one of our older people's mental health units, Bryn Hesketh in Colwyn Bay, was raised. It was escalated to the mental health and learning disabilities management team on the day it was reported.
"We have followed the safeguarding process in line with All Wales Guidance and made a referral to Conwy local authority. To strengthen our processes further, we have secured the services of an independent external investigations officer.
"The investigation involves six members of staff, who, in line with procedure, have been suspended. It is important to stress that this is a neutral act."
The spokesman added that it could not share any further details while the investigation was under way.
Darren Millar, Clwyd West AM, said the allegations were raised on Tuesday last week, and the members of staff were suspended the following Thursday.
He said he had spoken to the health board's chief executive and the unit was still operating as normal with temporary staff to cover any vacancies.
Bryn Hesketh is an EMI (elderly mentally infirm) unit at Colwyn Bay Community Hospital.
It was opened in 1995, and the health board's website describes it as providing "long stay and respite care beds as well as day hospital facilities for the Colwyn Bay locality".
It was one of the mental health units where patients and staff were transferred in December 2013, following the closure of the Tawel Fan psychiatric ward at Glan Clwyd Hospital due to concerns about the quality and safety of patient care.
The health board has not said whether any of the staff suspended last week had previously worked at the Tawel Fan ward.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We have been made aware of the situation by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
"Welsh Government officials have been briefed on the actions taken by the board to ensure patient safety and respond appropriately to allegations of sub-standard care."
Part-time UDR man Hugh 'Lexie' Cummings was shot dead by the IRA in 1982.
Two years ago, the DUP MP Jim Shannon used parliamentary privilege to accuse Gerry McMonagle, who later became the Sinn Féin mayor of Letterkenny, of the murder.
Shelley Gilfillan said her uncle's murder had been reviewed.
He was shot as he sat in his car in Strabane, County Tyrone, in June 1982.
She told the BBC's Spotlight programme that she did not know if Mr McMonagle had received one of the letters.
"In the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) report, it states where Sinn Fein gave the government a list and Gerry Mac (McMonagle) was on the list," she said.
Mr Cummings' murder was reviewed in 2003.
A political crisis erupted last week over secret letters sent by the government to 187 Irish republicans.
The letters assured those who received them that they were not being sought by police.
The political storm erupted after the trial of Donegal man John Downey collapsed at the Old Bailey last week.
Mr Downey denied killing four soldiers in the 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing.
The case collapsed because he was mistakenly told in a letter in 2007 that he was no longer a wanted man, despite the fact that police in Northern Ireland knew he was still being sought by Scotland Yard.
Although police soon realised they had made a mistake, the assurance was never withdrawn.
Prime Minister David Cameron told the Commons on Wednesday that Mr Downey should never have been sent the letter and that it had been a "dreadful mistake".
Ms Gilfillan described her shock when news of the letters became known.
"It was like an atomic bomb had went off. It was awful. I still can't take it in," she said.
"I still think perhaps this is a dream we're dreaming, this is something you read in a book or you see in a film, this is unbelievable that a government could actually do this to us.
"Such a dirty, dirty deal did Blair do."
On Monday, Northern Ireland's first minister suggested that police and the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) may not have had the legal power to continue the On the Runs scheme after 2010.
That was the year when justice was devolved to Northern Ireland.
On the Runs are people suspected of paramilitary crimes connected to the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Mr Robinson, the leader of the Democratic Unionists, criticised the former Labour government and said former prime minister Tony Blair had engaged in "deliberate deception by omission" by failing to tell most politicians in Northern Ireland about the deal struck with Sinn Féin.
He had also threatened to resign unless a judicial inquiry into the On The Runs was held.
He withdrew his threat after Prime Minister David Cameron agreed there should be a judge-led inquiry into the matter.
Mr Robinson said the issue of whether the scheme was legal after 2010 may be one for the judge in the forthcoming inquiry as well as the attorney general.
The first minister said he intended to meet the PSNI and the Northern Ireland Secretary.
He said it was not up to the justice minister whether his department or the NIO administered the scheme; it was a matter of law.
The episode of Spotlight is available to watch on the iPlayer until 11 March
RIFC said that it is in negotiations to move trading to a different platform.
Trading in the company's shares were suspended on 4 March following the resignation of its nominated advisor (nomad), WH Ireland.
However, RIFC's new board has been unable to appoint a new advisor before Thursday's deadline to remain listed expired.
The suspension of shares came after the removal of the previous board by a shareholder group led by former director Dave King.
BBC Scotland has learned that, although shares can still be traded privately, a number of Rangers shareholders are considering legal action following news of the club's delisting from AIM.
That includes the group for whom former football board chairman Sandy Easdale held proxies for around 20% of Rangers shares.
It is also understood that at least one complaint has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority, but that body has no jurisdiction over Rangers.
But Rangers say the fault lies with the previous regime, which included Easdale, and said: "It is simply the result of the well-documented failings in corporate governance and management of those who previously controlled the company."
The club said AIM received "more complaints about the company than any other company on its exchange over the last year".
At the time of the extraordinary meeting that deposed the previous board, South Africa-based King expressed his confidence that a new nomad could be appointed.
King, who has convictions for contravening South African tax laws, had hoped to be appointed to the board.
Rangers said the prospective nomad completed its checks on the "fit and proper" status of the existing directors and the proposed additional director.
However, after the nomad's assessment of the "company's profile" in recent years and discussions with the Stock Exchange, it was unable to "take up appointment", Rangers said.
"We also understand that any alternative nomad is liable to encounter similar difficulties and therefore the company requires to terminate its listing on AIM," they stressed.
Chairman Paul Murray added: "However, I must point out that delisting will have no effect on our overall financial strategy.
"The investments we expect will still be made and Rangers will be rebuilt on schedule."
One avenue being explored is RIFC being listed on the ISDX, the successor to the Plus platform, where The Rangers Football Club plc's shares were traded in the past and where the shares of Arsenal are listed.
Until then, shareholders will from Tuesday have access to "a matched bargain-trading facility" with JP Jenkins, a founding member of the AIM and Ofex markets through which Millwall's shares are already traded.
Rangers Supporters' Trust said: "It is unfortunate that the company is having to delist because of the mismanagement and, at times, malicious neglect of previous directors and nomads of the company."
And that their star midfielder scores a remarkable nine goals in the tournament, including two hat-tricks, as well as scoring in the final.
And that he is the team's captain.
And that this season, he has already won the league championship in Italy with Juventus, as well as a European title for his club, along with the Ballon d'Or.
Which he won last year. And which he will win again next season. Along with the European Cup.
That is what Michel Platini achieved in 1984, when, in his pomp, he inspired his country to their first ever major tournament title.
Consider all this for a moment, how sensational that would be, and it is easy to understand why, among the increasingly crowded ranks of the Fifa rogue's gallery, it is his downfall that saddens the hearts of many football lovers the most.
Unlike former President Sepp Blatter, or the other career politicians and bureaucrats that made up most of the governing body's other pantomime villains; (Jack Warner, Chuck Blazer, Jeffrey Webb and Jerome Valcke, to name just a few), Platini graced the game he loved.
Most fans over the age of 40 will associate the playmaker - nicknamed 'Le Roi' - with his captivating performances for club and country during his mid-1980s peak, when he was widely regarded as the best player on the planet.
Sadly, for those who never saw Platini's sublime skills on the pitch, or were too young to truly appreciate them, the end of his nine-year reign as Uefa president means he will now become just another symbol of Fifa's fall into disrepute.
For others, however, the end of his political career is to be mourned.
Speaking from Mexico City where Fifa is preparing to hold its annual congress later this week, Fifa's British vice president David Gill told me that Platini's resignation, after he lost his fight to clear his name for breaching Fifa ethics rules at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), was "a loss to the game".
"He brought the clubs and Uefa together," he said. "He was an innovator. He had knowledge, ideas and personality. He surrounded himself with exceptional people at Uefa and had great relationships with the coaches. He was a man of humour and has a sense of fun. He was an excellent Uefa president, in my opinion."
How quickly things can change. Eighteen months ago I interviewed Platini at St George's Park as he toured the training facilities.
To see him that November day, with Football Association staff hanging on his every word and whim, to observe FA chairman Greg Dyke so thrilled to play host, was to see Platini at the height of his powers as a politician.
Platini even felt confident enough to tell me, with typical disregard for the doubters, that he had "no regrets" about his controversial decision to vote for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup, despite the allegations of corruption and human rights abuses directed against the country, and the havoc a winter tournament would play with the calendars of the European leagues and clubs he was meant to represent.
Taking football's showpiece event to the Arab world for the first time was, he insisted, an honourable choice. And his FA hosts, despite having previously cursed the Qatar vote and its ramifications, simply smiled and nodded.
It seemed a matter of time until Platini would become Fifa president.
Who better, the FA asked themselves, than a man who, having excelled as player and coach, showed his administrative clout by organising the 1998 World Cup in France? Who better than a man who had reigned over European football and its 54 different national associations since 2007, when he had surprisingly beat the incumbent Lennart Johansson?
With the exception of his stubborn opposition to goal-line technology, Platini had established himself as an innovator.
He challenged the status quo, meddling with the qualification process for the European Championships to increase it to 24 teams, and proposing a pan-European format for the 2020 tournament.
He gained credit for backing proposals designed to increase the number of home-grown players, for increasing diversity in the Champions League by making it easier for clubs from smaller countries to qualify, and at least appeared to be trying to curb over-spending through his controversial Financial Fair Play (FFP) reforms, although they were eventually watered down amid significant criticism.
Who better than a man who, at the time we met at St George's Park that day, was busy distancing himself from the tainted Blatter reign, demanding that his old friend honour his pledge to walk away after a fourth term as president. He was the obvious heir apparent, and the FA, like many others, intended to cling tightly to the Frenchman's coat-tails.
That November day in 2014, Platini was still considering whether he should stand against Blatter the following year.
A few weeks later, having accepted football's long-serving overlord remained unbeatable, Platini decided instead to back the sole challenger, Prince Ali.
Then, last summer, came Fifa's implosion. The dawn raids in Zurich on the eve of the congress. The defiant re-election of Blatter, before his dramatic decision to step down a few days later amid the corruption investigations.
Sensing his chance, and with Blatter out of the way, Platini declared he would stand in 2016, and again, seemed the obvious choice, the overwhelming favourite. The FA rushed to back him, even before he had issued a manifesto.
But then, finally, it all caught up with him. A Swiss criminal investigation into what prosecutors called a "disloyal payment" that he had received from Blatter in 2011 for advisory services a decade earlier, dragged him into Fifa's turmoil.
Described as "between a witness and a suspect" by the Swiss attorney general, he was suspended by Fifa, then banned. It was a scandal from which he never managed to escape.
Perhaps it should have come as no surprise.
The seeds of Platini's downfall had been sown years earlier. Having helped Blatter get elected in 1998, the Frenchman was intrinsically linked to Fifa's old guard. He advised his mentor up until 2002, the reason, according to them both, for that fateful £1.3m payment he subsequently received in 2011, and which ultimately led to his demise.
The fact the payment was made just four months before Blatter was due to face rival Mohamed Bin Hammam in the presidential election, and that Platini backed Blatter, did him no favours.
Platini had been a member of Fifa's corruption-plagued executive committee since 2002, and his vote for Qatar (especially after initially suggesting he would vote for the US) left many uneasy, especially amid suggestions he had been leaned on by French president Nicolas Sarkozy, and the fact that his son Laurent headed up a Qatar-owned sports kit company.
Platini denied that either had anything to do with his decision, but it did not look good at a time when trust in Fifa was approaching an all-time low. His refusal to hand back a $25,000 watch given to him by the Brazilian football confederation only reinforced the view that Platini simply did not 'get it', and might be part of the problem, rather than the solution to it.
"He was just too close to the set-up," says Dr David Webber, a specialist in the cultural political economy of football at the University of Warwick.
"For years Platini seemed to transcend the murky politics of Fifa, and was seen as the successor-in-waiting, as if his arrival would make all their problems disappear. But he was never really the man to take Fifa forward.
"We need to think long and hard about the way the game is run, otherwise we're going to see other great players be put off standing for election. We say 'we want someone in power who has played the game'. Well, Platini was that guy. If not him then who? But are others now going to want to get involved?"
As Gianni Infantino, Platini's former number two at Uefa and the man who eventually did replace Blatter, presides over the first meeting of the new Fifa council - and its full congress later this week - he may reflect on the demise of his old friend, and the lessons he can learn.
With criminal investigations in the US and Switzerland continuing, and Fifa's 'victim status' in the eyes of the US Department of Justice thought to be dependent on a crucial package of reforms being implemented, Infantino knows the organisation he now leads - along with its regional confederations - must now prove it has moved on from the era dominated by Blatter and Platini - or its very existence could be on the line.
The fact that Infantino has expressed his "sadness" at Platini's ban being upheld, and swerved a question from the Associated Press agency over whether he would now look to reclaim the £1.3m that Platini received, shows how difficult the so-called 'new Fifa' finds it to truly break from the past.
Platini will always have his playing career. No one can take away from him those days when, as the key member of the France midfield's 'carre magique' (magic square), he inspired his country to European Championship glory in 1984 with that incredible record tally of nine goals in five matches.
But 32 years on, as France prepares to host the tournament again, his mistakes - and his sheer inability to accept them as such - mean that rather than presiding over the action in an official role as he had so wished, he will be reduced to that of mere spectator.
Platini can continue to deny any wronging. He can appeal against the decision by Cas through the Swiss courts and rage against what he says is a "deep injustice". He fought and battled as a player. He does so again now. He knows no other way.
Maybe the system dictated that Platini had to behave the way he did to have any chance of replacing Blatter one day. And perhaps Blatter ensured that such a succession would never happen once Platini turned against him. But ultimately it does not matter.
The parallels with Franz Beckenbauer - currently under investigation amid vote-buying allegations surrounding Germany's bid for the 2006 World Cup - another footballing great-turned-statesman of the game, are obvious.
At a time when football is crying out for more former stars to play a role in the future governance of the game, these two fallen idols serve as an especially painful lesson.
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The department store operator filed plans for an IPO with US regulators and said it would use the $100m raised to repay some of its $4.7bn in debt.
After announcing plans to go public in 2013, it was bought by Ares Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $6bn.
The two investment firms will retain majority control of the 100-year old company after the listing.
Known for its wealthy clientele, Dallas-based Neiman Marcus owns 41 stores as well as Bergdorf Goodman on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and 42 Last Call outlets.
In the filing, the company said that nearly 40% of its customers have a median household income of more than $200,000.
Neiman Marcus revenues rose 5% to $1.2bn in the three months to 2 May compared with the same period a year ago.
It swung to a profit of $19.8m after posting a loss of $8m for the quarter last year.
Amanda Young is accused of administering a lethal dose of the drug to Joshua Gafney, 22, at his home in February 2012.
Bristol Crown Court was told Mr Gafney had been given 14 times the amount of clozapine needed to treat him.
Ms Young, 40, from Yeovil, denies manslaughter by gross negligence. Her trial is expected to last three weeks.
Mr Gafney had serious mental health issues and was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, the court heard.
Prosecuting, John Price QC told the jury Mr Gafney had been given a "massive overdose" of a drug he had been prescribed to treat a serious condition he had.
Ms Young was instructed to administer 6ml - a little more than a teaspoon - of clozapine to Mr Gafney but the court heard she "hadn't seen" the dosage written on the medication.
Instead she poured six bottles into a glass for him.
She mistakenly believed each 14ml bottle contained 50mg of clozapine when in fact this figure was per millilitre - meaning a single container actually had 700mg inside, the court heard.
His mother, Tina Marren, immediately raised concerns at the half-full glass but Ms Young allegedly replied: "I know, we will put a bit of water with it".
Mr Gafney drank the glass, containing 84ml, and was pronounced dead two hours later.
Mr Price said there was "no doubt" Ms Young gave the "fatal dose" and that "she was at fault for his death," he said.
The trial continues.
Calum Maciver, 36, from Poolewe in Wester Ross, died in the crash on the A832 Aultbea to Gairloch road at about 12:55 on Friday.
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The Northern Ireland Secretary told the House of Commons that the situation in Northern Ireland was "very grave".
But the DUP leader Peter Robinson called her words "a holding statement".
Her "commitment to respond to concerns in the coming days" would delay talks, he said.
In her Commons statement, Ms Villiers said relationships between the political parties had "almost completely broken down."
"The brutal murders of Gerard Davison and Kevin McGuigan have brought into sharp focus the continuing problems around the existence of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland and the involvement of some of their members in criminality and organised crime," Ms Villiers told the House of Commons.
"Serious consideration needs to be given to whether the time is right to re-establish a body along the lines of the Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC).
The IMC was set up in 2004 to monitor paramilitary activity and the normalisation of security measures in Northern Ireland. It stopped work officially in March 2011.
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She said the government would also look at ways to support efforts to tackle organised crime and cross-border crime in Northern Ireland.
But she added it was also vital to address the differences blocking the implementation of the Stormont Agreement.
"Without welfare reform and steps to tackle in-year budget pressures, there is a real danger that executive departments could start running out of money," she said.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has said it is only prepared to attend more talks "in the right circumstances."
But Sinn Féin has warned the government against preconditions for the talks.
Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy said there should be no delays or preconditions in beginning all-party talks.
"These talks should begin immediately," he said.
"If people are not prepared to go into those talks, the only other option is an election. This is a farcical situation and it is becoming worse by the day."
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said: "The words uttered in the Commons today don't really move us forward very much. But it is a process and we are keen to see a resolution."
Alex Attwood, SDLP, said: "There must be no unilateral action by the British government in order to dig out the DUP from where they find themselves."
"Let the government send out the message that there is no compromise on the Good Friday Agreement or the rule of law and, if we proceed on that basis, then those who have held up these talks and held up this island might not continue to prevail.
"Let the talks begin."
Ms Villiers plans to resume her discussions with the five main Stormont parties on Wednesday.
The DUP and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) were waiting to hear Ms Villiers' address to the Commons before they would commit to round table discussions with the other parties.
At the beginning of her address, Ms Villiers noted the change in the Labour leadership.
She said it would be helpful if the new shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Vernon Coaker, would confirm that "the consent principle, at the heart of the Belfast Agreement, will remain paramount".
In response, Mr Coaker said his party intended to "pursue a bipartisan approach based on the agreements reached - in particular the principle of consent".
"Our policy remains absolutely the same," he said.
The nine Labour and Tory politicians have made their appeal to the public in a joint letter.
But Leave campaigners including ex-Welsh secretaries David Jones and Cheryl Gillian have not lent their support.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned many Labour supporters may stay at home and not vote.
As well as Mr Cairns and Mr Crabb, signatories to the open letter included former Conservative Welsh secretaries Lord Crickhowell, Lord Hunt and Lord Hague.
Labour Welsh secretaries Lord Hain, Lord Murphy, Alun Michael and Ron Davies also supported the letter, which said: "It's not an exaggeration to say that Welsh businesses, Welsh farmers and Welsh universities could suffer enormously if we left the single market."
Conservative MP David Jones, who was Welsh Secretary between 2012 and 2014 and is leader of the Vote Leave Cymru campaign, was not a signatory.
At a campaign event in north Wales on Friday, Mr Jones said: "Sovereignty is the key issue of this referendum.
"The question is whether we govern ourselves, whether we make our own laws, whether our parliament is sovereign and whether we want to rely upon ourselves and have the confidence in our country, and whether we want to rely upon laws that are initiated by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels.
"Now is our only opportunity, our once in a lifetime opportunity, to make Britain an independent country again."
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke at the Hay Festival on Saturday, warning that recent polls suggested "a large number of Labour supporters may not support Remain but instead remain at home".
"In one recent poll as many as 62% of skilled workers are at risk of voting Leave unless we send out positive messages on employment rights," he said.
"They feel economically insecure, they don't like the status quo and they need to know that Europe offers something better for their future."
After hosting a Q&A session at the Hay Festival, he told BBC Wales a "positive, principled, progressive message" on European membership was needed to help the remain camp to convince voters.
Meanwhile, Plaid Cymru leader and Remain campaigner Leanne Wood urged voters not to see the EU referendum as an opportunity to land a blow on Prime Minister David Cameron.
"This isn't and shouldn't be about deciding which Tories we side with. It should be about our future and the futures of our childrens' generation," she said.
"This issue is far bigger than the Tory party or people's feelings towards them - this decision on June 23rd will not only shape our future but our children's too."
The leader of UKIP in the assembly, Neil Hamilton, accused Ms Wood of "patronising words", saying she "seems to think the electorate are a simple folk who will not consider the arguments properly before casting their vote".
A number of campaign events are taking place across Wales on Saturday on both sides - with Mr Crabb and Mr Cairns visiting Swansea Bay University Campus and Vote Leave Cymru campaigning in Cowbridge.
Vote Leave Cymru's Ross England said immigration would put pressure on the availability of housing.
He said: "For as long as we remain in the EU, the UK government will be completely unable to control its own borders, placing huge pressure not just on public services but on the availability of housing."
Britain Stronger In Europe has argued that a Leave vote would "destroy" young people's hopes of getting on the housing ladder.
A tourism and antiquities ministry official said the extent of the damage at the Unesco world heritage site was unclear, but he had received reports that it had been demolished.
Hatra was founded in the days of the Parthian Empire over 2,000 years ago.
Militants have recently bulldozed ruins at the Assyrian city of Nimrud and destroyed museum artefacts in Mosul.
IS, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, says shrines and statues are "false idols" that have to be smashed.
Unesco condemned the destruction of the ancient city and said that it showed the "contempt" that IS has for the history and heritage of the Arab people.
"The destruction of Hatra marks a turning point in the appalling strategy of cultural cleansing under way in Iraq," said Unesco head Irina Bokova in a statement on Saturday.
Hatra, located about 110km (68 miles) south-west of Mosul, was a fortified city that withstood invasions by the Romans thanks to its thick walls reinforced by towers.
It is home to numerous temples and sculptures dedicated to gods including Apollo and Poseidon.
Said Mamuzini, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) local official, said the militants had used explosives to blow up buildings and were bulldozing other sections.
"The city of Hatra is very big and many artefacts of that era were protected inside the site," he said, adding that the militants had already taken away gold and silver.
One official told the Associated Press that residents in the area had heard two powerful explosions.
In a statement, the tourism and antiquities ministry blamed the international community for failing to help Iraq protect its ancient monuments.
It added: "The delay in international support for Iraq has encouraged terrorists to commit another crime of stealing and demolishing the remains of the city of Hatra."
Reports of the bulldozer attack in Nimrud, an Assyrian city founded in the 13th Century BC, emerged on Thursday.
On Friday Unesco head Irina Bokova condemned the "cultural cleansing" in Iraq as a "war crime".
"There is absolutely no political or religious justification for the destruction of humanity's cultural heritage."
Last week, IS released a video apparently showing militants with sledgehammers destroying statues and other artefacts in a museum in Mosul.
In the video, the objects are described as "false idols" and their destruction defended in religious terms.
IS has controlled Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, and nearby areas since June 2014 - a region with nearly 1,800 of the country's 12,000 registered archaeological sites.
The Parthian Empire was a major political and cultural force in ancient Iran. At the height of its power in the second century AD, it extended from modern-day Pakistan to Syria.
Hatra later flourished under Arab rulers, and became a major trading-post on the Silk Road across the Asian continent.
They frequently carried out guerrilla-style protests to raise awareness about their cause.
For one protest they wore wedding dresses splattered in red paint to symbolise the plight of abused women.
In another they called on the government to provide more female public toilets.
They thought they knew how to avoid problems with the authorities.
To mark International Women's Day on 8 March they planned to hand out leaflets and put stickers on public buses and subways to raise awareness about sexual harassment.
But before the protest even took place about 10 activists were rounded up by the police.
Almost a month later, five of the women - Li Tingting, Wang Man, Wei Tingting, Wu Rongrong and Zheng Churan - remain in custody.
They face public disorder charges - a catch-all law that is often used by the authorities to silence dissidents.
Now there is growing concern for the health of two of the women - Wang Man and Wu Rongrong.
They both suffer from serious illnesses - a heart condition and chronic liver disease - and have been moved to a hospital detention centre. Their lawyers say their conditions have worsened during their time in detention.
At a Beijing cafe, I met one of the activists who was detained before the planned protest but later released. She asked us not to reveal her identity, fearing government reprisals.
"I was very scared when I was first detained but now I feel I did something meaningful," she told me.
"But I'm very worried about what will happen to the others. If they're sentenced to time in jail it will be a heavy blow to our movement."
When I asked her if she would protest again, she replied: "At the moment I wouldn't do anything as extreme as protesting on the streets. We may have to change our strategy. But the movement will continue."
Despite growing international criticism, China is refusing to release the activists.
Speaking last week, Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry, said: "No one has the right to ask China to release relevant persons, so we hope that relevant people will stop interfering in China's judicial sovereignty in such a manner."
But this case is part of what has been described by human rights groups as China's harshest crackdown in recent memory.
Since coming to power two years ago, President Xi Jinping's government has locked up journalists, lawyers, NGO workers and activists of all stripes.
He has warned against what he sees as western ideas infiltrating China and threatening the ruling Communist Party's grip on power.
One of the lawyers for the women, Liang Xiaojun, says now is a terrifying time for civil society.
"Lawyers and human rights activists are living in terror," he said. "We don't know when we'll be arrested."
"Even a women's rights group which poses no threat to the political regime is being targeted. It just shows how the police are abusing their powers."
According to Chinese law, the women need to either be released or formally charged by the middle of this month.
The police may let them go with a warning ringing in their ears that they will not be so lucky next time.
But if they are charged with disturbing the social order they face up to five years in prison.
Whatever the outcome, this case has sent a chill through activists in China.
Video footage from Thursday's concert in Edmonton shows the singer, whose real name is Marvin Lee Aday, falling on stage during his performance.
A post on his Facebook page said he collapsed due to severe dehydration.
He was admitted to hospital for routine tests, and additional tests are being performed but he is described as "responsive and recovering well".
The message extended "his heartfelt thanks for everyone's support and well wishes" and said he is "expecting a speedy and full recovery".
Earlier in the week, the singer had cancelled shows in Moose Jaw and Calgary because of ill health.
Rescheduling of concert dates have yet to be announced.
The 68-year-old is one of rock's most successful recording artists, with hits including Bat Out of Hell.
He was performing another hit, I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That), when he dropped his microphone and fell to the floor on Thursday evening.
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Musicians went to his side to help and the music stopped.
A spokesman for Alberta Health Services said a patient had been transported from the auditorium to a hospital.
Fans said they initially believed his collapse could have been a planned part of his performance, the Edmonton Journal newspaper reported.
The Northern Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton was cleared shortly afterwards and ambulances were seen outside the venue, the newspaper said.
Meat Loaf previously collapsed in 2003 at a performance in London, and again in 2011, during a July concert in Pittsburgh - an incident which he later blamed on an asthma attack.
The singer's album Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies worldwide and continues to sell an estimated 200,000 copies annually nearly 40 years after it was released.
French troops "have brought support this afternoon to Malian units to fight against terrorist elements", he said.
Armed groups, some linked to al-Qaeda, took control of northern Mali in April.
Mr Hollande said the intervention complied with international law, and had been agreed with Malian President Dioncounda Traore. A state of emergency has been declared across the country.
Mr Traore used a televised address on Friday to call on Malians to unite to "free every inch" of the country.
He said he was to launch a "powerful and massive riposte against our enemies" after he "called for and obtained France's air support within the framework of the international legality".
The militants said on Thursday that they had advanced further into government-controlled territory, taking the strategic central town of Konna.
The Islamists have sought to enforce an extreme interpretation of Islamic law.
Residents in nearby Mopti told the BBC they had seen French troops helping Malian forces prepare for a counter-offensive against the Islamists in Konna.
By Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Paris
The rhetoric out of Paris suggests that from the French point of view, the situation in Mali has taken a dramatic turn for the worse in the last few days.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said it was vital to stop this new advance by the Islamists. If not, he said, then it wasn't just the state of Mali that would fall under their sway - there was a threat to the whole of Africa, and indeed to Europe.
So it would seem that a country that has been a growing but still peripheral preoccupation for France - and for the West in general - is now at the very centre of their strategic plans. There is a real fear that if the "terrorists" - as the French government calls them - succeed in taking over Mali, then it will become a rogue state much like the old Afghanistan.
Given the ties of family and trade with France, it would be France to pay the cost if that rogue state began to export its ideology. So a line has been drawn in the Sahel sand. For good or bad, this may well turn out to have been a momentous decision.
Mr Hollande said French military action had been decided on Friday morning and would last "as long as necessary".
"Mali is facing an assault by terrorist elements coming from the north whose brutality and fanaticism is known across the world," the French president said.
He said Mali's existence as a state was under threat, and referred to the need to protect its own population and 6,000 French citizens living there. France ruled Mali as a colony until 1960.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the aim of the operation was to stop Islamist militants advancing any further.
"We need to stop the terrorists' breakthrough, otherwise the whole of Mali will fall into their hands threatening all of Africa, and even Europe," he told reporters.
He confirmed that the French air force was involved in the operation, but gave no details.
France was previously believed to have about 100 elite troops in the region. It also has a military base in Chad.
At least seven French hostages are currently being held in the region, and Mr Fabius said France would "do everything" to save them.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Twitter that the UK supported the French decision to help Mali's government against northern rebels.
The US and African Union have also expressed support for the mission.
Shortly after Mr Hollande spoke, the west African bloc Ecowas said it was authorising the immediate deployment of troops to Mali "to help the Malian army defend its territorial integrity", AFP news agency reported.
The Malian army said that as well as French troops, soldiers from Nigeria and Senegal were already in Mali - though Senegal later denied that it had any combat troops in the country, according to AFP.
The UN had previously approved plans to send some 3,000 African troops to Mali to recapture the north if no political solution could be found, but that intervention was not expected to happen until September.
Late on Thursday, an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council called for the rapid deployment of an African-led force.
The EU also said it would support such a mission, and speed up preparations for its own military training mission.
Ryan was responding to speculation that the 29-year-old rugby league convert is being viewed as an England possible.
"He's got the quality and potential to do that," Ryan told BBC Sport.
"But to play for England he's going to have to play well in an area that's got stronger over the last few weeks."
Auckland-born Te'o, who played one rugby league international for Samoa in 2008, qualifies for England through his mother, who was born and raised there.
He is currently in his second season with Irish provincial side Leinster, who he joined from Australian rugby league side South Sydney Rabbitohs, where he had been a team-mate of Sam Burgess, who was about to make the same switch.
He is not scheduled to join Worcester until the end of this season, but already Ryan has been asked about what path lies ahead for the second of this winter's five pre-agreed signings.
"He's a player of quality and he's English qualified but I've not had any conservations outside that," Ryan told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
"I know he's ambitious and that he's got aspirations to play Test rugby and I know he wants to do that through playing for Worcester. But I have no idea whether anyone else shares that line of thought.
"He's a real talent, a real athlete and is really driven to be successful. He's very direct. There's still things we think we can add to his game, but he's still got a lot to learn. The fact that we are bringing in a player of his quality, that he wants to come and that he sees what we're doing here is more important to me."
The speculation about Te'o comes on top of this week's revelation that Wigan and England winger Josh Charnley plans to switch codes to join Sale.
But it also comes at the end of a season in which the fate of Burgess in England's ill-fated Rugby Union World Cup campaign served as a warning to the dangers of over reliance on cross-code converts.
Worcester Warriors have so far have made five signings for the 2016-17 season.
They will also be bringing in another centre, New-Zealand-born Jackson Willison from French side Grenoble.
They have also signed three forwards, South Africa-born Northampton hooker Matt Williams, Bath lock Will Spencer and Bristol flanker Marco Mama.
The couple got married in a service at a luxury hotel on Dartmoor National Park in Devon, a source confirmed to the BBC.
The Bovey Castle Hotel venue is about 30 miles from Daley's home city of Plymouth.
A guest at the wedding said media reports the diver re-enacted a scene from Romeo and Juliet were untrue.
"I'm not sure which wedding they were at, but it wasn't the one I attended," he said.
Daley, 22, won bronze medals at the Olympic Games in London and Rio de Janeiro.
He revealed in a YouTube video in 2013 he had a boyfriend, saying his "whole world changed" when he fell in love with a man.
"Come spring this year my life changed massively when I met someone and they make me feel so happy, so safe, and everything just feels great and, well, that someone is a guy," he said.
The high-profile couple announced they were engaged in 2015.
Black, 42, is a US film director, writer and producer.
He won the best original screenplay Oscar for the 2008 film Milk, which was based on the life of gay rights activist and politician, Harvey Milk.
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The Arirang handset, described as a "hand phone" in state media, was shown to leader Kim Jong-un during a factory tour.
The country has had a mobile network since 2008, but activity is heavily monitored and restricted.
Last year the country launched a tablet, but it later emerged it was likely to have been made in China.
Clues to the tablet's origin were uncovered by Martyn Williams, an expert on North Korean technology, who noted that parts of the tablet's software code suggested links to a manufacturer in Hong Kong.
The Arirang smartphone, named after a popular folk song, was unlikely to have been made in the country, Mr Williams added.
He noted that no actual manufacturing was shown, and that the device was "probably made to order by a Chinese manufacturer and shipped to the May 11 Factory where they are inspected before going on sale".
The leader was accompanied by the Korean Workers' Party propaganda chief and the head of the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a hint that the devices could be used for widespread dissemination of government information.
Mr Kim was seen to be demoing the device, which appeared to be running a version of Google's Android mobile operating system.
There are no further details available about the smartphone's exact specifications, but the KNCA reported that the leader praised the "high pixels" of the built-in camera.
The article said Mr Kim had high hopes for the "educational significance in making people love Korean things".
He advised that factory workers should "select and produce shapes and colours that users like".
Mobile phones in the secretive country have been available since 2008. The national network is maintained thanks to a joint operation by the North Korean government and Egyptian telecoms company Orascom.
Phones on the network are heavily restricted. They cannot access the internet and can only make calls within North Korea.
For a short time, foreigners in the country were able to use mobile internet, but this access was later revoked.
It is believed that many in North Korea, particular those near the borders, use illegally owned mobiles to contact people outside the country.
One man, a 28-year-old who left North Korea in November 2010, told a research paper: "In order to make sure the mobile phone frequencies are not being tracked, I would fill up a washbasin with water and put the lid of a rice cooker over my head while I made a phone call."
Being found in possession of a foreign phone would be a very serious crime, the paper's authors said.
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Belgian Cisse, who can also play as a right-back, made 27 appearances for Standard last season.
The 23-year-old joined KVV Mechelen in June 2014, before returning to his hometown club ahead of last season.
"I am looking forward to showing my qualities and what I can do," he told the club website.
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Alison May Conroy and Valerie Ann Olton died in the crash, which happened near Fethiye, in the south-west of the country, the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Culture said.
A further two Britons remain in hospital.
Reports suggest an open-top vehicle crashed into a telegraph pole as the group returned from a day trip.
The Foreign Office said it was providing consular assistance.
A spokesman said: "We can confirm the deaths of two British nationals in an accident in Turkey on 23 June. Two other British nationals were hospitalised."
Also in the vehicle were three Turkish nationals, who were injured.
It is believed the party were returning from a trip to the Saklikent Gorge - a canyon in the mountains about 27 miles (44 km) from the town of Fethiye and 310 miles (500 km) south west of the Turkish capital Ankara.
In a statement, the ministry said it took such accidents very seriously "and is taking the necessary action to have it thoroughly investigated by the relevant authorities."
The hosts conceded a try after just 27 seconds and were 13-6 down at the break, Northampton's Harry Mallinder kicking two penalties.
Then Harlequins centre Joe Marchant got onto a grubber kick from Mallinder, who added two more penalties.
Ireland will meet Argentina in the other semi-final.
England's victory meant they finished on 14 points, the best of any team in the pool stages.
They were runners-up in the 2015 tournament to New Zealand but won the previous two competitions.
Elsewhere, Wales raced into an 11-0 lead against reigning champions New Zealand, but the Six Nations Grand Slam winners lost 18-17 to a late penalty from Kiwi centre Jordie Barrett.
It means the Welsh finish third in their group behind the Baby Blacks and Ireland, who made it three wins from three with their 36-7 with over Georgia.
Argentina topped their pool after a 39-20 win over Japan.
Scotland won two pool games for the first time in their history with a 27-19 victory over Italy as they finished second behind England.
The three pool winners plus the best runner-up have qualified for the semi-final proper, while the other eight teams are essentially split into two other sets of semi-finals.
So fifth to eighth and ninth to 12th will become their own mini groups and every team ends in a final position after two more games.
Wales will come up against Scotland and holders New Zealand, who cannot retain their trophy, will face Australia.
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She indicated she would be prepared to consider deals with Labour that could involve candidates standing aside in some constituencies.
Counting of votes is due to start today in the Green Party leadership election, in which Ms Lucas is a candidate.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has previously rejected an electoral pact.
In a sign of the determination by the Greens' only MP to boost the party's presence in Parliament, Ms Lucas told the BBC she wants "all the options on the table" when it comes to the possibility of talking to other parties before the next general election.
She said: "It doesn't make sense for parties of the left to be constantly fighting each other and meanwhile the Conservatives come through and we've seen that time after time in the 2015 general election.
"I think what we are looking at is those marginal constituencies where some kind of agreement between progressive parties might be able to make a difference."
Asked whether this meant she was prepared to see a Green candidate drop out of a constituency race so long as Labour did the same elsewhere, the MP for Brighton Pavilion said: "Personally I would".
Such a pact could be designed to prevent the "left" vote being split between Labour and the Greens in some constituencies, allowing Ms Lucas' party to target certain seats while offering Labour a clear run elsewhere without Green opposition.
She stressed it was ultimately for the party to decide on what was her personal view on the issue.
But the call is unlikely to be welcomed by senior Labour figures and some in Ms Lucas' party have treated the idea with scepticism, although it has been supported by outgoing leader Natalie Bennett.
Jeremy Corbyn previously ruled out the idea of a deal with Ms Lucas to stop the Conservatives winning in Brighton, saying that cooperation with other parties did not "translate" into electoral pacts.
The debate over an electoral alliance has featured on several occasions during the Green party's leadership race, in which seven candidates are standing.
The ballot of the Greens' 53,000 members closed on Thursday night, with the result due to be announced at the party's conference in Birmingham on Friday, 2 September.
David Williams, another leadership contender, said that while he supported of the idea of talking to other parties he believed Labour would not co-operate.
He told the BBC: "We can make agreements I think with the Liberal Democrats, with Plaid Cymru, with the SNP but the advantages in terms of ousting the Tories as a result of that are quite marginal.
"They could be quite substantial if Labour would come along and join the alliance but I don't think they will."
He spoke as Green party activists campaigned at the Elder Stubbs allotment festival in Oxford in aid of the mental health charity Restore.
Another Oxfordshire Green Party activist Hazel Dawe said a "progressive" alliance would be "a wonderful thing" but believed it was unachievable.
She said: "I think there are a lot of obstacles to achieving it, not the least of which is that the Labour party is not committed to proportional representation."
Ms Lucas said the "prize" for her party is that any alliance would have an agreement over electoral reform "at its heart".
The party favours a system of proportional representation which would see the number of seats won at Westminster more closely reflect its national share of the vote.
At the 2015 general election the the Green Party won nearly 1.2m votes but took only one seat in Westminster.
Friends are made, games are played, and nights are spent sleeping in dormitory bunk beds. It is very much a rite of passage.
By why should children have all the fun?
That was the thinking behind Camp No Counselors (CNC), one of a small but growing number of companies that organise adults-only summer camps.
The idea is that grown-ups can release their inner child and participate in many of the same adventure activities that kids do at camp.
But with two significant improvements - freely available alcohol and late-night partying. Although you do still have to sleep in a dormitory.
CNC was founded by Adam Tichauer, a 33-year-old Canadian, and former boss of a New York-based technology start-up.
He first came up with the idea for adult summer camps when trying to organise a reunion weekend with old friends back in the spring of 2013.
"I was working lots of nights, and needed a fun weekend with my best friends," he says.
"I always loved organising events, and I'd gone to summer camp growing up, and I thought - wouldn't it be a tonne of fun to rent out a camp for a weekend with friends?"
Adam's mates all loved the idea of taking a trip down memory lane, and so he booked a summer camp venue in upstate New York for three nights.
Encouraging his friends to invite others as well, about 90 people attended that first weekend, where activities included water-skiing and dancing to DJs.
Adam says it was so successful that six months later he arranged a winter camp, with the number of attendees rising to 120.
It was after that second camp that Adam decided that he could turn his idea into a full-time business, buoyed by the encouragement of his friends, who said he was a natural party organiser.
"It was the aha moment," he says. "All my friends thought it was so directly in line with who I am, and what I love to do."
So Adam quit his job in May 2014 and formally launched CNC. The company's name is in reference to the fact that unlike kids' summer camps, there are no camp officials spoiling the fun.
"I only had a little bit of savings, but I thought I could start with one camp and then two," he says. "Once word got out it moved quickly."
Adam says he had to work hard initially to "explain and justify" the concept to the sometimes perplexed owners of the summer camp venues.
What brought them on board was the fact that CNC allows the venues to extend their opening seasons, as it typically hires them out before and after the school holidays.
"This is incremental income to the camps as they are typically closed during the spring and fall seasons when we rent them out," says Adam.
The Los Angeles-based company quickly grew thanks to word of mouth, and this year will be running 30 camps across 10 locations, including Maine, Tennessee and California in the US, and Ontario in Canada.
Typical activities include kayaking, rock climbing, softball and tug-of-war, while cocktails such as Bloody Marys and Mimosas (similar to a Buck's Fizz) can be sipped with breakfast.
Each weekend lasts for three nights, and numbers are limited to 200 people. The average age of attendees is 30.
All dormitories are unisex, so if you are a women, there could be a man you have never met before in the bed above you, and vice versa. This is not said to put people off.
The cost is typically $575 per person (£430) but the events are all-inclusive so you don't have to pay any more for your food or drink. To run the camps CNC employs eight full-time and 15 part-time members of staff.
So why is CNC proving to be so popular? Adam pinpoints several reasons.
"There's the nostalgia of it all. Wouldn't it be cool to go back to camp with friends, and be able to drink and stay up all night?
"The other idea is that a lot of people didn't go to camp [as children], so there is the curiosity about it and now they get to go."
Adam adds that none of the camps have wi-fi, so people are having "to put the phone down, forget about work, and just have fun and meet new people".
Daphne Kasriel-Alexander, a consumer trends consultant at research group Euromonitor, agrees with Adam's arguments for the growth of CNC and other companies in its field.
She says: "More adults are opting for active summer camps as a way for them to enjoy the perceived carefree times of childhood.
"However, the real drivers of this interest in, and success of, adult summer camps are over-connectivity, work-life balance stresses, and sedentary lifestyles."
CNC has, however, come in for criticism over the fact that its camps aren't open to all. Instead anyone wishing to attend has to register, which includes filling out a questionnaire about themselves, and giving the details of your social media accounts.
The company then "specially selects" or "curates" the 200 people that can attend each camp.
One critic dubbed this "slightly creepy social engineering", but CNC defends its approach.
Dave Kushner, CNC's director of community engagement, says: "Because of limited space we make sure the 200 people who are coming to camp are the people that want to be there the most.
"We want to make sure that this camp community will respect each other's space, and doesn't demonstrate any hateful or unsafe attitudes.
"We're very proud of the fact that we've never had anyone get into a fight at camp, even with people partying with an open bar available."
Looking ahead, Adam is planning further expansion across the US and Canada, as well as looking overseas.
He says: "I love making people happy, and enabling adults to forget about the stresses of adult life, while making new life-long friendships."
It comes after an inquest at West London Coroner's Court heard details of how they died.
William Graham, 51, died from gunshot wounds to his pelvis while his wife Lisa Graham, 50, died from gunshot wounds to her chest.
James and Ann McQuire, aged 66 and 63, were both fatally shot in the chest.
The bodies of Mr and Mrs Graham, from Bankfoot in Perthshire, and Mr and Mrs McQuire, from Cumbernauld, were flown back to London on Thursday for post-mortems to be carried out.
Chinyere Inyama, senior coroner for West London, said the victims' bodies will now be released to their families and authorised transportation to Scotland.
He added: "I'm going to suspend the investigation pending completion of parallel investigations in both Tunisia and the UK."
Thirty Britons were among 38 victims killed by Seifeddine Rezgui when he opened fire in the resort of Sousse at about 11:15 on Friday 26 June.
Det Sgt David Batt of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command told the inquest the shootings lasted around half an hour.
In a statement read out during the hearings, he said: "Tourists were indiscriminately targeted by the gunman. The gunman was shot by security services."
The bodies of the victims were moved to the central mortuary in Tunis after they were killed, he added.
Det Sgt Batt said: "Senior UK police identification managers have assisted in Tunisia and in the UK to oversee the identification process."
Mr Batt said 275 witness accounts had been taken by police so far, and more than 1,200 potential witnesses have returned to the UK.
"Accounts are being taken from those who are deemed significant," he added.
Police were patrolling the streets around the coroner's court and a large number of officers guarded a fenced-off area surrounding a white tent close to the building.
Flowers and cards were piled on the pavement nearby.
The final five bodies of the murdered Britons arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire in an RAF C-17 aircraft on Saturday afternoon.
Tunisia's president has declared a state of emergency in the wake of attack.
On Friday, the Queen, the prime minister and Scotland's first minister joined millions of people across the UK in a minute's silence in tribute to those killed.
Jo Gorrod took the women's gold on the streets of Gotland's capital, Visby, before Dan Halksworth won the men's event two years on from his success on home soil at Jersey 2015.
With the swimming leg shortened amid choppy conditions, Gorrod finished just inside the two-hour mark (1:59.43).
"It was tough. There were big waves, you were catching a few," she said.
"It felt great going out on the bike, you had the wind behind you but you had to tackle it on the way back."
Team Jersey also won the men's overall team gold and overall women's team title in triathlon.
Guernsey also tasted gold on Sunday as Matthew Guille and Lee Roussel took the the NSRA 100 Yards Prone Rifle men's team title, while Jersey's Sarah Campion and Susan De Gruchy claimed gold in the women's event.
Meanwhile, Jersey flag-bearer David Turner won silver with teammate Jonathan Bouchard in the 10m Air Rifle team event.
The Channel Islands are always strong in the shooting, and despite having one of the smallest squads in the games, Sark were also celebrating a shooting podium spot on the opening day with Nicholas Dewe and Stefan Roberts pairing up to claim a bronze.
"We're chuffed to bits really," said Dewe. "It's been a bit blustery and windy but we've managed to come through with a nice bronze medal."
Jersey's women's footballers began the defence of their title with a 3-2 group-stage loss to the Isle of Wight.
The reigning gold medallists were ahead early on through teenager Natasha Keen before slipping 3-1 behind.
Substitute Megan Wood pulled one back with her first touch moments after coming on for her Island Games debut, but Jersey now face the very real prospect of an early exit.
In the men's football, prolific striker Ross Allen scored a late Guernsey equaliser to secure a 1-1 draw against Aland.
Elsewhere, in the Group A clash between fellow Channel Islands Alderney and Jersey, it was Jersey who came out on top as comfortable 3-0 winners thanks to goals from Craig Russell, Jonny Le Quesne and Calvin Weir.
"We're disappointed that we lost, but we lost to a very good side, potentially the winners of the tournament," Alderney boss Alan Adamson told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"After seeing us play in the Muratti they knew what to expect and they're good enough to combat it."
Anya Shrubsole, Heather Knight and Jenny Gunn each took two wickets to limit South Africa to 101-7 in Chennai.
England raced to their target with 3.3 overs to spare thanks to Sarah Taylor's 37 off 36 balls and Amy Jones' 28.
England, who beat New Zealand in their first two practice matches, begin their World T20 campaign against Bangladesh in Bangalore on Thursday.
India get the tournament under way against Bangladesh in Bangalore on Tuesday, before New Zealand face Sri Lanka in Delhi.
The men's competition also starts on Tuesday, when India play New Zealand in Nagpur.
Jurors heard Ben Blakeley made the comment when he was 13 years old and living at a children's home.
He is accused of murdering his pregnant ex Jayden, 17, and burying her in a Didcot graveyard last December.
Mr Blakeley, 22, from Reading, admits manslaughter but denies murder.
Annabelle Stoodley, who was a care worker at Thornbury House in Kidlington, told Oxford Crown Court he was there because of problems at home.
Ms Stoodley said she overheard a conversation between Mr Blakeley and another resident.
"Ben said if he ever had to get rid of a body, he would put it in a family member's grave," she said.
"I challenged what he was saying and asked why.
"He explained it was because no-one would look in a grave, because it would be very difficult to tell body from body - things would get muddled up like DNA.
"The DNA evidence would be mixed up."
The court heard that when she saw TV news reports about Jayden Parkinson she instantly recognised Ben Blakeley's name.
When police found Jayden's body at All Saints Church in Didcot, Ms Stoodley phoned Thames Valley Police and told them about the conversation, jurors heard.
The court also heard from Kirsty Penford, who told jurors she had been dating Ben Blakeley for three or four months when she discovered she was pregnant.
Prosecutor Richard Latham QC asked: "What was his response?" [to the news of the pregnancy]. "That it wasn't his baby and that I had been cheating on him," she replied.
She told the jury: "I felt quite upset, obviously very hurt, very scared for myself."
She told the court about a string of violent incidents, including one when he had accused Ms Penford of lying about where she had been while they were standing at the top of some stairs.
"I told him I was going to fall, he said 'I know' - and I fell down the stairs - I was seven months pregnant.
"I was very bruised, but I wasn't worried about me, I was worried about my daughter.
"I opened the door and ran," she said.
The jury also heard from Jayden's sister, Shardy George, who said that the last time she saw the teenager alive she had tried to persuade her not to go back to Mr Blakeley.
Ms George told the court that he would "often make vulgar comments about intimate parts of [Jayden's] body" and she recalled her sister telling her about times he was violent towards her.
At the end of her evidence, a note was passed from Mr Blakeley in the dock and read out to the court.
In it he apologised to Jayden's family for everything that had happened.
Ms George interrupted the reading of the note by shouting "no" towards the dock and several members of Jayden's family became upset and left the courtroom.
A 17-year-old boy from Didcot, who cannot be named, is also on trial.
He has admitted perverting the course of justice but denies preventing the lawful burial of Jayden.
Her body was found on 18 December in a disturbed grave at the cemetery two weeks after she was reported missing.
A post-mortem examination revealed she died from pressure to the neck.
The trial continues.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said Ukraine's state broadcaster UA:PBC should pay a "substantial" fine because of "severe delays which created unnecessary difficulties".
The EBU added that the country's decision to ban Russia's entrant also "endangered" the show's reputation.
UA:PBC will appeal against the 200,000 euro (£176,000) fine, Reuters said.
In the run up to the contest in May, the show was hit with multiple problems.
More than 20 top level staff from the Ukrainian team resigned in February, claiming they were blocked from making decisions about the show.
There were also problems finalising deals with subcontractors to build the stage, which added to the delays.
A month later, there was more controversy when Ukraine banned Russia's Julia Samoilova from competing because of an "illegal" visit she made to Crimea - entering directly from Russia, not via Ukraine.
The EBU was forced to intervene and at the time said Ukraine was undermining the non-political nature of the contest.
After a very public row, it culminated in Russia refusing to televise the event and the country not taking part.
The broadcasting union said: "The EBU was pleased with the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, and commend UA:PBC, their staff, and all those who worked hard on the three live TV shows broadcast from Kiev in May.
"The organisation of the competition, however, was subject to severe delays which created unnecessary difficulties for the production.
"Additionally, the host broadcaster failed to adequately fulfil its obligations with regards to co-operating with the EBU over the participation of the Russian artist.
"As a result of this, attention was drawn away from the competition and the brand reputation of the Eurovision Song Contest was endangered.
"Therefore the Contest's steering committee, the ESC Reference Group, has recommended that UA:PBC should receive a substantial fine, in line with the rules of the competition."
The EBU added it would not pursue any further action against Russia's Channel One, although it had been reprimanded for not attending official Eurovision meetings in Kiev and for not broadcasting the live shows.
Eurovision chairman Frank Dieter Freiling said it hoped next year's contest in Portugal would unite audiences and let everyone who wants to to participate do so.
He added that he hoped Russia and Ukraine "will come together on the same stage in a cordial and non-political competition".
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Gayatri Prajapati was arrested in the state capital, Lucknow, on Wednesday after being on the run for a month.
Police have registered a case against him and three others for allegedly gang-raping a woman and molesting her daughter, a minor, in 2014.
Mr Prajapati has denied all the allegations.
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A court has sent him into judicial custody for two weeks to allow police to question him.
The allegations were made against him 2014, but police registered a case only last month after protests from opposition parties and activists.
The former minister lost his seat in the recently concluded state assembly elections. His Samajwadi Party also suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus.
However, brutal sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported across the country.
Ahead of the event, organisers said their goal was to encourage politicians to make Scotland a cycle-friendly country.
They are also campaigning for better facilities for pedestrians.
Cyclists and those taking part on foot gathered at the Meadows in Edinburgh, before making the journey to the Scottish parliament building.
Travelling via George the IV Bridge and the Royal Mile, the ride was led by families with children and by cyclists using specially adapted disability bikes.
Organisers said the move was designed to emphasise that cycling is, or should be, for everyone.
A simultaneous event, Pedal on Marischal, held in Aberdeen, drew about 150 cyclists.
The Pedal on Parliament "manifesto" calls for:
One of the event organisers, Denise Marshall, responsible for leading the Pedestrians on Parliament contingent, said the aim was a "healthier, wealthier Scotland".
She said: "Pedal on Parliament is not about making roads safer just for keen cyclists.
"It's about helping our children get to school safely, under their own steam."
Safety on Scotland's roads and a lack of quality bike infrastructure, such as segregated bike lanes, are seen as major barriers to increased cycling levels.
Dr David Brennan, from Glasgow, rode the route on the bike Edinburgh cyclist Andrew McNicoll was riding when he was killed while travelling to work in January 2012.
Introducing a minute's silent for those killed on the roads, Dr Brennan said: "The fact that there are so few scratches on this bike, shows just how vulnerable we are on the road.
"We need to see conditions where everyone can ride and families do not suffer the tragedies the McNicoll family have."
Mr McNicoll's death - and that of fellow cyclist Audrey Fyfe, who died after being hit by a car in Edinburgh in 2011 - inspired the first Pedal on Parliament.
Outside the Scottish parliament building Transport Minister Derek Mackay pledged that the Scottish government would invest in the infrastructure around cycling, so it is seen as "a proper mode of transport".
He told the crowd gathered he would do everything he could to support cycling, and said: "My commitment for 2015/16 is that the government will spend more on cycling than the record breaking previous year."
Cameron Buchanan for the Conservatives said there was a need to create "a continuous cycling infrastructure so cyclists don't end up running red lights", while Sarah Boyack of Scottish Labour said changes needed to be made at a local level.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said his party had committed to increase spending on active travel every year, and told those gathered: "Your voice is being heard in parliament and we will continue to make it a priority".
Speaking at the rally Alison Johnstone of the Scottish Greens praised the event as a "fantastic grass-roots movement" and encouraged those taking part to continue to push for "transformative change" with regard to the government's cycling budget.
Meanwhile, cyclists will be able to bring their bikes on board Edinburgh trams during the month of May as part of a trial, it has been announced.
Both folded and unfolded pedal bikes will be allowed on during off peak hours as part of the trial, which has been supported by the city council and cycling groups.
Edinburgh Trams will take feedback from cyclists and other passengers during the trial.
The visitors took the lead through Ryan Strachan's strike from outside the area.
Declan McDaid's first Cowdenbeath goal levelled things, but Peterhead were ahead again just two minutes later, Leighton McIntosh tucking in from close range following James Redman's pass.
Jack Beaumont's free-kick made it 2-2, but Nicky Riley teed up Jamie Redman to lash home from inside the area.
But are politicians using these platforms effectively to get their message across? And does their social media effort actually translate into votes?
During the final two weeks of the general election campaign, eight young voters from the BBC's Generation 2015 panel closely monitored Scotland's political parties and most prominent figures. They told the BBC Scotland news website who they thought got it right in the battle for Scotland's young voters.
The entire panel agreed that a major benefit of social media as a campaigning tool was in making politicians seem more "accessible" than ever before.
Young voter Rebecca Plenderleith, who has spent most of the campaign as an undecided voter, said social media brought a "humanity" to politics, while Conservative voter Struan Mackie said it enabled voters to see "past the party" and learn more about the personality of the candidates.
But others questioned how much this perception of politicians as "accessible" actually translated into reality.
Several of our panellists, while impressed with the high volume of politicians using social media, were disappointed that many of them would not interact with voters who weren't already clear supporters.
Similarly, several felt that much of the content posted on social media seemed to be intended to rally the party faithful rather than to attract new potential voters.
Lib Dem voter James Munro said: "Posts that are just full of rhetoric don't really add anything to the debate. Slogans like 'Only the SNP can make Scotland's voice heard' or 'Only UKIP can stand up to Westminster' have no effect on me."
Despite being a Green party member, Zoe Mcintyre has been trying to choose another party to vote for, as there is no Green candidate in her constituency.
One major criticism she had was that many of the official party accounts simply reposted statements they perceived as favourable to them, without attempting to explain to voters why their policy objectives would be of benefit.
The panel noted that high profile party figures appeared to be much better than less well versed candidates at showing their personality in what they posted.
Several of the panel singled out Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson as "winning at Twitter" for her down-to-earth approach to social media.
After Ms Davidson's "You ok, hun?" Twitter comment [on David Cameron's Twitter feed after he was accused of "demeaning the Office of Prime Minister" by Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy], SNP voter Craig Maclean said: "That had me in stitches. I wouldn't vote for her party just now, but little things like that show a human nature and did warm me towards Ruth Davidson".
Labour voter Eva Murray said she thought Kezia Dugdale and Margaret Curran's "sassy" replies in response to personal abuse on Twitter had helped get away from the "people in suits" image people have of politicians, while Nicola Sturgeon was described as "rarely, if ever, slipping up".
By contrast, our panel said many other MPs lacked the personal touch, using their Twitter feeds as "a dump for links to manifesto points" or simply to plug press releases.
Voter Zoe Mcintyre was also critical of the length of David Cameron's personal Facebook posts, saying "not many people have time or care enough" to read three paragraphs of solid text.
Our panel's advice to politicians on how to appeal to young voters on social media
1. Don't run a negative campaign. Focus on your message rather than making "cheap shots" at your opponents.
2. Show personality in what you share, don't just post generic messages.
3. Similarly, don't just post endless pictures of you on the campaign trail - particularly when the photo op seems irrelevant to the election.
4. Using hashtags can be a good idea, but anticipate ones which may get hijacked by others to make jokes at the party's expense.
5. Adapt your posts to fit the social media platform you're on, e.g. creating easily shareable content or maybe even using emojis. But don't overdo, as it might make some young voters think you're trying too hard.
James Munro was frustrated that most politicians weren't taking advantage of opportunities provided by social media to speak directly to their constituents.
He said: "Coming from up north and with most of my family in the Highlands or islands, they are very concerned about an MP who stands up for local issues rather than what's on a national scale necessarily. That's one thing I've barely seen on social media."
While some voters liked the Conservative party's Your Manifesto tool - which extracts information from the user's Facebook profile to compile a set of policies relevant to their area - one major criticism was that while the application identified their area as Scotland, it failed to break down further into Scottish regions.
Our panel repeatedly mentioned "negative campaign messages" - that focus on criticising other parties - as a big turn-off, while photo-shopped images making jibes at other parties were described as "infuriatingly childish".
James Munro said: "This election has been far too much about inter-party squabbling. I couldn't tell you a single actual policy for quite a few of the parties because it's just not on their social media at all."
Meanwhile, Zoe Mcintyre said she was concerned that first-time voters seeing this kind of campaigning might be put off voting at all.
Undecided voter Laura Fell said that more creative hashtags might have attracted voters, with most parties opting for self-evident but uninspired choices, namely #voteLabour, #VoteConservative, #voteSNP, #libdems, #votegreen2015.
But undecided voter Noah Brown was also critical of more inventive hashtags such as "I'm #SNPbecause" and "#WhyImVotingUKIP", saying "you end up with a list of other people's perceptions, rather than manifesto based realities".
James Munro also warned of hashtags like these being hijacked by those seeking to make jokes at the parties' expense.
Another thing that left our panel less than impressed was politicians sharing their endless photo opportunities, particularly when they seemed to have little relevance to the election.
Commenting on an image shared by the Scottish Conservatives, Zoe said: "How is a picture of Ruth Davidson with a hawk on her arm going to convince people to vote Conservative? Surely she should be having more photos taken with the electorate!"
Noah Brown: "In some respects I think social media brought out the worst in people, but I don't think it made a difference to how I voted. I voted Scottish Greens in the end and it was doing research on my local candidates that swung it for me."
Struan Mackie: "I'm still voting for the Scottish Conservatives. But references to the referendum or independence have put me off several SNP candidates, Mhari Black for example. This is a general election and rearing the independence question again isn't appropriate."
Eva Murray: "I think social media has a huge influence in getting people involved in politics and getting ideas out there, but I don't think it would have the power to persuade me to vote for a party other than Labour."
Craig Maclean: "I'm still voting SNP. My impression of the Conservative party in Scotland has become less negative due to Ruth Davidson, but I still wouldn't vote for them. My impression of Labour in Scotland has gone down, mostly because of Jim Murphy, but I do like what some of their figures in England - Andy Burnham and Diane Abbot - are saying on Twitter."
James Munro: "I'd definitely say Ruth Davidson has gone a long way to improving the Scottish Conservatives in my mind. I still probably would never vote for them but she seemed like the only politician on social media who was a human being and actually ran her own media."
Rebecca Plenderleith: "Social media has ensured that I definitely won't be voting for either the Tories or Labour. What they don't realise is that by insulting other parties on social media they come across as if they are scared that their policies alone will not be enough to win them seats. I was an undecided voter. I'll now definitely be voting Liberal Democrat."
Laura Fell: "Nothing in particular has persuaded my vote. I am stuck between the choice of two parties, Labour and SNP, but I hate it when parties slag each other off and start scaremongering."
Zoe Mcintyre: "Social media hasn't persuaded me to vote a certain way. I'm voting Labour, even though I think the majority of their posts have been pretty negative. But I would say I dislike Tories more from their social media because it's all so negative."
English Heritage said it had seen more "drunken and disrespectful behaviour" as crowds had increased each year.
It hopes the alcohol ban will help "better look after" both those attending the solstice and the ancient monument.
A £15 charge per vehicle is also being introduced to encourage more people to car share or travel by bus.
Senior druid, King Arthur Pendragon, previously said any charge would be a "Pay to Pray policy" and he would fight the "total ban on alcohol".
English Heritage said it was "mindful" of the practices of some druid and pagan groups who use alcohol as part of their ceremonial practice, and will consult on how moderate use of ritual alcohol might be incorporated into the new policy.
It also pledged to keep access to the monument free during the celebrations, despite growing attendances.
Kate Davies, Stonehenge's general manager, said: "Something has to be done or we risk losing what makes solstice at Stonehenge so special."
In 2000, approximately 10,000 people attended the solstice, while in 2014, the figure was close to 40,000.
That same year, the stones were vandalised during both the summer and winter solstice celebrations.
Despite it being illegal to damage the monument, last year the Heritage Journal wanted revellers banned from getting close to the stones in a bid to prevent the "annual vandalism".
The vehicle parked at the back gate and a team of white-suited medics carried out the first of four confirmed Ebola patients onboard.
One - a 40-year-old man - would die minutes later.
"You never know what you'll find when you open those doors," said Irish doctor Carrie Garavan, adjusting the protective headgear on a Sierra Leonean medic.
The ambulance's arrival coincided with a shift change at Kerry Town - a huge logistical operation.
It takes 20 minutes for each health worker to put on the elaborate protective clothing required to enter the Ebola red-zone and its 80 beds.
"It takes time. You can't rush. You can't be complacent. The safety of our staff is of paramount importance," said Dr Garavan, who is overseeing a large team of British, Cuban, Sierra Leonean and other international staff at the green-field site about one hour's drive outside the capital, Freetown.
But almost four weeks after Kerry Town opened, there is growing concern - expressed vocally by some Sierra Leoneans, and more privately by foreign humanitarian experts - that the facility is seriously behind schedule and lacking a sense of urgency.
So far, a total of 44 patients have been admitted. Fourteen of Kerry Town's 80 beds are currently occupied.
"It's very, very, very slow," said Charles Mambu, director of Sierra Leone's Health for All coalition.
"Our only hope was in Kerry Town. Why is it not fully occupied? We are not happy with what's happening here. We call on our former colonial masters - you have to do more."
Kerry Town is being run by Save the Children - a British charitable organisation that acknowledges it has stepped into profoundly unfamiliar territory.
"This is a complete departure. Are we up to the job? Well... No-one else was prepared to do it. We said at the outset we didn't have the right level of experience but we'd acquire it and we've hired an awful lot of really competent people and put it together," said Michael Von Bertele, Save the Children International's Humanitarian Director.
"I make no excuses. Many of the staff we've got are very inexperienced and we've got to move very slowly.
"It's a very dangerous environment. I think the organisations doing this well started in exactly the same place.
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780 British health staff volunteers helping to cope with the crisis
700 Hospital beds supported by UK - tripling Sierra Leone's capacity
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100 Beds on board medical ship RFA Argus being deployed to region
"[The French medical charity] MSF for example - they've got years and years of experience... and they make it look easy and I sincerely hope that in six weeks time we'll make it look easy. Our plan was always to scale up slowly," he said.
In the meantime, staff at Kerry Town say the criticism - which included a recent MP's question in the British Parliament - is taking a toll.
"A lot of the team are upset. I think it's terribly unfair and unfounded and I do hope people stop," said Dr Garavan.
But there were smiles and songs a few minutes later, when staff gathered to say goodbye to 21-year-old student Kadiatu Sesay, who was being discharged after beating Ebola. She is only the third patient to be sent home so far.
"I feel so happy. This is the happiest day of my life," said Ms Sesay, who admitted she'd been sceptical about the virus before she caught it, and now plans to convince her friends and neighbours to take every precaution.
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Central Beacons Mountain Rescue said 2016 was its busiest year in its 54-year history, as it responded to 124 incidents.
But the amount of incidents it has already attended in 2017, despite no extreme weather, points to "another very busy year", the team said.
It said the increase could be linked with more people using the outdoors.
The team said some of its calls were to support neighbouring rescue teams including Brecon, Longtown and Western Beacons.
A spokesman said nearly half the incidents were to help police in searches for missing people and to carry out animal rescues.
In 2007 there were 87,685 admissions, while in 2011 there were 123,808.
The data, gathered by researchers at Public Health England, does not include treatment in outpatient units or by GPs.
Experts say cheap foreign holidays and the fashion for having tanned skin are probably to blame for the increase.
The majority of the cancers treated were on the head and neck.
While skin cancers can be serious, they are also largely avoidable as excess sun exposure is the major cause.
The figures, which will be presented at the World Congress On Cancers Of The Skin, in Edinburgh later this week, show that admissions for both the most risky form of skin cancer - malignant melanoma - and other skin cancers are on the rise.
Between 2007 and 2011, hospitals in England saw a 30% increase in admissions for melanoma treatment and a 43% rise in non-melanoma skin cancer admissions.
The cost of this treatment - mostly for surgery to cut the tumours out - now stands at more than £95m a year.
Some patients were treated as day cases, but others had to stay in hospital.
More than 16,000 skin grafts and flaps were needed to treat the disease in 2011 alone.
Yet experts say the bulk of these skin cancer cases could have been avoided by better protection of the skin from the sun's harmful rays.
Although public awareness about the dangers of too much exposure to UV light has improved, many people still take risks and get burnt.
Sunburn doubles your chance of developing melanoma.
Johnathon Major, of the British Association of Dermatologists, said: "As holidays to sunny locations become cheaper and tanned skin remains a desirable fashion statement, we have seen an inevitable increase in skin cancer incidence rates and the associated health and financial burden they place on the nation."
Sarah Williams, senior health information officer at Cancer Research UK, said: "Changes to where patients are treated may have added to the size of this increase in hospital treatment for skin cancer, but it's worrying to see rising rates of a disease that could largely be prevented.
"Although it may seem that summer's over, September sun in the UK can still be strong enough to burn, especially for those who have sensitive skin.
"When the sun is strong, covering up with clothes and spending time in the shade are the best ways to protect your skin from sunburn and reduce the risk of skin cancer."
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Vladimir Mokhnev was found to have violated rules "relating to possession, trafficking and administration of banned substances".
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Stepanova is in hiding after helping to expose Russian state-sponsored doping.
Bazdyreva was found to have violated rules which concern "use or attempted use by an athlete of a prohibited substance or a prohibited method". The ban is back-dated to 24 August 2015.
Plus, her results between 23 April 2014 and 24 August 2015 have been annulled and any prizes, medals, prize and appearance money forfeited.
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The Wales manager was recognised for his services to football after guiding Wales to the Euro 2016 semi-final.
After the investiture, he said: "I didn't have the courage to ask him. I've often wondered actually."
He said the only way Wales could top last year's success was to get to the final of the 2018 World Cup.
Coleman said it was nerve-wracking picking up his award, adding that the prince was "very knowledgeable".
Looking ahead to the World Cup, he said: "I've got so much belief in my players."
Coleman said he has faith that his team can "produce something special", and asked if he thinks Wales could be World Cup 2018 winners, he replied: "Who knows?"
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Chris Coleman said he "didn't have the courage" to ask the Prince of Wales a nagging question when receiving his OBE - whether he supports England or Wales.
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The victim was threatened with a knife near RAF Marham in Norfolk on 20 July.
Attempts were also made to pull him into a car but he managed to fight the men off, headbutting one of them.
Norfolk Police has released the images a week on from the attack. The force says it is possible the suspects were part of a "larger team".
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The first suspect is described as of "Middle Eastern appearance", between 20 and 30 years old, approximately 6ft (1.8m) tall, with a well-groomed beard.
The second man, who is of similar appearance, is slightly younger, about 5ft 10in (1.78m) tall and was clean-shaven with short, dark hair.
Officers were called after the victim was approached by two men while he was out jogging near the RAF base.
Police said he was on a route used regularly by personnel at the base, but was wearing headphones at the time so did not hear what the first attacker said to him.
He managed to wrestle the man to the ground - possibly leaving the suspect with a black eye - before a second man, armed with the knife, tried to attack him.
The suspects then fled in a dark-coloured people carrier, which police are still trying to trace.
"We know that our victim is a member of RAF personnel and we are still investigating how much relevance this was to his attempted abduction," Det Supt Paul Durham said.
"It is probable that there would have been a degree of planning involved and in order to achieve this, it is quite possible that there was at least one other person involved."
He added there had been "no change" on how likely terrorism was seen as being a motive.
"There's still no credible evidence that supports that but equally I can't discount it," he said.
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Police investigating the attempted abduction of an RAF serviceman have released e-fits of the men they suspect were involved.
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Joachim Brolly, 59, was spotted near the Torran Bay Hostel near Ford in Argyll and Bute on Thursday 9 March.
Officers have released an image of the boat in the hope it will jog people's memories.
Mr Brolly is described as white, 5ft 6in tall, of medium build, with short grey hair and clean-shaven.
He was wearing navy trousers, a navy fleece and a navy jacket.
Insp Julie McLeish said: "Extensive searches involving police and fire services along with the coastguard have been carried out in an attempt to locate Mr Brolly.
"Police divers are still conducting searches in new areas of the loch and we would welcome any new information from members of the public.
"If you were in the area of Loch Awe on Thursday 9th March and may have seen the Mr Brolly, or the boat in the image, please get in touch.
"We would particularly like to speak to anyone who was out in a boat on Loch Awe that day."
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McCarthy, 26, missed Everton's win over West Brom on Saturday after suffering a recurrence of a hamstring injury.
Toffees boss Ronald Koeman said after the game that the midfielder is "one or two weeks" away from fitness.
Koeman and Republic boss Martin O'Neill became involved in a row about McCarthy's fitness in November and the player missed the 1-0 win in Austria.
McCarthy's hamstring issues have restricted him to only seven Premier League starts this term and Koeman is keen to get to the bottom of it.
"He played 30-35 minutes last week and then we need to put him in the recovery group after the game," said the Everton boss.
"It's not a big hamstring injury. He will be out for one or two weeks.
"It's another step back for the boy and that's really disappointing. We need to find a solution."
O'Neill will announce the Republic's squad for the Wales game on Monday and the expectation is that the Everton midfielder will be an inclusion.
Asked if he expected O'Neill to select McCarthy, Koeman replied: "I don't know. We know it will be another nine, 10 days [before the game] and the Fifa rule is that they have the possibility to call the player.
"If they call the player the player will go and they will see how his fitness is at that time."
The Republic lead Group D on 10 points after four rounds of fixtures, which leaves them two points ahead of Serbia with Wales a further two points off the pace in third.
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Everton's James McCarthy is a doubt for the Republic of Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Wales on 24 March.
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The 19-year-old emerged as a fan favourite early at the tournament with his exuberant displays as Senegal's last line of defence.
And his reputation was enhanced when he saved three spot-kicks in a shootout against Ukraine in the last 16.
That prowess may be put to the test against the Brazilians, who advanced to the last four after shoot-out victories in the last 16 and quarter-finals.
"I have a gift for saving penalties," Sy told Fifa's website. "I can't explain it. It's just something I have.
"On top of that, it's such a boost to keep goal for Senegal.
I'm proud of that. I'm a true Senegalese, so I'm a warrior. I give everything for my people."
While the West Africans are appearing at the tournament for the first time, Brazil have won the competition five times and despite unconvincing performances in the last two rounds will start as heavy favourites in Christchurch on Wednesday.
The winner of the match will meet either Serbia or Mali in the final in Auckland on Saturday. The two sides met in the group stage with Serbia winning 2-0.
Butterfield produced a fine finish from the edge of the area after the Rovers defence had failed to clear properly.
The visitors, with one win in 11 league games, had plenty of possession but struggled to create chances.
They went close to equalising in stoppage time when midfielder Jordi Gomez headed against the bar.
Having gone eight league matches without a victory, Derby have now won back-to-back games for the first time since December.
Blackburn, who are eight points above the relegation zone, had a great chance to equalise before the interval.
Danny Graham, a former Derby loan signing, held off Richard Keogh before turning Jason Shackell.
But from 10 yards out he spooned the ball over the bar.
Derby County head coach Darren Wassall:
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"We challenged the players before the game that we would like a clean sheet and I thought the two centre-halves were magnificent, they headed everything. Blackburn threw everything into the box and I thought we defended magnificently.
"That's six points in two games, back-to-back wins home and away and I'm very pleased for the players because they've put in a shift and have been brilliant in the last two games."
Blackburn Rovers manager Paul Lambert:
"I am proud of the way we played, there's a way to lose a game and I thought we were excellent. We have been playing well for a few weeks, there were some big performances, and I think the lads are starting to play.
"We had some great positions and maybe the one thing you could say was we never had the right weight of pass or the right decision. But other than that, for work rate and endeavour, we couldn't ask for any more."
The incident happened at about 21:00 on Saturday 22 August at the Ye Olde Inn, Davidson's Mains.
A 21-year-old man sustained a number of cuts to his face after being struck during the assault and officers are continuing with their inquiries.
The 34-year-old woman will appear in court at a later date.
Ballot packs were sent to South Cambridgeshire District Council's 8,500 tenants on 17 October.
The council said "about 65" people had contacted it to say ex-partners or dead relatives had been put on the papers.
Councillor Mark Howell offered them "a heartfelt apology". The Electoral Reform Services has been informed.
South Cambridgeshire council tenants are being asked to elect new tenant representatives.
The council said its database did include up-to-date details of tenants who had either moved out or died, but "up to 600 were sent to people who previously held a joint tenancy and have moved out and in some cases passed away".
They learnt of the mistake on Tuesday, as a result of tenants getting in touch.
Mr Howell, who is cabinet member for housing, said: "Our team made a human error when running a report for the mailing and to avoid this happening again, all correspondence of this type will require double checking and final sign off from the head of service."
In 2008, the council made a similar error when it was balloting residents about whether they wished to remain as council tenants.
Mr Howell said that mistake was different: "In 2008, we didn't have sufficient data on the databases.
"What happened here was we didn't press the right button."
The Electoral Reform Services has been informed and it will make sure the mistake does not affect the outcome of the election, the council added.
The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir's song A Bridge Over You topped the chart ahead of Bieber's Love Yourself.
The choir overtook Bieber after he had urged his 72 million Twitter followers to buy the charity single.
He tweeted: "Just heard the news. Amazing. That is what Christmas is all about. @Choir_NHS congrats! Very cool."
Johnson, who had been the bookmakers' favourite, could only manage 12th position.
Her cover of Bob Dylan's Forever Young dropped three places since entering the chart last week - meaning it is likely to be the first X Factor winner's single to fail to reach the top spot.
Instead, the NHS Choir's mash-up of Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water and Coldplay's Fix You emerged as the popular favourite in the run-up to Christmas.
The choir, which features physiotherapists, porters and administrators as well as doctors and nurses, were runners up on Gareth Malone's BBC Two show Sing While You Work in 2012.
They recorded A Bridge Over You to celebrate the work of the NHS, and all proceeds from the sales will be shared between charities including Carers UK and Mind.
"We are absolutely overwhelmed and couldn't be any happier," they said in a statement released by the Official Charts Company.
"It's a brilliant celebration for the NHS across the country so well done and thank you everyone for downloading and streaming. A massive cheer for the NHS, thank you."
The Official Charts Company said it was the closest Christmas number one race since Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner Joe McElderry in 2009.
The choir were trailing Bieber in the chart race earlier in the week, but pulled ahead of the Canadian pop star after he asked his fans to support their cause.
He told them to "do the right thing" and help A Bridge Over You win, conceding that "for one week it's OK not to be number one".
He added: "This is what it's all about. Merry Christmas."
In the end, the NHS Choir achieved 127,000 sales, while Bieber's Love Yourself had sales and streams equivalent to 97,000 copies.
Official Charts Company chief executive Martin Talbot said: "What a fantastic result for the NHS Choir to claim the 2015 Christmas number one.
"There will be thousands of NHS staff across the country working through Christmas Day, while the rest of the nation is putting its feet up - this success is for them. There couldn't be a more deserving group of winners."
Despite missing out on Christmas number one, Bieber still has three tracks - Love Yourself, Sorry and What Do You Mean - in the top five.
At number four, Adele's Hello is also in the top five, while grime artist Stormzy has reached number nine with Shut Up.
The Christmas classics in this week's chart are led by Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas at number 11, with The Pogues' Fairytale Of New York at 13, Wham's Last Christmas at 18 and Shakin' Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone at 26.
Elsewhere in the top 40, Wizzard's I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day is at 27, Chris Rea's Driving Home For Christmas is at 29 and Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas is number 38.
The Sherlock star is being honoured for his work as an actor and his charitable efforts.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: "It's fantastic, it's quite nerve-wracking, there is nothing really that prepares you for it.
"It's a unique occasion and I feel very privileged to be here and flattered to be recognised in this way."
He added: "It was wonderful, it was the first time I've ever met her and to meet her and be honoured by her was extraordinary."
The actor was joined at the ceremony by his theatre director wife Sophie Hunter.
Cumberbatch, who is currently filming the eponymous role in Marvel's Doctor Strange, recently completed a three-month run in Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Barbican.
He said: "[Her Majesty] asked me what I was doing at the moment, and I told her I had finished a three month run at the Barbican, which she knew of.
"And I told her I had just got back last night from filming in Nepal, Doctor Strange for Marvel, then I'll be going straight into the fourth series of Sherlock. She said: 'Oh, it never stops does it?'"
He added that the Queen "didn't let on" if she was a Sherlock fan or not, but said: " I know a lot of the household is, I have been assured they have watched a few episodes."
On receiving the letter notifying him of his honour, Cumberbatch said: "I thought there had been a mistake. I thought someone had got something wrong."
But he said the honour would not stop him from speaking out on issues about which he he feels strongly.
Last month, following a performance of Hamlet, he urged the audience to donate cash to the refugee crisis appeal.
"I think the power anybody in the public eye has, is to draw attention to things that concern them at certain points in time, whether it be causes or politics, and I think I had a unique opportunity to do that at The Barbican with the money for the Save the Children appeal for Syria.
"I am in a very privileged position to have a voice and to have a certain amount of people listen to what I have to say.
"I don't know if this [the CBE] will change that, but I am certainly not going to change who I am because of it.
"It is a huge honour, but I will still speak my mind about things I feel are right and wrong about the world when it is appropriate. Now would not be an appropriate time."
The committee said "the most significant" domestic risks to financial stability were connected to the referendum on EU membership.
It referred to risks of a period of "heightened and prolonged uncertainty".
It doesn't say explicitly that it has in mind the period after a vote in favour of leaving the EU.
But that is the most likely scenario the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) is referring too.
The result of that uncertainty, the committee judges, could "affect the cost and availability of financing for a broad range of UK borrowers".
These pressures could, the FPC says, reinforce existing vulnerabilities.
The current account deficit, which measures the UK's trade performance, remains high and it needs to be financed by foreign investment.
Those flows have contributed to meeting the borrowing needs of the government and business, the statement says.
The Bank also says a decision to withdraw "could spill over to the euro area", affecting financial markets and economic growth there.
It also notes that sterling could be forced lower, though that has potential benefits - making British industry more competitive and raising the cost of imports, which would arguably be welcome at a time when inflation is well below the Bank's target.
The Conservative MP John Redwood, who wants the UK to leave the EU, disputed the committee's assessment when he spoke to the World at One on BBC Radio.
He said: "International investors have been quite relaxed about the possibility of Brexit. At a time when the polls have been strengthening for Brexit, and we have been getting nearer to the vote, interest rates have come down a little bit and we have seen a lot of inward investment.
"Indeed we see the Germans trying to buy our stock exchange."
Ray Jones, 50, was a passenger on the Kawasaki motorbike when it was involved in a collision with a red Volvo C70 on the B4246 at Blaenavon on Saturday.
In a tribute, her family said she was always "full of life, love and happiness".
The male Volvo driver, 46, from Blaenavon, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
The man who was driving the motorbike was taken to Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny with minor injuries but has since been released.
A statement from Mrs Jones' family said: "Ray was the rock of her family, always full of life, love and happiness.
"She was loved by all as a wonderful daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandma and friend."
The baby, who has not been named, was attacked at a property in Morning Star Road, Daventry, last Friday and was pronounced dead at hospital.
Her grandmother, who was caring for her, was injured trying to protect her.
A serious case review committee is to meet next month to consider if Northamptonshire's Safeguarding Children Board should investigate.
In a statement, the baby's family said: "We are totally devastated and in complete shock for the tragic loss of our little princess."
The dog was destroyed by vets at the scene and its breed was confirmed at a post-mortem carried out at the Royal Veterinary College.
"The dog was an American pit bull, a prohibited breed under the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act," Chief Inspector Tom Thompson said.
Northamptonshire Police said they had drawn on national expertise in the area of dangerous dogs in its investigation.
"But at the heart of it is a baby girl whose life has tragically been taken away in the most horrific of circumstances," a spokesman said.
"In addition to our ongoing investigation, we have been concentrating our efforts on providing support for a grieving family."
An inquest will be formally opened by the Northamptonshire Coroner on Wednesday 15 October.
Daventry District Council said it received a noise complaint in May about two dogs barking at the house and spoke to the owner "who acted to control the noise".
The Conservative leader of the council, Chris Millar, told BBC Look East a sound monitoring device had been installed and was in place for a "number of months".
The hospital, in the southern city of Huizhou, said the ballot was arranged because there were too many volunteers to treat the South Korean man.
But posts on social media suggest many were reluctant to take on the task.
The virus has a death rate of 27%, according to the World Health Organization.
The sick man was named as China's first Mers case last week, after travelling to the country from South Korea, via Hong Kong.
Doctors had advised him to cancel the trip because his father had already contracted the virus.
Eighteen people who sat near him during the journey have also been quarantined, but are not showing any symptoms.
South Korea has reported 17 cases of Mers since last month. More than 680 people, who may have come into contact with the infected patients, have been placed in isolation.
The outbreak has been traced to a South Korean who visited the Middle East.
Health ministry official, Kwon Jun-wook, told reporters on Monday that those in quarantine were being held at their homes or in state-run facilities in order to prevent the spread of the virus.
The first fatality from Mers was recorded in June 2012 in Saudi Arabia.
It belongs to the family of coronaviruses that includes the common cold and Sars, and can cause fever, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure.
Experts believe the virus is not very contagious.
There have been 1,167 cases of Mers worldwide, of which 479 have died, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
Andy Payne, 53, suffered serious head injuries when he was hit at speed by a Fiat 500 in Brighton on 14 January.
CCTV footage of the crash, released by police in a bid to find witnesses, was viewed almost three million times.
Speaking from her home in Hove, Mr Payne's wife, Lisa, said: "He's getting better slowly. He's not too bad."
In the video, Mr Payne is thrown several feet into the air by the impact in Kemptown. He then lies motionless in Montague Place as passers-by come to his aid.
Crimestoppers confirmed that a £1,000 reward had been offered to help track down the driver of the Fiat 500.
Sussex Police said two people had been arrested in connection with the crash which happened on 14 January.
A 31-year-old man from Brighton was held on suspicion of dangerous driving causing serious injury, attempting to pervert the course of justice and aggravated vehicle taking.
He was detained after trying to hide on a roof in Donald Hall Road, Brighton.
A 56-year-old woman, also from Brighton, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Both have been bailed until 3 April.
Police said hundreds of people came forward after watching the CCTV and the man and woman were arrested as a direct result.
"We have passed on all the well wishes from people on social media to the victim who is grateful for the support," said Sgt Dan Pitcher.
"He is continuing to recover well at home."
The survey of more than 300,000 adults across the UK found life satisfaction, happiness and feeling life was worthwhile all peaked in that age bracket, but declined in the over-80s.
Those aged 45 to 59 reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction, with men on average less satisfied than women.
That age group also reported the highest levels of anxiety.
Researchers said one possible reason for the lower happiness and well-being scores among this age group might be the burden of having to care for children and elderly parents at the same time.
The struggle to balance work and family commitments might also be a factor, they said.
Meanwhile, those who were younger or retired had more free time to spend on activities which promoted their well-being, the researchers suggested.
Happiness and well-being dropped off again in those over 80, however, with researchers suggesting this could be down to personal circumstances such as poor health, living alone and feelings of loneliness.
The survey asked people to rate out of 10 how happy and how anxious they had felt the day before, how satisfied they were with their life generally, and how much they felt what they did in life was worthwhile.
The published results have been broken down by age, ethnicity, religion, marital status, employment status, religion, and where in the country people live.
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Researchers found a strong link between health and well-being.
People who said their health was very good reported an average life satisfaction rating of 8.01 out of 10, compared with people who said they were in very bad health, whose average rating was just 4.91.
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The over-90 age group reported by far the lowest levels of feeling their life was worthwhile, even though their reported levels of happiness and life satisfaction were comparable to those in their 20s and 30s.
Understanding how people of different ages rated their personal well-being could help policy makers target issues to improve lives, the study added.
"We know that the UK population is ageing. There were more than half a million people aged 90 and over living in the UK in 2014 - almost triple the number 30 years ago," it said.
"This shift towards an older population will impact on important policies and services including the labour market, pension provision, and health and social care demand.
"Understanding more about how the oldest age groups rate their personal well-being will help focus on issues that are fundamental to a good later life."
The "U-shaped" pattern of happiness, which sees people's happiness dip in middle age, has been observed globally.
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Moirai Capital Investment Ltd's proposal will see all the elements of the £120m project built around the existing Oasis leisure centre.
The new complex will cover more than 30 acres and also includes a skate park, hotel, restaurants and cafes.
Morai revised its original proposal following a public consultation.
Last year, Swindon Borough Council extended the planning application deadline for the development after the firm failed to meet the original deadline.
A condition of the lease was that the firm refurbished the Oasis. The work to the 37-year-old site was delayed but has now been completed at a cost of £2m.
Morai's Martin Barber said consideration had been given to the "best possible layout for the project" as well as traffic management and its potential environmental impact.
"We are confident that the submission we have made takes account of all these and other factors," he added.
Swindon Borough Council's Garry Perkins said: "I am satisfied that now Moirai have put together a proposal that matches the council's ambitions for the North Star site.
"I look forward to hearing more as they get closer to turning these plans into a reality and gain commitments from prospective operators."
Morai said if planning permission is granted the development could open in late 2017.
Forward Swindon has also completed a feasibility study for a bridge linking the North Star site with Swindon railway station.
The company, which is responsible for delivering economic growth in the town, anticipates that many visitors to the new facility will arrive by train and is seeking funding for the structure.
The 16-year-old girl, from Wigan, was paddling with another girl, aged 14, at North Quay in Heysham when they got into difficulty at about 16:00 BST.
The older girl was rescued by a passing small boat and is in a serious condition, police said.
The younger girl is said to be shaken and suffered superficial injuries.
Sgt Mark Finch, of Lancaster Police, said: "The girls were fortunate enough that they were spotted getting into some difficulty and were able to get back to the shore, but one of the girls remains very poorly at hospital as a result of the incident.
"This is a timely reminder to anyone enjoying the school holidays and the good weather to remember the dangers of the tide and of open water and to enjoy them safely and responsibly."
Maria Miller made the remarks on Twitter after the England women's cricket team beat Pakistan in their opening World Twenty20 match.
In what was seen as an emphatic victory, England beat their opponents by 43 runs in Galle, Sri Lanka.
Ms Miller said pay and prize levels should be reviewed.
In her first ever tweet she wrote: "Well done to Eng women's cricket team! But big disparity in allowance/prize £ between them + men not right."
Ms Miller, who is also the minister for women and equalities, added that cricket's international governing body, the ICC, "must review" the situation.
The World Twenty20 competition is taking place for both men and women simultaneously.
The men who are playing receive £61 per day during the tournament for food and living costs, the women £37.
In terms of tournament prize money, the winning men's team will take home £616,000, with £40,000 going to the women.
The England women's captain Charlotte Edwards has already said the ICC should look at the situation after the tournament, but did not want the debate to distract her team from their matches.
"It's not about the money for us. If we played for money we would be playing different sports," she told the BBC.
In a column for the BBC Sport website published earlier this week, the former men's England cricket captain Alec Stewart wrote:
"I don't have a problem with the discrepancy between the prize money for the men's and women's World Twenty20 competitions. Being brutally honest, you have to look at what brings in the money.
"Do the TV companies pay all this money to watch the women or is it to watch the men? I'm a fan of women's cricket and I want to see it promoted, but it's generally still a part-time sport around the world."
Earlier this month, when she was appointed to the cabinet, Maria Miller wrote to broadcasters urging them not to cut their coverage of women's sport.
She was right. Brexit is a momentous event in the history of Europe and from now on the narrative will be one of disintegration, not integration.
That does not mean that the EU will fall apart, or even that another country will leave, which is highly unlikely in the foreseeable future. But the centrist politicians who run nearly every EU member state will henceforth be on the defensive against the populist forces who oppose them and the EU.
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At the top of the EU there are two competing approaches to the future of Europe. The European Commission, led by President Jean-Claude Juncker, believes in further integration. It generally seeks to respond to crises by pressing member states to accept "European" solutions that involve more powers for EU institutions.
But the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, takes a different line. In recent weeks he has repeatedly warned that more centralisation would turn citizens against the EU.
"Obsessed with the idea of instant and total integration, we failed to notice that ordinary people, the citizens of Europe, do not share our Euro-enthusiasm," he said.
The Tusk line will prevail. In neither Germany nor France is there enthusiasm for a new EU treaty and steps towards federalism.
It is true that at some point EU leaders may need to tackle particular problems, like the euro or refugees, by giving specific new powers to EU institutions. But the governments will keep the Commission and the European Parliament under a tight rein. They will not let the Brussels institutions set the agenda.
In recent years both France's weakness and the UK's semi-detached status have made Germany the dominant country in the EU. On issues such as the eurozone crisis, refugees and the war in Ukraine, Germany has determined the EU's response. Fears of even greater German dominance explain why politicians in Rome, Paris and Warsaw are so horrified by the prospect of Brexit.
The Germans are particularly fearful of Brexit, and not only because they worry that other EU countries - now even more anxious about German dominance - may be tempted to form an alliance against them. The Germans have seen the British as allies for the causes of economic liberalism and smaller EU budgets.
But despite German worries, the EU is unlikely to become significantly more protectionist. Many EU governments share the UK's free market instincts. Nevertheless, without the British there will be less pressure for completing trade agreements and extending the single market.
Policymakers in the US are horrified by the referendum result. They see the UK as a bridge between themselves and continental Europe. And they knew that on foreign policy questions, the UK often helps to steer the EU towards relatively tough or US-friendly positions.
The Americans now worry that, without British firmness, the EU will be more likely to relax the sanctions on Russia, imposed after it intervened in Ukraine.
EU policymakers know that they must spend the next several years handling the complexities of the Brexit talks. Prime Minister David Cameron's successor will have to request a particular model of association with the EU.
The EU will say that if Britain wants to stay in the single market, like Norway and Switzerland, it will have to accept free movement of labour and pay into the EU budget, as well as adopt single market laws that it will not be allowed to vote on.
Given the political toxicity of free movement in the UK, the new prime minister will probably prefer the "Canada option", meaning a free trade agreement (FTA). That would give very limited access to the single market and be particularly painful to the City of London.
An FTA would not allow the foreign banks in London to continue to do business across the EU while being regulated only by the British. Some of those banks in the City are already planning to move significant numbers of staff to Frankfurt, Paris, Luxembourg or Dublin.
EU leaders will have an interest in ensuring that the Union maintains a close economic relationship with the UK, for everyone's benefit. But they will not compromise on fundamental principles, such as free movement of labour as the price for single market access.
And they will not want the exit talks to be pain-free, easy or pleasant for the British. For they will wish to deter others from following the UK's example.
The Centre for European Reform is pro-EU but argues that the bloc needs reform and a stronger role in the world.
He was injured by straighteners that fell off a table and on to his arm. They had just been turned off but were still extremely hot.
UK burns units say one in 20 of all admissions for children's burns last year involved hair straighteners.
They are warning parents to be extra careful.
Figures from the international burns injury database show there were 392 child admissions to specialist units in the UK in 2015 for injuries that involved hair straighteners.
And charity Electrical Safety First says the majority of incidents occur when toddlers touch, grab or tread on hot hair straightener plates.
It says hair straighteners and curling irons can reach temperatures of 235C and can stay hot for up to 40 minutes after being switched off.
Emma Apter from Electrical Safety First, said: "Parents have to juggle many tasks in the morning and while we don't want to add to that list, it is vital that hair straighteners are kept out of reach of small hands and feet.
"We are urging manufacturers to play their part in protecting consumers by providing safe storage for their products."
Paul Fuller, of the Children's Burns Trust, warned that children are at greater risk of burns as their skin can be 15 times thinner than that of adults.
He added: "A burn or scald at this age could need years of repeated surgery as the child grows, because scarred tissue does not grow with them."
Luckily for Joshua after three weeks in bandages, his arm is healing well.
His mother Josie (whose full name we are not using) says doctors will keep an eye on her son's arm and watch for any scarring.
She is relieved he is now playing as usual and using it happily.
She says she was shocked and panicked when the accident happened.
"It happened in a split second. I was getting ready for work and had turned the straighteners off and put them on a table he couldn't reach.
"Joshua had only just started to crawl and I underestimated how quickly he could get across the room to the table.
"He pulled at the cord and they fell.
"I had no idea they could stay so hot when they were switched off. More people need to be aware of this."
Advice from the Children's Burns Trust
The London club looked most likely to score with centre-back Kevin Amankwaah having the best chances as he head the ball wide in the 19th minute and again two minutes after half-time.
Promoted Sutton should have taken the lead in the 56th minute as Bedsente Gomis found himself alone in front of the hosts' goal but lost control of the ball.
Paul Doswell's men were punished for wasting that opportunity when Hartlepool loanee Oates slotted home five minutes after coming on.
Report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Gateshead 1, Sutton United 0.
Second Half ends, Gateshead 1, Sutton United 0.
Jamal Fyfield (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
Reece Styche (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Sutton United. Dan Fitchett replaces Maxime Biamou.
Substitution, Sutton United. Ryan Burge replaces Ross Stearn.
Substitution, Sutton United. Chris Dickson replaces Roarie Deacon.
Goal! Gateshead 1, Sutton United 0. Rhys Oates (Gateshead).
Substitution, Gateshead. Rhys Oates replaces Wes York.
Substitution, Gateshead. Reece Styche replaces Danny Johnson.
Second Half begins Gateshead 0, Sutton United 0.
First Half ends, Gateshead 0, Sutton United 0.
Liam Hogan (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Both players will continue to play for Hoffenheim, who are fifth in the table, before moving to Bayern in the summer.
Defender Sule, 21, has signed a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Free agent Rudy, 26, who captains Hoffenheim from midfield, will join Carlo Ancelotti's side on a three-year contract.
"Signing two Germany internationals is an investment in the club's future," said Bayern Munich's executive board chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
"Sebastian Rudy comes on a free, while we have come to a serious and fair agreement with Hoffenheim for Niklas Sule."
Sule described Bayern as "one of the best teams in the world", while Rudy said "moving to Munich is an absolute dream and I want to win trophies there".
Bayern resume their campaign after the winter break on Friday when they play away at Freiburg.
Ancelotti's side are three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.
The first minister said people had a responsibility "not to let extremists divide us".
She was speaking at a tea party at Glasgow Women's Library.
The "legacy" event was one of more than 120,000 taking place across the UK as part of the Great Get Together campaign.
It was organised by Mrs Cox's husband Brendan on the weekend of the anniversary of her death.
Kilmarnock-born Thomas Mair shouted "Britain first" when he shot and stabbed the 41-year-old mother-of-two in her Batley and Spen constituency on 16 June last year during the EU referendum campaign.
He was later handed a whole-life prison sentence for her murder.
Ms Sturgeon said: "I remember vividly as everybody does the sheer sense of shock a year ago when the news came through that an MP had been attacked, then a bit later on the dreadful news that she had been murdered.
"That shock was personal for politicians but it was profound I think for all of us because it was a horrible, violent act, like so much else that happens in the world, and made us focus on the things that divide people rather than the things that bring us together.
"So Brendan Cox, Jo's husband, and the Jo Cox Foundation have to their great credit been really focused on trying to celebrate Jo's memory by getting people to focus on what unites us, not what divides us.
"Jo's maiden speech in the House of Commons had that memorable phrase 'we have more in common than anything that divides us', so that's a pretty good principle or all of us to try and live our lives by."
She continued: "We live in a world where a tiny minority of extremists try to divide us through acts of unspeakable violence and we've got such a responsibility not to allow them to do that."
Aaron Wildig gave the Shrimps an early lead and the visitors held out until Wyke's 74th-minute effort which followed the sending off of defender Dean Winnard.
Morecambe's bright start was rewarded in the seventh minute when Kevin Ellison whipped over an accurate cross from wide on the left to pick out Wildig, who coolly guided his shot past Mark Gillespie into the bottom-left-hand corner.
The Carlisle defence was all at sea early on and only an offside flag denied Peter Murphy a second goal with a first-time flick from Michael Rose's penetrating pass.
As Carlisle finally began to get into the game, the woodwork came to Morecambe's rescue in the 25th minute when Barry Roche produced an instinctive save from Jason Kennedy's far-post header and Wyke, from six yards, slammed the inviting rebound against the bar.
Carlisle pressed for an equaliser after the break, although Wildig kept Gillespie on his toes with a 25-yard skimmer which the goalkeeper went full length to turn away for a corner.
The Shrimps had Winnard sent off in the 73rd minute for a foul on Shaun Miller and from the free-kick on the left edge of the box Nicky Adams' curler was glanced past Roche by Wyke's header.
Wyke and substitute Derek Asamoah had late chances, but with just one point from three games Carlisle's automatic promotion hopes again faltered.
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Match ends, Carlisle United 1, Morecambe 1.
Second Half ends, Carlisle United 1, Morecambe 1.
Attempt missed. Derek Asamoah (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Morecambe. Liam Wakefield replaces Lee Molyneux.
Attempt blocked. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Ryan Edwards.
Attempt saved. Derek Asamoah (Carlisle United) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Alex Kenyon (Morecambe).
Attempt missed. Michael Rose (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt missed. Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Hand ball by Kevin Ellison (Morecambe).
Substitution, Carlisle United. Derek Asamoah replaces Reggie Lambe.
Substitution, Morecambe. Luke Conlan replaces Aaron Wildig.
Attempt saved. Aaron McGowan (Morecambe) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal! Carlisle United 1, Morecambe 1. Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicky Adams following a set piece situation.
Second yellow card to Dean Winnard (Morecambe) for a bad foul.
Shaun Miller (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dean Winnard (Morecambe).
Attempt missed. Jamie Devitt (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Devitt (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Alex Kenyon (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Reggie Lambe (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alex Kenyon (Morecambe).
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Alex Kenyon.
Hand ball by Ryan Edwards (Morecambe).
Nicky Adams (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lee Molyneux (Morecambe).
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Barry Roche.
Substitution, Morecambe. Rhys Turner replaces Paul Mullin.
Corner, Morecambe. Conceded by Mark Gillespie.
Attempt saved. Aaron Wildig (Morecambe) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Peter Murphy (Morecambe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Charlie Wyke (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Nicky Adams (Carlisle United).
Lee Molyneux (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dean Winnard (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service attended the fire at the property on the Heather Road, after receiving a report shortly before 16:00 BST on Tuesday.
Ten appliances and almost 50 firefighters were involved in tackling the fire.
One man was injured by a vehicle. His injuries are not thought to be serious.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
The building contains a shredding machine, waste paper and cardboard.
The man has since been released from hospital.
Twelve drivers from the RMT union have walked out on the first of three strike days planned on Southern services.
The RMT claimed Southern had been forced to admit they were cancelling trains despite a promised full service.
Southern said there were cancellations following non-availability of crew owing to sickness and a rota mistake.
"There have been one or two cancellations this morning involving the non-availability of train crew, but these have arisen from one case of sickness and a train crew rostering error," a Southern spokesman said.
Southern has been in a long-running dispute over guards' roles on trains with the RMT, which represents conductors and 12 drivers, and Aslef, the main train drivers' union.
Aslef had planned three days of strike action this week but called off the stoppages for talks to take place.
The RMT continued with the walkouts after it said it was banned from negotiations.
As the 12 RMT drivers continued with the action, union leader Mick Cash called on Aslef to respect RMT picket lines, mounted at sites including the Barnham, Brighton and Selhurst depots.
Southern told the BBC all Aslef drivers crossed picket lines.
The RMT claimed it had seen a "positive response" to the protests but did not comment further.
Aslef said it could not comment on any ongoing Southern dispute while talks were under way.
Mr Cash said: "RMT is a recognised union for drivers on Southern and it is disgraceful that we have been carved out of the current talks process set up by the TUC and the government. That is a kick in the teeth for our members.
"All parties should be at the negotiating table."
Parent firm Govia Thameslink last week announced a fresh driver recruitment campaign on Southern, which has about 1,000 drivers.
Proposals by Chris Philp, the Conservative MP for Croydon South, to limit strike action and protect people's "right to get to work" have been rejected by MPs.
Mr Philp was denied permission to introduce his Industrial Action (Protection of Critical National Services) Bill to the House of Commons for further debate by 206 votes to 127.
This is clear from a new BBC analysis of decisions issued in the past two years by the Information Commissioner's Office which has repeatedly condemned the Cabinet Office, Home Office and Ministry of Justice for their "poor", "disappointing" and "unacceptable" treatment of FOI applications.
And it raises questions about whether the Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, is taking a tough enough approach to enforcing the law on these important departments at the heart of government, beyond criticising their processes in individual complaints.
Information obtained by the BBC from the Information Commissioner's Office also shows that the Cabinet Office and the Home Office are the two public authorities in the country with the worst record of failure on timely cooperation with the commissioner's investigations.
The Information Commissioner's Office has the legal power to issue "information notices" against public bodies which are failing to provide material needed to assess complaints against them. Since May 2015 it has issued these formal notices in 50 completed cases. Fifteen were against the Cabinet Office and 11 the Home Office. So the two departments accounted for more than half these measures against particularly uncooperative public authorities.
As the department responsible both for FOI policy and for civil service efficiency, the Cabinet Office should surely be setting a good example to the rest of Whitehall. However over the past two years it has faced some stinging criticism from the information commissioner due to its persistently slow and unsatisfactory handling of information requests.
The commissioner's rulings express disappointment, concern and puzzlement at the Cabinet Office's behaviour.
In dozens of instances the commissioner has condemned the Cabinet Office's slow responses. In various different cases the Information Commissioner's Office has described Cabinet Office delays as "unacceptable", "extremely unhelpful", "extreme", "protracted", "considerable", "notable", "unreasonable", "unsatisfactory", "excessive", "prolonged" and "severe".
In one case involving files on the UK's historical relations with India, the Information Commissioner's Office decision accused the Cabinet Office of "obvious unfairness" to the requester. The Cabinet Office transferred most of the information requested to the National Archives after the applicant asked for an internal review, so it no longer held the material. The Information Commissioner's Office described the Cabinet Office's behaviour as "extremely unsatisfactory".
In another historical case involving the 1963 Profumo affair, the Information Commissioner's Office ruling said: "Taking such an inordinate amount of time to complete an internal review goes completely against the spirit of the FOIA [Freedom of Information Act], and in the commissioner's view, is tantamount to denying an applicant their information access rights."
The Information Commissioner's Office decision in a further case stated that "the commissioner is concerned at the extremely lengthy delay", adding "although the commissioner cannot conceive of any justification for such a lengthy delay, she notes that the public authority has not even sought to provide one and that is also extremely concerning."
These criticisms are accompanied by the commissioner frequently telling the Cabinet Office to improve its processes, urging it to act "more promptly", handle requests "appropriately" and in line with "expected standards", to make "greater efforts to provide useful and meaningful advice to requesters", and to "take greater care".
The Home Office has also been subject to repeated criticism from the commissioner in the past two years.
In a case relating to a particular car crash with disputed circumstances, the commissioner was concerned by "the very poor handling of this request by the Home Office", adding that "clearly it should not have been necessary for the complainant to repeatedly contact the Home Office in order to secure a response" and that the initial response and internal review were both "unhelpful".
In a case involving the violent and sex offenders' register, the Information Commissioner's Office ruling stated that "the commissioner regards a delay of close to 14 months in responding to a request as unacceptable in any circumstances".
A ruling on a case about asylum seeker statistics stated: "The commissioner is very disappointed that it took over a year for an internal review to be completed, which essentially reached the same conclusion as that reached at refusal notice stage, and added very little by way of further reasoning."
In various further cases the Home Office was criticised for "obviously deficient reasoning", "poor customer service", "a poor level of engagement", producing an internal review "of no value", and providing a "poor initial explanation", while in others it "misread one part of the request" and "could have done much more to assist the complainant".
And in a range of rulings the Home Office was condemned for delays which were "unreasonable", "considerable", "very severe", "lengthy", "significantly excessive", "clearly excessive" and "far too long".
The pattern of delay at the Home Office is so extreme that extraordinarily in 50 cases adjudicated by the Information Commissioner's Office in the past two years, the department simply failed to provide the requester with a substantive response at all before the commissioner intervened.
The Ministry of Justice has a record on this which is nearly as bad, failing to respond in over 30 cases from the past two years until the commissioner was involved.
And in a series of rulings affecting the MoJ in these two years, the Information Commissioner's Office has also often accused it of delays and shortcomings.
In one case to do with civil restraint orders, the Information Commissioner's Office decision said that "the commissioner is very disappointed with the MoJ's handling of this request", adding that the information provided by the Ministry of Justice was "inaccurate and misleading" and this was "clearly unacceptable".
In other different cases the Information Commissioner's Office reported that the Ministry gave an "incorrect figure" to a requester, failed to make "adequate searches" or "relevant searches" for information, was responsible for "lengthy delays" and "significant delay", was guilty of "poor engagement" with the Information Commissioner's Office investigation, produced submissions which were "generic" or did not provide "the required level of detail or evidence", and failed to ensure that a request was "properly considered".
These concerns are not about disputes on the principles of whether information should be disclosed or not, where the arguments can be finely judged and the commissioner sometimes backs and sometimes overrules the department - this is to do with basic administrative processes.
Last month the Chair of the National Association of Data Protection and FOI Officers, Jon Baines, drew attention to some recent delays at the Home Office and MoJ, and complained about the Information Commissioner's Office's failure to take stronger action against "authorities who seem to ignore their legal duties much of the time".
Mr Baines explains: "I was struck by how often these particular departments appeared to be simply ignoring the ICO with apparent impunity. I know FOI officers at other public authorities who work their socks off to make sure their organisations comply with the law, and I wanted to question why there seems to be one rule for some authorities and another rule for these government departments."
Maurice Frankel of the Campaign for Freedom of Information urges the Information Commissioner's Office to go further: "These departments obviously consider themselves too important to be accountable to the public and are just ignoring the FOI Act. This is not hard pressed FOI officers struggling to meet deadlines, it looks like deliberate flouting of the law."
Mr Frankel adds: "The commissioner can stop this at a stroke. She can issue enforcement notices which will expose officials or ministers to the risk of fines or even imprisonment if they don't comply. The commissioner needs to start taking action."
The Information Commissioner's Office has been criticised in the past and sometimes ridiculed by those who feel that for political reasons it fails to take a tough enough stance, deploying its full range of legal powers, over the Cabinet Office's failings. In 2015 the then deputy commissioner Graham Smith told the ICO press office not to publicise enforcement action against the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland, because publicity would "provoke more questions and comment about lack of action against others, notably the Cabinet Office".
The Information Commissioner's Office states it will be meeting the Home Office and the MoJ to discuss overdue cases. A spokesperson says: "We constantly review the FOI performance of public authorities across the UK and take action, including formal monitoring, where improvements are necessary. FOI law applies in the same way for all public authorities, regardless of size or profile."
Other government departments are also guilty of delays and failings, but it seems clear that these three have particular problems.
Responding on behalf of the three departments, a Cabinet Office spokesperson said: "This government is committed to freedom of information and we are publishing more data than ever before, on everything from ministerial meetings to the money we spend. With increasing transparency the requests we receive under FOI ask for more and more complex information. We must balance the public need to make information available and to protect sensitive information."
As a declaration of interest I should state that I and BBC colleagues have made FOI requests to these departments which have been badly affected by delays.
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The 22-year-old died at the weekend, two weeks after sustaining a head injury during a night out in Belfast.
The Irish News carries an interview with his brother Brendan, who says the past fortnight has been "pure and utter hell".
He said Conan had made it home that fateful night but the family became concerned by his strange behaviour. He was then taken to hospital and placed in an induced coma.
"We didn't know we would never speak to him again," his brother said. "We were just talking into his ears and just hoping he would wake up."
A 27-year-old was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, but has been released on police bail.
While the papers are mostly united on the picture front, it's a real Monday mishmash of stories.
The Belfast Telegraph's front page is dominated by what the paper calls a paramilitary-style attack on a mother and son in Coleraine.
A masked man entered a house in James Street on Sunday evening and shot a man in his 20s in the leg. His mother, who is in her 50s, was shot in the foot.
In its editorial, the paper says there is a "depressing familiarity " about this story, amid concerns about an upsurge in attacks by both loyalist and republican paramilitaries.
It says the attacks show how "paramilitaries are trying to keep their grip on some communities more than 20 years after their ceasefires".
The News Letter's front page says there is pressure on Sinn Féin leader in the north Michelle O'Neill to speak out about fuel laundering after her cousin was convicted of offences last week.
Gareth Malachy Doris, 39, of Coalisland, had denied fraudulent evasion of duty but was found guilty at Dungannon Magistrates' Court last week.
A Sinn Féin spokesman said fuel laundering is wrong and undermines the economy.
It's not often sport makes it on to the front page but Ballymena United's first League Cup historic triumph warrants top picture spot on the News Letter's front page.
It has a picture of manager David Jeffrey dedicating the win to long-serving supporter Trevor Burns, who has missed only a few games in almost six decades as a Sky Blues fan.
Talking of top billing, a Belfast road has been named as the most congested in the UK outside of London. The dubious honour goes to A1 southbound from College Gardens in Belfast to Wallace Park in Lisburn, the Daily Mirror reports.
There's a lot of Assembly election coverage but we'll not be mean on a Monday and keep it to a minimum.
The Belfast Telegraph carries a light-hearted poll aimed at humanising our politicians. Seven high-profile candidates were asked a series of quick-fire questions on subjects ranging from Donald Trump to favourite foods.
The paper concludes: "Most do not have a good word about Donald Trump. Their culinary tastes range from seafood to steak.... and most, though not all, know the price of milk."
Not wanting to name and shame but it was the TUV's Jim Allister who had no idea about the price of milk. "Two litres of milk is... oh... my wife does occasionally say 'bring some milk'."
And who knew that Naomi Long made Irish stew for Princess Anne, or the DUP's Paul Givan was into body boarding, or that Steven Agnew from the Green Party would call his autobiography: Steven Agnew - A Gentle Prod?
The Italian, 46, had been due for some fancied rides, including favourite Lady Aurelia in the King's Stand Stakes on the opening day on Tuesday.
Dettori, the most successful Royal Ascot jockey currently riding, returned to action at Chantilly on Sunday.
However, he is struggling with an arm injury and was ruled out of the five-day fixture.
As well as the four rides he had booked on opening day, Dettori also had the likes of leading Prince of Wales' Stakes contender Ulysses and Commonwealth Cup hope Bound For Nowhere to partner later in the week.
John Velazquez will replace Dettori on Lady Aurelia, the filly trained in the United States by Wesley Ward.
BBC horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght:
This is a blow to Dettori and his supporters obviously - but perhaps just as much to the famous fixture itself.
Since the first of his Royal Ascot successes way back in 1990, the now veteran rider has become one of the most significant and colourful characters here.
That 'selling point' is especially important at a time when the sport is perhaps a little short on such players.
In particular, American trainer Wesley Ward, who has long expressed his deep admiration for Dettori, will need to find new riders for the string of fancied horses he has brought over.
Helen Fleet, 66, was beaten, stabbed and strangled while walking her dogs in Worlebury Woods near Weston-super-Mare.
Despite a major investigation no one has ever been charged with her murder.
Although the murder weapon was never recovered police are hopeful forensic advances could shed light on other items found at the time.
Her family told the BBC they still wanted to know what happened to her.
Sister-in-law Ann Harrington said: "It's always there in your mind... it's terrible to live that way.
"She was very tall and regal, a very bright lady who loved everybody. There was nothing mean about her."
Last week police re-opened the investigation into the dog walker's death.
Det Sgt Zoe Niccolls, from Avon and Somerset Police, said although no DNA was found at the scene a number of items were recovered.
"We haven't found the knife... but we do have exhibits that we can now do further DNA and forensic testing [on]," she said.
"That area of work has developed dramatically in the last 30 years and there are changes almost every month. There are lots of opportunities left for us."
Mrs Fleet had driven to the woods in her blue Datsun on the morning of 28 March to take her dogs for a walk. She was last seen alive at 10:50 in Worlebury Hill Road.
The motive for the murder remains unclear, with police saying it was not a robbery and there was no sexual assault.
Three people heard screams and one of her friends, who was also walking in the woods, discovered her body.
Two boys seen fleeing from the scene have never been traced.
Virginia Hanlon Grohl has interviewed several other famous musicians' mothers as part of the project.
She spoke to Dr Dre's mother Verna Griffin, Amy Winehouse's mother Janis, and the mother of the Haim sisters, Donna Haim.
The book will include a foreword by Dave Grohl, plus childhood photos of the Foo Fighters singer.
Other mothers interviewed for the book include Marianne Stipe, whose son is former REM singer Michael Stipe, as well as Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine's mother Patsy Noah.
According to the book's blurb, Hanlon Grohl will explore whether other musicians' mothers "worried about their children's livelihood and wellbeing in an industry fraught with drugs and other dangers".
She also asked other mothers whether they "encouraged their children's passions despite the odds against success, or attempted to dissuade them from their grandiose dreams".
From Cradle To Stage: Stories From the Mothers who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars will be released in the US in April.
A UK publication date has yet to be confirmed.
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Perth-based energy giant SSE has signed a deal for the supply of 2.5 billion cubic metres of gas per year from Norway's oil fields.
The five-year deal will start in October.
Statoil already supplies SSE with gas for domestic customers and its power stations.
It has an even larger supply contract with Centrica - which trades as Scottish Gas and British Gas - which will rise to 7.3 billion cubic metres per year by 2025.
Last year, SSE signed a deal with Statoil to supply 500 million standard cubic metres per year, in a six-year deal. That represented 6% of SSE's average needs.
This week's deal between the two companies supersedes that and increases the quantity five-fold.
In addition Statoil has a contract with SSE for the supply of 0.5 billion cubic metres of gas per year to the St Fergus terminal for the period October 2012 - October 2022.
Britain's total demand for gas is about 70 billion cubic metres per year.
Tor Martin Anfinnsen, senior vice president of marketing and trading at Statoil, said: "We are very happy to have made this agreement with SSE.
"Being the second largest supplier of gas and electricity in the UK, SSE is a significant player in a market that is very important to Statoil.
"The agreement takes our already established relations to the next level. The agreement with SSE is another confirmation of Statoil's position as a long term reliable supplier of gas to the UK."
Aleena Kauser was walking in Rawtenstall when she was hit by one of two cars travelling at more than 60mph (96km/h) in a 30mph zone.
Adil Manir, 20, has already admitted causing her death by dangerous driving.
Mohsem Saddique, 23, denied the same charge but has been found guilty at Burnley Crown Court.
Aleena was walking on a pavement with her mother along Bacup Road to a mosque when she was struck by Manir's Audi A5 on 18 September 2015.
She was airlifted to the Royal Blackburn Hospital after the crash but later died.
The prosecution said Saddique was tailgating Manir in a Volkswagen Golf immediately before the collision and there was only 6ft (2m) between the cars as they drove at speeds between 55mph and 64mph.
Saddique and Manir, both of Rossendale, are due to be sentenced at the court on 19 December.
Speaking after the hearing, Det Insp Mark Haworth-Oates said the "tragic incident" had had a "devastating impact on Aleena's family and the wider community".
He said: "I'm sure that when Saddique and Manir set out they had no intention of hurting anyone, but their actions showed a complete disregard for the safety of other road users and pedestrians.
"The irresponsible and dangerous way in which they raced their vehicles in a built up area at a busy time of day has led to the worst possible outcome."
The decision was taken by the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) executive committee on Friday, after Finke lost popularity with the public.
"People have rejected him," Fecafoot President Tombi A Roko Sidiki said.
"His style of play had become stereotyped, lacking inspiration for the players selected and without any strategy for victory," Sidiki added.
German Finke, 67, had been in charge since May 2013 but suffered poor campaigns at the 2014 World Cup and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Fecafoot announced on its Twitter page that Alexandre Belinga has been appointed interim head coach to be assisted by Bonaventure Djonkep.
The pair will be in charge for the two-legged 2018 World Cup qualifier against Niger on 13 and 17 November, an arrangement which could be extended depending on results.
"We would appreciate Belinga's management of the games against Niger in both legs and if he convinces, he can remain there even for ten years", Sidiki said.
Once a dominant force in African football, Cameroon have struggled in the past five years and Finke was unable to turn around their fortunes.
At the World Cup in Brazil, Finke's side lost all three games with several disciplinary issues amongst his players - Alex Song was sent off and team-mates Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Benjamin Moukandjo clashed on the field.
Cameroon appeared to recover when they qualified unbeaten for the Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea a year later but they were eliminated at the first hurdle at the tournament.
Hardeep Hunjan and partner Ronnie Tayler-Morrison deny killing Noah Serra-Morrison.
Mr Hunjan, 27, told a Luton Crown Court jury he did not harm Noah, and had gone out after putting him to bed on the night of the toddler's death.
The couple, from Luton, previously said Noah fell out of his cot.
Jurors previously heard Noah suffered a catalogue of injuries in the weeks before he died from a "massive" fatal head injury last November.
The court heard his injuries were likely to have been caused by being swung against a wall or floor by his limbs.
Giving evidence, Mr Hunjan told the jury that after putting Noah to bed in their Crawley Road flat, he and Miss Tayler-Morrison, 21, drank vodka and smoked cannabis, checking on the baby from time to time.
Later on he went to get a takeaway and on his return, checked on Noah and saw him out of his cot, lying in the floor.
He said the child's right eye was "half closed", there were "black dots" on his forehead and a red mark under his nose.
Mr Hunjan said he told Miss Tayler-Morrison they should call an ambulance but she refused because she thought if social services found out she had been drinking they would take the baby away.
"Ronnie was screaming and shouting at me saying, 'fix him, fix him'," he said.
Eventually he said she called her sister who told her to call an ambulance.
Noah was taken to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the early hours.
Defence barrister Miss Sally Howes QC asked Mr Hunjan: "Did you injure that child in any way?" to which he replied that he did not.
The pair have also pleaded not guilty to causing or allowing the death of a child and not guilty to cruelty by wilful neglect.
The trial continues.
The annual inductees to the Hall of Fame includes both singles and album recordings, all of which must be at least 25 years old.
The recordings are chosen for their "historical and cultural significance".
Blondie's Heart of Glass, Joan Jett's I Love Rock 'n' Roll and Little Eva's The Loco-Motion are some of the popular tunes chosen to join the 2016 roster.
Among the albums are Fleetwood Mac's eponymous 1975 album, Grateful Dead's American Beauty and Bob Dylan's The Basement Tapes.
Albums by jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis and Fats Domino also make the list of titles joining the class of 2016, as selected by the Recording Academy, hosts of the annual Grammy Awards.
"Spanning more than 50 years, the 2016 Grammy Hall Of Fame entries are an outstanding collection, marked by both historical and cultural significance," said Recording Academy president Neil Portnow, in a statement.
"These works have influenced and inspired music fans for generations and we are proud to induct them into our catalogue of distinguished recordings."
2016 Grammy Hall of Fame inductees
AMERICAN BEAUTY, Grateful Dead
THE BASEMENT TAPES, Bob Dylan and the Band
BOOM BOOM, John Lee Hooker
CELEBRATION, Kool & the Gang
"COLD SWEAT—PART 1", James Brown and the Famous Flames
THE DARK END OF THE STREET, James Carr
"DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE (WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME)", Andrews Sisters
ELLA AND LOUIS, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
THE FAT MAN, Fats Domino
FIRST TAKE, Roberta Flack
FLEETWOOD MAC, Fleetwood Mac
FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY, The O'Jays
HEART OF GLASS, Blondie
I LOVE ROCK 'N ROLL, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
THE LOCO-MOTION, Little Eva
LUSH LIFE, John Coltrane
MARGARITAVILLE, Jimmy Buffett
MILES SMILES, Miles Davis Quintet
PRETENDERS, The Pretenders
RANDY NEWMAN, Randy Newman
ROCK ISLAND LINE, Lead Belly
SHE'S ABOUT A MOVER, Sir Douglas Quintet
SHE'S NOT THERE, The Zombies
THIS TRAIN, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
(WHAT DID I DO TO BE SO) BLACK AND BLUE, Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, Joe Cocker
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Former ambulance driver Michael Kearns, 46, cut up an ambulance on its way to hospital in Chelmsford, Essex.
He pulled his car in front of the vehicle and then hit the driver, the city's crown court heard.
Kearns denied dangerous driving and assault, but was found guilty and given a nine-month suspended sentence.
Judge Patricia Lynch banned Kearns from driving for a year.
She also ordered Kearns, of Broomfield, Chelmsford, to complete unpaid community work.
The court heard he struck a glancing blow and his victim was not badly hurt.
Tom Nicholson Pratt, mitigating for Kearns, said he had suffered from post-traumatic stress after being attacked several times while working as an ambulance driver.
"He only threw one punch which connected - the driver referred to it glancing off his cheek," he said.
Kearns cared for his sick mother and worked as a driver transporting organs for transplant, he said.
Prosecutor Alex Sutter-Green told the court there was an elderly patient in the back of the vehicle and a paramedic travelling in the ambulance witnessed the attack.
"The defendant got out, opened the door and punched the victim," he said.
The court heard Kearns had a previous assault conviction following a similar incident in 2013.
Judge Lynch said: "You have led an otherwise good and industrious life.
"The post-traumatic stress from your previous work helps explain why an otherwise sensible and sane person commits offences such as this.
"It is a very serious matter and it is just not acceptable."
In Dudley North, the seat he was selected by the Conservatives to fight in the general election, Mr Amin had become hard to avoid.
When I first looked at the local newspaper online, the pages were surrounded by "Amin" logos in the preferred Tory shade of blue.
Not long after we met, he asked me to pose for a photo, snapped by one of his campaign team, and doubtless rapidly tweeted out to followers of the would-be MP.
Perhaps no surprise that the man running such a disciplined operation has served in the army and been to Sandhurst.
That was very much the message he delivered on Friday, as he addressed school and college pupils at a hustings in Dudley which I'd been invited to chair.
There was combative debate, too, not least with his Labour rival, the MP Ian Austin. Both men knew the Dudley contest was critical for their respective parties; Ian Austin held the seat by just over 600 votes in 2010.
Just as David Cameron was denied a majority by failing to take seats like this one, so Ed Miliband is unlikely to be in No 10 if Labour loses Dudley North.
He was self-confident and fluent. The only obvious mis-step came right at the end, when he interrupted Vicky Duckworth, the Green candidate for the neighbouring seat.
She expressed the opinion that politics often seemed to be about men shouting at each other; Mr Amin complained she was engaging in gender bias.
A few weeks ago, one Conservative MP who knows him well and respects his talents, said Afzal Amin had warned him of the risks of over-confidence. He thought he risked running before he could walk.
Well, he stumbled badly this weekend. Whatever the purpose of his contacts with the English Defence League - and he strongly disputes claims that he wanted them to hold a protest that would then be called off, for which he could then take the credit - the exposure has damaged him and, potentially, the prospects of his party re-taking the seat.
In February, the EDL staged a rally against plans for a new mosque in the town.
As the Mail on Sunday story makes clear, Afzal Amin pleaded with them beforehand not to hold that demonstration; but it went ahead anyway. It's what happened subsequently which will feature in Tuesday's disciplinary hearing.
Over the weekend, I put his defence to a very senior Conservative source - that this was an attempt to broker a compromise in order to bring together a divided community. The arch response: Dudley isn't Kandahar.
Nor do I think from my visits to the town, where I'm going to be based for the general election, will people in Dudley appreciate being painted as somewhere riven by racial discord.
True, Dudley was the scene of one of England's earliest race riots. But that was in 1962.
Although the controversy over replacing the mosque - currently in a converted school and inadequate for the numbers who want to worship there - has been running for a decade, community relations are generally good.
Even those who don't want a new mosque didn't want the EDL protestors - nor to be fair the anti-fascist counter-demonstrators who followed them.
As for the Conservative Party, the view of the national leadership is that you don't collaborate with the EDL.
Not least because the Tories are still struggling to bury some historic baggage in the Black Country: Enoch Powell was an MP in Wolverhampton when he delivered his Rivers of Blood speech about immigration in 1968.
Four years before that, there was the notorious election in Smethwick which the Conservatives were accused of winning by wooing white voters with an offensive rhyme suggesting who'd they'd get as a neighbour if they voted Labour.
Afzal Amin grew up in Smethwick so he should be aware of that history.
He was, until his suspension on Saturday, one of about 17% of Conservative parliamentary candidates who are not white. The party is proud of that, but it's still struggling to translate that into votes.
Afzal Amin may believe that he can persuade the party to lift the suspension when he meets party officials on Tuesday. I have my doubts.
Even if they accept his defence, will the other parties be so charitable? The allegations would follow him on the campaign trail, and make planned visits by cabinet ministers next to impossible.
On Friday, just before the hustings in Dudley began, Afzal Amin gave me his business card. It introduces him as 'prospective member of Parliament Dudley North'.
I think I'll keep it; it could yet become a collector's item.
Ambulance crews and police were called to Kendor Gardens at 08:07 GMT and found the man with stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Metropolitan Police say that a man is in custody on suspicion of murder.
Police believe the victim was attacked when people would have been making their way to the station and have appealed for witnesses to contact them.
His next of kin have yet to be informed.
Det Ch Insp Dave Reid said he was "appealing for anyone who may have seen the stabbing or the events leading up to the incident to get in contact with us".
A post-mortem examination and formal identification will take place "in due course", the Met said.
The discovery of the body was made at approximately 12:45 GMT at a property in Bridge Street.
Dyfed-Powys Police do not believe there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and the man has yet to be identified.
Inquiries are ongoing.
The footage revealed that the clever primates habitually make special water-dipping sticks - chewing the end of the stick to turn it into a soft, water-absorbing brush.
Primate researchers examined the "dipping sticks" and concluded they were made specifically for drinking.
The findings are reported in the American Journal of Primatology.
Lead researcher Juan Lapuente, from the Comoe Chimpanzee Conservation Project, in Ivory Coast, explained that using similar brush-tipped sticks to dip into bees' nests for honey was common in chimpanzee populations across Africa.
"But the use of brush-tipped sticks to dip for water is completely new and had never been described before," he told BBC News.
"These chimps use especially long brush tips that they make specifically for water - much longer than those used for honey."
The researchers tested the chimps' drinking sticks in an "absorption experiment", which showed that the particularly long brush-tips provided an advantage.
"The longer the brush, the more water they collect," said Mr Lapuente.
"This technology allows Comoe chimpanzees to obtain water from extremely narrow and deep tree holes that only they - and no other animal - can exploit, which [gives] them a superb adaptive advantage to survive in this dry and unpredictable environment."
This suggests that this particular population of chimpanzees has what the researchers call a "drinking culture" - a custom shared throughout this group of making these special water-dipping sticks to help them through the dry season.
The population belongs to the Western Chimpanzee sub-species, now critically endangered.
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North Tyneside Council is to demolish the old Whisky Bends pub, the former Avenue pub and 2 Eastcliffe, which includes the former High Point Hotel.
The three derelict properties are being removed as part of a wider rejuvenation of North Tyneside's seaside.
A council spokeswoman said she was "delighted" to see "real progress".
The council said it has also agreed to finalise negotiations with the owner of the former Wallsend police station.
The deal would allow Wallsend Town Hall to be used as a business centre and deliver land for affordable housing in the town centre.
Elected mayor Norma Redfearn said: "I know the people in both Whitley Bay and Wallsend have been so frustrated at the delays they have had to suffer over many years.
"I hope they will be delighted that they will eventually be able to see some real progress."
As part of the regeneration, tourist attraction Spanish City is to be restored and reopened thanks to a £3.7m Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The moves were agreed at a meeting of the elected mayor and cabinet on Monday.
The bank cited lower-than-expected inflationary pressures for the cut, from the previous rate of 2%.
Data published last week showed inflation is at a record low - well below the target band of 2%-3%.
Investors in Australia cheered the bank's move. The benchmark S&P ASX 200 jumped 2% to close at 5,353.80.
"The board judged that prospects for sustainable growth in the economy, with inflation returning to target over time, would be improved by easing monetary policy at this meeting," said Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens in a statement.
The rate cut comes hours ahead of the federal budget for 2016-17.
Small tax cuts and increased spending on health, infrastructure and education have already been foreshadowed or announced to be part of the budget.
It is also seen as an unofficial election campaign launch. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will dissolve parliament and call an early election on or before 11 May.
Elsewhere in the region, other Asian stock markets were higher on Tuesday following positive trading sessions in the US and Europe on Monday.
In South Korea, the Kospi index closed up 0.4% at 1,996.41.
Trading in China restarted after a long weekend and the Shanghai Composite index closed up 54.32 points, or 1.85%, at 2,992.64.
Investors shrugged off a private survey which indicated a mild contraction in China's manufacturing activity. The Caixin Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) came in at 49.4 in April, compared with 49.7 in March.
A reading below 50 indicates a contraction. The PMI tracks activities in factories and workshops.
The data differs from China's state figures released at the weekend, which showed a reading of 50.1 for April, compared with 50.2 in March.
In Hong Kong the Hang Seng index fell 390.11 points, or 1.85%, to 20,676.94.
Markets in Japan are shut for three days of national holidays and will re-open on Friday.
Hutchison Ports, which owns the freight terminal in Suffolk, is extending berths eight and nine by 200yds (190m).
The quay and approaches are being dredged to a depth of 59ft (18m) to allow larger container ships to dock.
The extended berths at the southern end of the port are due to be completed by mid-2015.
The extended quay will have three new ship-to-shore gantry cranes which will have a reach across ships which are 25 containers wide.
Clemence Cheng, Hutchison Ports (UK) chief executive officer, said: "The scale of operations at the port already gives us the ability to berth more large container ships simultaneously than other ports in the UK.
"The new extension will increase the berthing permutations we can offer and continue to ensure that we turn our customers' vessels around in the quickest possible time."
Six flood warnings are in place on Monday night, including areas around the Wye Estuary, the Usk Estuary and the tidal area at Crofty, Gower.
Ten flood alerts have also been issued, covering most of the Welsh coastline.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said astronomical tides would be "very high".
High tide at Newport is expected to reach 7.7m (25ft) at 20:55 BST.
NRW's Rick Park said with the relatively settled weather the risk of flooding to the majority of Wales was very low.
Anthony McCallen and James Carragher were convicted of a total of 35 sex offences against 11 boys between 1970 and 1991 at the former St William's Children's Home in East Yorkshire.
McCallen, 69, was jailed for 15 years and Carragher, 75, for nine years.
Leeds Crown Court heard it was the third time former head Carragher had been jailed for offences at the home.
Sentencing the pair, Judge Geoffrey Marson QC said: "Each of you targeted some of the most vulnerable boys. You groomed them and abused them for your own sexual gratification.
"The victims were effectively trapped and there was no escape from you.
"They were confused, frightened and in turmoil.
"It has blighted their lives and each of you had contributed significantly to their misery."
He said the 11 victims suffered "severe long-term, continuing psychological harm as a result of what you did".
In court, the judge said he had taken into account Carragher's previous convictions for offences he committed at the now defunct home - the first time in 1993 when he was jailed for seven years and then in 2004 when he was given a 14 year sentence.
He told Carragher he had to take into account the sentence he would have passed if he had heard all the evidence from all three trials and said this would have led him to a sentence of 30 years in prison, from which he deducted the 21 years Carragher had already served.
The jury heard how former chaplain McCallen had also been convicted before, of abusing two boys in the 1990s when he was found in possession of indecent photographs of boys, some of which he took through spy-holes as they showered and used the toilet.
Judge Marson said: "Each of you has a long standing, deeply engrained sexual interest in teenage boys.
"It's an interest, I have no doubt, that continues to persist."
Both will be required to serve half their sentences before they can be considered for release on licence.
During a 10-week trial at Leeds Crown Court, the pair denied 87 sex offences against children at the home, which closed in 1992.
Carragher, of Cearns Road, Merseyside, was found guilty of 21 indecent assaults and three serious sex offences, but was cleared of a further 30 charges.
McCallen, of Whernside Crescent, Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, was convicted of 11 charges, including a serious sexual offence. He was acquitted of eight others.
The jury was unable to reach verdicts on 13 charges and was discharged by the judge.
St William's, in Market Weighton, was owned by the Diocese of Middlesbrough and run by members of the De La Salle Brotherhood.
The diocese previously said it had condemned child abuse and McCallen's behaviour while he was a priest was a betrayal of the trust that was placed in him from the Diocese of Middlesbrough.
Dundee Tigers players Marc Crighton and Marc Leggatt face charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and challenging others to fight at the tie with the Kirkcaldy Kestrels at the Fife Ice Arena in 2013.
Crighton is also alleged to have assaulted two opponents.
Both men pleaded not guilty and will face trial at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
The pair are accused of acting in an aggressive manner and making threats of violence at the Scottish National League match in November 2013.
Crighton, 27, is accused of assaulting opposing player Jay Duncan by pushing him to the ground and struggling with him, causing severe injury, permanent disfigurement and permanent impairment.
He is also charged with assaulting Connor Baxter by seizing him by the body and pushing him against a door.
Crighton, of Dundee, and Leggatt, 24, also of Dundee, appeared on indictment at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.
Sheriff James Williamson continued the case for trial later this month.
Owen Smith told BBC Wales the money would come from plans to raise taxes on the wealthiest in society, including a "mansion tax" on homes worth over £2m.
He said Labour would also guarantee a minimum level of funding for Wales, in relation to spending levels in England using the Treasury's Barnett formula.
Mr Smith said it would amount to at least an extra £1bn in total.
He told the Jason Mohammad programme: "Under Labour, in addition to setting this funding floor, because of the changes that we're introducing to the taxes system - we're going to be giving an extra £375m a year to Wales.
"Now work that out over the period - it is at least £1bn over the spending period."
The Welsh Liberal Democrats' manifesto, launched on Wednesday, said the party's proposals for health and education in England would give Wales an extra £600m a year, which the Lib Dems said Welsh ministers should devote to the services concerned.
The party has said it would commission an independent review of Wales' funding arrangements, with a view to raising the Welsh government's budget.
Launching UKIP's manifesto, its party leader Nigel Farage promised to reform the funding system for the devolved governments, to give Wales and England a "better and fairer deal".
Plaid Cymru wants an extra £1.2bn a year for the Welsh government, claiming it would bring spending into line with Scottish levels.
On Tuesday, the Conservatives insisted their plan to give the Welsh government minimum funding had not changed, after the party's election manifesto said a funding floor would only be introduced after a referendum on devolving some income tax powers was called by the Welsh government.
The St David's Day Agreement previously announced by David Cameron and Nick Clegg had said the vote would be an "expectation".
The 28-year-old Olympic gold medallist has decided to move on after several successful years at the British team.
"I wanted a change, some new motivation and a different experience," he said.
"I don't think I was getting stale but a fresh way of doing things will just keep me fresh. Maybe I was getting too relaxed. It's exciting times."
Kennaugh, from the Isle of Man, added: "At Sky sometimes it's more of a GC (general classification), conservative style of racing, and I've appreciated that but I'm going to a team that has a different style."
Meanwhile, 25-year-old French rider Warren Barguil, this year's Tour de France King of the Mountains, will race for Rennes-based Fortuneo next season after deciding to leave Sunweb.
Charles McKenzie had originally received a community payback order after admitting a charge of reckless conduct.
But he breached it by stealing electricity and metal and was jailed for 14 months.
McKenzie set up the system in his 14th floor Dundee flat after his electricity was cut off due to unpaid bills.
Sheriff George Way told McKenzie the DIY set-up, which included a generator suspended from his bedroom ceiling with ropes, amounted to "awesome recklessness".
Dundee Sheriff Court had heard how a neighbour in the flat below called police in the early hours of the morning in February 2012 because of a "strong smell" of petrol and the sound of drilling coming from upstairs.
Police and firefighters found McKenzie's flat, in Dudhope Court, filled with exhaust fumes containing deadly carbon monoxide gas from the generator, with McKenzie claiming he had "taken precautions" by opening a window.
They also found two cans of petrol sitting by the generator in the flat, where McKenzie regularly smoked.
McKenzie, 57, now of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, pleaded guilty to a charge of culpable and reckless conduct with total disregard for the safety of himself and others and to the danger of the lieges.
He also admitted two charges of stealing electricity.
Jailing McKenzie, Sheriff Way said: "You understand that this was an unbelievably stupid thing to do.
"You were given a chance despite the doubts I had against an offence of awesome recklessness. But after that you were stealing electricity again and going into places to steal."
Janet McKay, who has dementia, was last seen by neighbours in Dykebar Avenue, in the Knightswood area of Glasgow, at about 12:00 on 16 September.
Police said Ms McKay's family were very distressed at her disappearance and there were concerns for her safety.
Officers will return to the Knightswood area at noon on Wednesday to speak to pedestrians and motorists.
Police have also issued images of a light cream jacket and brown handbag Ms McKay had when she went missing.
She is also believed to have been wearing dark trousers, dark maroon boots and could possibly have a pink jacket with her.
Ms McKay is described as white, 4ft 10in tall, with a slight build and short grey/white hair.
Ch Insp John McBride said: "Her family are devastated and very distressed at her disappearance, and just want to get her home safe and well as soon as possible.
"We've been co-ordinating a number of searches in areas that Janet may be or have travelled to, but unfortunately these have proved unsuccessful.
"The support we've received from the local community and beyond has been a great help, and thousands of people have shared her image online along with the appeal."
He said police had been working with bus companies as Ms McKay was known to travel around the city centre as well as around Knightswood, Scotstoun and Govan, and further afield to the Largs and Helensburgh areas.
Ch Insp McBride reiterated an appeal for bus users to keep an eye out for her.
"We've also circulated Janet's image and description to the charity Missing People, who have been able to issue this image to Royal Mail delivery staff via their handheld personal digital assistants and they are arranging for her image to be displayed in their digi-boards in train stations," he added.
"I would like to strongly reiterate our appeal to the public, please help us by sharing Janet's image online. If you live in the areas that Janet was last seen or in an area she may have travelled to, please check any outbuildings or sheds you might have as she may have taken refuge in there.
"Please look at the image of the jacket and the bag - do they ring a bell with you? Have you seen a lady matching Janet's description wearing any of these items?
"Please contact police immediately on 101, as you may have vital information which could help us."
The decision was taken at an urgent meeting of the 15-member council.
South Korea earlier accused the North's leader Kim Jong-un of "maniacal recklessness". China said it "firmly opposed" the test, while Japan "protested adamantly".
Pyongyang has carried out two nuclear tests this year despite the UN ban.
Kim Jong-un's rhetoric has also become increasingly aggressive, analysts say.
Before the closed-door UN Security Council meeting, US Ambassador Samantha Power said that "North Korea is seeking to perfect its nuclear weapons and their delivery vehicles so they can hold the region and the world hostage under threat of nuclear strike".
"We will take additional significant steps, including new sanctions to demonstrate to North Korea that there are consequences to its unlawful and dangerous actions," she added.
France's UN Ambassador Francois Delattre said: "North Korea will have to bear the consequences of its act and provocation.''
He said the French position was that "new sanctions are indispensable".
The isolated, nominally communist nation has been subjected to five sets of UN sanctions since its first test in 2006. Talks involving world and regional powers have failed to rein in the North's nuclear programme.
In its statement announcing the underground test, North Korea expressed anger at the "racket of threat and sanctions... kicked up by the US-led hostile forces" to deny a "sovereign state's exercise of the right to self-defence".
The test came on the country's National Day, which celebrates the founding of the current regime and which is often used as a show of military strength.
Technically, the North said the test was aimed at further developing the miniaturisation of nuclear warheads so they could be mounted on ballistic missiles.
In its statement the North said it could now produce "at will, and as many as it wants, a variety of smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear warheads of higher strike power".
In recent months, the North has conducted a series of ballistic missile launches and has in the past often stated its aim of hitting US targets.
The North has previously made claims on "miniaturised" nuclear warheads but they have never been independently confirmed.
What North Korea's opponents can actually do is problematic.
After the fourth test in January, China agreed to impose tougher UN sanctions. Further and even tougher sanctions are still possible, like blocking the export of fuel oil to North Korea.
That would be a drastic step which might halt the economy and cause serious suffering to ordinary people.
China's bottom line is that it does not want the collapse of the regime in Pyongyang if that leads to a chaotic power vacuum, possibly filled by the US and its allies.
North Korea has also been angered by a US and South Korean plan to install an anti-missile defence system in the South and by the allies' massive annual joint military exercises, which are still taking place.
The North's recent actions have sorely tested its only ally, China.
It condemned January's test and repeated that on Friday after the latest.
China's foreign ministry said it would lodge a diplomatic protest and urged North Korea to avoid further action that would worsen the situation.
Reaction from elsewhere was more harsh:
The latest test was announced on state TV hours after a 5.3 magnitude tremor was detected near the Punggye-ri underground nuclear site.
Estimates of the explosive yield of the latest blast have varied. South Korea's military said it was about 10 kilotonnes, enough to make it the North's "strongest nuclear test ever". Other experts say initial indications suggest 20 kilotonnes or more.
The bomb dropped by the US on Hiroshima in 1945 had a yield of about 15 kilotonnes.
There will be around 1,500 job cuts at the company's operations in Canada.
The firm said 280 workers in Belfast will be affected but that it hopes to save 60 of those jobs by moving people to other programmes and projects.
It added that the majority of those affected will be temporary or contract workers.
The firm said it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies within its permanent workforce.
The job cuts relate to the Global 5000 and 6000 business jets.
Demand for the jets has fallen in markets like Russia and China.
Eric Martel, president of Bombardier Business Aircraft, said: "We have seen an industry-wide softness in demand recently in certain international markets and are taking steps to adjust our production accordingly.
"We fully understand the impact this will have on our affected employees and their families and we will do everything possible to support them."
This is the latest in series of job cuts at Bombardier's Belfast operations - 130 job losses were announced in February on top of almost 400 in 2014.
Bombardier has had a difficult few years with the development of its C Series plane badly delayed and a business jet project suspended.
The Canadian firm recently appointed a new chief executive in an attempt to find a way out of the current problems.
The aerospace company is one of Northern Ireland's biggest employers.
About 5,000 permanent employees and about 1,000 temporary and contract staff work at its Belfast base.
The 12-year-old was denied a place at St Columbanus' College in Bangor, County Down, due to a cap on its intake of pupils with learning difficulties.
He had previously moved from a Catholic to a state-controlled primary school to ensure his needs were catered for.
He is set to gain a place at St Columbanus in September.
Counsel for the South Eastern Education and Library Board accepted it had misdirected itself in applying its entrance criteria.
Under the terms of an agreed settlement that authority is expected to acknowledge that any pupil who has at one stage attended a Catholic primary school is eligible.
The boy had moved schools in P4, because no Catholic school in his area had an appropriate specialist unit for his moderate learning difficulties.
His parents agreed to the switch recommended by a psychologist employed by the board on the basis that it was in his best educational interests, the court heard.
The boy's mother claimed she was told it would not affect his chances of getting into St Columbanus.
But a cap was said to have been put on the number of pupils with special educational needs the school can take in the transfer process.
With more applications last year than available places, an admissions criteria was used where preference was given to pupils from a Catholic maintained primary school.
The boy failed to get in on that basis, and a Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal upheld the decision.
His mother then issued judicial review proceedings against the board, claiming the criteria was unlawful.
The French 29-year-old, ranked 14th in the world, was advised by his doctors to miss the tournament in Paris.
Monfils was beaten in the fourth round last year by Roger Federer, who withdrew from this year's tournament on Thursday because of a back injury.
The French Open draw takes place from 10:15 BST on Friday, with Britain's Andy Murray seeded second.
Parent Anne-Marie Alder said she had been told her children's shoes are now "acceptable" by Baverstock Academy.
The school in Druids Heath, Birmingham, implemented a new rule on Tuesday to make plain black shoes compulsory.
Some parents said the policy was harsh but the school said ample notice was given.
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Ms Alder, from Druids Heath, said two of her children had been told their "polishable" shoes were now suitable, and her Year 11 daughter who is sitting exams and wore trainers had been loaned a pair by the school.
She said she was not given an explanation as to why the shoes were now deemed acceptable.
Ms Alder said the "ridiculous" decision on Tuesday had led to "chaotic" scenes and about 300 children were sent home.
Another parent, whose daughter was sent home but could not attend on Wednesday due to a hospital appointment, said she will be sending her daughter to school in the same shoes regardless of whether they are accepted.
Baverstock Academy would not say how many pupils were sent home on Tuesday and has not commented about why Mrs Alder's children's shoes are now acceptable.
Defending the initial decision to send pupils home, interim executive principal Sylvia Thomas said enough notice of the changes had been given, adding parents had given their support to her over the new rules.
They are designed to help overcome the problem of inertia - the seemingly stubborn refusal of more than 17 million UK households to switch energy suppliers regularly, despite the large potential savings available to those which do.
Ministers and regulators endlessly encourage non-switchers to seek out better deals for gas and electricity as the key to forcing the energy market to become more consumer-friendly.
But with fewer than 15% of households switching last year, this strategy seems not to be working.
The way the energy market now operates, people who switch suppliers benefit from the attractive low-price deals companies offer new customers.
Those who rarely or never switch mostly end up paying companies' notoriously expensive Standard Variable Tariffs (SVTs).
In a recent report on the energy market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found households on SVTs pay around £330 a year more than people who switched.
This gap has been growing - three years earlier, the difference was less than £200.
At Voltz, a smartphone-based switching service launched last year, head of operations Florian Ritzmann believes a key cause of inertia is distrust.
"The switching market has been poisoned by its past," he says.
"Doorstep mis-selling, fines for suppliers which mistreat customers, and comparison websites which allegedly withhold information from companies which don't pay commission have all helped spread mistrust among customers."
Most damaging of all, Mr Ritzmann says, is the way most energy companies switch customers back to expensive SVTs as soon as lower-priced deals run out.
"With energy," he says, "loyalty has never been rewarded."
As with conventional switching sites, once customers enter their basic contact details, energy supplier, consumption and tariff, the Voltz app will set out all the deals on offer and how much switching supplier should cut bills.
And, if a customer does decide to switch, with companies which pay Voltz commission, the process can be done on the app with a press of a button. With other suppliers, Voltz provides a button to let users call them directly to arrange a switch themselves.
For people who don't want to be bothered with switching at all, another new service, Flipper, will not only identify the best deals for its customers but switch suppliers on their behalf.
Flipper's co-founder and chief executive Talal Fathallah says once customers have signed up, their service takes care of everything.
Customers don't even have to know how much energy they use.
"We pull in your consumption data directly from your energy provider from your online account, or if you don't have one, we'll set one up for you," he says.
"We then find you a quote within one working day. You then will get an email telling you who your new provider is and information about your new deal."
Everything, Mr Fathallah says, including the choice of new supplier and the switching process itself, happens automatically.
Flipper's systems then regularly check users' accounts and, if better deals appear, it switches them again - automatically.
But automatic switching isn't the only big difference between Flipper and other switching services. Flipper doesn't take commission from the energy suppliers they switch users to.
Instead, it charges a £25 annual subscription which is only paid if a user gets savings of £50 or more.
"We've been offered commission by some energy companies," Mr Fathallah says, "but we turned it down because there would be a real conflict of interest issue for us."
Though it's still early days for Flipper and Voltz, both services are enjoying favourable reviews from what they claim to be a rapidly growing customer base.
As other new services join them - some are already up and running - it looks likely that the smart switching idea may catch on, perhaps finally providing a way to reduce the inertia which costs so many UK customers so much extra money on their gas and electricity bills.
Gerard Singer, 69, was found guilty of abusing former pupils at St George's School, based in Norfolk and then Suffolk, between 1978 and 1981.
One witness said he was given wine, tied face down to a bed and awoke with a "pain in his bottom".
Singer was convicted of 27 offences, including performing oral sex and gross indecency.
Prosecutor David Wilson told Ipswich Crown Court Singer "abused his position of trust" while a teacher at the school, which was first based at Wicklewood, Norfolk, and then Great Finborough in Suffolk.
The court heard Singer, who lives in northern France, was employed as a language teacher at St George's, which moved to Suffolk in 1980 when the Wicklewood school became girls only.
Mr Wilson said the teacher took advantage of his position by "befriending pupils before then engaging in acts of a serious sexual nature".
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He said gifts including a calculator and sweets were given to pupils to win their favour and the abuse also happened on trips abroad.
Mr Wilson said Singer left the country in 1981 after he had been confronted about the abuse.
The court heard that in 1998 he was convicted of offences of sexual aggression on minors under the age of 15 in France, relating to offences committed between 1994 and 1997.
He is due to be sentenced on the week beginning 29 August.
Suffolk Police began an investigation in 2009 when former pupils of St George's made allegations about abuse during their time at the school.
Former headmaster Derek Slade was found guilty in 2010 of abusing 12 boys and was jailed for 21 years. He died in March.
Alan Brigden, who taught maths at the school, was jailed for five years in 2012 after admitting 14 sex crimes against two boys.
In 2011 another teacher, Alan Williams, killed himself after being arrested on suspicion of sex assaults at St George's, when it was at Great Finborough, in the 1980s.
One victim, Gary, 48, who was abused by Singer when he was an 11-year-old child, said the verdict made him feel "he had been believed".
"The abuse affects me in many ways and how you live your life," he said.
"Always in the back of my mind for me is the trust issue...it has been difficult to trust another person. It has been very difficult, almost impossible, to have trust in a person because at school I had trust in a person and was abused.
"We can only learn from this. It's important people do come forward."
Speaking after Singer was convicted, Det Con Karen Crowther said: "This trial brings to a close one of the longest child sex abuse investigations carried out by Suffolk Police.
"I hope that now these matters have been dealt with it will help them to deal with the awful events that took place at St George's school."
Phillip Simelane, from Walsall, stabbed the teenager in a random attack as she made her way to school in March.
He had been released from prison, unsupervised, three months before the attack - despite warning signs over the state of his mental health.
The 23-year-old admitted manslaughter in a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court.
Mrs Justice Thirlwell, sentencing Simelane, said it was "likely to be a life-long order".
The judge added: "It is made for the nature of the offence and necessary to protect the public from serious harm."
She also expressed concern that Simelane had not been receiving treatment at the time of the killing.
Christina had been travelling to Leasowes High School in Halesowen on the number 9 bus, two weeks after her 16th birthday, when she was attacked.
Simelane, who was sitting behind her on the upper deck, stabbed her in the chest as he walked past to get off.
He was arrested a few hours after the attack following an extensive manhunt.
Simelane had previously been in prison for threatening his own mother with a knife. West Midlands Police said they had been called to his mother's address in Walsall about 20 times.
Seven days after completing a 101-day prison term for the threats, he was convicted for interfering with a vehicle and possessing cocaine. He was released from jail on 13 December.
But, according to the police, because the crimes were deemed minor offences there was no policy to monitor Simelane after he left jail.
During his time in prison, concerns were raised about his mental health and notes were put on his police file for suicide and self-harming risk, as well as for violence and weapons use.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provided psychiatric assessments for Simelane during his prison term.
Girl's killer threatened own mother
It said it was conducting an external review, commissioned by Birmingham Cross City Clinical Commissioning Group, on behalf of all agencies involved in treating him.
In a statement, the trust promised a "thorough investigation", adding "we will seek to learn from and fully implement these findings across the healthcare providers involved".
Supt Richard Baker, who led the initial police investigation, said police and prison services were also carrying out reviews to determine what, if anything, could have been done to prevent Christina's death.
He said: "It was immediately apparent that Simelane suffered from mental health issues, and to this day we have not been able to interview him about what happened that day."
In court, Simelane entered his plea in front of more than 30 of Christina's friends and family, many wearing purple ribbons - Christina's favourite colour.
Speaking afterwards, Christina's great uncle Chris Melia said: "We have no sense of vengeance or revenge. We just want him out of the way and [to] remember Christina.
"The authorities didn't help him, [they] just let him out of the prison door and let him go, just abandoned him.
"If there had been some help and authority he wouldn't have been on the bus."
Prosecutor Peter Grieves-Smith said CCTV captured Simelane carrying a white plastic bag containing what prosecutors said was a knife, 10in to 12in in length.
He said within seconds of Christina boarding the bus "the defendant got up and moved forwards three seats and pulled out the knife, which he then hid".
Simelane then walked towards where Christina was sitting, "leant closer to her", stabbed her and started to walk off, the court heard.
"Such was the nature of the attack, nobody else on the upper deck realised what had happened until Christina reacted," Mr Grieves-Smith said.
Other passengers on the bus tried to treat and comfort Christina before paramedics arrived within minutes.
She was stabbed at about 07:30 and was confirmed dead about 30 minutes later.
Following her death, friends gathered by Hagley Road in Birmingham to lay flowers in Christina's memory, while many more were left outside her school's gates.
A memorial garden dedicated to Christina is due to be opened at her former school on Thursday.
Speaking on behalf of the family, the great uncle said Christina was a "bright, beautiful girl" who was looking forward to her school prom and loved sports.
He added: "Her headmaster said, 'if a school could choose its pupils it would be full of Christinas'.
"Now the family asks the question - when this man was discharged from prison on 13 December 2012, why was the recommendation, made a few weeks earlier by mental health experts, that he be supervised after release whilst adjusting to life back in the community, not followed up?"
The 34-year-old scored his 12th goal of the season against League One leaders Sheffield United on Saturday.
But the striker, who has made 181 Cobblers appearances over two spells, is out of contract in the summer.
"I wouldn't have moved my family to the area if I didn't think there was a connection there," said Richards.
"Hopefully I'll pick a couple more goals before the end of the season. Who knows what might happen?"
Saturday's 2-1 defeat by the Blades - promoted to the Championship as a consequence - left Edinburgh's side six points above the relegation places with five games remaining.
And Richards has said the club are not "safe at the moment" going into Friday's match away at play-off hopefuls Millwall.
"We still need a point at least," Richards told BBC Radio Northampton.
"It's going to be tough at Millwall - they're doing OK in the league and it's always a hard place to go. We'll do well to get anything from there."
In an NHS staff survey at East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 42% of staff said they were targeted in 2014.
The trust, which runs hospitals in Ashford, Canterbury, Margate, Dover, is in special measures.
It said it had done work to address the issues found by the survey and identified by the health watchdog.
The number of staff who said they were bullied has risen from 31% in 2013.
It was put into special measures last September because of "serious failures" in patient safety.
The trust runs the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford; the Kent and Canterbury in Canterbury; the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) in Margate; the Buckland in Dover; and the Royal Victoria in Folkestone.
Sandra Le Blanc, director of human resources at the trust, said: "The questionnaires were completed... a matter of weeks after the trust was put into special measures following the publication of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) report.
"The results [of the survey] reflect where we were then as a trust, because bullying was identified as an issue in the CQC report," she said.
"We've done quite a lot of work since then to address some of the issues raised in the report."
She said a confidential phone line was set up for staff following the report and managers were putting in a programme of "good working practices".
Ms Le Blanc said she was unable to comment on why the number of staff reported being bullied had risen from 31% in 2013 to 42% in 2014.
"Bullying is a very complex issue. It's not just about the managers, it's also about staff's behaviours with other staff."
Dechreuodd adroddiadau gyrraedd y gwasanaethau brys brynhawn Sadwrn, fod tiroedd yn llosgi ar fynyddoedd Penrhys yn Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Daeth mwy o adroddiadau nos Sadwrn o danau gwair ym Maesteg, Sir Pen-y-bont, Cwmparc ger Treorci, ac ar Fynydd y Rhiw ym Mhen Llŷn.
Dywedodd Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru eu bod wedi eu galw i 36 o danau gwair dros y 24 awr ddiwethaf, a bod y mwyafrif wedi eu dechrau yn fwriadol.
Mae'r gwasanaethau brys yn dweud fod gwyntiodd uchel wedi ei gwneud yn anoddach ymateb i'r tanau, ond bod y mwyafrif dan reolaeth erbyn hyn.
Scotland's busiest motorway becomes an A-road for a six-mile stretch between Baillieston and Newhouse.
Labour MSP Wendy Alexander said ministers had sat on the conclusions of two reports on upgrading the A8.
The Paisley North MSP said work should have been completed by 2010 but that had now slipped to 2013/2014.
The Scottish government said the work on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow road may be carried out with other schemes to offer best value to the public.
Ms Alexander said a public inquiry into the proposals was held in 2008 and the reporter's conclusions were submitted to Scottish ministers in October of that year.
The former Scottish Labour leader said a separate report on the M8/M73/M74 improvements was submitted to ministers on 24 July 2009.
"The SNP government needs to explain why it is taking so long to make a decision on the upgrade of the A8," she said.
"Ministers have been sitting on more than one inquiry report for the past year and this project is in danger of slipping further and further behind the original timetable.
"Completing the M8 is vital for motorists who commute in and around Glasgow and Lanarkshire and to Edinburgh. Why have SNP ministers sat on their hands for 20 months and 12 months following receipt of Inquiry reports?"
A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said: "We expect to announce a decision shortly.
"Subject to approval of the M8 Baillieston to Newhouse scheme, Transport Scotland is considering packaging the M8/M73/M74 improvements and the proposed M74 Junction 5 Raith works to provide best value for the public."
George Coppen, 19, who is 3ft 10ins (1.17m) tall, was told last year 75% of his payments would be stopped.
Mr Coppen, whose car was taken a week before his driving test, won his case at a hearing in his home city of Derby.
The government said decisions are often overturned "because claimants provide more evidence".
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Mr Coppen, from Mickleover, was informed of the news by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) after he was reassessed for personal independence payments (PIPs) in November.
He fought his case with Disability Direct and has now joined the charity's board of trustees in the hope of helping other disabled people in similar situations.
"It was an absolute nightmare," he said. "I had my test a week later and I couldn't keep my car which was so annoying.
"I've got arthritis and metal rods in my back... it took away my independence."
Mr Coppen, who was able to use his instructor's car to pass his test, has urged similarly affected people to "carry on fighting".
Amo Raju, chief executive of Disability Direct in Derby, said he was "delighted" for Mr Coppen.
"He can be a massive inspiration in getting people to feel confident enough to take their cases on," Mr Raju said.
A DWP spokesman said: "Just because a new decision has been made at appeal stage, it does not mean the previous decision was incorrect.
"In the majority of appeal cases, decisions are overturned because claimants provide more evidence."
Nearly 14,000 disabled people who rely on a specialist motoring allowance have had their cars taken away following government welfare changes.
A row over PIPs sparked the resignation of former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith earlier this month.
Denis William Mackie, 55, took more than £53,000 from the accounts of clients to pay his mortgage.
He admitted abusing a position of trust for his own gain.
The court heard Mackie transferred the bulk of the money into his mortgage account.
Mackie, of Bristow Drive in the Gilnahirk area of Belfast, voluntarily resigned from Law Society Financial Advice in 2014 after 23 years.
The court heard Mackie transferred the bulk of the money into his mortgage account.
But while Mackie was in debt, he lived beyond his means, holidaying in Hawaii, Las Vegas, Portugal and Malaga, as well as taking several hotel breaks on shorter holidays.
The court also heard he was afraid of losing his two children after the breakdown of his marriage and attended to their financial needs.
The judge said Mackie had not led what the prosecution said was an extravagant lifestyle; instead he had spent most of the money - £50,000 - on paying his mortgage.
The court was told that Mackie had shown real and valid remorse and had paid the money back after drawing down funds from his pension.
Mackie, whom the court was told had socially isolated himself because of the shame he felt, was jailed on Wednesday.
The judge at Belfast Crown Court said despite an early guilty plea and other mitigating factors he was handing down a jail sentence as a deterrent to others who held a similar position of trust.
Mackie will spend a further six months on licence.
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The properties in Bolton have suffered due to drainage problems in nearby land owned by water company United Utilities, and broken culverts under the ground.
The problems first began during the deluge that hit many parts of the region over Christmas.
United Utilities has apologised to the residents and repairs are under way.
Stuart Flinders from BBC North West Tonight reports.
On Facebook, Penny Sparrow used the word to describe New Year's revellers on Durban's beach because of the mess she said they made.
She was condemned by many on social media and the hashtag #RacismMustFall was trending on Twitter.
The South African Human Rights Commission is now investigating the comments, the News24 website reports.
Ms Sparrow took down the original post and replaced it with an apology saying that "everyone makes mistakes".
She tried to clarify her remarks in an interview with News24 saying: "I made the mistake of comparing them [black people] with monkeys. Monkeys are cute and they're naughty, but they [black people] don't see it that way, but I do because I love animals."
Leading politicians have also got involved in the row.
It emerged that Ms Sparrow is a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and its leader Mmusi Maimane tweeted that the "comments are racist. They are an insult to me and to our party."
The DA said in a statement that it has laid criminal charges against her "for infringing the dignity of all South Africans and for dehumanising black South Africans".
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula tweeted that Ms Sparrow was "an unrepentant racist".
Spokesperson for the South African Human Rights Commission Isaac Mangena said that its own investigation could lead to legal steps, News24 reports.
"It is very concerning to the Commission that 22 years into democracy there are still comments and actions that incite and promote racism.
"These utterances have gone viral and angered many. They open the wounds of millions who were formerly oppressed by the apartheid government."
Apartheid, which legally enforced a racial hierarchy privileging white South Africans, ended in 1994 with the election of the country's first democratic government.
I am in Freetown and I feel truly free.
Free from the pressures and pretensions of life in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, where the struggles of the middle class are over who drives the latest model of which car, and who lives in the poshest neighbourhood.
In Nairobi, many people, especially the young, are obsessed with the nauseating celebrity culture, whose lifestyle glitters so much it can blind you.
Landing from the heights of Nairobi's razzle-dazzle, Freetown humbles you.
First, if your heart was in your mouth as the aeroplane shook and trembled in the rainy season, then your heart will be in your hand on the ground as you take the ferry from Lungi International Airport, to Freetown.
You can tell who is a foreigner by the strained look in their faces, as the small ferry dances and slices across the waves.
I have been waiting to get to Sierra Leone for the last 20 years. I reported on the country since the early 1990s, from the safety of London.
I played my favourite Sierra Leonean music on the BBC Network Africa breakfast show, but never made it to Freetown. So when an opportunity arose, to come and train young journalists at the Africa Young Voices TV station, I seized it with both hands and feet!
Alighting from the ferry at Freetown, you can immediately tell the state of unemployment in the country, by the vast number of baggage handlers employed by the ferry companies.
The drive through the streets immediately brings home the effects of more than a decade of civil war, and the tragedy that was Ebola.
The city is overcrowded, with lots of informal settlements, and the infrastructure is bursting at the seams.
There is a serious problem of waste management. The current government, which has put a lot of effort into infrastructure projects and stabilising the economy, has its work cut out.
The people of Freetown are desperate to be free from the threats of disease.
Joseph Warungu:
"As soon as we began to talk politics, my spirit was brought crashing down"
But it is in my interactions with people that lift my spirits. They do not call it "Sweet Salone" for no reason.
The people here are warm, friendly and generous. And whether it is as a result of trying to forget the pain of the past or not, it is clear they love to have a good time.
Everywhere you go, you will find clubs and social places where people gather to set themselves free from the struggles of the week through great music, dance, food and laughter.
So I have had more than my fair share of Jollof rice and cassava leaves. For an east African, the pepper in the food is on the side of plenty-oh, and so a glass of water is always at hand - much to the amusement of my hosts.
I run a national mentorship programme for young journalists in Kenya in the form of a TV programme called Top Story. So I became completely at home when I eventually began to train the young Sierra Leonean journalists and broadcasters.
Their hunger for knowledge and skills and enthusiasm sent me on a high. But as soon as we began to talk politics, my spirit was brought crashing down.
Like my own country and many others in Africa, corruption is a big threat to the people.
Like Kenya, here too society is divided into the two rival sides that will be seeking office in the next election. And the issues are exactly the same - a high cost of living, unemployment and demands for better governance.
After my first week here, I was ready to explore some of the key towns whose names have been on my lips as a broadcast journalist in the last 20 years - Bo, Makeni, Kabala, Kenema and Koidu…
Then I will perhaps be ready to re-engage with the rat-race of life and the paralysing traffic of Nairobi.
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Brown was beaten in Sunday's women's compound final by Russian Stepanida Artakhinova while in the men's compound open decider Stubbs lost to world champion Philippe Horner of Switzerland.
"Although it's disappointing when you don't win, it's probably the best thing that could happen to me," Brown told BBC Sport.
"I am going to go home and train so hard so it doesn't happen again."
The event saw 56 of the world's top Paralympic archers competing in seven categories at the venue, which will also host the sport during the Games themselves.
As well as the silvers for Brown and Stubbs, there was also a bronze for Britain's John Cavanagh in the compound W1 event.
The 13-strong GB team for London will be finalised later this month with the second selection shoot on 19 and 20 May at Lilleshall and both Brown and Stubbs, who led their categories after the first shoot was curtailed by bad weather, are keen to have the chance to defend their Paralympic titles.
"Although this event is important, it has been a big distraction because we still have the selection shoot ahead of us and we all want to do well at that to ensure we get to the Games themselves," said Stubbs.
"This test event has been good for us and it has helped us to see the venue and the facilities and it was important for us to be part of it. It is a work in progress but we are pleased.
"My final here could have been a bit better but I've learned from it and hopefully that experience will help me in the future and I can kick on. I was ranked first at the first selection shoot and I want to win my place on the team and be here at the Games."
Brown, who won team gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, had the added pressure of playing a key role in the Olympic Stadium opening ceremony on Saturday where she showed her archery skills in front of the 40,000-strong crowd and admitted it may have had an impact on her preparations for the test event.
"Having the chance to do that was an amazing opportunity. I honestly don't think it helped with the competition but I'm glad I did it," she said.
"However, there is no point in peaking at this event if you don't get to the Games themselves so in effect the selection events are the most important.
"I beat Stepanida at the Worlds last year but her shooting was down on what she did there and mine was a long way down.
"Sometimes losing is a better motivator than winning and I will make sure my arrows are all in the middle next time."
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Sunni Muslim, Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from Bradford in Yorkshire, is serving a life term for stabbing Ahmadi Muslim, Asad Shah, 40, in Glasgow on 24 March.
He said the victim disrespected Islam by falsely claiming to be a prophet.
It has now emerged that messages, apparently recorded from Ahmed's phone calls from Barlinnie Prison, have been posted on the video-sharing site.
Why was Asad Shah murdered?
The audio, which appears to be a landline phone call, is presented with a still picture of the killer.
The messages, in Urdu, include phrases such as "we should all try to make the world a better place" and "I will sacrifice myself".
The Scottish Prison Service has made no comment although it is known phone calls from prisons are monitored.
Police Scotland said it was aware of the communications and was assessing the situation.
The development emerged on the same day Ahmed was given leave to appeal his 27-year minimum jail term.
In July, he pleaded guilty to the religiously-motivated murder at a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.
Last month, he was given a mandatory life term and told he must serve a minimum of 27 years before he can apply for parole.
In return for guilty pleas, Scottish judges have the discretion to reduce sentences by as much as 30%.
When Ahmed was convicted, judge Lady Rae said that if he had not admitted the crime, she would have sentenced him to 30 years in jail.
Ahmed's legal team argue that the sentence was excessive and he should have been given a larger discount.
A judge rejected that ground for appeal earlier this year.
But following a short hearing in Edinburgh on Thursday, judges Lady Dorrian, Lady Clark and Lord Menzies allowed it to be reinstated.
It will now be a second point in Ahmed's appeal against sentence.
The first appeal point is that trial judge Lady Rae's belief, that the crime would have merited a 30-year jail term, is incorrect and excessive.
Lady Dorrian said: "We are content for the two points to proceed together."
The date of Ahmed's appeal is yet to be fixed. He was represented by Brian McConnachie QC and was not present in court.
Ahmed drove from his home in Bradford to kill Mr Shah and attacked him at his store in Glasgow's Shawlands area.
And more than a quarter of the 2,000 polled plan to take their children out of school for a holiday this year.
The prospect of fines was unlikely to put them off, they said.
The survey by LV travel insurance found cost and difficulties getting time off work during peak times were the main reasons behind this.
The Department for Education (DfE) said schools were expected to take a "tough line" on requests to miss lessons.
One in five (20%) parents said they had sought their school's permission for a term-time holiday and been refused.
One in eight (12%) admitted having lied in order take their children out of school for a holiday.
The most common excuses included pretending their child was sick (35%), visiting sick relatives (20%), a family wedding (18%) and a trip for educational purposes (16%).
More than half (57%) of those surveyed said they took their children out of school for a holiday because it was cheaper, with a third (32%) saying they could not afford a break during the school holidays.
A quarter (26%) said that they, or their partner, could not get time off work during school holidays.
Just under half (43%) said they would take their child out of class for a week, while 30% said their holiday would be shorter than this.
The survey, conducted by ICM, showed 43% of parents believed the cost of a fine was outweighed by the savings made by booking an off-peak holiday.
Issuing fines is one of the last resorts for schools to deal with absence problems, including parents who take their child on holiday during term time without permission from the school.
A parent issued with a fine has 28 days to pay £50 - if they fail, it is doubled.
If the fine is not paid after 42 days, the school or local authority has to withdraw the penalty notice, with the only further option being for local authorities to prosecute parents for the offence.
More than 32,600 penalty notices for school absence were issued to parents last year, and more than 127,000 have been issued since the scheme was introduced in 2004.
However, about half went unpaid or were withdrawn.
Selwyn Fernandes, managing director of LV travel insurance, said: "The difference in price for taking a trip during the school holidays and during term time is huge."
He said it was "not surprising" that many parents were willing to risk a fine "when they can save 10 times that by holidaying outside of the peak season".
But the government's "behaviour tsar", Charlie Taylor, has called for a clampdown on term-time holidays.
A DfE spokeswoman said schools were expected to take a "tough line" on requests to miss lessons, as a few days off could leave youngsters struggling to catch up.
"It's down to individual schools to consider requests for holiday absence during term time," she said.
"Each request can only be judged on a case-by-case basis, but it is entirely at the head teacher's discretion, and is not a parental right."
Amid fierce street fighting, allied Kurdish and Arab militias known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say they have captured six more districts.
They are supported by elite US forces and air strikes by a US-led coalition.
Tabqa has been a key IS command centre and is just 50km (30 miles) from Raqqa, the group's Syrian stronghold.
The SDF said in a statement that IS now controlled only the northern part of the city, next to the Tabqa dam.
BBC World Service Middle East editor Alan Johnston says that if the SDF can capture Tabqa, it will be further evidence that IS is coming under greater pressure deep in what has been its Syrian heartland.
IS captured the Tabqa dam in 2014, giving it control of a vital reservoir and a hydroelectric power station that supplies large parts of Syria.
UK-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the SDF now had almost complete control over Tabqa but militants were using suicide attackers and car bombs to slow the advance.
Many residents fleeing the fighting have been evacuated across nearby Lake Assad by SDF fighters using a makeshift ferry.
Ismail Mohamed, who fled with his family, said the situation in the city was dire.
"The humanitarian situation was really bad. People are hungry and tired," he said, quoted by AFP news agency.
"Everyone is psychologically shattered, crushed. When we got on the water, riding in the boat, we truly couldn't believe it, we were so happy."
Last month, the SDF paused its offensive to allow engineers to inspect the dam, amid fears that it had been damaged in the fighting.
The UN had warned that if the dam were to collapse, it could lead to flooding on a massive scale with "catastrophic humanitarian consequences".
Many civilians living downstream in Raqqa had begun fleeing their homes, activists said, but IS sent cars around the city with loudspeakers ordering people not to evacuate.
Ding became the first Asian man to reach the final, where he was beaten 18-14 by world number one Mark Selby.
The afternoon sessions of the final, which was played on Sunday and Monday, were watched by more than 45 million in China, the highest sports audiences for post-prime time programmes this year.
The total global audience for the tournament was over 300 million.
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Strikers Andy Carroll and record signing Andre Ayew are both injured, while the Croatian admits he was close to signing AC Milan's Carlos Bacca.
The Colombian opted to stay in Italy, with Bilic unwilling to chase the forward because he says there are other targets "calling me every day".
Bilic added the deal became "a saga".
"I was the one who called it off three weeks ago in Austria," he added. "I wanted him, of course, but I don't want to have to drag players to West Ham.
"We are not Real Madrid or Manchester United but we are a good club and a proud club with players who are proud to play for us. We are not going to beg anyone to play for us."
Bilic says Bacca is "on great money and wants to stay on that level", but hopes West Ham can attract players of that quality in the future, with Bony an option.
The 27-year-old joined Manchester City in January 2015 and has scored 10 goals in 20 starts, but is yet to play this term.
The Ivory Coast international, who signed for Swansea in 2013 from Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem, was not included in manager Pep Guardiola's squad for the Champions League qualifier with Steaua Bucharest.
"He is a good player," Bilic added. "He is an option because he plays in the position where, even before the injuries, we tried to sign a player.
"We have a couple of players we are trying to do a deal with."
Bilic was speaking at a press conference before Thursday's Europa League qualifier second leg against Astra Giurgiu at London Stadium.
The tie stands at 1-1, with West Ham bidding to join Premier League rivals Southampton and Manchester United in Friday's draw for the group stages.
"We are not going to protect the away goal," Bilic said. "It gives you an advantage but you cannot hang on for 90 minutes. We will play a normal game."
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A £2,000 penalty was imposed by the Electoral Commission because the pro-Union campaign did not provide receipts or invoices for £57,000 of expenditure.
The fine has been paid and the commission said it accepted the omissions were not deliberate.
The law requires receipts or invoices for all expenditure of more than £200.
Better Together was a designated lead campaigner in the Scottish independence referendum, with more significant resources and a higher profile than other campaign groups.
The Electoral Commission said it took into account that the responsible person for the organisation made efforts to provide further supporting documentation after the deadline for the report had passed.
Better Together paid the fine in full on 12 January, the commission said.
Bob Posner of the Electoral Commission said: "The responsibilities of a registered campaigner in a referendum do not end on polling day.
"Transparency around who spends what at referendums, based on complete and accurate financial reports, is an important part of ensuring that the public has confidence in the democratic process".
Pro-independence blog Wings Over Scotland was fined £750 last year for failing to file complete spending returns, while the Labour for Independence group was fined £1,500 for failing to submit any accounts.
The Communications Workers Union, which backed a 'No' vote, was fined £500 for spending money on campaigning before it was officially registered with the Electoral Commission.
The Canadian star achieved millions of sales and billions of streams with his fourth album, Views, which topped the charts around the world.
He managed to beat Adele and Coldplay, who also achieved big sales last year.
The news comes from music industry bigwigs the IFPI, who've given Drake their Global Recording Artist of the Year Award.
"Drake's phenomenal success reflects how deeply his unique sound appeals to an enormous global audience," said chief executive Frances Moore.
In the UK, Drake's single One Dance topped the charts for 15 weeks, nearly beating the all-time record, held by Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.
However, Views only ended the year as the country's eighth best-selling album, behind Little Mix's Glory Days and Adele's 25 - which took the top spot for the second year in a row.
In Germany, the world's third-biggest music market, the album was only the year's 100th best-seller.
The IFPI declined to release figures for Drake's overall sales, or a country-by-country breakdown, so it is hard to decode how he made up the difference - but the star's phenomenal success on streaming services is likely to be key.
Views became the first album to reach one billion streams on Apple Music (where it was initially available as an exclusive); while One Dance was the first song to be played one billion times on Spotify.
The album also topped the year-end charts in the US, still the biggest music market in the world, with sales of 4.1 million.
The IFPI Global Recording Artist Award was established in 2013, and previous recipients have been One Direction (2013), Taylor Swift (2014) and Adele (2015).
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The hosts led 16-3 at half-time with the aid of a Dan Leavy try.
Dan Baker's 60th-minute touchdown gave the visitors hope but despite their stirring second-half fight-back, they had to settle for a losing bonus point.
Ian Madigan landed a conversion and four penalties for Leinster, while Sam Davies kicked 11 points for Ospreys.
Leo Cullen's men made hard work of it in the end, scoring a lone penalty from Madigan in the final 50 minutes.
Sean Cronin and man of the match Ben Te'o stood out in attack for Leinster, whose defence managed to frustrate the Welshmen until Baker's try midway through the second half.
Davies converted, adding to his two earlier penalties, to put just three points between the sides. Madigan and Davies swapped further kicks, but Leinster did just enough to hold on in a nail-biting climax.
The result sees Leinster keep the pressure on provincial rivals Connacht at the top of the table, while it was a further dent to the Ospreys' top-four and Champions Cup qualification hopes.
Davies, who nursed a rib injury late on, had left-footed the Ospreys into the lead with a third minute penalty, as Leinster struggled to get into their stride early on.
Rhys Webb and Davies' quick distribution from half-back, combined with strong carrying from back rower Baker, gave the visitors some promising attacking opportunities.
However, it took just one midfield break to open up the defence for Leinster's first try. Madigan attacked the space offered to him off the side of a scrum, combining with the onrushing Fergus McFadden who fed Leavy to touch down to the right of the posts.
The flanker's seven-pointer was added to by a Madigan penalty and Leinster were beginning to purr, with the powerful Te'o crashing through in the centre.
Cullen's charges absorbed some further pressure before Madigan made it 13-3, rewarding Cronin, Te'o and Eoin Reddan for some lovely link-up play.
With the wind picking up at Leinster's backs, Baker was pinged for not rolling away on the half hour and Madigan slotted the central penalty for a 13-point gap.
The Ireland fly-half pushed a long-range effort wide five minutes before the break, and the Ospreys went unrewarded for a breathless late spell sparked by a Jeff Hassler run.
Into the second period, Davies' second successful penalty gave the Welsh region some encouragement but they failed to profit from a couple of close-range lineouts.
Ospreys number eight Baker stepped out of a tackle from Hayden Triggs to finish smartly by the posts on the hour mark, with Davies adding the extras.
Madigan punished a high tackle with Leinster's first points for 34 minutes, but poor discipline from the Irish province saw Davies respond almost immediately for 19-16.
Leinster: Zane Kirchner; Fergus McFadden, Garry Ringrose, Ben Te'o, Isa Nacewa (Capt); Ian Madigan, Eoin Reddan; Cian Healy, Sean Cronin, Mike Ross, Ross Molony, Mick Kearney, Rhys Ruddock, Dan Leavy, Jordi Murphy.
Replacements: Richardt Strauss, Peter Dooley, Tadhg Furlong, Hayden Triggs, Dominic Ryan, Luke McGrath, Cathal Marsh, Noel Reid.
Ospreys: Dan Evans; Jeff Hassler, Josh Matavesi, Owen Watkin, Ben John; Sam Davies, Rhys Webb (Capt); Nicky Smith, Sam Parry, Dmitri Arhip, Tyler Ardron, Rory Thornton, James King, Olly Cracknell, Dan Baker.
Replacements: Scott Otten, Gareth Thomas, Ma'afu Fia, Adam Beard, Joe Bearman, Tom Habberfield, Jonathan Spratt, Tom Grabham.
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
Assistant referees: Mark Patton, Richard Kerr (Ireland)
Citing commissioner: Eugene Ryan (Ireland)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)
That includes workers who made a progression up a pay scale. Overall, 55% of NICS staff received an increase.
At senior civil service grades, 81% got an increase, compared to 40% at administrative assistant level.
The details are contained in a report from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
The figures also show that the typical basic salary of NICS staff is £24,728, which remains unchanged from 2014.
The report stated that lower-grade staff are better paid than their counterparts in the rest of the UK, although the reverse is true for those among the upper ranks.
Twenty-one staff - likely to include permanent secretaries of Stormont departments - earned more than £100,000 in 2015.
Matt Cassels at Cambridge University says far too little attention has been paid to the significant role of pets in young people's emotions.
"They may feel that their pets are not judging them," said Mr Cassels.
His research is based on a 10-year study of 100 families in the UK.
Mr Cassels, a postgraduate psychiatry researcher, says that the place of pets in the lives of young people has not been adequately recognised and the scale of its importance has been under estimated.
Family break-ups mean that in the United States children are more likely to live with a pet than their natural father, says the research.
According to US data, about two thirds of children live with their father, while about four in five of families with school-age children have a pet.
Mr Cassels examined data from a longitudinal study carried out by the Centre for Family Research at Cambridge University, which tracked children from the age of two.
The information on pet ownership was based on when children were aged 12.
"The data on pet relationships stood out, as it had never occurred to me to consider looking at pet relationships, although I had studied children's other relationships," says Mr Cassels.
He suggests that people have associated pets with children's play and have not approached it in terms of a relationship.
Mr Cassels says the research shows that children facing emotional difficulties, such as "bereavement, divorce, instability and illness" place a particular importance on their pets.
"These children not only turn to their pets for support when faced with adversity, they do so even more than they turn to their siblings.
"This is even though they know their pets don't actually understand what they are saying," he adds.
The research suggests that children were also likely to have a stronger relationship with their pets than their peers.
Such relationships, particularly when it was girls with pet dogs, encouraged more social behaviour, such as "helping, sharing, and co-operating".
There was a therapeutic side to this relationship, he suggested, with the pets playing the role of the listener and being more "empathetic" for children than writing problems into a diary.
The study, he said, showed that it was "valid to talk about child pet relationships in the same way we talk about sibling relationships".
Furthermore, it was not an example of anthropomorphism, where human characteristics are attributed to animals, says Mr Cassels, a Canadian studying at Cambridge on a scholarship funded by the Gates Foundation.
Despite pets being so common in families with children, Mr Cassels says there has been a lack of evaluation for "how important they are to us".
He signs from French club Lille for a fee of US$8.2m.
The 27-year-old is set play alongside his compatriot Dany Nounkeu in defence at Galatasaray, the duo are currently training with the national side ahead of a friendly against Ukraine on Sunday.
Chedjou played 154 Ligue 1 games for Lille after joining from FC Rouen in 2007, helping the northern club clinch the French title two years ago.
Her video, which she filmed in secret and posted on social media, shows the officer writing out a traffic ticket which he eats after a $5 bribe is paid.
It led to the policeman's prosecution - a rare event in Senegal.
He was also fined $250 and given a two-month suspended sentence.
The woman, Sokhna Bousso Gaye, and her friend were driving through the capital, Dakar, when they were stopped by the policeman, Assane Diallo, last month.
The video shows him saying in the local Wolof language that he is going to have to fine them $10 for a traffic violation, which they would have to pay at a police station.
But he ends up accepting $5 and eating the ticket that he was writing out.
The other woman in the car was arrested on Wednesday and will also be charged with corruption.
The BBC's Nadege Sinarinzi in Dakar says it is common for people to pay bribes to policemen for minor traffic violations to avoid more serious punishments.
But social media is now being used to highlight corruption and anti-social behaviour, our reporter says.
Last year, a taxi driver in Dakar was imprisoned for 45 days after being filmed driving over a pedestrian bridge, she says.
A review - led by former NHS anti-fraud boss Jim Gee - highlighted fraud by pharmacists, dentists, GPs and patients.
Among the areas it found to be affected were procurement, prescriptions, registration of patients and payroll.
The government said the report was "highly speculative" and "full of inconsistencies".
To work out how much fraud is being committed, the review had to rely on estimates as well as detected fraud.
It said the level of fraud was likely to be between £3.7bn and £5.7bn a year, out of a budget of more than £110bn.
Among the scams highlighted were dentists claiming money for NHS care they did not carry out and GPs falsifying records for extra payments.
To illustrate the scale of some of these cases, it highlighted the jailing of a Birmingham dentist in 2012 after she stole £1.4m from the NHS.
Patient fraud identified included wrongful claims for free prescriptions, dental and optician care.
But the biggest area of fraud was estimated to be payroll, at between £555m and £1.49bn - although the report said this mainly consisted of lots of small-scale cases.
The report warned fraud was not being given the attention it deserved and it was now one of the "great unreduced healthcare costs".
Mr Gee, who carried out his work for PFK Littlejohn accountants, said: "There is a vast, honest majority who find fraud against the NHS to be completely unacceptable. However, there is also a dishonest minority who can cause significant financial damage.
"The best way of stopping this is not to wait for fraud to happen and then act after losses have been incurred, but to proactively deter and prevent them. Fraud is a cost to be measured, managed and minimised like any other."
By Hugh Pym, health editor
There is nothing new about fraud in the NHS. The scams are all too familiar - whether it's health service managers purchasing hospital supplies and taking backhanders or corrupt GPs claiming they have patients who don't actually exist.
But the report's authors argue that, even though the NHS's fraud problem is no worse than in other healthcare systems, the need for a crackdown is as urgent as ever because of the intense financial pressure on the NHS and the need to make efficiency savings.
They accuse the government of failing to carry out a detailed audit of the extent of health service fraud. The Department of Health said it didn't recognise the figures, but there has been no official denial that there is a problem that needs fixing.
Fraud officers work in each local area while at a national level, fraud work is co-ordinated by NHS Protect.
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "We do not recognise the figures in this highly speculative report which is full of inconsistencies.
"We are determined to stamp out fraud in the NHS through better information sharing to prevent and deter fraud and we are working with NHS Protect on crime risks and trends to do even more in the future."
The Houthis ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi last month, who fled to the southern port city of Aden where he established a rival power base.
At the weekend, the Houthis seized Taiz, Yemen's third largest city, bringing them closer to Aden.
The UN has warned that Yemen is on the edge of civil war.
Mr Hadi's Foreign Minister Riad Yassin told the Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat newspaper he asked the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to intervene, without elaborating what that would mean.
He also said he had asked the UN and GCC to impose a no-fly zone, after warplanes hit the presidential palace in Aden over the weekend.
The Houthis' rise has alarmed the GCC, and in particular Sunni-controlled Saudi Arabia, which accuses the Houthis of being a proxy for their key regional rival, Shia-majority Iran. Both of them have denied the Saudi claims.
Yemen - who is fighting whom?
The Houthis: A minority Shia from the north, the group seized control of Sanaa last year and have since been expanding their control.
President Hadi: Backed by military and police loyalists, and by militia known as Popular Resistance Committees, he is trying to fight back against the rebels from his stronghold in the south.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Seen by the US as the most dangerous branch of Al-Qaeda, AQAP opposes both the Houthis and forces loyal to President Hadi.
Islamic State: A Yemeni affiliate of IS has recently emerged, which seeks to eclipse AQAP.
Also on Monday, the Saudi foreign minister warned the Gulf states could take action to shore-up Mr Hadi.
"If this issue is not solved peacefully, we will take the necessary measures to protect the region from their aggression," said Saud al-Faisal.
The UN envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar told the BBC the Saudis had "good reasons" to be concerned about the situation.
But he added: "I don't think any side could win a civil war. No side can win a civil war - the only way forward is negotiation, which implies concession from all sides, which implies also, a compromise."
Britain has meanwhile joined the US in withdrawing special military forces from Yemen because of the deteriorating situation there.
Further deepening the crisis, Islamic State (IS) militants appear to have emerged as a presence in Yemen.
A purported local IS affiliate says it was behind an attack that left 29 dead in Lahj, north of Aden, after another branch claimed the suicide attacks last week in Sanaa that left more than 100 people dead.
Jonathon Porritt regularly visited Belfast during his time as chair of the Sustainable Development Commission.
He said that while there had been a justifiable focus on the political process, things needed to change.
"There's no excuse any longer for relegating the environment to a second-division issue," he said.
Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Business programme, he said: "It has no excuse not to be as progressive, proactive and intelligent now about environment policy and wealth-creating through the environment as any other part of the UK.
"The kind of easy days, if you like, where there was an excuse not to do it are gone."
Inside Business is broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster and Radio Foyle at 13:30 BST on Sunday.
Authorities had previously thought the virus was limited to Wynwood, a small area west of Miami Beach.
Health officials now say five people in Miami Beach have been infected. Florida health officials have been aggressively spraying pesticides there.
Zika, often spread by mosquitoes, can cause life-threatening birth defects.
"We're in the midst of mosquito season and expect more Zika infections in the days and months to come," Tom Frieden from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday.
Florida has now had 36 cases of the disease, not counting those that were connected to travel outside the US.
Known for its Art Deco architecture and expensive shops, Miami Beach attracts millions of tourists each year.
Critics have said that Florida Governor Rick Scott has been delaying the release of information and downplaying the threat of Zika to protect the state's billion-dollar tourism industry.
But Governor Scott said the state was taking every measure to ensure the information they provided to the public was accurate.
"We recognise the desire for information quickly, but it is important that we conduct our interviews and investigations pursuant to epidemiological standards," he said.
Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic minority leader, said the transmission of Zika in Miami Beach "is the most alarming development yet in the rapidly growing threat of Zika in the United States".
Senator Reid along with Governor Scott urged Congress to provide additional funding to the area. Democrats and Republicans in Congress have been at odds for months over a bill that would contribute to the aid efforts in Florida.
The officers were guarding road workers in the Sukma district, which has seen a long-running insurgency by Maoists.
The details of the attack are sketchy, but one report said it was carried out by 300 rebels.
The Maoists say they are fighting for communist rule and greater rights for tribal people and the rural poor.
Their insurgency began in the eastern state of West Bengal in the late 1960s, later spreading to more than one-third of India's 600-plus administrative districts.
Profile: India's Maoist rebels
The attack on the personnel of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) began at 13:00 local time on Monday and the clashes went on for a few hours, reports said.
It is not yet known if the Maoists suffered any casualties.
India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh later tweeted about the attack:
Indian media reports say helicopters have been used to transport the wounded to the nearest medical facility.
Extra security personnel have been now been sent to the location to look for the attackers.
The rebels are active in several eastern and central states of India.
They routinely target Indian security forces. In 2010 they killed 74 policemen in the Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh in one of the most deadly attacks.
The Shrimpers seemed to be heading for defeat when their former midfielder Franck Moussa fired the Saddlers into a 2-0 lead.
But goals from Nile Ranger, Anton Ferdinand and Simon Cox saw Southend pick up all three points to move into the play-off places.
Substitute Moussa fired Walsall into an 18th-minute lead with a neat finish from Joe Edwards' left-wing cross and then doubled the visitors' lead with another clever finish after a poor clearance from Ryan Inniss.
However, Southend got back into the game in the 63rd minute with Ranger heading home Will Atkinson's left-wing cross following a quickly-taken Ben Coker free-kick.
The Shrimpers then drew back level in the 76th minute when skipper Ferdinand volleyed home from 12 yards after Anthony Wordsworth's free-kick had only been half cleared.
And Southend completed their comeback seven minutes from time when Cox curled a 20-yard free-kick into the top left-hand corner of the net.
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Match ends, Southend United 3, Walsall 2.
Second Half ends, Southend United 3, Walsall 2.
Corner, Walsall. Conceded by Stephen McLaughlin.
Attempt saved. Simon Cox (Southend United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Nile Ranger (Southend United).
Matt Preston (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Theo Robinson (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Nile Ranger (Southend United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Ben Coker (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kieron Morris (Walsall).
Foul by Nile Ranger (Southend United).
James O'Connor (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ben Coker (Southend United) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal! Southend United 3, Walsall 2. Simon Cox (Southend United) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Anthony Wordsworth (Southend United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
James O'Connor (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by James O'Connor (Walsall).
Substitution, Walsall. Kieron Morris replaces Franck Moussa.
Foul by Ryan Leonard (Southend United).
Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Walsall. Amadou Bakayoko replaces Andreas Makris.
Goal! Southend United 2, Walsall 2. Anton Ferdinand (Southend United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a set piece situation.
Hand ball by James O'Connor (Walsall).
Attempt missed. Nile Ranger (Southend United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Southend United. Simon Cox replaces Will Atkinson.
Attempt saved. Theo Robinson (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.
Foul by Nile Ranger (Southend United).
James O'Connor (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Theo Robinson (Southend United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Southend United. Conceded by Matt Preston.
Attempt missed. Jason McCarthy (Walsall) right footed shot from long range on the right is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Jason Demetriou (Southend United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Franck Moussa (Walsall) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Foul by Nile Ranger (Southend United).
Joe Edwards (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Southend United 1, Walsall 2. Nile Ranger (Southend United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Will Atkinson following a set piece situation.
Nile Ranger (Southend United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Chambers (Walsall).
Attempt missed. Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
It follows a court case in March which found Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan (BMAP) planning policy had been adopted unlawfully.
BMAP restricted future expansion at Sprucefield to bulky goods only - an obstacle to a John Lewis department store.
However, the restriction has now effectively been lifted.
On Friday, a judge ruled that the rest of BMAP can now be implemented, declaring it a "fair, just and proportionate" remedy.
A spokesperson for John Lewis said: "We do not have any current plans to open a shop in the province."
Intu, the UK-property company which owns the Sprucefield site said: "We plan to study this judgement carefully.
"Until then we are really not in a position to comment."
Analysis by BBC NI Business Correspondent Julian O'Neill
The court has removed a significant barrier to John Lewis, but no one should expect sudden action.
This is already a saga which has run for more than ten years.
Firstly, there is the prospect of a legal challenge to the court ruling.
Secondly, there are other policies around out-of-town retail developments versus a cities-first strategy.
Thirdly, there are the intentions of the Sprucefield site owners, Intu, and John Lewis.
What are they?
Neither party has said much in response to the ruling.
John Lewis saw profits slump earlier this year and is assessing what it means for expanding its 48 stores.
So while the court move is important, the issue is far from settled.
Welcoming the verdict, Lagan Valley MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said renewed attempts will now be made to attract John Lewis to Sprucefield.
But Belfast City Council immediately announced its intention to appeal the outcome amid concerns for the impact on the retail sector.
Earlier this year, a High Court judge held that former SDLP Environment Minister Mark H Durkan acted unilaterally and unlawfully in authorising BMAP without securing consent from executive colleagues.
Mr Durkan's approval of the planning framework adopted in 2014 was challenged by the DUP's Arlene Foster, who was the Stormont enterprise minister at the time.
But following the assembly elections in May, agreement was reached by newly created departments on the way forward in the legal action.
Simon Hamilton, the DUP Economy Minister, and Sinn Féin Minister for Infrastructure Chris Hazzard, agreed on a proposal to have BMAP adopted without the bulky goods restriction.
In a joint statement, both ministers welcomed the court's decision, saying it would provide "certainty" for communities, councils and investors.
But a barrister for Belfast City Council urged the judge against rubber stamping the draft order.
He argued that it would involve the court veering into the area of creating planning policy.
However, a barrister who brought the original challenge on behalf of the enterprise minister, claimed that Mr Durkan should not be allowed to get away with "going on a solo run".
He said: "If correct that would drive a coach and horses through the Northern Ireland Act and would be a charter for ministers to effectively chance their arm and hope for the best later on."
Despite Belfast City Council's objections, the judge agreed to make the declaration sought by the two departments.
Announcing the council's intention to appeal the judgment, Councillor John Hussey said it raises important issues about the role of the courts in sanctioning changes to planning policy, when the original complaint was that a minister acted unlawfully.
"This is not about Belfast versus anywhere else," he said.
"Neglecting Belfast will have an adverse effect on the economy of Northern Ireland as a whole."
But Sir Jeffrey, the DUP MP in whose constituency the Sprucefield retail park area is situated, predicted a new planning application would be submitted by the site's owners INTU.
"The restriction should never have been placed on Sprucefield in the first instance - I'm pleased it's now been removed.
"We will certainly be looking to attract John Lewis into the park as part of future development," he added.
The body of Peter West, who was 60, was discovered at the property in Glazebrook Road, Leicester, at 11:00 BST on Tuesday.
Emma Hicken, 35, and Kieron West, 35, both of Glazebrook Road, were charged late on Thursday evening.
Officers are still treating Mr West's death as unexplained.
The detained pair have also been with a child neglect offence and are due to appear before Leicester Magistrates' later.
It followed reports of problems at Bilston Glen, which previously handled calls from the Lothians and Borders.
Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said the control room in Midlothian was struggling to cope following the closure of the Glenrothes control room in Fife on 17 March.
He told Holyrood more than 1,000 calls were lost in one day, and non-emergency calls took 40 minutes to answer.
The Glenrothes control room is one of five across Scotland scheduled to be closed as part of the reorganisation of the Scottish Police Service.
Dumfries and Stirling closed earlier, with Glasgow city, Inverness and Aberdeen to be shut later in 2015.
Police Scotland said the rationalisation, reducing the number of control rooms from 11 to four, would save £6m annually.
Speaking at First Minister's Questions, Mr Rennie said: "The closure of Dumfries last year was described as shambolic.
"Stirling was closed, and only weeks later had to re-open in an emergency, and Aberdeen and Inverness are still to come.
"I am alarmed that the first minister seems to be unaware of the problems because earlier this month there was almost a critical incident because staff levels were so low."
He called on the government to halt further closures.
Police Scotland has disputed the detail of the claims made by Mr Rennie.
Ch Supt Val Thomson said: "It does not take callers 58 minutes to get through when they call Police Scotland using 101 or 999.
"The average time taken for connecting a 101 non-emergency call is one minute, with many calls being answered in less. The average response for a 999 call to be answered is nine seconds.
"When you dial the 101 non-emergency number, callers have a menu of options that is intended to prioritise those calls that have an incident or crime to report."
Ch Supt Thomson added: "On Saturday 21 March 2015 there was an issue with one call received by the Bilston Glen Service Centre where the caller chose an option which is treated as a lower priority. This call stayed in the queue longer than expected. Action has been taken to stop this happening again.
"We do not recognise the claims made by Mr Rennie about the Stirling Centre opening in an emergency. There remained a presence in Stirling when the workload transferred to Bilston Glen, in the form of a Police Assistance Desk (a facility where police officers take crime reports over the phone and provide advice and guidance to members of the public)."
Nicola Sturgeon said she would raise the matter with the justice secretary and Police Scotland.
"People have the right to get a high-quality service from the police and where for any reason that is falling short then we will ensure that action is taken to rectify that," she said.
The matter was raised again in a member's debate initiated by Labour's justice spokesman Hugh Henry.
He said the experience of the two-year period since Police Scotland was established had given "grave concern".
Mr Henry said he was not criticising individual officers or non-uniformed staff.
But he criticised the force's watchdog body, the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), which he characterised as a "toothless tiger".
Mr Henry told MSPs: "It is largely ineffective and comes to the game after the event rather than setting out its policies and expectations in advance."
The debate followed criticism of Police Scotland over the way it has implemented controversial policies including stop and search, arming officers on routine duties and the closure of police station public counters.
Nigel Boocock, from Yorkshire, competed in 748 matches for Coventry Bees in 18 consecutive seasons in the 1960s and 70s.
Known as "Little Boy Blue" because of the colour of his leathers, Boocock died in Australia last April.
The service will see 1976 champion Peter Collins ride around the track in Brandon with Boocock's grandson, Jack, holding his ashes.
Tony Gillas, a former Bees rider and now chairman of the Speedway Control Bureau, said Boocock entertained hundreds of thousands of people, and regularly rode for the England team.
"Nigel will always be Mr Coventry Speedway," said Mr Gillas. "He put his heart and soul into Brandon and entertained so many people... we wanted to do something like this."
BBC Coventry and Warwickshire's speedway correspondent, Wayne Roberts, said Boocock was unsurpassed and arguably "the best rider ever".
Boocock's son, Darren, and Darren's wife Sharon were killed in a road collision in 2008 when their Triumph motorcycle collided with a lorry.
The aircraft manufacturer added it expected profits would be flat in 2016.
Airbus shares fell 10.4% to €43.20 (£34.32)on Wednesday, marking their worst one-day fall for six years and wiping €3.9bn off the company's value.
At the same time, Qatar Airways said it was postponing delivery of the first A350 jetliner "until further notice".
Delivery of the A350 to Qatar Airways had originally been planned for 13 December followed by a flight to Doha.
The two sides then scheduled a pre-delivery ceremony for Friday, before the handover was scrapped altogether.
The A380 aircraft is only in its seventh full year of operation and cost about $25bn to develop.
While Airbus will break even on the plane in the years up to 2018, chief financial officer Harald Wilhelm said the aircraft manufacturer would have to provide different engines from 2018 to make it more attractive, or discontinue making it altogether.
The announcement prompted a furious reaction from the head of Dubai's Emirates airline, who said it was prepared to invest heavily in buying more of the aircraft.
Tim Clark, president of Emirates, said he had protested to Airbus.
Mr Clark said if Airbus went ahead with proposals to upgrade the A380 by adding new Rolls-Royce engines, Emirates would eventually replace all the 140 aircraft it had ordered with the newly upgraded version.
He added the aircraft was popular with passengers and "full to the gunwales" with passengers.
Airbus has already announced plans to cut production of its A330 aircraft by 10% to nine aircraft a month.
But it said on Wednesday it would have to cut production again in 2016 to an unspecified level, following slow progress in finding buyers for the aircraft, ahead of a planned upgrade in 2017.
In an attempt to restore calm, Airbus head of corporate communications Rainer Ohler issued a statement on behalf of the company which said: "The entire Airbus top management continues to believe strongly in the market prospects of the A380, but any investment by Airbus requires a sound business case, which we will continue to study,"
Peter Anstell, chair of the Friends of Horsey Seals (FHS), said the "phenomenal" number of pups had turned Horsey into a tourist attraction.
Volunteers from FHS are attempting to keep visitors from disturbing the record 600 pups on the beach.
Norfolk Police has advised people to stay away because of traffic problems.
Grey seals begin arriving at Horsey beach in November, give birth over the coming months, and suckle their young before leaving in late January or February.
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In the past decade, the number of seals born on the beach has risen from about six to about 600 this season, which Mr Anstell described as "a bit of a phenomenon".
"Visitor numbers is a real issue for local people," he said.
"On peak days such as Boxing Day and New Year's Day, people descended on Horsey in their hundreds, if not thousands. It is chaotic for parking in a place not designed for this many visitors."
He said he was unsure why thousands of seals chose to come ashore at Horsey, but added: "They would want a solid and stable beach on which to give birth and Horsey is good for that.
"It's got a wide expanse of sand and dunes, which give them some protection from the weather and very high tides."
Mr Anstell said the seal pups would be suckled for about three weeks, during which time they would put on about 2kg (4.5lb) a day.
"The mother then leaves them alone on the beach for another three weeks. That's when they're at their most susceptible.
"If they wander into another seal's territory, they will be attacked."
Mr Anstell said until a year ago, the seals were monitored by Natural England, but following funding cuts FHS was asked to take on the task of counting the seals and keeping them safe.
On Monday the prospective Republican presidential candidate raised some eyebrows when he responded "yes" to a question about whether he would have approved the 2003 invasion of Iraq "knowing what we know now". Is Jeb standing by Bush's Iraq War decision?
It took less than 24 hours for his political supporters to begin walking back that statement, however, after he was subjected to withering criticism from the left and the right.
Ana Navarro, an adviser to Mr Bush who served on his staff when he was governor, said she emailed Mr Bush on Tuesday about the remark, and he told her that he didn't hear Fox host Megyn Kelly correctly.
"I think when you hear the entirety of his answer, and he talks about the faulty information, it's hard not to conclude that he misheard the question," she said on CNN. "Instead of hearing 'if we knew what we knew now', he must have heard 'if we knew what we knew then'."
The latter version of the question is a fairly common one for candidates of all political stripes, and - for the most part - it results in a dispassionate discussion of faulty intelligence, missed opportunities and unintended consequences not too different from the way Mr Bush answered.
Very few politicians these days would answer "knowing what we know now" with a solid affirmative, however. Then again, only one politician on the national stage today has the surname Bush.
Syndicated radio show host Laura Ingraham, a long-time conservative critic of Jeb Bush, said after Monday's remarks that "you can't still think that going into Iraq, now, as a sane human being, was the right thing to do".
She added that comments like that show that Mr Bush is ill qualified to be the Republican nominee.
"You have to have someone who says, look, I'm a Republican but I'm not an idiot. I'm not stupid," she said. "I learn from the past, and I improve myself."
Another conservative commentator, the Washington Examiner's Byron York, writes that the Iraq issue isn't going to go away for Jeb Bush - especially if he continues mishandling what should be easy questions
"Jeb's statement is likely to resonate until he either changes his position or loses the race for the Republican nomination," he writes. "Should he become the nominee, the issue will dog him into the general election campaign."
Meanwhile the Democratic National Committee wasted no time taking advantage of the opening Mr Bush's remarks created. It launched a YouTube video tying the two Bush brothers together, and spokeswoman Kristin Sosanie quipped: "Apparently hindsight isn't 20/20 for Jeb Bush. Even knowing how badly we were misled, he would still have done it all again."
Jeb Bush's remarks come less than a week after he reportedly told a private audience in New York City that George W Bush was one of his primary advisers on Middle East policy.
Mr Bush's staff have said since that his comments were about Israel policy specifically, not the Middle East in general. Some members of the audience at the event disagree, however.
Being a Bush brings with it a number of distinct advantages when running for the Republican presidential nomination - such as money, name recognition, a set of influential connections within the party and a seaside compound in Maine in which to relax for a few days.
This week's events highlight that the pedigreed surname has some very particular challenges, as well.
Republican candidates in - and out - of the race
Gen Gilbert Diendere made the proposal at talks brokered by West African mediators in the capital Ouagadougou.
On Saturday one of the mediators had spoken of a breakthrough and hinted at a new transition government reinstating interim President Michel Kafando.
At least 10 people have been killed in clashes since Thursday's coup.
The overthrow of the civilian interim government - carried out by the presidential guard - was widely condemned. Burkina Faso has been suspended from the African Union.
BBC West Africa reporter Thomas Fessy says the junta's proposal is unlikely to signal a return to power of the civilian authorities.
The document, signed by Gen Diendere and exclusively seen by the BBC, says he should remain president until elections - currently due on 11 October.
This is in stark contradiction to the optimism shown on Saturday by one of the mediators, Benin President Yayi Boni, who suggested the presidential guard might give up power, our correspondent adds.
Gen Diendere was chief of staff of former President Blaise Compaore, who was deposed in a popular uprising last October.
Meanwhile violence erupted on Sunday at the hotel in Ouagadougou, where the talks have been taking place.
About 50 coup supporters burst into the lobby of the Laico hotel, injuring several people.
"They invaded the hotel," an eyewitness told Reuters news agency. "They attacked ex-opposition members as they arrived. One had to be saved from the crowd by security forces."
Outside the building opponents of the coup held a protest but were later dispersed by security forces.
Mr Kafando, who was initially held by the coup leaders, is now free. However, other questions remain, including the fate of Prime Minister Isaac Zida, who was also detained.
Mr Compaore is currently in exile and was accused of committing widespread abuses, and trying to change the constitution to extend his term in office.
Some of his key allies had been barred from contesting the election.
Gen Diendere has said he has had no contact with Mr Compaore and will do everything to "avoid violence that could plunge the country into chaos".
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The Welsh region says Smith, 28, has suffered a "series of concussive events" and after "expert advice" has decided to "hang up his boots".
"I am utterly disappointed and devastated that I have been forced to retire through injury," said Smith.
"But I feel that the medical advice given to me cannot be ignored."
Former Wales Under-20 captain Smith, made more than 160 appearances for Dragons since joining the Rodney Parade side in 2005.
Dragons' director of rugby, Lyn Jones said it was a "big blow" for the region.
"We are all so upset at the news of Ashley's forced retirement," said Davies.
"Over his 10 years at Rodney Parade, he has been a credit to the region, himself and his family.
"We will miss his maturity, football, decision making and his experience.
"It's a big blow for us, but Ashley has made the right decision for himself and his family. We wish him well for the future."
The airline is concerned that only a third of the 29 electronic passport gates are open at Heathrow Terminal 5.
BA says the gates shut prematurely at 23:00 while customers are still disembarking, causing huge queues.
The Home Office has said it strongly disagrees with BA's remarks.
Back in 2015, when the electronic gates at Terminal 5 were opened, the Home Office said that the technology would help the Border Force to process a higher number of low risk passengers "more quickly and using less resources" to reduce queuing times.
The electronic gates were meant to help border control officers to focus on "more priority work" like cracking down on people trafficking and drug smuggling.
However, since many of the gates are often closed, families returning from holidays have been facing long queues to pass through immigration, particularly late at night.
"It is a constant frustration to us and to our customers that after a long flight they have to stand in queues, sometimes for over an hour, just to get back into the country," said Raghbir Pattar, British Airways' director of Heathrow.
"And it is a dreadful welcome for visitors to the UK... It adds insult to injury when you're stuck in a queue but can see numerous gates which just aren't being used."
British Airways has submitted its concerns to the Home Office and hopes that action can be taken to reduce unnecessary delays.
Mr Pattar said: "We recognise some of the steps being taken by Border Force to improve the service they provide to travellers. However more focus must be put on operating in the most efficient and flexible way and ensuring that passengers' needs are put first."
Heathrow Terminal 5 currently only serves BA and Spanish airline Iberia.
A spokesperson for Virgin Atlantic told the BBC: "This hasn't been a particular issue for our customers as all our flights land before 10pm."
The Home Office strongly disagrees with British Airways' comments.
"This statement significantly misrepresents the experience of the vast majority of passengers arriving at Heathrow this summer," a spokesperson said.
"More than 99% of British and European passengers arriving at Heathrow are dealt with within 25 minutes. For passengers from outside the European Economic Area, 87% of passengers have been dealt with within 45 minutes.
"Border Force and British Airways have an agreement to close the Terminal 5 ePassport gates at 11pm every evening. In recent months, Border Force has kept the gates open beyond 11pm - often to accommodate passengers arriving on delayed British Airways flights.
"The security of our border is paramount - which is why 100% of scheduled passengers are checked when arriving in the UK. While every effort is made to keep delays for passengers to a minimum, we make no apology for carrying out this important work."
The silver Vauxhall Corsa knocked down a bollard before crashing into the Salvation Army store in Trinity Street, Dorchester, just before 11:00 GMT.
Dorset Police said the driver, a man in his 70s, was checked over by ambulance crews and is not believed to have been injured.
There were no reports of anyone being hurt inside the shop.
The driver was attempting to park in the adjacent car park at the time of the crash, according to reports from the scene.
Ray Slater, from the Salvation Army, said staff were "shocked" after the crash.
Mr Slater said: "Our staff were at the other side of the shop so heard it, they didn't actually see it.
"It looks like the damage is just to merchandise - so that's fine - we're just pleased nobody was hurt."
He said it was likely part of the shop would have to close while repair work is carried out.
The WWF and the International Rhino Foundation said the country's last Javan rhino was probably killed by poachers, as its horn had been cut off.
Experts said the news was not a surprise, as only one sighting had been recorded in Vietnam since 2008.
Fewer than 50 individuals are now estimated to remain in the wild.
"It is painful that despite significant investment in Vietnamese rhino conservation, efforts failed to save this unique animal, " said WWF's Vietnam director Tran Thi Minh Hien.
"Vietnam has lost part of its natural heritage."
The authors of the report, Extinction of the Javan Rhino from Vietnam, said genetic analysis of dung samples collected between 2009-2010 in the Cat Tien National Park showed that they all belonged to just one individual.
Shortly after the survey was completed, conservationists found out that the rhino had been killed. They say it was likely to have been the work of poachers because it had been shot in a leg and its horn had been cut off.
Globally, there has been a sharp increase in the number of rhino poaching cases. Earlier this year, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published a report that said rhino populations in Africa were facing their worst poaching crisis for decades.
An assessment carried out by Traffic, the global wildlife trade monitoring network, said the surge in the illegal trade in rhino horns was being driven by demands from Asian medicinal markets.
Conservation blow
The Vietnam rhino, as well as being the last of the species on mainland Asia, was also the last known surviving member of the Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus subspecies - one of three recognised groups of Javan rhino populations.
(Source: IUCN/IRF)
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Another is already extinct. R. sondaicus inermis was formerly found in north-eastern India, Bangladesh and Burma.
The remaining subspecies, R. sondaicus sondaicus, is now found on Java, Indonesia. However, since the 1930s, the animals - now estimated to number no more than 50 - have been restricted to the westernmost parts of the island.
Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, chairman of the IUCN's Asian Rhino Specialist Group, said the demise of the Javan rhino in Vietnam was "definitely a blow".
"We all must learn from this and need to ensure that the fate of the Javan rhino in [Indonesia] won't be like that of Cat Tien in near future," he told BBC News.
"Threats to rhinos for their horn is definitely a major problem. But in Indonesia, due to active work done by rhino protection units and national park authorities, no Javan rhino poaching has been recorded in Indonesia for past decade."
Dr Talukdar observed: "What is key to the success of the species is appropriate habitat management as the Javan rhinos are browser and it needs secondary growing forests."
He warned that the habitat within the national park on Java serving as the final refuge for the species was being degraded by an invasive species of palm.
"As such, control of arenga palm and habitat management for Javan rhinos in Ujung Kulon National Park is now become important for future of the species."
Speaking to me at the International Monetary Fund autumn meeting in Washington, Phillip Hammond said that although sterling's rapid fall was partly "technical", markets would have to get used to volatility while Britain negotiated its departure from the European Union.
He said that it was important to "look through" currency volatility to the fundamentals of the UK economy which he said were strong.
"[There will be] no spending splurge," he told me.
"What we have said we are going to do is create within a new fiscal framework enough space for the government to be able to respond to the turbulence in the economy that I have talked about.
"As we go through this period we want to be able to provide fiscal support if necessary.
"At the moment I can't predict whether that will be necessary at the time of the Autumn Statement in November.
"We will have more data by then and if the data show that the economy needs support we will make carefully targeted, precise interventions aiming to support the economy through investment in infrastructure which not only gives a short term boost but gives a long term benefit to the UK's productivity."
He told the BBC the government would take the "necessary measures" to support the economy, but that did not mean abandoning attempts to control Britain's high levels of debts.
He said that despite abandoning the pledge made by George Osborne to eliminate the deficit by 2020, the Treasury would provide a "clear set of benchmarks" about tackling the deficit.
Mr Hammond said it was "not credible" to have the government's fiscal position "unanchored" and that any new target on balancing the books would be achieved "over a sensible period of time".
On sterling, the Chancellor said investors who control billions of pounds of sterling assets were "resetting their expectations" as it became clear that Britain would not seek to engineer a "soft" or partial departure from the European Union.
He said the "final foot had dropped" in investors' minds that "it is going to happen".
That could suggest further downward pressure on sterling as many investors believe that UK assets will be less valuable if Britain is outside the European Union single market, Britain's biggest destination for exports.
Others believe that after a period of volatility, the UK economy will bounce back, which could see sterling strengthen.
"Markets will go up and down - markets respond to noises," the Chancellor said.
"We are going to go through a period of volatility, there will be lots of commentary going on and we can expect to see markets being more turbulent over this period and we should prepare for that."
Mr Hammond said he wanted to ensure the "maximum possible access" to the European single market for businesses but that it was not yet time to set out the details of Britain's negotiating position.
9 December 2015 Last updated at 09:43 GMT
Gallons of dirty, smelly water has damaged their furniture, toys and clothes.
They have had to leave all their toys, clothes and Christmas presents behind until all the flood water drains away.
It could take months to dry before the houses can start to be repaired.
Our reporter Naz went with one young boy, Ben, as he went back to his badly damaged home for the first time since the water flooded in.
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The woman from Shanghai, known only by her surname Fan, leaned too far forward from a ship deck and fell overboard, according to Chinese media.
She reportedly fell from the fourth deck, the approximate height of a seven-floor building.
The 31-year-old survived the ordeal with only minor injuries, reports said.
Ms Fan was on a five-day cruise on the Royal Caribbean from Shanghai to South Korea and Japan, according to reports.
She reportedly had nothing to cling on to after she fell in the sea, and drifted for most of the time until she saw a fishing boat approaching.
Her parents, who were allegedly on the cruise with her, did not realise she was missing until hours later.
Her father refused to believe his daughter was alive until he heard her voice on the phone, reports said.
The 1.75m tall woman had allegedly been enjoying the view on the cruise deck on Wednesday night when she accidentally fell forward into the sea.
She called for help but was not heard.
She eventually became exhausted, yet somehow managed to tread water while dozing off, Chinese media said.
She spotted a fishing vessel when she awoke on Friday morning.
Fan is said to have escaped with only blisters on her arms caused by jellyfish stings.
Some users took to micro-blogging site Sina Weibo to express their incredulity.
"She didn't eat and drink at sea for 38 hours and she survived? That's a miracle," said one user.
"This can't be real," said another.
One commenter was more light-hearted, saying: "She should join the Olympics".
Reports suggest that Fan's physical strength may have helped her, as she studied sport at university and started swimming from the age of five.
Local media attributed her survival to her "strong will" - but did not explain how she survived the low temperatures.
Earlier this year, a 33-year-old woman in the US fell overboard a cruise from Texas to Mexico.
Her friends were not aware that she had gone missing until 10 hours later, and police have yet to find her body.
Theo Walcott's second-half goal ensured Arsene Wenger's side added to last week's Barclays Asia Trophy triumph.
Walcott stabbed home with the outside of his boot after a delightful pass by 17-year-old Jeff Reine-Adelaide.
Wolfsburg's Josuha Guilavogui had a 25-yard drive pushed away by Cech, a £10m signing from Chelsea.
Cech has now helped Arsenal win two pre-season trophies in two games, and Arsene Wenger's side can make it a hat-trick of success ahead of the Premier League campaign if they defeat Chelsea next weekend.
Wenger made 10 changes to the side that started the 6-0 victory over Lyon, Mesut Ozil the only survivor from Saturday's match.
Cech, 33, was making his home debut and looked comfortable throughout against the German Cup winners.
Yet it was 17-year-old winger Reine-Adelaide who caught the eye, just as he did against Lyon.
Wenger had said the teenager is "something special" after he had made his senior debut the previous day.
Reine-Adelaide produced a quality slide-rule pass for Walcott to finish coolly to put Arsenal ahead in the 50th minute.
Wolfsburg, who finished second in the Bundesliga last season, had several former Premier League players on show, including ex-Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner.
Former Chelsea midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, after his side had fallen behind, fired high and wide when he should have done better, with Ricardo Rodriguez stinging the palms of Cech on the hour mark.
De Bruyne has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester City this summer but failed to impress.
Wenger introduced a number of substitutes including Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, but it was 19-year-old forward Chuba Akpom who forced a save as Arsenal looked to kill the game off.
FA Cup winners Arsenal now face Premier League champions Chelsea in the traditional season-opener at Wembley next Sunday.
Arsenal: Cech, Chambers, Bellerin, Monreal, Gabriel, Ozil (Akpom, 46), Cazorla, Wilshere (Hayden, 76), Reine-Adelaide (Oxlade-Chamberlain, 64), Arteta (Ramsey, 63), Walcott (Giroud, 75). Substitutes not used: Martinez, Koscielny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Coquelin, Iwobi.
Wolfsburg: Benaglio, Naldo, Trasch (Arnold, 71 mins), Jung, Klose, Rodriguez, Vieirinha (Caligiuri, 46), Guilavogui (Seguin, 80 mins), De Bruyne (Kruse, 61), Schurrle, Bendtner (Rodriguez, 79). Substitutes not used: Schafer, Grun, Knoche, Ziegele.
Attendance: 59,815
The Irish army's bomb disposal team was called to the park in the Boreenmanna area of the city at 12:40 local time, after a report of a suspicious object.
A spokesperson for the Irish Defence Forces said the device was viable but was "made safe at the scene without the need for a controlled explosion".
The park was declared safe at 13:00 local time.
Mr Justice Sweeney said Harris, 84, had taken advantage of his celebrity status and had shown "no remorse".
The sentence of five years and nine months has already been referred to the Attorney General's Office under the "unduly lenient sentence scheme".
One victim said the abuse had taken away her "childhood innocence".
Harris, who was found guilty of offences that took place between 1968 and 1986, was told by the judge he had "no-one to blame but himself".
He displayed no emotion and stared straight ahead as he was jailed.
Before Harris was sentenced, prosecutors said he would not stand trial over allegations he had downloaded sexual images of children.
They had claimed Harris had indecent images of children, as part of a larger collection of adult pornography, but decided it was not in the public interest to prosecute him.
During sentencing, the judge said Harris "clearly got a thrill" from committing some of the assaults on his four victims while "others were present or nearby".
He said Harris touched the youngest victim intimately when she approached him for an autograph in Portsmouth, while another was "groped" at an event in Cambridge.
As well as the girl who was aged seven or eight, Harris's victims were two young teenagers and a childhood friend of his daughter Bindi. He abused his daughter's friend between the ages of 13 and 19.
The judge said Harris "fancied" this victim and assaulted her in her home and his, breaching the "trust that her parents had placed in you".
He said the assaults resulted in the teenager suffering panic attacks, anxiety and led to her becoming an alcoholic, saying she had "suffered severe psychological harm".
Speaking after sentencing, she said the jail term was "immaterial" but the verdict was "what I wanted, what I went to court for".
She added: "I do hope that women will come forward now, celebrity or not."
Some of the sentences will be served at the same time, making a total of five years and nine months.
Harris is likely to serve half of the sentence in prison and was told he would not have to pay compensation to his victims. However, the judge said he could have to pay the costs of the prosecution.
A spokeswoman for the Attorney General's Office did not say who had referred the sentence as being "unduly lenient" but said it "only takes one person to trigger the process".
The sentence must be considered within 28 days for possible referral to the Court of Appeal, the spokeswoman added.
Harris was prosecuted based on the law at the time of his offences, when the maximum sentence for indecent assault was two years in prison, or five years for victims under 13.
Two of his victims were in court for the sentencing, which saw members of the press and public fill the public gallery and watch from an overspill court via a video feed.
Harris's daughter Bindi was with him in court but his wife Alwen, who has been consistently present throughout the trial, did not attend.
In court
Jane Peel, BBC News correspondent
The queue outside court two began to form at 07:45 BST - more than two hours before the hearing was due to begin.
Rolf Harris had started his final journey to Southwark in a boat from his house on the Thames, in Bray, Berkshire, but he arrived as usual in a car.
His daughter Bindi was with him but there was no sign of his frail wife, Alwen.
Perhaps in contrast to his mood, he wore a jazzy, multi-coloured tie and a light grey suit.
He had brought with him a similarly bright suitcase with a stripy design. Harris knew he would be going to prison. The only question was for how long.
He had been allowed to stay seated, but was told to stand as Mr Justice Sweeney announced that he would be jailed for five years and nine months.
There was no visible reaction from him or his relatives who were in court as he was led to the cells by two dock security officers.
Peter Watt, of the NSPCC, said: "It sends a message that no-one is untouchable and justice can come at any time."
Alan Collins, of law firm Slater and Gordon, told the BBC his firm had been contacted in "recent days" by people making new allegations against Harris.
He said the calls had come from both the UK and overseas, and lawyers would meet the complainants in the coming days.
Earlier, the court heard impact statements from the four victims, including from the childhood friend of Harris's daughter.
Reading out the statement, prosecutor Esther Schutzer-Weissman said the abuse had "haunted" the victim and left her feeling "dirty, grubby and disgusting".
The statement from the victim who had been seven or eight said the abuse had taken away her "childhood innocence".
Harris indecently assaulted a waitress at a charity event in Cambridge when she was aged 13 or 14, who said the star had "treated me like a toy".
One woman told the BBC she met Harris when she was 18 and he was "very kind, very nice" - but then "sexually abused" her.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, gave evidence in the trial but the attack in Malta was not the subject of a prosecution because at the time of the incident the offence was outside the jurisdiction of a UK court.
She said Harris led her into a room to show her his artworks.
"He closed the door and then he pushed me up against the wall," she said.
"It was quite intimate, it was forceful and it was scary... I don't know how long it took to be quite honest but I couldn't get away.
"And then he suddenly just stopped, he hugged me and said he was sorry."
She said she had thought she was going to be raped, but she did not report it because she did not think anyone would take her seriously.
Its film programme starts at Victoria Quays in Sheffield before taking in another seven venues along the canals of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
Projecting films on to a big screen it reaches Hull Marina on 13 August.
The 15-seat cinema will screen On the Bench, by Leeds artist Harry Meadley, whose work inspired films from other countries that will also be shown.
Organisers UP Projects said the programme includes 15 films from nine countries.
On the Bench features conversations with eight people and the other films come from Saudi Arabia, New Zealand, Niger, Iran, Ireland, Poland, Italy, Germany the UK and US.
They echo themes of On the Bench, with stories of people finding their way against the backdrop of their own cultures through perseverance and determination.
The cinema will visit Rotherham, Swinton, Doncaster, Thorne, Goole, South Ferriby before reaching Hull.
The idea of a cinema on a customised narrowboat was conceived in 2011 by artists Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie to connect communities during the London Olympics.
A larger boat was designed for the current floating cinema by Duggan Morris Architects in 2013.
Annabel Grundy of Film Hub North said the Yorkshire floating cinema project aims to give "the widest range of cinematic stories from all over the world".
"We are delighted to see a Yorkshire tour of floating films as part of this year's celebrations," she said.
Tickets are free, but can be booked in advance.
Goals from James Coppinger and Mathieu Baudry either side of half-time, and Andy Williams' late effort, made it a 19th home game of the season without defeat as the leaders coast towards promotion.
Notts County threatened an upset when they took the lead after 19 minutes, as Rovers failed to clear a corner and Richard Duffy was on hand to slide the ball home from close range.
But from then on it was all Doncaster, and the leveller eventually came two minutes before the break as Coppinger was the right man in the right place to finish Matty Blair's low cross for his ninth goal of the campaign.
The turnaround was complete two minutes after the restart when Coppinger turned provider, whipping in a cross that Baudry headed into the top corner.
The Magpies, still not out of relegation danger, thought they had rescued a point but Haydn Hollis had a goal disallowed for an apparent foul at a corner and then, deep in added time, Williams converted into an empty net with goalkeeper Adam Collin up for a corner.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Doncaster Rovers 3, Notts County 1.
Second Half ends, Doncaster Rovers 3, Notts County 1.
Goal! Doncaster Rovers 3, Notts County 1. Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gary McSheffrey.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Andy Butler.
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Andy Butler.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
Andy Butler (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Richard Duffy (Notts County).
Matt Tootle (Notts County) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Mitchell Lund (Doncaster Rovers).
Jorge Grant (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Conor Grant (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matt Tootle (Notts County).
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Andy Williams replaces Alfie May.
Niall Mason (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Elliott Hewitt (Notts County).
Andy Butler (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Richard Duffy (Notts County).
Corner, Notts County. Conceded by Ian Lawlor.
Attempt saved. Shola Ameobi (Notts County) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Mathieu Baudry (Doncaster Rovers).
Shola Ameobi (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Doncaster Rovers. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Gary McSheffrey replaces James Coppinger.
Substitution, Notts County. Jonathan Forte replaces Robert Milsom.
Alfie May (Doncaster Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Alfie May (Doncaster Rovers).
Marc Bola (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Gary McSheffrey (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Robert Milsom (Notts County).
Foul by John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers).
Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Marc Bola (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Doncaster Rovers. Mitchell Lund replaces Matty Blair.
John Marquis (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tahvon Campbell (Notts County).
Ian Lawlor (Doncaster Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Andy Butler (Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Richard Duffy (Notts County).
It is part of of a wider Borders Transport Corridors Study being carried out by Transport Scotland.
It is looking at the case for extending the Borders Railway and improvements to the A1, A7 and A68.
Transport Minister Humza Yousaf asked anyone with an interest in the region's transport to complete an online survey.
"In the Scottish government's Programme for Government a commitment was given to examine the case for an extension of the Borders Railway along with improvements to the A1, A7 and A68," he said.
"Transport Scotland and its consultants are now considering a number of issues including accessibility in the Borders and links between its communities and the key markets of Edinburgh, Carlisle and Newcastle.
"The study will identify issues and opportunities on transport routes and identify where improvements can be made."
He said the comments made via the survey would inform the final report expected by the end of the year.
Two were left with substantial injuries including burns to the stomach, face and hand in Ridgewood Drive, St Helens at about 20:30 GMT on Friday.
The boys, all aged 12, were taken to hospital where two remain.
A 12-year-old boy is being questioned by police. Officers are looking at CCTV footage and are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
Det Insp Robbie Moss said: "We are speaking with the injured boys to piece together the full events of what's gone on.
"We are appealing for anyone who has any information about this incident to get in contact.
"Anyone under age, caught in possession of fireworks, will be dealt with robustly."
The Year 3 pupils were invited to West Midlands Police's firearms training facility after writing to officers following recent terror attacks.
A police picture of the pupils aiming plastic replica firearms at targets drew criticism on social media.
But Kings Norton Primary School parents had only "praise", a spokesman said.
West Midlands Police said the visit was to give pupils an insight into their work.
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Lyn Turner wrote on Facebook: "I'm not comfortable with this at all. Primary school kids? Parents don't like buying toy guns let alone showing them real ones. Not sure about this at all."
Sarah Massey said she was "horrified" by a picture of the event.
But an anonymous parent of a child who went on the trip said: "We just want to express our support for the trip, our son got a huge amount from it and it went a long way to explaining why armed police exist and why there have been more visible recently.
"We hope the actions of a minority of parents have not damaged the opportunities of other children's education by stopping such trips happening in the future."
The school said any issues that concern pupils are freely discussed and, after some had noticed an increase in armed police in the city in light of the recent terror attacks in London and Manchester, they "were naturally concerned".
Children then wrote to the force to thank them for their work and were subsequently invited to the firearms training facility in Aston, where they spent a day looking at "all aspects of police work, looking at the firing range was a small part of the visit", the school said.
"The children enjoyed themselves. They learned a great deal and their minds were put at ease around their initial concerns," the spokesman added.
No parents have contacted the school about the visit apart from to "praise us for the work we do".
As part of the visit to the facility, the pupils also got to dress up in riot gear and talk to officers about their jobs.
Det Insp Danny Delaney said: "The visit was also used as an opportunity for us to take the time out to talk with the children and stress to them that they shouldn't feel scared, and that we are here to keep people safe and give them an insight into our work."
The clubhouse of Sean Dolan's in Creggan was destroyed in a fire in the early hours of 28 December 2011.
The PSNI were disciplined in 2014 after a Police Ombudsman investigation found officers had failed to properly investigate the blaze.
The club said it is now looking forward to a new era after a £800,000 investment.
Founded in 1942, vice chairman Mark McCleary said the club's very existence was under threat following the arson attack.
"We had nothing, our pitch was overgrown, we didn't have changing rooms, we had to travel even to train and every match we had to play away from home for four years.
"Definitely a few times we thought we would just throw the towel in," Mr McCleary said.
The club lost its entire underage structure and has been surviving with just one senior team.
Police had initially concluded that the fire was caused by an electrical fault.
However, they later issued a statement sayingit said they were now treating the fire as arson.
After a difficult few years, club secretary and life-long member Danny Cassidy believes the future looks bright.
"It will take about five years to get back to where we were before the arson attack. It's not an easy task," Mr Cassidy said.
"We're under no illusions but this club belongs to the Creggan community and they're delighted to see the club up and running again.
"We're very proud of this area and it's great to see something that is going to enrich the Creggan community," he added.
The new facilities include a state-of-the art changing room and clubhouse area, as well as a new pitch.
It happened at 20.00 GMT on Tuesday when the Toyota she was driving was in collision with a Land Rover.
The 28-year-old died at the scene. The road was closed for eight hours while police investigated.
A man and woman from the Land Rover were taken to Salisbury District Hospital for treatment for minor injuries, while their two children escaped unhurt.
Wiltshire Police are asking witnesses to get in touch.
The High Court in Livingston heard that the child's family had no social work involvement for four months after their case worker went off sick.
Rachel Fee, 31, and her partner Nyomi Fee, 28, are accused of murdering two-year-old Liam in March 2014 at a house near Glenrothes, Fife, and ill-treating two other boys.
They deny all the charges against them.
Karen Pedder, 45, a manager with Fife Council, told the High Court in Livingston that a case worker was assigned to the case in January 2013, after they received reports from the toddler's nursery that he had numerous injuries.
A police officer and a social worker visited the family and accepted the "plausible explanation" from Rachel and Nyomi Fee that the youngster had bumped his head.
But when the official concerned went off sick on 1 April 2013, nobody else was assigned to monitor the family.
The court was told there was no further social work involvement until fresh concerns were raised about the child in June 2013.
She said a childminder claimed that Liam had been pinching himself and general concern was expressed about his development and speech delays
She said: "Again there was call to the social work contact centre from the Sunshine Nursery, which Liam attended. Again we had another interagency referral discussion.
"Again concerns were raised about Liam having numerous bruising to his body. The outcome was to seek medical opinion on Liam's injuries.
"The view of police and social work was they they didn't look like adult marks but there were concerns given the history."
She added: "We know where normal childhood bruising occurs. This was a different kind of bruising."
She said the combination of factors all caused concern, including one previous investigation, lack of seeking medical attention and social workers who visited the house reporting that Liam was in high chair in front of the TV eating lots of processed food.
Rachel Fee's defence counsel Brian McConnachie said to her: "What seems to have happened here is basically, as far as Liam is concerned, this case just went off the radar."
She replied: "It did. Yes."
She stressed that a case would normally be reviewed after about four weeks but she agreed that from April to June the interval was longer.
Mr McConnachie said: "On one view, who knows when the case would have been looked at again if other information had not come forward?"
Miss Pedder told him: "That's a procedural thing we should consider. We should look at the cases more regularly."
The jury were shown photographs of Liam playing at the Sunshine Nursery in Kirkcaldy.
Kimberly Trail, the former manager of the private facility, said the photographs showed how he had lost weight and become pale over a period of a few months.
She said she and her staff catalogued a series of injuries to Liam's ears and fingers, a black eye and bruises to his body over the weeks he attended the nursery.
She related one incident when Liam was not happy to see his mum arrive to collect him.
She said: "When Liam saw Rachel the look on Liam's face was quite frightening."
On another occasion she said Nyomi Fee approached the nursery "really angry" after a call from a health visitor following up concerns raised by the nursery staff.
After a discussion she removed Liam from the nursery.
Rachel Fee and Nyomi Fee, who are originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, are accused of murdering Liam in March 2014 and attempting to defeat the ends of justice by blaming the killing on a young boy.
The couple are also charged with a catalogue of allegations that they neglected Liam and abused two other children, one of whom they blame for killing Liam, in their care over a two-year period.
They deny all the charges against them.
The trial at the High Court in Livingston continues.
Justice department officials said the move would be inconsistent with rules designed to avoid the appearance of interference in an election.
FBI Director James Comey acted independently when he briefed lawmakers in a letter on Friday.
Mrs Clinton said the move was "unprecedented" and "deeply troubling".
FBI investigators have known about the existence of the newly discovered emails for weeks but did not inform the FBI director, according to US media reports.
Leading Democratic senators have written to Mr Comey and to Attorney General Loretta Lynch urging them to provide more details about the investigation by Monday.
They argue that Mr Comey's decision to reveal the reopening of the case, less than two weeks before the 8 November election, is being used for political purposes.
But Republican opponent Donald Trump has praised the FBI's decision.
Speaking at a rally in Nevada on Sunday, Mr Trump accused the justice department of protecting the Democratic presidential candidate in a "rigged system".
"The Department of Justice is trying their hardest to protect the criminal activity of Hillary Clinton," Mr Trump said, offering no evidence for the assertion.
In his letter to Congress, Mr Comey said the FBI had learned of fresh emails which might be "pertinent" to its previous inquiry into Mrs Clinton's use of a private server when she was secretary of state in the Obama administration.
Mr Comey, who has served in government under both Democratic and Republican presidents, has insisted that not making the inquiry public would be "misleading".
It is not clear what the emails - which the FBI said it discovered "in connection with an unrelated case" - contain or how significant they are to the investigation.
The unrelated case is said to be the inquiry into top Clinton aide Huma Abedin's estranged husband, former congressman Anthony Weiner, who is alleged to have sent sexually explicit emails to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina.
Speaking to supporters in Florida on Saturday, Mrs Clinton said: "It's not just strange, it's unprecedented. And it is deeply troubling because voters deserve to get full and complete facts.
"So we've called on Director Comey to explain everything right away, put it all out on the table."
Mrs Clinton has said she is confident the investigation into the emails will not change the FBI's original finding in July, which criticised her but cleared her of any illegal acts.
Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said the Mr Comey's handling of the matter was "inappropriate" and the information provided was "long on innuendo" and "short on facts".
There was, he said, "no evidence of wrongdoing. No charge of wrongdoing. No indication this is even about Hillary."
Mrs Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine told NBC's Meet the Press the FBI director owed it to the public to be more forthcoming about the emails.
"We don't know whether they're to or from Hillary at all," the Virginia senator said. "[If he] hasn't seen the emails, I mean they need to make that completely plain. Then they should work to see the emails and release the circumstances of those once they have done that analysis."
But Mr Trump's running mate Mike Pence praised Mr Comey's decision, saying the emails showed Mrs Clinton was a "risky choice" and the Clinton campaign was practising the "old playbook of the politics of personal destruction" by "targeting the director of the FBI and questioning his personal integrity".
Mr Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told CNN that Mr Comey would have been accused of interfering in the election if he had not disclosed the newly discovered emails were under investigation.
The bad news for Hillary Clinton is that the polls had already begun to tighten both nationally and in key battleground states before the FBI announcement on Friday.
A new New York Times poll in Florida, which was carried out earlier last week, has Mr Trump ahead of Mrs Clinton by 46% to 42%, while the RealClearPolitics polling average has the candidates tied on 44%.
Nationally, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll suggests Mrs Clinton is leading her rival by just one percentage point, down from a 12-point lead in the same poll a week ago. About a third of likely voters polled said they were less likely to support the Democrat after Mr Comey's disclosure.
But there is little evidence yet that the news will derail the former secretary of state's bid for the presidency.
In a new CBS poll of 13 battleground states, 52 percent of voters said they expected the emails to contain "more of what we already know" and most of those who said they were less likely to vote for Mrs Clinton were Republicans.
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The City regulator said Barclays arranged a deal worth £1.88bn for wealthy clients in 2011 and 2012 which it kept quiet.
It did not conduct the proper checks on clients who should have been considered politically high risk.
The bank said it co-operated fully with the inquiry.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that the clients were "politically exposed persons" and so should have undergone greater scrutiny by Barclays.
The watchdog said that this should have been done to minimise the risk that no financial crime would result.
No such crime was committed, but Barclays was found to have applied a lower level of checks than was the case with lower-risk customers.
The FCA said the bank went to "unacceptable lengths" to accommodate these wealthy clients, because it did not want to inconvenience them.
Records of the deal which made Barclays £52m, were kept strictly confidential, even within the bank. It promised to pay out to customers if this confidentiality was exposed.
The deal was referred to as an "elephant deal" within the bank - a term used for transactions worth more than £20m.
Few people knew of the existence and location of Barclays' checks, which were kept on a hard copy and not on the bank's systems.
"Barclays ignored its own process designed to safeguard against the risk of financial crime and overlooked obvious red flags to win new business and generate significant revenue. This is wholly unacceptable," said Mark Steward, director of enforcement and market oversight at the FCA.
The bank said: "Barclays has co-operated fully with the FCA throughout and continues to apply significant resources and training to ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements."
State television showed images of Mr Castro at a meeting with cheese experts near the capital, Havana.
Fidel Castro, 88, handed power to his younger brother Raul in 2006 after struggling to recover from illness.
His appearance comes days after Cuba and the United States announced they were reopening embassies in each other's capitals on 20 July.
Mr Castro is rarely seen in public, and secrecy about his health means his public appearances are scrutinised by the media.
The historic thaw between the old Cold War enemies was announced on 17 December, in joint media conferences by Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro.
There was no immediate comment from Fidel Castro, and analysts said the rapprochement would not have happened if he was still in power.
Just over a month later, he broke his silence in a letter published on the Cuban Communist Party newspaper, Granma.
"I don't trust the policy of the United States… but this does not mean I reject a pacific solution to the conflicts," he wrote.
Relations had been frozen since the early 1960s when the US broke links and imposed a trade embargo on Cuba.
The NIHF says the UK VAT rate of 20% puts Northern Ireland at a major disadvantage.
The rate in the Republic of Ireland is just 9%.
Last month the Treasury said it did not accept the case for a UK-wide VAT rate cut for restaurants and catering.
A Treasury spokesman said: "A 5% reduced rate on catering services is estimated to cost around £9bn to the Exchequer."
Janice Gault, NIHF chief executive, said as the matter is not devolved the executive should "make the issue a staple" in communication with the Treasury.
The NIHF has launched a new report called Tourism 2020 that also calls on the Northern Ireland Executive to bring forward "an updated and more cohesive" tourism strategy.
James McGinn, the NIHF president, said that while the industry had benefited from events and campaigns such as NI2012 and UK City of Culture, there needed to be "movement around the marketing of Northern Ireland".
A DETI spokeswoman said: "The tourism minister met with outgoing and incoming chairs of NIHF on Tuesday and discussed the issues raised in the Tourism 2020 document.
"The minister notes that many of the points highlighted in the report fit with the overarching objectives of the Programme for Government and NI Economic Strategy and our specific commitment to grow tourism into a £1bn industry by 2020.
"Our focus more recently has been on delivering the necessary tourism product, key events and global marketing campaigns to ensure that 2012 and 2013, which are crucial years for Northern Ireland tourism, are successful and bring maximum economic benefit to the local economy."
Victoria Price, 42, from Porthcawl, had been in agony for more than a day with a suspected infection or perforated eardrum.
But after going to the emergency unit at the Princess of Wales Hospital, staff pulled the "chunky" spider out of her ear.
The mother-of-one said everyone there was "really grossed out".
Mrs Price, who is a member of Newton Lifeguard Club and swims in the sea several times a week, had changed in the beach hut as usual and then headed home for a shower.
"I got out of the shower and the pain in my ear was just incredible. I was like Irish dancing around the bathroom. I didn't know what to do with myself," she said.
"I assumed I had trapped water or I'd perforated an eardrum or something."
She only realised there was something "alive in there" after her husband looked inside her ear the following day and could "see it looking up out of the top".
The spider was removed by emergency nurse practitioner Sarah Gaze.
She said: "It was alive and very wriggly. It was quite big too.
"Victoria was very brave - braver than me. I didn't find it a pleasant experience at all but it was my job so I had to overcome my fear."
Mrs Price added: "There was no further damage - or any eggs laid, as everyone keeps asking me."
Everything here was peaceful and quiet until they built a giant metallurgical plant, a munitions factory and heavy machine-building enterprise. Under communism the town was renamed Elektrostal ('ElectroSteel'). To reflect the absence of peace and quiet.
Communism collapsed a quarter of a century ago. But today, like many places in Russia, Elektrostal still has a Lenin Square and a Soviet street. It has something else, too, that was very common in the USSR: a deep suspicion of the West.
At a newspaper kiosk I ask sales assistant Nadezhda what she thinks of the Panama Papers, and claims of a money laundering ring close to the Kremlin.
"I have a very negative attitude… towards you!" Nadezhda replies.
"That's a pity," I respond, "I don't have a negative attitude towards you."
"It's nothing personal," explains Nadezhda. "You seem quite a decent person. It's your country I don't like and its scheming. All these 'investigations' are a waste of time and money. We know what you're up to."
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Nadezhda calls over her friend, the ice cream seller.
"Marina, come here, they're trying to rub Putin's face in the dirt."
"We're for Putin, we're for Russia," the ice cream lady declares. "The West just wants to topple him and put one of its own people in his place. Someone like Ukraine's President [Petro] Poroshenko."
"But what about the claims about offshore accounts, tax evasion and money laundering close to the Kremlin?" I ask, "Doesn't that surprise you?"
"People high up have always had accounts like these and they always will," Marina says, "And Putin can't keep an eye on everyone."
At the Elektrostal hair salon, manager Galina believes Russia is a cut above the West.
"It's bad that we have enemies, like America, who always criticise Russia," Galina tells me. "The Americans just want to conquer the world. I'm certain that Putin has no connection to these alleged accounts."
Later in the park I meet a mathematician called Boris. I ask what he thinks about allegations people close to the president have been channelling huge sums through offshore companies.
"Well, it doesn't affect my life in any way," Boris replies, "and if it doesn't affect me or the people around me, then as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist. Anyway, Putin is the greatest leader of modern times."
This is precisely the picture that state television in Russia paints: heroic Putin versus evil West. The message is so powerful it often overrides the scepticism some people do feel about what TV is telling them.
"We can't rely on the mass media these days," says Zhanna, a teacher at the Elektrostal Foreign Language School. "Sometimes we are in a difficult situation; we don't know who to believe. All mass media tell lies, everywhere."
But that does not affect Zhanna's view of Vladimir Putin.
"I think he is not worth criticising. He is a worthy president and he behaves correctly."
I ask Zhanna what she makes of past rumours that Vladimir Putin has a multi-billion dollar fortune.
"No, these accusations are not right. Not at all. Accusations are necessary for our enemies. That's why they try to exaggerate things or invent things."
Most of the people I speak to in Elektrostal are critical of Western leaders and governments.
But with the exception, perhaps, of Nadezhda the newspaper vendor, I am made to feel very welcome. In the park, three friends, Nikita, Ivan and Andrei, get off their bikes and offer me what looks like cognac. When I politely decline, explaining I am driving, they get me to "clink" the bottle with my fist as a sign of friendship.
The friends disagree about the Panama Papers. Ivan dismisses the documents as "total rubbish". But Nikita declares himself a rare voice "against Putin". He says he believes the findings of the journalists' investigation are true.
Before I leave Elektrostal I get chatting to a pensioner called Ella. She's sitting on the pavement selling socks and stockings, to supplement her pension. You might think that if anyone would be angry at the suggestion huge sums of money were being squirrelled abroad, it would be Ella. But she doesn't seem to care.
"I don't know about any of these offshore accounts," Ella tells me, "but I do know that a head of state has the right to be well off. He carries such a weight of responsibility."
To many Russians, power and wealth go hand in hand. And many here remain suspicious of the West. As long as Russians are focused on enemies abroad, their leaders at home will feel quite safe.
Adult Player appeared to offer pornography, but secretly took pictures of users with the phone's front-facing camera.
It then locked the user's device and displayed a demand for $500 (£330) which was difficult to bypass.
One security expert told the BBC that ransomware was a lucrative and growing area of cybercrime.
Apps which demand money from people with a threat to release private information, or wipe a device, are known as ransomware.
In August, Intel Security said examples of ransomware had increased 127% since 2014 - primarily affecting desktop computers and laptops.
"One of the reasons for the increase is that it's very easy to make," said Raj Samani, chief technology officer for Intel Security in Europe.
"There are people you can pay to do the work for you, and it pays really well. One group we tracked made more than $75,000 in 10 weeks.
"Apps like this rely on the embarrassment factor. If you don't pay, your reputation is on the line."
Adult Player was the second example of pornography-focused ransomware discovered by Zscaler.
The app was not available from vetted storefronts such as Google Play, but could be installed directly from a webpage.
Zscaler said the app's ransom message kept the phone's screen switched on at all times, and reappeared if the handset was restarted.
"Ransomware is more prevalent on computers than phones, but this could be the start of a trend," said Mr Samani.
"You can stay safe with some basic common sense. Some ransomware threatens to delete your photos, videos and documents so back up your data. Then if you are targeted you can wipe your system and start over.
"Only download apps from the proper Google Play store. And if you receive an app download link in an email, don't click it."
Zscaler said anybody that had downloaded Adult Player should reboot their handset into "safe mode". The exact method varies between handset manufacturers.
Safe mode loads the operating system without running any third-party apps, allowing people to delete malicious software.
He was in the house in Canal Walk on the Stradbally Road at the time of the blast.
The fireman has been taken to a nearby hospital but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
A couple and two young children who live at the house were not in at the time of the blast. Emergency services are still at the scene.
The Esmeralda docked at West India Docks in Canary Wharf as part of an organised visit.
Used as an interrogation centre during the 1973 military coup, protestors said the ship should not be in UK waters.
The Ministry of Defence said its arrival was routine and symbolic of the UK's relationship with Chile.
The Foreign Office said it was "aware of the allegations of human rights abuses" related to the vessel and judicial proceedings were "ongoing".
The protestors said people were tortured on board, including British Priest Father Michael Woodward, whose body has never been recovered.
Jimmy Bell, who arrived in the UK as a refugee in 1974 said: "It is shameful that the British Government is allowing this torture ship into British Waters."
He said: "Men were tortured, women were raped and people were actually killed. The Navy refused to recognise what they've done and they continue to use this vessel in a diplomatic way and it's an outrage.
"We have no problem with the Chilean Navy coming to the UK, it's the use of this vessel, which was a torture centre that we have a problem with."
Sarah De Witt, who now works as a social worker in London, but was taken as a political prisoner, said: "I was tortured, beaten up. I was given injections.
"I survived, but many of my friends were killed."
The ship is now used as a naval training ship, and tours the world to promote Chilean interests.
During a previous visit to UK waters, Amnesty International said using the vessel as a "goodwill ambassador" was an "affront to the victims of torture".
In 1973 General Pinochet led a military coup to oust the then Chilean leader, President Allende, and went on to represent the military regime
He ordered many purges which saw more than 3,000 supporters of the Allende regime killed, tortured and forced into exile
He closed down the Chilean Parliament, banned all political and trade union activity, and in 1974 appointed himself president
Under a new constitution he reluctantly stepped down as president in 1990, remaining commander-in-chief of the army until 1998
The 47-year-old replaced Jamie Day at the Essex club in September with the club in the relegation zone after just two wins from their opening 12 games.
Hayrettin led Braintree to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time.
Despite winning 15 of his 41 matches in charge, the Iron were relegated by a final-day defeat by Aldershot.
Chairman Lee Harding said: "If we had appointed Hakan back in the summer and given him that blank sheet of paper, I am sure we would not have struggled as we have.
"He's given us everything and came so close the securing our status."
Hayrettin added: "We're all disappointed how it finished up, but I'd like to thank everyone that helped me and I wish you all the very best for the future."
Sidney Kilmartin, 54, mailed a substance he said was cyanide - but which was actually Epsom salts - to several suicidal people, police said.
But he sent the real thing to 49-year-old Andrew Denton, of Hull, who used it to kill himself at his home in December 2012.
Prosecutors said Kilmartin wanted to stop Mr Denton reporting the fraud.
A federal jury found him guilty on Tuesday of mailing injurious articles resulting in death and witness tampering.
Kilmartin, formerly of Windham, Maine, had earlier pleaded guilty to mail fraud and wire fraud, but denied the more serious charges.
He was found not guilty of witness retaliation.
Kilmartin faces the possibility of life in prison.
The trial, which began on 3 October, heard Kilmartin would present himself to suicidal people as an "angel of mercy".
In his opening statement, Assistant US Attorney Halsey Frank, prosecuting, said: "Sidney Kilmartin targeted vulnerable people who were depressed to the point of suicide to take advantage of.
"When Andrew Denton had the audacity to complain that Mr Kilmartin had defrauded and taken advantage of him, Mr Kilmartin killed him."
A court affidavit said Kilmartin obtained the cyanide by posing as a jeweller to persuade a California distributor to ship him 100g of the chemical for $127.56.
The Selhurst Park pitch has been having problems with microscopic parasites that weaken the roots within the turf.
Liquid garlic is a pungent but effective way of treating the problem.
"Think of your garlic at home and times that by 100," Palace head groundsman Bruce Elliott told cpfc.co.uk.
"We have a problem with nematodes, which are a microscopic, parasitic worm-like creatures that live within the root zone.
"When it gets in there it can distort the roots system and creates a weak plant that is susceptible to disease and wear and tear."
Palace's first pre-season friendly at Selhurst Park is on 5 August against German side Schalke.
Frank de Boer's side host Huddersfield on the opening day of the Premier League campaign on 12 August.
Hopefully, Palace will have more luck with this unusual method than Darlington did with their own novel approach in 1999.
The Quakers introduced 500lbs of worms to their flooded pitch to help irrigate it, only for them to drown.
Police fired two canisters towards the team, one of which smashed into their car, filling it with gas.
The incident occurred near Kobane, the scene of fierce fighting between advancing Islamic State (IS) militants and Syrian Kurds defending the town.
Kurds in Turkey are angry at perceived Turkish inaction in the battle.
Possibly prompted by a rocket, which landed in a house on the Turkish side of the border, the authorities decided to evacuate the whole area.
It was done with a heavy hand, using volleys of tear gas. Kurdish activists scattered across the fields, pursued by white clouds of gas.
We stopped to film a final piece to camera before leaving. Across the field, people were rushing to attend to a body lying prone in the dirt.
A white police truck approached and fired a tear gas canister which bounded along the track beside us.
As we clambered into our vehicle and started to leave, a second canister smashed through the rear window. It had been fired from no more than 10 feet away and could easily have killed anyone it hit.
The van quickly filled with choking tear gas. Curtains and upholstery started to catch fire. As we coughed and spluttered on the ground outside, our quick thinking driver and safety adviser put the fire out.
As we drove into the nearby town of Suruc, angry Kurdish youths were putting rocks across the road and brandishing stones. They were spoiling for a fight.
Meanwhile activists from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say a female Kurdish fighter has carried out a suicide attack on IS positions in the east of Kobane, killing a number of jihadists.
US-led forces have been conducting air strikes on IS positions in the area to try to slow their advance.
The strikes appeared to have slowed the IS advance, although the jihadists had captured part of a strategically important hill which would make it easier to take the town itself, the activists added.
The militants have been besieging the town for nearly three weeks. More than 160,000 Syrians, mainly Kurds, have fled across the border since the offensive was launched.
Capturing the town, also known as Ayn al-Arab, would give IS unbroken control of a long stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border.
Turkish Kurds and refugees have clashed with Turkish security forces on the border for the last two days.
They are angry and disappointed at Turkey's perceived inaction over IS in recent months, as well as its refusal to allow them to cross into Syria to fight.
Last week, Turkey pledged to prevent Kobane from falling to the militants and its parliament has authorised military operations against militants in Iraq and Syria.
But it appears to have taken no action so far to prevent the fighting.
Correspondents says Turkey is reluctant to lend support to the Kurdish forces in the town because they are allied to the PKK, banned as a terrorist organisation in Turkey.
The unscheduled stop came after he called for an end to the "increasingly unacceptable" Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Speaking in Bethlehem, the Pope invited the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican to pray for peace.
The tour's official purpose is to improve ties with the Orthodox Church.
The Pope is to meet Bartholomew I, the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, in Jerusalem later - to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a historic meeting of Catholic and Orthodox leaders who moved to end 900 years of division between the two churches.
Francis's visit comes just weeks after peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians broke down, and his invitation to Rome for Presidents Peres and Abbas - quickly welcomed by both - is an intriguing development, says BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen.
Following the Mass in Bethlehem, the Pope flew by helicopter to Tel Aviv where he was formally welcomed to Israel by President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This has turned into a much better than expected visit for the Palestinians, according to a PLO official I spoke to here in Bethlehem.
Palestinians have used social media to post pictures of Pope Francis praying at the 8m concrete wall that separates Bethlehem from Jerusalem. The Israelis say the wall and other parts of the separation barrier are vital for the security of their people. But for Palestinians the wall is tangible symbol of what they say is Israel's intention to grab as much land as possible.
The invitation to Rome for President Peres of Israel and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is an intriguing development, at a time when negotiations have collapsed. The Pope's spokesman said it was a papal peace initiative, based on the Pope's moral and spiritual authority.
"The time has come to put an end to this situation which has become increasingly unacceptable," the Pope said on Sunday as he met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
He talked of the "tragic consequences of the protracted conflict" and the need "to intensify efforts and initiatives" to create a stable peace - based on a two-state solution.
He later held an open-air Mass for 8,000 local Christians by Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, during which he said he wished to invite Mr Abbas and Mr Peres to join him at the Vatican "in heartfelt prayer to God for the gift of peace".
The Pope's spokesman, Federico Lombardi, told the BBC the move was papal peace initiative and believed to be the first of its kind.
Pope Francis has insisted the purpose of his Middle East trip is purely religious, but his first speech on his arrival in Bethlehem showed he is also willing to address pressing political issues, correspondents say.
On his way to Bethlehem, he stopped to pray at an 8m concrete wall that is part of the barrier Israel is building in and around the West Bank.
The Pope rested his head against the wall - which Israel says is needed for security, but the Palestinians see as a land grab - near graffiti reading: "Free Palestine."
Palestinian officials have noted that Pope Francis is the first pontiff to travel directly to the West Bank rather than enter via Israel: Many Palestinians see that as a recognition of their push for full statehood.
Israel has issued restraining orders against several Jewish right-wing activists this week over concerns that they could try to disrupt the visit.
Twenty-six people were arrested overnight for throwing stones and bottles at police during a protest at a holy site on Mount Zion, reports say.
The Pope's tour began on Saturday with a visit to Jordan.
On Monday he is due to visit the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem's Old City followed by the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall.
Pope Francis will be the fourth leader of the modern Roman Catholic Church to visit Jerusalem, after Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who went there in 2009.
The £783m vessel, which came into Southampton earlier, is 361m (1,187ft) long and can carry 6,780 passengers.
It features 20 restaurants, 23 swimming pools and took more than two-and-a-half years to construct.
The 70m (230ft) high cruise ship had its first trial in March when it was guided out to sea from the port of Saint-Nazaire.
It will leave Southampton for a four-night cruise to Rotterdam on 22 May.
On 26 May it will leave the city again for a three-night cruise to Cherbourg before finally leaving Southampton for its summer base of Barcelona on 29 May.
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The research found 90% were satisfied with their GP care and 91% with their last NHS hospital appointment.
But only 24% of adults in Blaenau Gwent agreed their council provided high quality services, the lowest figure.
Conwy performed best on that measure - 61% said services were high quality.
Ceredigion was next with 58% and Cardiff 57% in figures released in the latest National Survey for Wales.
Authorities following Blaenau Gwent in scoring badly on how their services were perceived included Anglesey, where 34% said they were high quality, Powys 35%, and Merthyr Tydfil 38%.
The survey was conducted by the Office for National Statistics for the Welsh Government.
On health matters, 87% of respondents said they were satisfied with emergency ambulance services, but that figure had fallen from 90% in 2014-15.
Social care and support services were rated excellent or good by 70% of people, lower than for NHS services but similar to the figure recorded in the 2014-15 survey.
At a personal level, 47% of adults said they had a physical or mental condition expected to last a year or more and 33% stated their condition or illness limited their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
Around 59% said they had done some physical or sporting activity in the previous four weeks, with 34% of people saying they had walked more than two miles.
With education, 90% parents said they were satisfied with their child's primary school and 85% with their secondary school.
Asked about their local area as a whole, 72% said they felt like they belonged there and that people of different backgrounds got on well together, whilst 73% felt people treated each other with respect and consideration.
Those figures are lower than in 2014-15, when around 80% answered yes to those questions.
The survey found 17% of people in Wales to be lonely, using an internationally recognised scale of measurement.
Some 15% said they were materially deprived, meaning they could not afford to pay for basic needs such as keeping the house warm.
Around 66% said they had no difficulty keeping up with paying their bills and credit commitments, a big increase on the 48% figure in 2012-13.
The survey found 85% of adults were now using the internet, compared to 77% in 2012-13, and one in five said they could speak Welsh.
On environmental matters, 67% reported they were concerned about climate change - 21% were very concerned and 46% very concerned.
Around 93% believed the world's climate is changing, with 51% saying they thought it was either partly (51%) or mainly (37%) caused by human activity.
Some 9% thought climate change was prompted by natural processes and 2% did not believe climate change was occurring.
Around 97% said they were recycling to protect the environment and 47% reported they were reducing the amount of energy they used at home.
Buying more energy efficient appliances (41%) and locally produced food (39%) were other popular ways people said they were thinking of the environment.
10,493 interviews with adults aged 16+ were carried out between 30 March 2016 and 31 March 2016 by the Office for National Statistics.
Many of the delays that passengers on Virgin Rail suffer are down to Network Rail, he said.
"Network Rail is far too big a company," he said. "I think that companies that kind of size should be broken up into small units."
Network Rail said decisions on its future would be taken by the government.
Sir Richard added that "ideally" the train operators should manage the track they use.
"We get enormously frustrated that people say will say that Virgin Rail has delays, but 90% of those delays are down to Network Rail," he told the BBC.
"If we were running the track underneath, because we've got our trains running on that track we'd make absolutely certain that track was fixed and running well, because we value our reputation."
When asked if a break-up of Network Rail was likely, he said: "I don't know; I've thrown that idea out before. Maybe right now it's an option that might be considered."
A spokesman for Network Rail described Sir Richard's figures as "incorrect", adding: "Over the last year (to 30 May), infrastructure faults were responsible for around a third (36%) of delays to Virgin Trains services."
On Thursday, the government said it would delay or cut back a number of modernisation projects planned for Network Rail.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said rising costs and missed targets made an existing £38.5bn investment plan untenable,
Mr McLoughlin said Network Rail should have foreseen the improvements would cost more and take longer.
Network Rail said the plan, which was launched last year as the "largest modernisation of the railways since Victorian times", was too ambitious.
Under the changes, the government said electrification work on the Midland main line and on the Trans-Pennine route between Leeds and Manchester would be "paused".
Shane Long headed high for the home side but atoned when he pounced on a Baba Rahman blunder before clipping a shot over keeper Thibaut Courtois.
Diego Costa volleyed wide for Chelsea but the visitors equalised when a Cesc Fabregas cross crept in.
Chelsea finished strongly and Ivanovic headed in from a Willian corner.
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Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink managed Southampton counterpart Ronald Koeman when the pair won the European Cup with PSV Eindhoven in 1988.
They later fell out over Hiddink's appointment as Netherlands manager in 2014, although both have said there were no hard feelings.
They shared a handshake and a few words before their teams competed in a fascinating match.
Southampton were initially on top but Chelsea showed they had the greater stamina and capitalised on the home side dropping back too much after the break.
Hiddink will not only be pleased with his side's desire and commitment but the fact they recovered from conceding against a team who had not let in a goal in six games.
The Blues remain unbeaten in the Dutchman's 11 league games since he took over from Jose Mourinho.
Southampton had been unbeaten in six league games, including five wins, before this match.
Keeper Fraser Forster set a top-flight league record of going 667 minutes without being beaten when the clock reached 34 minutes at St Mary's and, when he did eventually let a goal in, it was in bizarre circumstances.
The assistant was flagging for a foul by Chelsea's Kenedy on Cedric Soares but referee Martin Atkinson overruled and Fabregas sent in a low curling cross, which Forster misjudged as it went across him and in at the far post.
"I don't understand that. The linesman is the closest to the situation. If it is a fault by Kenedy then you have to listen to the linesman. That's why you have linesmen - to help you," Koeman said.
When asked about his view, Hiddink said: "There are many duels and referees in England usually let a lot of duels go."
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Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink: "I think it was a deserved win for us. They haven't conceded in the last six, seven games so it was successful for us.
"We had a setback when we went 1-0 down - it was a present from our defence - but we did very well in the second half. We were well organised and then got the goals."
On replacing Baba Rahman, whose mistake led to Southampton's goal, at half-time: "I don't want to make a fake injury. I took him off because of the error. He has to cope with that. He was very down in the locker room about his mistake, but we have to make decisions like we did."
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Chelsea face another away trip as they travel to Norwich for a top-flight game on Tuesday (19:45 GMT), while Southampton are at Bournemouth the same evening.
So when Ireland coach Joe Schmidt revealed his contract would not allow him to take a year off to take charge of the tourists, in some people's eyes Sunday's Six Nations match against Wales lost a little of its spice.
It wasn't just a game, it was a presidential candidacy caucus for Schmidt and Wales coach Warren Gatland; the opening round of a campaign which will end in the autumn when the successful candidate will be named.
But wait a second. This is Ireland, chasing an unprecedented third consecutive title against Wales, the side who have so often derailed Irish hopes and, in turn, had their ambitions crushed by the men in emerald.
Celtic cousins, perhaps. Bosom pals - not once the whistle goes. There is no added incentive required.
Ireland and Wales have won six of the last eight tournaments between them and when it comes to sub-plots, there are already enough to populate a season of Quentin Tarantino films.
Here are five of the best.
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Wales ended a 28-year run without a Grand Slam when they beat Ireland 32-20 at a euphoric Millennium Stadium in 2005.
A day of high drama and higher passion saw plenty of needle.
Brian O'Driscoll had a niggle or two with Gavin Henson, and Gethin Jenkins celebrated Wales' opening try by throwing the ball at Ireland fly-half Ronan O'Gara. He missed.
Four years later Ireland came to Cardiff chasing their first Grand Slam since 1948 and were almost denied when Stephen Jones narrowly missed a long-range penalty with the last kick of the game.
In truth, Ireland's 17-15 win was richly deserved with the peerless O'Driscoll scoring one of their two tries in a dominant second-half display.
But even when clearly the better team, the Irish almost let the cup slip.
Warren Gatland's decision to leave Brian O'Driscoll out of the squad for the British and Irish Lions' decisive third Test against Australia in 2013 caused an wealth of Irish indignation.
In fairness, it was not just in the Emerald Isle that eyebrows and danders were raised.
A succession of former players and pundits rounded on Gatland, who claimed to be shocked at the vitriolic criticism he faced.
Suspicions of Wales squad favouritism were further fuelled because O'Driscoll's omission was to make way for fit-again Jamie Roberts, who was partnered with Wales colleague Jonathan Davies and not O'Driscoll, with whom he'd been such a success in South Africa in 2009.
The fact the Lions crushed the Wallabies to register a first series win since 1997 did little to salve the soreness many felt.
O'Driscoll later the same year said Gatland was unlikely to be on his Christmas card list, but in 2014 had mellowed and said he felt no resentment towards the New Zealander.
Fans are not as understanding.
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The match in Cardiff in 2011 was another which left the Irish seething after Mike Phillips scored a runaway try from a quick throw in by Matthew Rees.
It was enough to seal a 19-13 win for Wales - but the try should not have been allowed.
Replays showed a ball boy had handed Rees the ball and that it was different to the one kicked out of play by Ronan O'Gara - both actions against the laws of the game when it comes to a quick throw-in.
"We were robbed," said Ireland skipper Brian O'Driscoll. Though this time it was referee Jonathan Kapland who was the target of his ire, rather than the Welsh players for trying - and succeeding - to pull a fast one.
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Ireland are the defending champions but 2015 really should have been a Grand Slam year for Schmidt's men.
The fly in the ointment was Wales, whose obstinate refusal to buckle in the face of total Irish domination in Cardiff earned a 23-16 win.
Floodlit robbery? That does no justice to Wales' extraordinary defensive display and the brilliance of Scott Williams' decisive try.
But unquestionably Ireland's lack of the cutting edge they later showed against a less resilient Scotland cost them the ultimate crown.
Perhaps the simple truth behind the rivalry between Wales and Ireland is that they tend to meet in big matches.
Aside from the Grand Slam showdowns in 2005 and 2009, both teams were unbeaten going into their 2008 meeting in Croke Park, which saw Wales take the Triple Crown on their way to Warren Gatland's first Grand Slam.
In addition, there was the small matter of the quarter final of the 2011 World Cup, when a fancied Irish team were chop-tackled to a comprehensive defeat by a fresh-faced Wales team.
O'Driscoll later confessed that result was the biggest disappointment of his career - and when you consider what happened to him when he was captain of the 2005 British and Irish Lions, that is possibly a surprising admission.
Make no mistake, Ireland versus Wales will lack nothing. This is never going to be friendly.
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The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said the number of cars built in October was up 17% from 2012.
It said the change was the biggest year-on-year increase to date in 2013.
The growth was largely driven by demand for cars to sell in Britain rather than for export, the SMMT said.
It reported 160,854 cars were built in the UK last month, with demand being driven by cheap finance deals and rising consumer confidence.
So far this year, the industry has produced 1,286,287 cars, 5.4% more than at the same point in 2012, the SMMT said.
"UK car manufacturing for the home market increased strongly in October," said SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes.
"With European demand showing early signs of recovery, we expect production to continue positively in the coming months."
Activity in Britain's factories was also up, with order numbers at the highest level since March 1995, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
The CBI's industrial trends survey's total orders showed a positive balance of 11 in November from minus four in October, beating predictions of zero and the average of minus 17.
Total output for the three months to November was at its highest level since January 1995.
Director of economics at the CBI Stephen Gifford said the growth showed "encouraging signs of a broadening and deepening recovery".
He said: "Manufacturers finally seem to be feeling the benefit of growing confidence and spending within the UK and globally."
Among those at Buckingham Palace were the widow and son of Fusilier Lee Rigby, killed outside Woolwich Barracks in south-east London in 2013.
Prince Harry told the crowd: "We're here to celebrate you".
The prince and duke have recently spoken of the loss of their mother.
William and Kate joined children at face-painting and cupcake decorating stalls, while circus acts and magicians also entertained the guests.
Prince Harry told guests: "We as a family, we as a nation, and we up and down the country will never ever forget about the sacrifices that every single one of you have made."
He added: "For that, every single one of us here, all the organisers, the three of us the whole of our family and the whole of this nation, thank you so, so much for everything you guys have done.
"I can assure you that Buckingham Palace gardens have not seen this much fun, ever."
The competition authority announced it was looking to take the legal wrangle over the company's ferry service to the Supreme Court saying it should be treated as a merger.
Eurotunnel bought the three ships from SeaFrance when it went bust in 2012 and leased them to MyFerryLink.
The lease will not be renewed when it expires on 2 July, Eurotunnel said.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has argued that Eurotunnel has more than half the market share of Channel crossings with its rail services and MyFerryLink service between Dover and Calais.
The CMA said it was looking to take the case to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal had ruled the authority did not have jurisdiction over the purchase of the three ferries.
In January, Eurotunnel was told it must cease its MyFerryLink cross Channel service following a ruling by the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Court of Appeal judges overturned the decision earlier this month with a two-to-one majority verdict.
Aabid Ali, 48, went before Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Mr Ali, formerly known as Darren Glennon from Wrexham, is charged with two counts of possessing a document likely to be useful to a person preparing to commit an act of terrorism and encouragement of terrorism.
No pleas were entered and Mr Ali, originally from Manchester, was remanded in custody until 9 December.
Enda Kenny was responding to a question in the Dáil (Irish Parliament) from the Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams.
Mr Adams has raised the issue a number of times in the House.
The taoiseach said: "We don't have an agreement because we don't know what the British are looking for."
He was speaking as Jeremy Corbyn accused Theresa May of presiding over a "shambolic Tory Brexit", saying the government had no plan for the UK's EU departure.
Speaking at PMQs on Wednesday, the Labour leader called for clarity and warned of the effect of Brexit on the Irish border.
The PM pledged no return to the "borders of the past" saying a Common Travel Area had existed since 1923.
Next Wednesday will see an all-island forum on the implications of Brexit.
Mr Kenny said he had written to 300 people inviting them and that it was the intention that next week's meeting would be the first of several with separate meetings for different sectors and industries.
He said he would publish the names of those invited shortly.
Mr Adams said it was vital the Irish government did not resile from its responsibilities for the whole of the island because of Brexit.
"What happens in the north is our business," he said.
Mr Kenny replied that he had raised Northern Ireland in all his meetings with EU leaders since the UK vote to leave the EU.
He said he noted the comments made by the first Minister and Deputy First Minister in Down Street earlier this week after meeting Theresa May.
He again said he knew Brexit was politically different for them because of their different positions on the vote but he hoped there would be an agreed position by the time of the North-South Ministerial Council on 18 November.
He said he had asked his ministers to contact their Northern Ireland counterparts in advance of that gathering.
But real life moved from Grimm to gruesome for one 38-year-old woman in the US who had a giant 15 cm hairball in her stomach.
She is one of only a handful of documented cases of "Rapunzel syndrome", which is caused by people plucking and eating their own hair.
Their once glorious locks build up in the digestive system where they can eventually have a devastating effect.
The woman, who is anonymous, developed sudden vomiting and constipation. Meanwhile her stomach swelled as it filled with liquids and gas.
She had gone off food for a year, lost 15 pounds in the previous eight months and by the time she reached hospital was unable to keep down any food.
Doctors in Arizona, writing in the BMJ Case Reports, initially gave her donor blood to tackle her anaemia.
But when they performed abdominal surgery they uncovered a 6x4in (15x10cm) ball of densely packed hair in the stomach and then another 1.5x1in (4x3cm) hairball in the small intestines.
Trichotillomania - the irresistible urge to pull out hair
Trichophagia - compulsively eating hair
The blockages were safely removed and the woman was given a diet high in protein to help her recover.
There have only been 88 other reported cases of Rapunzel syndrome.
In some the hair snakes all the way through the digestive system from stomach to large intestines.
Most cases are in childhood - with 40% of Rapunzels under the age of 10.
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A written submission from Cameroonian club Etoile Filante de Garoua argues that Cameroon's football federation (Fecafoot) led by Tombi A Roko Sidiki has no authority to send a team to the tournament.
Fifa has acknowledged there are problems in Cameroon football administration but insist no one should rock the boat for the time being.
Football's world governing body issued a statement which read: "Fifa is in contact with the football stakeholders in Cameroon to try and find a solution to the dispute that has been affecting the federation for some time.
"While discussions are ongoing to resolve these governance issues football continues and the status of the national representative teams is not in question."
Cameroon were banned from global football in July 2013 before the establishment of a Fifa-approved Normalisation Committee.
Sidiki and his executive committee then assumed office after elections held in September 2015.
But the Court of Arbitration for Sport subsequently backed a ruling made in Cameroon nullifying the polls.
Sidiki's win was contested by several clubs including Etoile Filante who claimed that the composition of the voting delegates was illegal.
The Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration of the National Olympic Committee and Cameroonian Sport upheld that appeal in November 2015.
That ruling was ignored and Sidiki continued to run Fecafoot with the full backing of Fifa.
A month later local club Etoile Filante took a case against Fecafoot to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Although the Swiss-based court declined to intervene in the matter, it confirmed November's ruling by the chamber in Cameroon.
That response from Cas was communicated to both parties in February but the situation remained unchanged.
In March the Association of Amateur Football Clubs in Cameroon received a letter from Fifa saying Veron Mosengo-Omba, it's director of African and Caribbean Member Associations would be discussing the issue with Fecafoot.
That visit is due to take place in August having been postponed from June.
After revealing 2015-16's final draft budget, Mayor Ian Stewart warned the council "cannot avoid major impact on local residents and council services".
It plans to cut 200 posts in 2015-16 from its 8,500 workforce and the same number again during the following financial year.
Planned savings include merging adult care services with the National Health Service.
The council said in November it would be cutting £30m from its budget for 2015-16 and £24.5m for 2016-17.
Following the government's local government finance settlement in December, however, the council must save an additional £1.5m during the financial year which begins in April.
Part of the first round of job cuts will be met by not filling 120 vacancies. A council spokesman said the rest of the job losses were likely to come from voluntary redundancies.
Since 2010 the local authority has shed 1,200 posts.
It is also planning to cut £3.2m from Children's Services and £4.7m from Community, Health and Social Care.
Mr Stewart said: "We have already been forced to make £118m savings since 2011 and now the government says we have to save a further £56m over the next two years.
"I hope people understand the magnitude of the challenge the council faces - and that if we don't make the savings, the government will step in and make them for us."
The council said it would make savings from its plan, announced in November, to provide a single organisation for all adult health and social care services across the city.
It will unite with Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Clinical Commissioning Group and Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMW) to do this.
The Unison trade union, which represents about 3,500 Salford council workers, said it wanted to see more details about the implications of the cuts for vulnerable adults and children.
"Obviously we are concerned about the effects of these cuts and so are the people who are affected by them," said Steve North, of Salford City Unison.
The proposals will go through further scrutiny and are open for further public comments until 30 January before the final decision is taken at a full council meeting on 25 February.
Arctic explorer Myrtle Simpson, forensic scientist Dame Sue Black and singer Horse McDonald were honoured at Glasgow Women's Library.
Theatre critic Joyce McMillan and political activist Remzije Sherifi were also among those recognised.
Previous inductees include First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Scots Makar Jackie Kay in 2015.
Last year's outstanding women included Sarah Brown, JK Rowling and Annie Lennox.
The Saltire Society is a "non-political membership organisation celebrating Scottish imagination in all its forms".
It created the "Outstanding Women of Scotland" community in partnership with Glasgow Women's Library.
Leading forensic anthropologist Prof Sue Black is the head of the centre for anatomy and human identification at Dundee University.
She first came to prominence in 1999 when she led a forensic team identifying the victims of the conflict in Kosovo.
She has also worked with disaster victim identification in major events such as the Asian tsunami of 2004 and high profile criminal cases, including the conviction of the UK's most prolific paedophile.
The Saltire Society's programme director for the Outstanding Women of Scotland, Sarah Mason, said: "Sue is an inspiration to young women, especially those whose interest and future lies in science."
Jo Clifford is one of Scotland's most accomplished playwrights.
She has written more than 80 plays, which have been performed in theatres throughout Scotland and the world.
Jo Clifford was born in North Staffordshire in 1951 where she was raised as a boy.
She discovered theatre when she played women's roles in school plays.
The Saltire Society's Sarah Mason says Jo is a role model for transgender people in Scotland.
In the late eighties she wrote a series of major works for the Traverse in Edinburgh, which were performed internationally, and which had gender-balanced casts and gave the central role to a woman.
She took steps to formalise her female identity after the death of her long-term partner in 2005 and began to re-discover herself as an actress and performer.
Ms Mason says: "It is only in recent years that Jo has taken to the stage to perform her own pieces such as The Gospel According To Jesus, Queen of Heaven, which explores spirituality, religion, gender and sexuality."
Horse's career as a singer and songwriter stretches back almost 30 years.
She has toured with international artists including Tina Turner, BB King, Bryan Ferry and Burt Bacarach.
Sarah Mason says: "Horse is not only extremely talented artist but someone who is generous with her time and expertise to support fellow and emerging musicians.
"Her autobiographical play, Careful, lays bare Horse's experience growing up in 1970s Lanark as a gay woman. It is a play that both moves and inspires."
Rosina Bonsu is "a dance artist who makes dance accessible to all", according to Sarah Mason.
She says: "Rosina believes in the power of dance, not just for performance but its emotional and physical benefit to people individually and as a community."
Ms Bonsu moved to Glasgow as the artistic director of Scottish Ballet Steps Out then, in 1998, founded The Dance House.
She is currently on the staff at West College Scotland and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland teaching dance and movement.
Rosina also teaches yoga and "relaxed postures".
Joyce McMillan has been a political and arts columnist, theatre critic and broadcaster for more than 30 years,
According to Sarah Mason: "She goes that extra mile (literally in many cases) to ensure that theatre criticism is still central to the world of theatre."
Joyce is theatre critic of The Scotsman and has also been involved in many campaigns for democracy and human rights, both in Scotland and internationally.
Myrtle Simpson is a "legend" in the Scottish skiing and climbing community.
She was the first woman to ski across Greenland, with four others on an unsupported expedition and was key in establishing Scotland's first ski centres, (including CairnGorm).
At 87, Myrtle still skies regularly and competes in the Masters ski races, as well as those run by the Scottish Ski Club.
Sarah Mason says: "She is an inspiration and an example of how age can not diminish your passions."
According to Sarah Mason: "Roza Salih is a prime example of how age does not define your inspirational prowess."
Roza was co-founder of the Glasgow Girls, seven schoolgirls who campaigned against dawn raids on asylum seekers by immigration officials in Drumchapel in 2005.
Now 27, Roza, whose family fled Saddam Hussein's Iraq when she was a child, has continued to be politically active.
She is currently standing at the council elections for the SNP.
She says she wants "to serve the people and make them proud".
"They welcomed me to Scotland and I really want to give back to them."
Originally from Australia, Caroline has become a prominent dancer and choreographer within the arts community.
Her work explores the visibly disabled body.
Sarah Mason says: "As well as performing and creating work across the world, Caroline has greatly enriched many lives in Scotland through her community integrated dance workshops and teaching."
"Remzije Sherifi's life is an inspiration," says Sarah Mason.
She was one of the first female radio journalists in Kosovo at only 17. She lost her job in 1992, and almost lost her life as the Milosevic regime tightened its grip on the Albanian people who lived there.
As the war in the Balkans spread, Remzije was forced to flee and was evacuated to Glasgow on medical grounds from a refugee camp in Macedonia.
She currently runs the Maryhill Integration Network who operate a programme of activities in health, learning, art and dance to bring communities together.
Sam Ainsley is an artist and teacher and until 2005 was head of the Master of Fine Art course at Glasgow School of Art, a breeding ground for a generation of award-winning contemporary artists such as Turner Prize winners Martin Boyce, Richard Wright, Duncan Campbell and Simon Starling .
Sarah Mason says: "It was an innovative course where students learned from, and contributed to, the delivery of the programme curriculum, the experiences of their peers, and the wider art community based within the city of Glasgow."
The DNA blood test aims to spot the one in 500 people in the UK who have familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH), an inherited condition that greatly increases a person's heart attack risk.
Left undiagnosed, up to half of people with FH will develop heart disease before they are 60.
Early treatment can bring risk down to a normal level.
People with FH inherit a gene that causes high levels of "bad" cholesterol (LDL) in the blood.
This can lead to hardening of the arteries and an increased risk of heart disease if left untreated.
A DNA test can check for the presence of the faulty gene.
When people are diagnosed, their family should also be offered testing.
If one person is found with FH, on average half their brothers and sisters and half their children will also have the faulty gene and be at high risk of early heart disease.
The British Heart Foundation is funding £1m to pay for nurses so that testing can be extended to eight NHS trusts across England and Scotland, after a successful pilot scheme in Wales.
They are:
Some parts of the UK, such as the East of England, will not have access to nearby testing services, however.
Prof Steve Humphries, of the British Heart Foundaton, said: "With an estimated one in 200 families carrying an FH-causing faulty gene in the UK, the introduction of cascade testing represents a huge opportunity to identify and treat people before they suffer from potentially life-threatening heart problems."
Heart UK, The Cholesterol Charity, urged NHS England to launch a national FH testing service.
The union has 30 members so far and was set up to give swimmers a voice against the sport's governing body, Fina.
It was announced by Hungary's triple Olympic gold medallist Katinka Hosszu, who described planned new rule changes as "destructive".
She said she now expected "Fina will give us a seat at the table".
"We expect swimmers to be treated as equal partners," she said a statement.
"We expect that they will sit down and start talking to us.
"We expect that they will listen to the voice of the professional swimmers and we expect to have a say in important decisions about the future of our sport."
Part of Hosszu's complaints was Fina limiting the number of World Cup disciplines a swimmer can compete in as well as restricting commercial opportunities.
South Wales Police said a May Day rally organised by the South Wales Anarchists group saw protestors enter the HSBC bank on Queen Street.
The two Cardiff men, aged 25 and 30, will appear in front of city magistrates on Monday.
They also face assault charges, including assaulting a police officer.
The accident involving a silver BMW and grey Ford Kuga happened on the southbound motorway near junction 18 at about 04:45.
Police said one man was pronounced dead at the scene and another was taken to Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and released after treatment.
The road was closed for about 10 hours while investigations continued but reopened at about 15:00.
Sgt Leigh McCulloch said: "Inquiries are at an early stage to establish the full circumstances surrounding this fatal road crash and it is important that we speak to any witnesses who were driving on the motorway around the time it happened.
"In particular we would like to speak to the driver of a grey Toyota who is understood to have passed the scene just after the incident occurred.
"We would also appeal to anyone else who was driving on the north or southbound carriageway around the time of the crash who may have seen either of the cars involved, or even witnessed what happened, to get in touch."
Under the new 'Code for Sports Governance', organisations must adhere to "gold standards" of transparency, accountability and financial integrity.
The code sets out a target of at least 30% gender diversity on boards.
"If sport wants to be publicly funded, it must reflect the public it serves," said the chief executive of Women in Sport, Ruth Holdaway.
She said the code sent that message "loud and clear".
The code calls for:
The new code applies to governing bodies who ask for UK government and National Lottery funding from April 2017.
UK Sport predicts changes in practice should be in evidence by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
"It is vital that our domestic sports bodies and organisations uphold the very highest standards of governance and lead the world in this area," sports minister Tracey Crouch said.
It is not only funding which could be hit if authorities do not comply with the code.
The government could also take other punitive measures - including the withdrawal of the support sporting bodies need when bidding to host major events.
Both UK Sport and Sport England allocate money from the government and National Lottery to grassroots initiatives, clubs, charities, local authorities and national governing bodies.
Sport England is investing £493m into 46 sports between 2013 and 2017 while UK Sport has invested about £350m in the same period.
The Football Association is among the many recipients and will receive £30m from Sport England during the period 2013-2017.
However, the sports minister warned the FA earlier this year that it would be stripped of further funding unless it made changes to its governance.
The FA has just one woman on its board, independent non-executive director Dame Heather Rabbatts, who has been left "frustrated" and "disappointed" at its failure to implement reform.
However, FA chairman Greg Clarke welcomed the new code, saying: "It will rightly protect public investment in sport by ensuring that transparency, controls and financial probity are a prerequisite for all organisations in receipt of government money."
British Cycling, the England and Wales Cricket Board, the Lawn Tennis Association, UK Athletics and UK Gymnastics are other recipients of funding, along with many Olympic and Paralympic sports.
UK Sport's chief operating officer Simon Morton told BBC Sport: "This code includes over 50 requirements that sporting organisations in receipt of public funding will now have to implement.
"It will take different times for every single organisation. They all have different constitutions in place, so we'll agree bespoke timescales.
"But certainly as we move into the next funding cycle, which will start from 2017 onwards, they'll need to be compliant with these standards.
"Sports bodies have already done well in governance terms, but there's a huge amount of public funding going into sport and the key message is [for them] to justify the funding, give the public confidence that the governance of sport is right."
The government announced a new code would be developed in its Sporting Future strategy, published in December 2015.
In response, UK Sport and Sport England embarked on a consultation period with governing bodies and found strong support for higher standards of governance.
Of the more than 200 organisations consulted, 98% backed a drive for greater transparency and 78% agreed on the need for increased diversity.
"There have been significant improvements in standards of governance, which is to be welcomed, but there is still much to do," Sport England chair Nick Bitel said.
"Diversity in sports sector boardrooms is still an issue and requires a mandatory code to achieve sustainable change."
UK Sport chairman Rod Carr added: "We are confident that despite the recent historic successes at the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we can be even stronger as a high-performance system with better representation and more openness.
"This is also about encouraging more diversity into leadership positions in sport, and I fully expect to see a broad range of talent coming in to key roles during the Tokyo cycle."
Dan Roan, BBC sports editor
This could be very serious for governing bodies like the FA. As well as cutting investment through its funding agencies for sports who fail to reform, the government is prepared to withdraw essential support and guarantees required for bids to host major international events.
That could mean the FA's plans to bid for the 2030 World Cup are blocked, if it refuses to modernise.
Very few British governing bodies currently meet the new governance criteria, so this code represents a significant change in the way sports are run. UK Sport is also considering the establishment of a compliance unit to conduct investigations into governing bodies.
The 19-year-old left-back has signed a one-year contract, with the option of a second year.
Kelly made his debut for the Blades against Coventry City at the end of the 2015-16 season - and also played last term in the EFL Trophy.
He went on loan to Stalybridge Celtic at the start of the 2016-17 campaign.
Kelly's arrival follows the return to Vale Park of striker Tom Pope and this week's signings, winger Cristian Montano, goalkeepers Rob Lainton and Sam Hornby and defender Joe Davis.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
The new vessels will be Taiwanese-made, unlike its current fleet of four, which were bought from overseas decades ago.
The announcement comes the day before Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump meet in Florida.
Taiwan has never built its own submarines before. The new diesel-powered additions will go towards upgrading its ageing foreign fleet.
"In our indigenous submarine project, we hope to be able to make eight submarines," said Lee Tsung-hsiao, navy chief of staff, after a report on the project was presented at a legislative hearing.
Last month, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen expressed a need for upgrading defences while on a tour of part of the fleet.
"Strengthening underwater combat capabilities is most needed for Taiwan's defence," she said.
China regards democratic Taiwan as part of its territory, and has never renounced the threat of taking it back by force.
Taiwan's defence minister has accused China of having more than 1,000 missiles pointed at the island.
Taiwan's submarines are already being designed and should be in service within a decade.
They will replace the island's current fleet of four ageing vessels - two from the Netherlands and two from the United States. The US ships are from World War Two.
Taiwan usually relies on Washington for arms sales, but those have slowed in recent years because of objections from China, which has threatened to force the island to reunify.
Taipei has concluded that if it wants the latest weapons, it will have to build them itself.
Both China and the US have accused each other of "militarising" the South China Sea, where territory is disputed by China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei.
The US is obligated under its own laws (the Taiwan Relations Act) to help Taiwan defend itself.
President Trump has predicted Thursday's talks with Mr Xi will be "very difficult".
Fly infestation from the centre on Slack Lane, Derby, is thought to be caused by 5,000 tones of rubbish awaiting clearance.
Shows Waste Management said the waste will be moved by 7 July - the deadline given by the agency.
The government body has begun a criminal investigation.
The fly infestation, which has been ongoing for weeks, has left more than 100 people in the area unable to cook food in their own homes.
Resident Jenny Warren said the flies are "all over the food and you can't open windows".
Campaigner Diane Hanrahan, who lives in the area and held a public meeting on Monday, hopes to raise money to take legal action against the agency and the company.
Councillor Paul Pegg, of Derby City Council, said: "[Ms Hanrahan] is trying to seek legal action, to get representation for the loss of earnings and what they have had to pay out to get the flies removed from the properties."
The company said it is in the current situation due to another firm which provided it with the waste.
Sam Turton, from Shows Waste Management, said since the problem arose lorries have been removing waste from the site to landfill and insecticides have been applied to control the problem.
It has been estimated that it could take more than 200 lorry trips before the site is completely cleared.
Mr Pegg added that he was "disgusted" with the Environment Agency for not attending the latest meeting.
"They are a disgrace," he said. "They have failed to monitor this site, they need to be held accountable."
The agency told the BBC that it has met with everyone involved at previous meetings and has a plan of action in place.
Conservative Geoff Driver, who is being investigated over alleged council financial irregularities, earlier banned Jo Turton and four others from briefings he attends.
Labour group leader Azhar Ali described the move as a "witch hunt".
Mr Driver was not available for comment.
Mr Driver has proposed a new management structure which effectively forces chief executive Ms Turton out because it requires the role to have formal financial qualifications.
Mr Driver, who became council leader after the Tories won a majority in elections in May, had previously been in charge until 2013.
A few weeks after the election victory, he was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and witness intimidation and later released pending further inquiries.
Three other men were also held as part of the police investigation which began in 2013.
It relates to allegations of financial irregularities in the tendering of a £5m contract with One Connect Ltd, a joint venture between the council and BT to run some services.
The individuals banned from briefings could be witnesses in the ongoing investigation, the BBC understands.
On Thursday, Mr Driver announced a matter of "urgent business" during a cabinet meeting, to be discussed in private, without any press or public present.
The BBC was told he gave details of a restructuring, to take place before the end of September, which requires the chief executive to also be director of resources.
Mr Ali said: "Due process isn't being followed. There are no job descriptions involved...They are making decisions behind closed doors... and one sheet of paper handed out with no legal advice.
"I feel this is a personal agenda that Geoff Driver has. He's going to bring the council into disrepute, create more chaos and actually achieve very little."
Earlier this week, senior figures at county hall called for Mr Driver to resign following the briefings ban.
In an email to all councillors, Ms Turton stated that since his arrest, she and four colleagues had been requested by Mr Driver not to attend briefings where he was present.
Mr Ali said the ban was "wildly inappropriate" and wrote to Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, asking for him to intervene.
In a statement, Lancashire's lead member for HR Alan Vincent said: "As the revised structure replaces the current chief executive role with a new position that requires formal financial qualifications, the intention would be to appoint to that new position on an interim basis as soon as possible."
Some senior figures in Mr Driver's own party have told the BBC they believe he should step aside whilst investigations are ongoing.
An unfortunate own goal from Alex Cairns and Rory Donnelly's effort looked to have secured three points for the Gills, but Fleetwood battled back to clinch victory courtesy of goals from Ashley Hunter, David Ball and Dempsey.
The hosts took the lead when defender Zesh Rehman headed an effort against the post from a Lee Martin corner and it went in via Cairns.
Town struck back in the 54th minute after a defensive error saw Hunter collect the ball 18 yards out and drill a low shot into the bottom corner.
Donnelly then restored his side's lead on the hour mark as his deflected free-kick fortunately dribbled into Cairns' goal.
But the visitors responded again through Ball in the 79th minute before Dempsey's first-time strike with seconds remaining clinched victory.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Gillingham 2, Fleetwood Town 3.
Second Half ends, Gillingham 2, Fleetwood Town 3.
Attempt missed. Tomas Holy (Gillingham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town).
Goal! Gillingham 2, Fleetwood Town 3. Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ashley Hunter with a cross.
Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Cian Bolger.
Substitution, Gillingham. Gregory Cundle replaces Rory Donnelly.
Rory Donnelly (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town).
Attempt missed. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Harry Cornick (Gillingham).
David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Gillingham. Emmanuel Osadebe replaces Lee Martin.
Goal! Gillingham 2, Fleetwood Town 2. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cian Bolger following a set piece situation.
Substitution, Gillingham. Harry Cornick replaces Cody McDonald.
Foul by Ryan Jackson (Gillingham).
Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Josh Wright.
Attempt blocked. Cody McDonald (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Conor McLaughlin.
Attempt saved. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Devante Cole replaces Ashley Eastham.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Wes Burns replaces George Glendon.
Foul by Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham).
David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Parker (Gillingham).
Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Goal! Gillingham 2, Fleetwood Town 1. Rory Donnelly (Gillingham) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Cody McDonald (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ashley Eastham (Fleetwood Town).
Rory Donnelly (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the left side of the box.
Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Cian Bolger.
Attempt saved. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Martin (Gillingham).
Goal! Gillingham 1, Fleetwood Town 1. Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Foul by Cody McDonald (Gillingham).
The EIS union said cuts to the number of ASN teachers meant pupils' needs were not being met as well as they should be.
And it said ASN teachers were reporting a lack of equipment and resources.
The employment of support staff is the responsibility of local councils.
A wide range of factors can lead to children having a need for additional support, including learning difficulties, family circumstances, disability or health needs, and social and emotional factors.
The most recent figures showed there are currently 170,329 pupils with additional support needs in Scottish schools, of whom 162,034 were in mainstream schools.
Children classed as having additional support needs now make up a quarter of the total number of pupils in mainstream schools - with the figure having increased dramatically from 98,523 over the past five years.
However, figures published last year showed ASN teacher numbers had fallen 13% between 2010 and 2014 to 2,963, while overall teachers numbers fell by 2.3% to 50,814 in the same period.
ASN teacher numbers also dropped in 22 out of Scotland's 33 local authorities over the same period.
The EIS said it supported the principle of inclusive education, but warned that cutbacks meant some ASN teachers feared it was being done "on the cheap".
General secretary Larry Flanagan said: "Members working with pupils with additional support needs have reported that the current climate is extremely challenging.
"Cuts to ASN teacher numbers have meant these teachers having very high workloads and feeling unable to meet pupils' needs as they would wish to.
"There is also an undervaluing of ASN teachers' skills and experience and the EIS has heard reports that ASN staff are often being used as supply cover - especially as the national difficulty in securing supply teachers has worsened."
Mr Flanagan said ASN roles were being "de-professionalised", with assumptions made that "this is work that any teacher can do".
He added: "ASN teachers are reporting a lack of equipment and resources, which makes their day-to-day work more difficult. Some schools no longer have any one-to-one support for pupils with ASN, or have no specialist services.
"ASN teachers are stressed and struggling due to the cuts and the inclusive educational environment we all support is being stretched to the limit.
"Those who are making these cuts should be aware of the damage they are causing."
The Additional Support for Learning Act requires education authorities to identify, provide for and review the additional support needs of their pupils.
The Scottish government said it wanted all children and young people to receive the support that they need to achieve their full learning potential.
A spokeswoman added: "We have a positive picture of children with additional support needs consistently achieving more each year.
"Our most recent statistics and report to parliament on the implementation of the legislation indicates that attainment levels continue to improve.
"Children and young people should learn in the environment which best suits their needs, whether that is in a mainstream or special school setting."
But opposition parties claimed Scottish government cuts to council budgets were making the situation worse.
Labour's education spokesman, Iain Gray, said: "Like all staff working in our schools, additional support needs teachers are feeling the brunt of a decade of SNP cuts and mismanagement.
"Additional support needs teachers require support and extra resources so they can provide the best education for some of our most vulnerable young people, yet the SNP's budget will cut a further £327m from schools and other local services next year."
And Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer said: "ASN teachers and support staff have been cutback and overworked as councils struggle to cope with years of reduced funding from the Scottish government.
"Instead of distracting us with unwanted governance reviews, assessments and league tables, Scottish Ministers need to make ASN their top education priority. Giving young people the support they need is the best way to improve attainment."
Conservative AM Darren Millar said the coastline was further damaged by bad weather in early January, and is now in a "critical condition".
He has planned to raise the issue in the Senedd on Tuesday.
Network Rail said assessments show there is "minimal flood risk to the railway".
But Clywd West AM Mr Millar said he is "very concerned" and warned every storm "takes its toll" on the promenade.
"There was further damage last week to the railings and some of the walls on the sea defences," he added.
"It's just a matter of time before we see a serious incident like a loss of life or even some of the railway embankment coming down which would cause absolute havoc.
"It's essential that some work is done here - not just repairs, but a thorough job to bring it up to standard so that people can be protected from the sea."
The stretch of coastline consists of a narrow promenade, which is maintained by Conwy council, with the railway embankment immediately behind, and the main A55 road beyond it.
A Welsh Water storm drain also runs under the promenade.
Conwy councillor Cheryl Carlisle, who represents the area, said: "I'm very worried for the safety of people and the infrastructure. The bank supporting the railway line and the A55 has been badly eroded.
"It will only take a little bit more in future and they'll both go."
According to Mr Millar, a lack of agreement between different organisations over how to pay for works is holding up progress.
He said Conwy council cannot apply for money from the Welsh Government's fund to protect houses because there are no homes immediately nearby, which means it needs to find funding from Network Rail and other organisations.
"In spite of the council's best efforts, Conwy council, Network Rail and Welsh Water haven't managed to get together yet to agree a way forward," Mr Millar added.
"We need some leadership from the Welsh Government. We need the cabinet secretary to take responsibility to bring these partners together so we can realise the investment that these sea defences need."
A Network Rail spokesman said a number of improvements were made at Old Colwyn in 2014 and the firm would do what was needed to make any further improvements if necessary.
A Welsh Water spokesperson said sea defences fall under the responsibility of the local authority.
They added: "We understand that Conwy Council have requested funding from the Welsh Government to help undertake repair work and requested to be kept informed of developments."
Dredge shared second place with Russell Knox, after finishing three shots behind winner Rory McIlroy.
The 42-year-old, who has won twice during his career on the European Tour, fired a superb final round of 66 at the K Club.
"I played well and hopefully I can kick on from here," Dredge said.
"We've got another good event next week and we'll see what happens there."
Dredge will next be in action at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, which begins on Thursday, 26 May.
He contemplated retirement after losing his European Tour card for the 2013 season and then health problems forced him to take an extended break.
Having regained his place on the European Tour, Dredge's performance at the Irish Open earned him the biggest payday of his career to date.
Dredge secured a cheque just short short of £270,000, eclipsing his prize for winning the European Masters in 2006.
"You try not to think too much about the money. You try and go out there and try and win the tournament," Dredge added.
"And if I play well I give myself a chance of doing that, like I did and you need things to happen then to actually win."
Speaking to the BBC's Political Editor Mark Devenport about the situation in Libya, Mr McGuinness said he condemned the regime's attacks on unarmed protestors.
He said he supported those rising up against monarchies and fiefdoms in the Middle East.
So what exactly is the link between Colonel Gaddafi and Northern Ireland?
In the 1960s the Provisional IRA was badly armed, relying on old weapons, some dating back to World War II.
Muammar Gaddafi, who took over Libya in a 1969 coup, saw the IRA as a comrade-in-arms fighting British imperialism and he was partly responsible for providing it with more modern weaponry.
The first proven connection with Libya was discovered in 1973 when the Irish Navy boarded a ship called the Claudia, off the Irish coast.
They found five tonnes of weaponry supplied by Libya.
Links between Gaddafi and the IRA re-emerged in 1986 after Gaddafi's adopted daughter was killed along with more than 100 other people by US bombing raids launched from UK bases.
The Libyan leader has said he resumed contact with the IRA in the aftermath of those air raids.
A year later, French authorities stopped a ship, the Eksund, which was on its way to Northern Ireland carrying around 1,000 AK-47 machine guns, more than 50 ground-to-air missiles and two tonnes of Semtex.
It is believed that other shipments of arms reached Ireland before the Eskund was apprehended.
In 2003, the BBC's Mark Devenport spoke to an intelligence source who said there was no question that Libyan arms had greatly enhanced the IRA's deadliness.
Attacks carried out with Libyan Semtex included the Enniskillen bomb in 1987, the Ballygawley bus bombing in 1988 and about 250 other booby-trap bombings.
Gaddafi's involvement in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie finally led to his being ostracised and sanctions being imposed by the United Nations.
In 2003, spooked by the US response to the 11 September attacks and the invasion of Iraq, and encouraged by Prime Minister Tony Blair, Gaddafi sought rapprochement by admitting responsibility for Lockerbie and abandoning his quest to develop weapons of mass destruction.
The families of the 180 US victims of the Lockerbie bombing received $1.3bn (£1bn) in total as part of a deal between the US and Libya.
The UN Security Council voted to completely lift sanctions in 2003, but the DUP's Ian Paisley Jr argued against this because of the lack of compensation for IRA victims.
As part of the negotiations to lift sanctions, Libyan officials provided information about millions of pounds and 120 tonnes of weaponry which they had given the IRA.
However, the UK government has never secured a compensation deal from Libya for victims of IRA attacks.
During a meeting with Gaddafi in 2009, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown declined to put any formal pressure on Libya for compensation.
Mr Brown told a victims' lawyer at the time that it was not "appropriate" to discuss the claims.
In a letter to lawyer Jason McCue in September 2008, Mr Brown told him that Libya was now an "essential partner" in the fight against terrorism and it was in the UK's interest for that co-operation to continue.
Mr McCue has been lobbying the UK to raise the matter of compensation at the highest levels of the Libyan government.
More than 100 UK IRA victims have been excluded from out-of-court deals agreed by Libya with three American victims of IRA atrocities.
An Assembly motion in 2009 which called for compensation from Libya for IRA victims was backed by all parties, except Sinn Fein.
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams said at the time that he supported the right to seek compensation, but said the motion was "unfair and partisan".
In September 2009, the BBC learned that PSNI officers were sent to Libya to help train its police.
Police said a chief inspector/temporary superintendent had spent a number of days in Libya in November 2008 to assess training needs.
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Based on his recommendations, an inspector was part of a tactical command course between 12 January and 2 February 2009.
The decision was met with shock and criticism by unionist politicians. Many RUC officers killed or injured during the Troubles were victims of Libyan weapons.
Now, after 42 years, Gaddafi's regime appears to be teetering on the brink.
Libya's diplomats at the United Nations in New York called for international intervention to stop the government's violent action against street demonstrations in their homeland.
Deputy Permanent Representative Ibrahim Dabbashi said Libyans had to be protected from "genocide", and urged the UN to impose a no-fly zone.
Perhaps now the best that victims can hope for is that the Libyan people finally oust the man who supported the IRA's campaign of violence for so long.
Treasury Select Committee MPs raised concerns that banks fined millions for wrongdoing may be exploiting loopholes and "unclear" rules to pay less tax.
It is important taxpayers do not "bear the burden", committee chairman Andrew Tyrie told the chancellor in a letter.
The Treasury said it would respond to the letter in due course.
Under UK law, banks are not allowed to log fines they are forced to pay for mis-selling and other misconduct as a cost in order to reduce their profits and, in turn, the amount of tax they pay.
There are also tight restrictions about off setting compensation payments to customers against tax.
However, Mr Tyrie said it appeared in some circumstances banks were able to claim fines they paid to the regulator were tax deductable.
He called on Mr Osborne to confirm this was not allowed, as there appeared to be "some doubt" about the rules.
By Joe Lynam, business correspondent
In the early 1990s some firms had been deducting from their tax bill - i.e. treating as a legitimate expense - protection money paid to the Provisional IRA. The then Prime Minister John Major intervened and banned the practice. But there still remains no clarity on the issues of what can and cannot be deducted.
HMRC has issued guidance on the matter but, as you can see, the section under fines imposed by regulators still says (words to the effect of) on the one hand you can but on the other you cannot.
Even for tax experts, the question of whether mis-selling or fines imposed by the government or independent watchdogs can be considered a legitimate cost of business is unclear.
The Chartered Institute of Taxation has called for clarity from the government, which is exactly what the Treasury Select Committee also hopes to get in its letter to the chancellor today.
Mr Tyrie said it was "not just appropriate, but essential" that fines were not tax deductable.
"It is important that taxpayers are not required to to bear any part of the burden of any payment import by the FCA or overseas regulators. The bill should be picked up by the bank's shoulders."
If banks were "not happy about it", they had a number of possible remedies, including controlling employees salaries and bonuses, he said.
He also raised concerns that settlements reached with foreign governments were sometimes structured in a way that allowed payment to be offset against British tax.
He did not know whether this suggestion was well-founded, but if it was true it would be "alarming", he said.
In recent years, banks including HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and Clydesdale Bank have been fined by the FCA over misconduct.
An average of 1,870 people contract meningitis B each year and one in 10 of them die.
The 4CMenB vaccine, developed by Novartis, has been described as the "biggest leap forward in the field" in 30 years by the charity Meningitis UK.
The jab was recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
About a quarter of all survivors of meningitis B are left with life altering after-effects, such as brain damage or limb loss.
Children under the age of five are the most at risk from the bacterial infection, which leads to inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
Recommendations from the EMA are normally endorsed by the European Commission within two or three months.
The vaccine, known as Bexsero, is expected to receive its UK licence early next year. It has been recommended for use in children aged two months and older.
Meningitis UK has described the breakthrough as a "landmark moment in the fight against meningitis" and wants the jab to be introduced into the government's routine immunisation schedule as a priority.
The charity's founder Steve Dayman, whose baby son died of meningitis and septicaemia in 1982, said: "It is vital that the vaccine is introduced in the UK immunisation schedule as soon as possible.
"It will save countless lives and prevent many people enduring the suffering caused by this devastating disease.
"We will be campaigning hard to make the government introduce it."
It has taken Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis 20 years to develop the vaccine, which has been complicated by the many different strains of the infection.
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Andrin Oswald, head of vaccines at Novartis, said: "We are proud of the major advance that our meningococcal group B vaccine represents within the field of vaccine development against what up until now has been a very challenging disease target."
Studies have shown the jab is likely to be effective against 73% of the different variations of meningitis B.
A vaccine against the less common meningitis C has been administered since 1999 and is now widely given to babies in the first year of their life.
It has led to a large fall in the number of cases in people under the age of 20.
The decision on whether to introduce the vaccine to the immunisation schedule will be made by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, who advise the Government on vaccination.
Now Miss Israel has updated this idea with a selfie.
Doron Matalon grabbed a photo with Miss Lebanon and posted it on Instagram and on the face of it, everyone seemed happy to be there.
Miss Lebanon, Saly Greige, was not impressed though and said she'd been photobombed.
The two countries, represented by Saly and Doron, have been technically at war for years.
Miss Lebanon took to Instagram to distance herself from the photo.
She posted her own version of the picture minus her fellow contestant.
Saly Greige said: "I was having a photo with Miss Japan, Miss Slovenia, suddenly Miss Israel jumped in and took a selfie, and uploaded it on her social media.
"This is what happened and I hope to have your full support in the Miss Universe contest."
Doron Matalon used Instagram to make her point of view clear.
"Too bad you can not put the hostility out of the game, only for three weeks of an experience of a lifetime that we can meet girls from around the world and also from the neighbouring country."
A simple selfie has come to sum up years of conflict and unease between the two countries.
So why is Miss Lebanon so unhappy having her photo being taken with her Israeli competitor?
The two countries are in a state of heightened tension or "cold war," and it's been like that for a long time.
"Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 to expel Palestinian militants who were based there, and only withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000," says Alison Baily, who's a Middle East expert for the researchers Oxford Analytica.
She adds: "It's a very live issue, because of that history, and because of the ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and Israel. That's key to the story really.
"Lebanon is home to Hezbollah - a militant group which backs the Palestinians and that threatens Israel.
"Both countries feel threatened by each other. The Lebanese feel threatened because of the war between Lebanon and Israel.
"Israel feels threatened by Hezbollah who pride themselves on being a credible and real threat to Israel."
Alison told Newsbeat that there's a lot of sensitivity.
"It's about patriotism. The risk of conflict is ever present and that means there is always tension between Lebanon and Israel."
It's been a big story in both contestant's home countries.
The Lebanese paper the Daily Star reported that some "some Lebanese asked that Greige be stripped of her title for mingling with the citizen of an enemy state".
The story is making headlines in Israel too. The Jerusalem Post said there had been "a harsh backlash against Greige".
What may have started as a picture on social media has snowballed into something much bigger.
So has a simple selfie summed up the Middle East?
On the face of it a picture of four Miss World competitors can't really do that.
There's been decades of division and it's far too complicated.
However, all the confusion and anger provoked by the image certainly reflects the tension in the region.
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Prosecution lawyer Gerrie Nel made the application after forensic psychiatrist Merryll Vorster said the double amputee was "a danger to society".
Judge Thokozile Masipa said she would announce her decision on Wednesday.
Mr Pistorius denies intentionally killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.
He says he accidentally shot her through the toilet door in a state of panic, mistaking the 29-year-old model and law graduate for an intruder.
By Andrew HardingAfrica correspondent
The prospect of Oscar Pistorius being booked into a medical facility for a month of psychiatric evaluation has lent this long trial a surreal quality.
Both the defence and the prosecution insist they do not believe the athlete is mentally ill, making the prosecution's request for the evaluation - in the "interests of justice" - more than a little confusing.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said he had no option but to ask for it, after the defence raised the suggestion that Mr Pistorius' "anxiety disorder" might have affected his behaviour the night he killed Reeva Steenkamp.
One theory is that the prosecution is simply trying to fire a shot across the defence's bows - discouraging them from making too much of the athlete's state of mind - and is anticipating that Judge Masipa will reject their application for medical evaluation. They may also be laying grounds for a future appeal.
The Pistorius family - and their lawyer Barry Roux - are clearly upset by what they see as a crude "ploy" by the prosecutor. But this case may well hinge on the judge's understanding of Mr Pistorius' state of mind when he pulled the trigger, and the prosecution is keen to show that the defence keeps changing its version - from putative self-defence, to accidental shooting, and now to something linked to his "anxiety disorder".
The prosecution accused the defence on Tuesday of changing its plea - from putative self-defence to a psychiatric disorder.
Mr Nel said that a "psychiatric evaluation was essential" and it was in the interests of justice for the accused to be referred.
The defence is vigorously resisting the prosecution move, which it argues is "manifestly absurd".
Dr Vorster told the court earlier that she would not say that Mr Pistorius had "a mental illness" and that he was "still able to function at high level as an athlete and still able to socialise".
But she said that people with Generalised Anxiety Disorders (Gads) like Mr Pistorius probably should not have firearms.
She said that Gad would not "render you unfit to stand trial".
The BBC's Andrew Harding says that the psychiatrist shored up the defence's argument that Mr Pistorius does not need mental evaluation.
On Monday she said that the athlete had had an anxiety disorder since childhood and was "anxious" about violent crime.
His actions on Valentine's Day last year "should be seen in context of his anxiety" and would have been different from "normal, able-bodied person", she said.
If the prosecution request is granted, Mr Pistorius may spend up to 30 days in a state mental health institution for observation and assessment of his mental health.
Court sources have indicated that it is unlikely the judge will grant the prosecution its request, our reporter says.
There are no juries at trials in South Africa, so the athlete's fate will ultimately be decided by the judge, assisted by two assessors.
If found guilty, Mr Pistorius - a national sporting hero dubbed the "blade runner" because of the prosthetic limbs he wears to race - could face life imprisonment.
If he is acquitted of murder, the court must consider an alternative charge of culpable homicide, for which he could receive about 15 years in prison.
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Mr Pistorius said in his statement at the start of the trial that he woke in the early hours and walked on his stumps to the balcony, pulled in two fans, closed the sliding door and drew curtains. He said that shortly before he had spoken to Reeva, who was in bed beside him.
He said he rejected prosecution claims that a witness heard arguing coming from the house before the shooting.
Mr Pistorius said he heard the bathroom window sliding open and believed that an intruder, or intruders, had entered the bathroom through a window which was not fitted with burglar bars.
"Unbeknown to me, Reeva must have gone to the toilet in the bathroom at the time I brought in the fans," he said.
Mr Pistorius said he approached the bathroom armed with his firearm, to defend himself and his girlfriend, believing Ms Steenkamp was still in bed.
Both sides agree four bullets were fired. Ms Steenkamp was hit three times.
Mr Pistorius said he fired his weapon after hearing a noise in the toilet which he thought was the intruder coming out of the toilet to attack him and Ms Steenkamp.
He said he was in a fearful state, knowing he was on his stumps and unable to run away or properly defend himself.
Mr Pistorius said he rejected claims that he was on his prostheses when he shot at the door.
A witness told the trial she woke to hear a woman screaming and a man shouting for help. She said that after the screams she heard four shots.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bedroom after shooting at the toilet door, still shouting for Reeva. Lifting himself up onto the bed, he felt over to the right hand side of it and noticed Ms Steenkamp was not there.
Mr Pistorius said this was when he realised she could have been in the toilet.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bathroom but the toilet was locked, so he returned to the bedroom, pulled on his prosthetic legs, turned on the lights before bashing in the toilet door with a cricket bat.
Forensics expert Johannes Vermeulen told the court that the height of the marks on the door caused by the cricket bat suggest Mr Pistorius was on his stumps at the time.
Mr Pistorius's defence team say he then called security at the gated housing complex and a private paramedic service before carrying Ms Steenkamp downstairs.
A security guard claimed it was the other way round, and he had called Mr Pistorius first after reports of gunfire. However, phone records shown to the court revealed Mr Pistorius called the estate manager at 3:19am, a minute later he called the ambulance service and at 3:21am he called estate security.
A minute later he received an incoming call - estate security calling him back.
According to police phone expert Francois Moller, Mr Pistorius called his friend Justin Divaris a short time later and just after 4:00am he called his brother Carl.
The Welsh Government is due to propose new teaching standards for Wales on Thursday.
The standards set who can qualify to be a teacher and outline what is expected of them as they develop.
"These new standards are about making sure teachers develop the right skills throughout their career," Ms Williams said.
Teaching standards aim to set out the expectations of teachers.
Current standards include understanding the national education policy context in Wales, teaching clearly structured lessons or sequences of work, and managing teaching and learning time effectively.
Inspectors at Estyn recently raised concerns that the quality of teaching in Wales was weak.
Ms Williams said: "The standards that we have at the moment are outdated and no longer fit for purpose.
"They don't marry with my vision for our school workforce.
"These new standards don't set a minimum like the old ones did. They go beyond that expectation."
The new standards are expected to focus more on teachers' personal development and training than previously.
It is proposed that they apply to all serving teachers from September 2018 and initial teacher training programmes from September 2019.
It is understood that about 50 migrants in Calais boarded a P&O ferry named the Spirit of Britain, while it was unloading.
The incident happened during a protest at the port, in favour of migrants.
The port has since reopened, with sailing services returning to normal.
P&O Ferries said the "security incident" had been resolved but warned passengers to expect delays of up to 45 minutes.
The demonstration was held in support of migrants and, according to AP news agency, attracted a crowd of 2,000 people.
Some of the protesters at the demonstration carried banners saying "refugees welcome here". People from Britain were among the demonstrators.
On Saturday evening, a statement from the Port of Dover said: "The Port of Calais is currently experiencing migrant activity which has caused disruption to ferry services.
"Therefore services to and from Calais via the Port of Dover are affected, but DFDS Seaways [ferry] services are still running to Dunkirk as normal.
"The Port of Dover remains open for business, but the duration of this disruption to services remains unknown."
DFDS Seaways earlier tweeted that Calais had been closed due to a "migrant invasion".
Thousands of migrants are currently living in camps known as "the Jungle" on the edge of Calais.
The population of the camp has risen steadily in recent weeks to about 2,500, including about 250 children, according to medical volunteer group, Medecins Sans Frontieres‎.
In August last year, the UK and France signed an agreement on new measures to try and alleviate the crisis, including a new command centre to help tackle trafficking gangs.
Elsewhere on Saturday, Jeremy Corbyn visited a migrant camp in northern France and spoken of the "dreadful conditions" there.
The Labour leader said conditions in the Grande-Synthe camp near Dunkirk would be a "disgrace anywhere", and Britain should be "part of bringing European support to people".
He said the long-term solution was to deal with the conflicts causing the crisis.
The situation in Calais comes amid an influx of migrants to Europe - caused largely by people fleeing war and oppression in countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea.
On Friday French Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned that Europe's migration crisis was putting the EU at grave risk.
The company specialises in offering tracker funds with very low charges.
Until now most of its business in the UK came through stockbrokers and financial advisers, only dealing directly with individuals with at least £100,000 to invest.
Now customers will be able to open an account with just a £500 lump sum or a monthly investment of £100.
The move threatens to undercut existing stockbroking and investment firms that would have directed some clients to Vanguard funds while charging a higher fee than the firm is now proposing to levy.
Shares in the UK's leading online personal investment firm, Hargreaves Lansdown, fell almost 8% after the Vanguard announcement, as its own fees will now be undercut. It was the biggest faller on the FTSE 100.
Nick Train, who runs the investments of the Finsbury Growth & Income investment trust, told his investors on Monday: "It seems certain that the growth of tracker products has accelerated and this brings challenges, possibly existential challenges, for some traditional 'active' managers."
Vanguard's new online service will charge an account fee of 0.15% a year, capped at £375, plus an additional fee per fund, which would currently average 0.14%.
It will be offering only its own funds to general investors, unlike online stockbrokers and independent financial advisers (IFAs) who may offer a much wider range of investments such as individual shares, unit trusts and investment trusts.
Sean Hagerty of Vanguard said the firm was following the lead of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has complained that fees charged by the investment industry are too high.
"Our new online investment service is designed to help simplify and lower the cost of investing in the UK," he said.
"Only recently, the FCA's interim asset management market study report stressed asset managers' obligation to act in the best interests of investors, including requiring the industry to show how it delivers value for money.
"It also highlighted that fees have not decreased enough based on the economies of scale achieved by the industry. Vanguard agrees with these conclusions," Mr Hagerty added.
Vanguard was set up 43 years ago in the US, where it has seven million clients, and is now one of the world's biggest investment managers with £3.3 trillion under management.
Its pitch is that do-it-yourself investors should put their money into tracker funds.
Because these simply follow the rise and fall of indices such as the FTSE 100 index, these funds can be run very cheaply and thus charge very low fees.
The alternative is to pay much higher fees for so-called active management, whose returns may not be any greater.
In the UK, where it has be operating for just eight years, Vanguard has grown rapidly and it now invests £56bn for its clients.
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A knife was believed to have been used in the incident at Spar in St Modans Place at about 05:55.
No-one was injured, and the man escaped with a three-figure sum of money and other items.
Police Scotland said the suspect was white, between 5ft 10in and 6ft tall, and was wearing safety glasses and had tape on his face. He was wearing a light grey jacket and dark trousers.
Det Sgt Martyn Thomson said: "Thankfully no-one was hurt during the incident, however the staff member who was in the shop at the time was understandably shaken.
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"Likewise anyone who saw a person matching the description provided either before the time of the robbery or after should come forward. You may have vital information which could assist our investigation."
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Parents received a letter saying the Something Special centre was being wound up and replaced by a new group, and its gates were locked on Monday.
The charity has not responded to several requests for information.
Based outside Eglinton, it was founded in 2007 and currently teaches 30 students with learning disabilities.
The centre uses music to aid learning and social interaction.
Two letters received by parents recently and purporting to come from management appear to contradict each other.
The first letter, dated 11 April, states that Something Special was not closing but going through a process of transferring its activities from an "association" to an "academy".
On 20 April, families received a second letter saying the charity was closing down and the new academy would be taking it over.
Mary Lynch - whose son John attended the charity four times a week - says parents "need answers".
"There are 30 students with learning disabilities with no place to go," Mary Lynch told BBC Radio Foyle.
"We just want somebody to talk to us. John is very distressed.
"Confusion creates anger and distress."
John Lynch, said he had learnt about music and art as a student at Something Special since 2007.
"Something Special means I always get to learn something new and make new friends," he said.
The charity grew rapidly in recent years and at one stage had a craft shop in Eglinton selling products that had been made by the students.
Robert Cooke's daughter Louise, who is 23 and severely autistic, has been attending the group for the last five years and loves the social interaction it offered.
"We have been left in the lurch," said Mr Cooke.
"For the past four weeks nearly now Louise has been in the house with us with no schemes or anything to go to.
"She's missing her friends now and she loves everybody that works in it. She's been asking when she can go back."
There is no suggestion of any wrong doing on anyone's part.
The Dunbar-based May Queen was moored in Eyemouth harbour when it developed a severe list causing sea water to pour in on the rising tide.
The lifeboats were called out at 02:18 on Friday and the vessel was made safe and pollution booms put in place.
At high tide, the vessel was towed upright and water removed from the trawler with two salvage pumps.
In the meantime, an angling boat was also spotted drifting in the harbour.
The inshore lifeboat was diverted to that vessel and checked nobody was on board before securing it alongside the pier and returning to the stricken trawler.
Choristers arriving for rehearsal at the West Flanders church were met by a cloud of smoke when they opened the door, Belgium's Nieuwsblad reports.
They were unable to control the fire on Thursday evening with extinguishers.
Emergency services suspect that a heater may have exploded inside the recently renovated church.
Dozens of people were evacuated from the area around the church of St John the Baptist, but were allowed home later on Thursday evening, Nieuwsblad adds.
The prime minister and her husband Philip stood up and took part in a singalong of God Save The Queen at the Villa Cortine Palace Hotel in Lombardy.
The story, first reported by the Sun, has been confirmed by Downing Street.
The newspaper reported that the PM was so pleased by pianist Davide Foroni's performance that she gave him a pair of No 10 cufflinks.
The prime minister and her husband, who are on a three-week walking holiday in Italy and Switzerland, are believed to be regular guests at the five-star hotel on Lake Garda.
The Sun reported that Mrs May was among several guests to stand up when the pianist played the national anthem in the hotel bar.
The newspaper quoted Mr Foroni as saying: "As soon as the first notes started, she was on her feet with her husband proudly singing along. Everyone stood. There was a mixture of nationalities. The British guests sang the words as well and at the end everyone clapped."
Mr Foroni said that afterwards he had discussed music with the PM, revealing that her tastes were "more classical than contemporary".
"She likes Whitney Houston, The Beatles and Elton John and classics like Mozart," he added.
The director of the hotel, located in the town of Sirmione, told the newspaper that Mr Foroni was a "firm favourite" of guests.
Officers are looking into alleged improper electoral campaign spending returns in the region.
Nine other forces are investigating whether expenses should have been filed by MPs' agents as local spending.
The West Midlands force said it was working with National Police Chiefs Council and the Electoral Commission.
Blaenau Gwent and other parts of the south Wales valleys were singled out by research into official government questions on 'wellbeing'.
Analysts found Blaenau Gwent had one of the biggest overall differences between those who are content and unhappy - a term dubbed 'wellbeing inequality'.
Researchers hope the findings can help steer government policy in the future.
"These findings show us that what matters to people is more complex than most policymakers realise, or measure," said Nancy Hey, director of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, who carried out the study.
"Income alone only tells us part of the story about how we may be struggling, or thriving, in our daily lives.
"Wellbeing gives us a more nuanced picture, and allows us to see why and how different groups in society are affected in different ways.
"The evidence shows us that large differences in wellbeing is not inevitable. We are going to be looking for more clues as to what local authorities can do to understand and reduce the gap in upcoming research."
The parts of Wales ranked highest for wellbeing equality - where the gap between those happy and unhappy is smaller - were places like Flintshire, Gwynedd, Denbighshire and Monmouthshire.
But those with a wider inequality gap included Torfaen, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot - and Blaenau Gwent.
Across the UK - the wellbeing gap was smaller in places like Enfield and Harrow in London, Cheshire, Warwickshire, and Shetland - and wider in locations such as Liverpool, Sunderland and Rotherham.
The research looked at a series of questions asked to 160,000 people across the UK by the Office for National Statistics.
The questions were:
The questions were given a score out of ten, depending on how people felt, giving an overall wellbeing score. It meant researchers could then look at how big the gap was between the 'happiest' and 'least happy' in every individual local authority.
Researchers said the analysis might be a useful tool in the future too - after using the details to see if there was any relationship in feelings on wellbeing and those areas that voted Leave in the Brexit referendum.
The study discovered that while the average wellbeing of any area did not appear to have any connection to the way that authority's area voted - the measure of wellbeing inequality did.
Simply put - council areas like Blaenau Gwent with the widest gap between those satisfied and those who are not - voted to leave the EU.
"This research shows the deep divides in communities, with some people's experiences falling far short of the life they want to lead, while others flourish. Understanding these inequalities is the first step towards taking action," added Annie Quick from New Economics Foundation, which supported the research.
On 30 December 2015, Storm Frank brought about half a month's worth of rain in 24 hours and heralded new year misery for thousands.
In Carsphairn, residents awoke to find the A712 through the village transformed into a river after the Water of Deugh burst its banks.
Properties along the western side of the street flooded and some people were only able to move back in very recently.
One of the affected premises was the village shop and tea-room run by Lindsay Duncan, and her adjoining house.
"My alarm went off at a quarter to six in the morning to get up to open the shop," she recalled.
"There was a big bang at the door - locals trying to warn us that the village was flooding. The street was like a raging river.
"We got some possessions upstairs and about half an hour later the water started to come in."
The shop and house were flooded to a depth of about a foot which Lindsay thought initially would drain away and dry out quite quickly. She was wrong.
"I didn't honestly think it was going to be as bad as what it was," she said.
"I thought we'd clean up and it would be business as normal. But when the loss adjustor came out he said we could be closed for six months."
He was almost spot-on.
The business eventually reopened in July after operating out of temporary accommodation in the village hall as Lindsay kept locals supplied with vital provisions.
The shop has been revamped and the tearoom part expanded. A roaring open fire adds to the warmth of the welcome and bright Christmas decorations are a sign of optimism that this year's festivities won't be cut short.
Recovery, however, has taken its toll.
"People struggle to sleep and every time it rains you're on edge," said Lindsay. "You're constantly going to the window and checking the street to see if it's flooding. It's not a nice feeling.
"You see it all the time on the news and you just don't understand the impact until it happens to you. Words can't explain how it feels."
On the same day that Carsphairn was hit, 20 miles to the south west the River Cree burst its banks in Newton Stewart causing the town's worst flood in half a century. The water reached shops in Victoria Street, including the outdoor clothing store owned by Ross Cunningham.
He was having a bad winter, with two other shops flooded in similar circumstances in Cumbria. But it enabled him to compare the authorities' responses north and south of the border.
"In Cumbria, after an initial slow response, they got on to it very quickly and things have been happening," he said.
"In Dumfries and Galloway a lot of people, myself included, have been pushing for things to happen including repairing the river wall before winter, which has only just been completed."
Mr Cunningham said he had also encountered different attitudes to dredging, which he raised with the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon when she visited Newton Stewart in the aftermath of the flood.
"Myself and many other people in the town have been pushing them to dredge the Cree which I think definitely needs doing but it seems to be that's not going to happen," he said.
"Over the border in Cumbria there's been a lot of dredging going on and I can't quite understand why it can happen only, as the crow flies, 70 miles away but on this side of the border it can't happen for some reason."
Dumfries and Galloway Council has just finished rebuilding the river wall where it was washed away a year ago.
It has also removed the Sparling footbridge which cleared the Cree only by a few feet and effectively acted as a dam, trapping vegetation and debris washed downstream when the river was in spate.
But more permanent flood prevention measures are still some years away, and that is a concern for many.
The Belted Galloway Café and Visitor Centre is one of the closest premises to the river and owner Craig Andrews is worried that it might be hit again.
He finds himself constantly monitoring the river level every time there is heavy rain.
"There is supposedly money available for a flood defence for us, but we are not really any further forward," he said.
"We have built some flood defences round our own place, hopefully to try to mitigate the risk, but we really just have to keep our fingers crossed."
And that is what communities all across the region hit by Storm Frank will be doing this festive season: watching weather forecasts with concern, and praying that this new year is a lot better than last.
At an open event in Gorseinon, Gower, Carwyn Jones promised a "fresh and exciting" manifesto for 2016 to answer claims the party had run out of ideas.
Labour lost Gower to the Tories at the general election in May after holding the seat for more than 100 years.
Some activists told Mr Jones the party was not listening to its grassroots.
The warning came on Friday as Welsh Labour held the first in a series of question-and-answer sessions open to the general public and party members.
"We want a fresh and exciting manifesto," Mr Jones said.
"To get to that point, you go through a testing process, sometimes an uncomfortable process in order to get there.
"That's how you end up with a good offer to people."
But Gareth Phillips, a Labour councillor from Bridgend, said party officials in Cardiff failed to heed warnings that Gower was under threat, preferring to focus campaign efforts on attempts to capture the Vale of Glamorgan from the Conservatives.
"You are not listening to grassroots activists," he told Mr Jones.
"Consultations are great, but they're only great if people are listened to. I don't think [Welsh Labour HQ] Transport House are listening - that's your starting point."
Mr Jones said later: "There is a need to change the party structure, that's true, but I don't think it causes us to lose elections."
The first minister was joined in Gorseinon by Deputy Culture Minister Ken Skates, who has been given the job of preparing the manifesto.
Ministers have defended a separate Welsh government "Carwyn Connect" tour against Tory claims that taxpayers are funding Labour's re-election campaign.
"Our antenna broke," a Welsh Labour spin doctor says, reflecting on the general election.
In other words, Labour lost contact with the people and places who have traditionally kept its campaigns on track.
The outcome was that Labour not only failed to take ground from the Tories, it lost ground.
Take Gower, for example. A Labour campaigner there told me he went to the count on election night expecting to retain the constituency by about 1,000 votes.
Instead, the Conservatives won the seat - a seat Labour had held for more than 100 years - by just 27 votes.
The result surprised Labour. So, no surprises that Carwyn Jones and Ken Skates, the deputy minister writing Welsh Labour's 2016 manifesto, were in Gower today to hear what people have to say.
They're on the road to meet the public - not just Labour members - and make sure Labour's offer in 2016 matches voters' concerns.
It's a genuine listening exercise, we're told.
But we've heard that before. Didn't Ed Miliband say his party would hold millions of conversations with voters earlier this year?
And I remember the same spin doctor - he of the broken antenna - telling me in the run up to the 2011 assembly election that Labour really was consulting widely to deliver a fresh manifesto.
Will things be different this time?
The intention isn't just to learn lessons from the general election, but to convince the world that Labour wants to learn those lessons, even if it means locking horns with voters who think the Welsh government has made a hash of running public services.
There's no doubt the party's antenna needs repairing. Until it's working again, Labour can't be sure it's hit the bottom: it can't be sure the general election was as bad as it gets, or whether there's worse to come.
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Laurent Fabius was among a number of negotiators at the Vienna talks expressing hopes for a historic deal.
The agreement would impose limits on Iran's nuclear programme in return for relief from economic sanctions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said talks would not be extended beyond Monday, but there was still work to do.
US Secretary of State John Kerry also warned that "major issues" remained, but said he was hopeful.
Mr Fabius, who cancelled a trip to Africa to stay at the talks, said: "I hope we are finally entering the final phase of these marathon negotiations. I believe it."
A German government source said it was still possible for the negotiations to fail but a deal could be reached quickly if Tehran was ready to take the final steps.
"Negotiations are currently in the absolute final phase and are running intensely through the night," the source, quoted by Reuters, said.
On Sunday afternoon, two diplomats at the talks said details of the deal were still being worked out and that it would still need to be reviewed by Iran and the so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, Russia, France, China and Germany.
But then the agreement could be announced on Monday.
One remaining task was to re-read the whole document, which spans 100 pages, an Iranian diplomat told AFP news agency.
"Sometimes a country demands that we change a word, sparking several hours of discussions because the meaning can change completely," he said.
Later on Sunday, a top US state department official cautioned: "We have never speculated about the timing of anything during these negotiations, and we're certainly not going to start now - especially given the fact that major issues remain to be resolved in these talks."
An Iranian official was also quoted by the Isna agency as saying that it would be "logistically impossible" to reach a deal on Sunday and that "hard work continues".
And the top Republican in the US Senate, questioned whether President Barack Obama would then be able to win approval in Congress.
Mitch McConnell told Fox News Sunday: "I think it's going to be a very hard sell, if it's completed, in Congress.
"We already know it's going to leave Iran as a threshold nuclear state."
The failure to reach an agreement by last Friday means the US Congress will now take twice as long - 60 days - to decide whether to accept or reject any eventual deal, keeping sanctions in place until then.
Western powers suspect Iran of seeking nuclear weapons, but Iran says its programme is for purely peaceful purposes.
The sides have been holding marathon negotiations to reach a long-term agreement and have missed successive self-imposed deadlines.
The main sticking points for the P5+1 and Iran have been international inspections of Iran's non-nuclear sites, sanctions relief and how Iran's compliance will be verified.
Iran also wants a UN Security Council arms embargo to be scrapped - something the US has ruled out.
Imran Shahid is serving a minimum of 25 years for murdering Kriss Donald in 2004.
He had raised an action at the Court of Session in Edinburgh claiming that his segregation violated his human rights.
But judge Lord Malcolm rejected this, agreeing that segregation was necessary for safety reasons.
Shahid was recently attacked in prison after being returned to the mainstream population.
The 34-year-old, his brother Zeeshan Shahid and Faisal Mushtaq were all sentenced to life in November 2006 after being found guilty of murdering the 15-year-old.
Kriss Donald was abducted in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow, stabbed several times, then set on fire.
During his time in the Scottish jail system, Shahid has spent four years and eight months in segregation.
He claimed this amounted to inhuman or degrading treatment and was contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
He also maintained that there had been interference with his right to respect for private life under the ECHR.
As part of the action he raised a claim for compensation of £6,000, although his counsel Simon Collins QC accepted that any damages award would be modest.
In his judgement Lord Malcolm said: "Given the nature of his crime there was a high level of feeling against him in the prison population.
"The relevant officials, charged with making decisions concerning his management, considered that he would be at substantial risk of serious harm if returned to the mainstream population.
"Given the information which they had, they would have been open to very serious criticism, and indeed legal action, had he been placed in mainstream and come to harm.
"While such a lengthy period of segregation is a cause for concern, its purpose was legitimate. It was directed towards the petitioner's own safety and protection from the potential for serious injury or worse."
Lord Malcolm added: "The response was proportionate. Throughout the ultimate goal of reintegration was maintained."
The SPS maintained that within the prison population there had been a high level of feeling against Shahid because of the murder and at the time the view was taken that to place him in with mainstream prisoners would leave him at serious risk of attack.
The Scottish government regularly granted applications to governors for the renewal of his segregation.
Colleagues reported smelling alcohol on PC Wendy Bruce's breath.
A Northamptonshire Police disciplinary hearing heard PC Bruce, 49, would have been over the limit in the early morning, although she passed a test later in the day to avoid criminal prosecution.
However, the force argued she had "undermined" the drink-drive message.
PC Bruce admitted she had the two bottles before 22:30 BST on 20 October before getting up for work at 05:30 the next day and driving to Rushden Police Station.
A colleague reported her after she had been driven to Wellingborough and she was made to take a roadside breath test, which she failed.
However, when she was tested using legally-accurate equipment at about 09:22 BST, she was just under the limit.
David Ring, Northamptonshire Police solicitor, said: "It is commonsense from the roadside reading [that] she would have been above the legal limit.
"Police work hard to impress upon the public a consistent and clear message this conduct [drink-driving] cannot be tolerated - the officer who transgresses undermines this message."
PC Bruce, who had served with Northamptonshire since 2004, admitted misconduct, but argued it was not the sackable offence of gross misconduct.
Jim Kirkbright, representing her, said: "She did not disguise the intoxicants on her breath.
"She did not believe she had consumed so much alcohol [to be over the limit] by the time she was on duty."
Chief Constable Simon Edens found she had committed gross misconduct and said her actions were the "antithesis of what she, as a police officer, was on duty to do".
"Had she been asked to answer a 999 call, I can only assume she would have been driving a police car under the influence with all the obvious risk to life that entails," he said.
The Office for National Statistics said it will be ready to make the change to its monthly announcement on price increases by the end of the year.
It would give prominence to a measure called CPIH, which has tended to show the cost of living rising faster.
The Consumer Prices index, or CPI, would be pushed down the pecking order of inflation measures.
CPI is used for the Bank of England's 2% inflation target,
It is also the figure used across Europe to show how fast prices in the shops and elsewhere have been rising or falling in different countries.
But while it reflects changes in rents, it does not show how families are affected by the rising cost of being owner-occupiers.
CPIH does not directly include house prices or mortgage payments. Instead, statisticians adjust the rate by estimating how much it would cost owners to rent their own homes.
But as a result the broader measure has been 0.3% higher for most of the last year. In January CPI was 0.3%, while CPIH was 0.6%.
The ONS has promised to make CPIH more reliable, after it was criticised for not being robust enough and lost its status as a National Statistic.
However, even if it becomes the headline inflation figure around the turn of the year, there seems little prospect that the Chancellor will direct the Bank of England to use it for the UK's inflation target any time soon.
A Treasury spokesperson told BBC News: 'CPIH does not currently meet the standards for a National Statistic. The inflation target remains unchanged.'
Police had asked for help tracing Abbey Lewis, who had last been seen in her home town of Saltcoats late on Sunday.
They believed she may have travelled to Birmingham to meet someone she had been in contact with online.
Late on Monday officers said she had been traced, and thanked the public and media for their assistance.
The dead man's son-in-law, Pat Magee, said he believes two cars were racing each other along a narrow country road.
One of them swerved out of control and killed 72-year-old Paddy Wilkinson in 2014.
Two men admitted causing Mr Wilkinson's death near Ballyhornan.
"We had just finished bringing in the cows for evening milking," said Mr Magee.
"Two cars came around the corner at speed from the Ballyhornan direction
"The two cars were side by side. The two boys were racing. There is no doubt in my mind about that."
One of the cars braked and hit Mr Wilkinson, killing him close to the entrance of his own home.
Mr Magee said: "Paddy was a gentleman, and a good father-in-law. He treated me like a son."
Earlier this month, two men who admitted causing Mr Wilkinson's death by dangerous and careless driving were sentenced at Downpatrick Crown Court.
Che McManus, 21, of Carriff Court, near the village of Kilclief, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
He will spend nine months in jail.
McManus was a restricted driver having only passed his test three months earlier in March 2014.
Daryl Kirton, 23, formerly of Crossgar, County Down, but now with an address at Fell Street in Liverpool, was jailed for six months after he pleaded to causing Mr Wilkinson's death by careless driving.
Both men were also disqualified for a period of seven years.
The victim's family said the sentence handed down to the driver who killed Mr Wilkinson was too lenient.
Mr Magee said: "It's nowhere near enough. The maximum they can give is five to seven years for this kind of offence. If he admitted that he did something wrong, it should have been at the upper end of the scale.
"If you kill someone with a car it should be manslaughter. It's a dangerous weapon, just the same as a gun or a knife."
During sentencing on 12 January, the court heard that the deceased's daughter, Pauline Magee, saw her father after he had been knocked down.
She was screaming: "Call 999! Call 999!"
During his sentencing remarks, the judge condemned McManus for gesticulating at Mrs Magee at the crash scene, stating it showed "little remorse'' for his actions.
"I take the view that anyone who behaves the way that you did by gesturing obscenely shows little remorse whatsoever and shows a high culpability," the judge said.
"You do not behave in that way even if you are involved in a minor collision.
"This was highly reprehensible and disgusting behaviour on your part.''
The crowds, gathering at the US's big shopping centres, appeared to have exhausted some of their shopping enthusiasm on Thursday.
As last year, many retailers had opened their doors early to try to pull shoppers in ahead of rivals.
"The consumer clearly enjoys shopping on Thanksgiving," said Target's chief executive, Brian Cornell.
And, when opening the New York Stock Exchange for Friday's shortened day of trading, he welcomed the way the holiday season "has moved from an event on Black Friday morning to a multi-day event."
Many shoppers headed straight to the shops whilst still digesting their Thanksgiving turkey on Thursday, forming queues outside Macy's by 6pm on what is becoming known as "grey Thursday".
But if footfall was subdued, online sales came to the fore.
Wal-Mart said Thursday was its second-highest online sales day ever after last year's Cyber Monday, the first Monday in December when many people order items they'd like to arrive in time for Christmas.
BestBuy's website went offline after what the company said was "a concentrated spike in mobile traffic."
The hope for many retailers is that the slowly improving US economy, combined with lower petrol prices, could push consumers to buy more than they have in recent memory.
Black Friday has been the top sales day of the year since 2005, according to ShopperTrak which tracks data on stores globally, beating into second place the Saturday before Christmas when last-minute shoppers stock up on Christmas gifts.
However, that could change this year as Thanksgiving shopping and online sales eat into Black Friday's peak performance.
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Outside a Wal-Mart in northern New Jersey, nearly a hundred members of the OUR Wal-Mart campaign - a coalition of unions and Wal-Mart employees - protested what they said were unfair working conditions at the nation's largest retailer.
Surrounded by dozens of police officers in the brisk cold, they chanted slogans like "Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart you're no good, treat your workers like you should" and waved banners.
Inside the store, however, Wal-Mart representatives disputed their claims.
"They're really not representative of our associates at all. Our associates are in here working hard and they're excited to be here. This is the most fun day of all," a Wal-Mart spokesperson, Bill Wertz, told the BBC.
And as for shoppers whose habits the protestors were hoping to influence?
"It does affect my shopping affect my shopping, I told myself I wasn't going to purchase too much," says Gary Philip, a shopper walking into the store.
"But," he added, "I couldn't resist on getting a tree for a better price."
On-loan striker Holman opened his account on his home debut with a fine half-volley before doubling his tally with a 12-yard finish.
Danny Wright then matched Holman's feat, heading home from James Rowe's corner before striking from six yards for a second-half double of his own.
Alex Wall snatched a consolation goal but the Robins secured their seventh win in eight in the National League.
Cheltenham remain second in the table, one point behind Forest Green Rovers, while Bromley slip to 14th having won just once in their last 11 games.
Cheltenham Town boss Gary Johnson told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
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"It's the best we've played for a little while. We've still been getting the results, but I enjoyed the way we played today - we created lots of chances.
"I was really pleased with our performance and hopefully our supporters can go home nice and happy.
"Our passing had a bit of an end product to it without going long. All in all the boys have put it together."
The IS-linked Amaq news agency said two fighters "detonated explosive belts at a gathering of Shia" in Kabul.
The attack in Deh Mazang square targeted thousands from the Shia Hazara minority who were protesting over a new power line, saying its route bypasses provinces where many of them live.
The Taliban have condemned the attack.
Spokesperson Zabiullah Mujaheed sent an e-mail to the media saying they were not behind it.
Self-styled IS has a presence in eastern Afghanistan but has not previously admitted carrying out assaults in the capital.
An Afghan intelligence source told the BBC that an IS commander named Abo Ali had sent three jihadists from the Achen district of Nangarhar province to carry out the Kabul attack.
The interior ministry said only one attacker had successfully detonated an explosives belt. The belt of the second failed to explode and the third attacker was killed by security forces.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani addressed the nation on TV, declaring Sunday a day of national mourning.
"I promise you I will take revenge against the culprits," he said.
He had earlier issued a statement saying: "Peaceful protest is the right of every citizen, but opportunist terrorists infiltrated the crowds and carried out the attack."
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A freelance journalist working for BBC Afghan said blood and body parts were everywhere, with debris strewn around.
A large part of Kabul's city centre had been sealed off for the protest march.
The demonstrators had waved banners and chanted "death to discrimination", angry that the 500kV power transmission line from Turkmenistan to Kabul would not pass through Bamyan and Wardak provinces, which have large Hazara populations.
The Hazaras - mostly Shia Muslims - live mainly in the centre of the country.
They complain of persistent discrimination, especially during Taliban rule in the late 1990s, when many of them fled to Pakistan, Iran and Tajikistan.
The Taliban and Islamic State have been locked in frequent battles in Afghanistan since January 2015.
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The American said the club's "desperate existence is totally unacceptable, unbearable and totally incompatible with Villa's glorious past".
Villa, who are without a manager, have won only three league games, while two directors quit this week after falling out with the billionaire owner.
"I believe in Aston Villa and know it will come back stronger," Lerner added.
"Memories of Acorns on the shirt, and Ashley Young scoring a late winner against Everton still romantically nourish me."
The logo of Acorns Children's Hospice was carried on the team's shirts for free during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons.
Lerner, who put Villa up for sale in May 2014, said he will continue "to try to put the club into worthy hands" and "do my best to position Villa for the quickest possible return to its rightful place among England's elite".
Villa have taken only 16 points from 34 league matches and were relegated when they lost 1-0 at Manchester United on Saturday.
Two managers have left this season - Tim Sherwood in October and Remi Garde in March after only 147 days in charge - while David Bernstein and Lord King resigned from the board on Monday.
Striker Gabriel Agbonlahor was suspended on Monday after he was allegedly pictured with laughing gas canisters on the night Villa were relegated.
Agbonlahor was already on the sidelines after being told he was not fit enough.
Lerner thought the season would end badly when they conceded three goals in the final 18 minutes to lose 3-2 at Leicester in September.
He wrote: "A nagging sense of inevitability set in against Leicester City despite the late lead we enjoyed. Can't say why, although I doubt I'm alone..."
Lerner, who bought the club from Doug Ellis in 2006, has become a distant figure at Villa Park in recent years.
He last attended a home match in September 2014, the first time he had been seen at the club's home since December 2012.
In the first four years of his ownership, the 1982 European Cup winners were almost a fixture in the top half of the table under then manager Martin O'Neill,.
But since the Northern Irishman's shock resignation days before the start of the 2010-11 season, a steep decline has set in.
In the past five seasons, Villa have finished ninth, 16th, 15th, 15th and 17th.
This season's relegation after 34 games is the joint third-fastest - in terms of games played - since the top division was reduced to 20 teams in 1995.
In his statement, Lerner wrote: "How many seasons after all can one hold on and hope to slide through? That is not Aston Villa."
Four networks were uncovered operating in the Netherlands, Spain, Austria, Croatia and Bosnia, police said.
Six missing children from the Netherlands were found in appalling conditions in Spain last week when a couple in their 40s were arrested.
Prosecutors say the practice is a modern type of slavery.
The operation began over a year ago when investigators at Amsterdam Central Station noticed that a group of children were being used repeatedly as pickpockets under the control of adults, said a police statement (in Dutch).
Children were taken out of school to carry out shoplifting and pickpocketing, and authorities believe under-age girls were sexually abused and became pregnant.
When police arrested the Eastern European couple in a raid on a flat in the Spanish city of Barcelona on 15 June, they found a baby and five other children under the age of 15.
The couple are thought to be part of a child exploitation network and are expected to be extradited to the Netherlands. They are suspected of people trafficking, using false identities and removing underage children from competent authorities.
According to Dutch media, some of the children were under youth protection supervision and had previously been reported missing from an asylum seeker centre in Ter Apel in the north-eastern Netherlands.
"These days we look at whether a child is a victim of people trafficking," said prosecutor Warner ten Kate.
"I feel that this is the tip of the iceberg, that there are more children in the Netherlands who are victims of this."
Police believe the children had come from poor families in Bosnia and other countries in the former Yugoslavia.
The fire, which began on Monday morning, has already burned up about about 150,000 tyres, said fire officials.
The cause of the fire, in the Broadmeadows suburb, has not yet been established.
Charities have been calling on the UK to admit 3,000 child refugees as part of its response to the Syrian conflict.
International Development Secretary Justine Greening said ministers were considering "whether we can do more" for unaccompanied children.
Downing Street sources say no decision has been made yet.
Speaking on Sky News, Ms Greening said children "have always been at the heart of our response".
Asked about the calls for the government to consider admitting 3,000, she said: "That's what we are doing and I think that is the right thing."
Her comment come after David Cameron told the Commons earlier in January that he was considering the issue " in good faith".
Meanwhile, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron - who has been pushing the PM to take in unaccompanied children - told the BBC on Sunday "there may be some signs" from Mr Cameron's responses during a six-month long campaign that his view was "moving in that direction".
"His response when I first raised it with him was very negative. When I raised it with him privately, a little less negative," said Mr Farron, while the prime minister's response to the issue during the Syria debate in December had also been encouraging.
The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn made similar calls on Saturday on a trip to see refugees in Calais.
In September, the government promised to resettle 20,000 refugees from Syria over five years.
The Mental Disabilities Advocacy Centre (MDAC) revealed that the residents of Tophaz Special Home were being kept in horrendous conditions.
The 220-bed facility was supposed to care for adults and children.
Instead, they were found to be malnourished, injured and kept in rooms with excrement on the walls.
In the wake of the report, Hungary's Ministry for Human Resources said it would close the home, about 30km (19 miles) north of the capital Budapest.
But the report's authors fear that Tophaz is just the tip of the iceberg.
At least 20,000 patients live in similar, closed establishments across Hungary.
"We saw very poor physical conditions on many individuals, including scars and open wounds," said Steven Allen, campaigns director of MDAC, a group based in the UK and Hungary.
"Of particular concern for us is that we saw a number of residents who we believe to be seriously malnourished.
"The issue is not the carers, the issue is public policy, which invests in these institutions as opposed to helping people live in their own homes."
In several visits to Tophaz this year, MDAC documented informal restraints made from items of clothing, and only two staff on locked wards looking after 40 patients with multiple mental and physical disabilities.
According to the report, a number of people showed signs of institutionalisation - rocking back and forth, grinding their teeth and gnawing on furniture.
The charity is not the only one to witness the shock conditions at Tophaz. The Office of the Commissioner for Equal Rights made similar findings when it conducted an investigation at the institution in January.
Beata Borza told the BBC: "Tophaz is an extreme case. Of course, it would be great to close down these institutions immediately, but where would we put all the people who live there?
"In the long term, it is unacceptable. But change to smaller units, in the community, takes a lot of time."
In 2011, the Fidesz government drew up plans to close all state-run homes by 2041. Six, with 660 patients, were closed in 2016. Another 38 homes will close in 2018, returning 2,500 patients to the community. By 2023, a third wave of closures will release around 7,500 more patients.
As a result of the MDAC report, the Ministry for Human Resources has said it will speed up the closures - starting with Tophaz.
In a statement released on Wednesday, it also announced it was sacking Tophaz's director and carrying out an immediate investigation.
But the human rights group has said this is not enough, they are asking for a meeting with Minister Zoltan Balog to discuss urgent medical treatment and compensation for the Tophaz patients.
Karoly Czibere, Hungary's state secretary for social inclusion, had earlier acknowledged there is a problem in some state institutions, but said his government is already addressing it.
"There are some institutions which have a very bad location, the infrastructure is very bad, and the conditions of life are very bad," he told the BBC. "It is a top government priority to move patients into community-based care."
Meanwhile, Mr Czibere denied MDAC claims that the government refuses to allow independent monitoring, as well as denying allegations that EU Structural Funds are channelled into improving conditions at homes like Tophaz, rather than into preparing patients and staff for community and family-based care.
Large orphanages and state-run institutions for people with disabilities are a legacy of the Communist era in eastern Europe.
But nearly 30 years after its fall, the public are not used to seeing them in the street, and are often intolerant.
Staff at Tophaz earn only €400 ($436/£338) a month. There is a major labour shortage, as Hungarians and other east Europeans leave to work in homes for the elderly in northern Europe, including Britain and Germany.
The 200 books, mainly published in the 19th and early 20th Century, include one work that was issued by order of Emperor Nicholas I in 1849.
Auctioneers said the collection, which will be sold on 14 June, is "remarkable and seemingly unique".
Birmingham City University, which owns the books, said it was sad to see them leave but it would reinvest the funds.
The collection was built up from the mid-19th Century to support art and design education in the university's previous life as the Birmingham College of Art.
Chris Albury, auctioneer and senior valuer for Dominic Winter, which is handling the sale, said: "It's a very interesting and varied collection which includes a number of rarities, the undoubted highlight being the sumptuously illustrated Antiquities of the Russian Empire.
"This monumental, rare and influential work contains over 500 plates of Russian artefacts including icons, crowns, costume, weapons and jewellery."
The Antiquities of the Russian Empire books were one of only 600 sets issued on the order of Emperor Nicholas I.
Mr Albury said the Birmingham copy was "remarkable and seemingly unique" because it contained English descriptions of the artefacts.
"We expect huge transatlantic international interest for this English language set," he said, estimating it could fetch more than £30,000 at the sale in South Cerney, Gloucestershire.
The university said the books are now being sold because they no longer have relevance to current teaching or research.
Steve Rose, deputy director of library and learning resources, said it was a "stunning collection".
"I will be sad to see the books leave, but it means we can place a greater emphasis on our [books] that have direct relevance to the university's research," he said.
The company said wheat flour had been "inadvertently introduced" into its gluten-free oat flour used to make original and Honey Nut Cheerios at its factory in Lodi, California.
The affected boxes were produced during two weeks in July.
The company introduced gluten-free Cheerios earlier this year.
"We sincerely apologise to the gluten-free community and to anyone who may have been affected," said Jim Murphy, head of General Mills' cereal business.
The company said it did yet know what the recall would cost.
JP Morgan estimated it affected about 1% of Cheerios' annual production.
"We are not sure how costly the recall will be," the broker said. "Our biggest concern is over reputational risk, because the new gluten-free Cheerios just launched."
The box tree caterpillar is the larval stage of a moth native to the Far East and India.
An infestation can reduce the glossy green leaves of a box hedge to a faded skeleton within a few days of hatching.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) says it is now receiving three or four reports of infestations a day.
There have been more than 150 reports already this year, compared with 20 last year, and just three in 2011.
Initially limited to a small area of south west London, there have now been reports of the box tree caterpillar (Diaphania perspectalis) in areas outside the M25 and in Essex.
Dr Hayley Jones, an entomologist with the RHS, said: "The key thing is that it is established - it has survived throughout the winter and is breeding. It has a foot in the door and is now building up in numbers."
The moth first became established in Europe in 2007 and was first reported in the UK in 2008. By the end of 2014 it became apparent that it had established itself in some parts of London.
Experts believe that it originated in China and either flew across the English Channel or stowed away in containers of imported plants.
The gluttonous caterpillars can be difficult to spot until they have already laid waste to a plant. The moths lay overlapping sheets of pale yellow eggs on the underside of box leaves.
Once hatched, the larvae begin chomping their way through their host plant. Reaching around 4cm long, they spin webs around leaves and twigs to conceal and protect themselves.
Made from a similar material to spider silk, these fibres are incredibly sticky and strong, which makes it difficult for pesticides to penetrate.
It's thought that two to three generations of moth can hatch in a year.
The caterpillar is different to box blight, a fungus that has caused havoc in gardens across the UK.
However, Dr Jones said: "This is a double whammy for box. It's beginning to look like it could be as devastating as box blight.
"The best way to get rid of the caterpillars is to pick them off and squish them. Or to put them in the freezer, which kills them."
Box plants are not commonly found in the wild and aren't noted as being havens for wildlife or insects. But box topiary can give a sculptural definition that is much prized by gardeners.
They have been a feature of formal English gardens for hundreds of years, and individual plants can survive for decades.
Penny Tham returned from her 10-day holiday to find the 40-year-old box balls in her Fulham garden decimated.
"It's devastating, like a bereavement. The speed is extraordinary. One of mine is practically dead and it only started showing signs a couple of days ago," she explained.
Topiary expert James Crebbin-Bailey clips the box of some of the most prestigious gardens in the UK. He is having a pheromone trap installed in his garden in Twickenham because of the threat posed by the moth.
"The caterpillars just eat the whole thing, it's unreal," he told BBC News.
"But if you are vigilant and keep checking, you can stop them spreading. The first line of defence is to use a pheromone trap to kill the adult moths. Then use a pesticide, or you can pick them off and squash them."
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The RSPCA is investigating after a passer-by found the terrier crosses in Broadwater Forest, Tunbridge Wells.
One of the puppies was white with black markings, and the other tan-and-black. Both are thought to be aged somewhere between four and six weeks.
Charlotte Baumann, RSPCA, said: "These little puppies were so young and their short life was clearly a very sad one."
She added: "It is difficult to know how they died or why they were dumped here in this remote spot. They appear in a healthy weight and in reasonable condition, but there could have been a viral disease or similar.
"It may be someone that is trying to dispose of the dead puppies in the cheapest manner but there is huge concern for any surviving puppies.
"If they were from the same litter it is a concern that they died so quickly to one another at such a young age. If they were seriously ill any survivors might need emergency veterinary care."
"We urge anyone with any information about how these dead puppies came to be left in this way to call us, in particular anyone with information about how they may have died."
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Board members are set to meet in Dublin on Tuesday, 18 July to discuss the tournament's immediate future.
The South African franchises, who play their final Super Rugby game on Friday, would join 12 teams from Wales, Italy, Ireland and Scotland from September.
The revamp could see the league divided into two conferences of seven teams.
If agreed, that would see teams play their conference rivals home and away, but they are expected to also play against teams in the other conference at least once.
It is understood clubs are eager to safeguard as many derby games in the season as possible.
The Kings and Cheetahs are able "to explore other international opportunities" as they are poised to leave Super Rugby, the southern hemisphere's premier club competition between clubs from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and Japan.
By coincidence, the teams play each other in their final game in the competition on Friday at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
Super Rugby will be reduced from 18 to 15 teams next season, with an Australian side also poised to be cut.
Despite being set to play in a European league, the two teams are keen to remain based in South Africa rather than the UK.
There has been a suggestion they could play some of their home matches in the United Kingdom, with Saracens' Allianz Arena mooted as a potential venue.
This would be the first major change to the Pro Rugby competition since the introduction of Italian sides in 2010.
Welsh and Scottish sides first combined in a league in 1999, before an agreement with the Irish Rugby Football Union saw the Celtic League formed in 2001 with 15 teams.
This latest development in the Pro12 could also open the door to North American participation for the 2018-19 season, as the competition explores expansion options to generate more revenue and tap into new markets.
There have also been concerns over the future participation of Italy's two clubs, with Pro12 managing director Martin Anayi meeting with Italian rugby bosses this week in Rome.
Celtic Rugby was contacted by BBC Wales Sport, but declined to comment.
Friday's South Coast Proms concert was cancelled due to bad weather, with ticket holders offered a refund plus free entry to Saturday's pop concert.
It drew criticism from those who had already paid to attend Saturday's show.
Organisers said the free tickets were a "gesture of goodwill" but made no comment about the complaints.
The two concerts are to mark the opening stage of the sailing series as Sir Ben Ainslie begins Britain's bid to win the 35th America's Cup.
Organisers issued a statement on Friday explaining the South Coast Proms concert, featuring the Band of HM Royal Marines, was cancelled for "public safety reasons".
It added it would refund all Friday evening tickets, which cost £25, as well as offer them free tickets for the Portsmouth Live! concert featuring Spandau Ballet, Wet Wet Wet and McBusted.
Those with Saturday tickets - which cost up to £48.50 - took to the event's own Facebook page to complain.
On Friday Martine Halliday posted: "I have paid £131 for three tickets and people who bought tickets for tonight get a full refund and free entry into tomorrow's event. Come on, seriously, sort this out!!!"
Jan Spencer, who said she paid £200 for Saturday tickets, posted: "To give people free tickets to a completely different concert as well as a refund is disgraceful. I'm so very annoyed".
Andy Cottrell posted that the handling of the issue was a "shambles".
Others complained about the prospect of more people attending the Saturday concert, potentially making it crowded and cramped.
A concerts spokeswoman said: "We offered the Saturday night tickets as a gesture of goodwill to many of those who had travelled to Portsmouth and, due to inclement weather conditions, had missed out on their concert opportunity."
Paul Cherrett, 62, of King Richard Drive, Bournemouth, admitted 18 charges including indecent assaults and possessing indecent photos.
The offences, against nine boys between 1975 and 2016, took place at Scout camps and other locations.
The judge at Bournemouth Crown Court said Cherrett's crimes would live with his victims forever.
The court heard Cherrett's offending was finally discovered when a CCTV camera was triggered by a motion sensor in the tuck shop at Butchers Coppice Scout Camp in Bournemouth.
The camera sent alerts including still images to a senior scout leader's mobile phone.
The CCTV images showed Cherrett acting inappropriately with a boy.
It led to a charge of sexual activity with a child, which Cherrett admitted in August 2016.
Following a police appeal, a further eight victims came forward, leading to another 17 guilty pleas on Friday.
The court heard boys were sexually abused and forced to stand naked at Scout locations in the Bournemouth area and at camps abroad.
Police also found 35 indecent images of children on Cherrett's computer equipment.
Judge Peter Johnson said: "Some of your victims were as young as eight or nine. You caused them immense harm."
The Scout Association said Cherrett had always held a "full and valid" Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Spokesman Simon Carter said: "Neither we nor the police hold any records relating to his service with the association that showed that previous allegations had been made detailing any inappropriate behaviour. "
He said the case was being reviewed "in light of the information revealed in the victim statements" to see if any Scouting volunteers had known about the abuse.
Lex Immers' header gave Cardiff the lead but Scott Parker's first goal of the season brought the Cottagers level.
Hyndman scored from close range to secure victory for Fulham, who move 10 points clear of the relegation zone.
Cardiff are five points adrift of the Championship play-off places with five games remaining.
Russell Slade's side failed to capitalise on play-off rivals Sheffield Wednesday's 4-1 defeat at Bristol City.
Both sides had chances during an open first half, with Aron Gunnarsson's header saved by Marcus Bettinelli and Bruno Ecuele Manga heading over from Peter Whittingham's corner.
At the other end David Marshall parried fellow Scottish international and former Cardiff striker Ross McCormack's free-kick.
Cardiff went ahead when Scott Malone combined down the left with Gunnarsson, whose cross was met by Immers to head home his fifth goal of the season.
Fulham levelled in the opening minute of the second half when Cardiff's defence were caught cold as Moussa Dembele set up former England midfielder Parker, who fired home from a tight angle.
Gunnarsson and Sean Morrison squandered chances for Cardiff, who were less effective in the second half.
Dembele was denied by Marshall and McCormack's shot was deflected onto the bar as the home side chased a later winner.
They were rewarded in stoppage time when United States international Hyndman struck from close range following a scramble at a corner.
Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic:
"We didn't play a good football game in the first 45 minutes. That could be my mistake. Maybe my message was a bit confused. The second half was a game we want to play.
"Today is Emerson Hyndman's birthday. It's a great present for himself and for all of us in the last moment of the game. He's probably one of the more talented players.
"I am little bit disappointed with myself that I haven't found more minutes for him this season. He probably needs to be a little bit stronger for the Championship. But he will be a very good footballer for us.
"We've had one perfect week where we've won three games but in front of us is five games more. Mathematically, we are 10 points ahead. It's 15 points needed, so we need five points more to be 100 per cent sure."
Cardiff City manager Russell Slade:
"We will keep going to the end. It's a setback and we would have taken a precious point. We've given ourselves a mountain to climb but there's still time to go.
"A draw would have been a fair result. We took a few risks to get the three points and when you do that you leave yourself open a little bit. But they've scored as a result of a corner that we've not defended well enough.
"It's very frustrating that we've not been able to bridge that gap. We've had some real high level performances recently but where we want to be is certainly not impossible.
"We'll keep going. We've got a home game next week and all we can control is what's in front of us."
Bishop Jones chaired the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which cleared fans of blame for the tragedy in its report last September.
He will continue to work in a different role, to be announced later this year.
A farewell service for the bishop takes place in Liverpool Cathedral on Wednesday.
A spokesman for the bishop confirmed his continued Hillsborough link but added: "The specific details have yet to be released."
Bishop Jones, who has served Liverpool Diocese for 15 years, carries out his penultimate service on Sunday when ordains 10 deacons at Liverpool Cathedral.
The farewell and thanksgiving service is at 19:30 BST on Wednesday.
The document is entitled "Time for a Real Fresh Start".
It sets out the same pledges and priorities listed by the party ahead of last year's Assembly election.
It includes a draft "statement of wrongs" on the past, which places blame for the Troubles on all groups and individuals who acted outside the law.
The party wants to lower corporation tax in Northern Ireland to 10%, create enterprise zones for research and development and abolish air passenger duty for short haul flights from Northern Ireland.
It also plans to increase spending on health and education and commit to completing the upgrade at the M2/M3/Westlink/York Road Junction.
The Conservative party is fielding 13 candidates in the assembly election and says it is "determined to remove the sectarian blinkers from Stormont politics".
Sussex Police Deputy Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney said the pair would face disciplinary proceedings over the video, which was sent on social media, and a private message.
The constables made the video while working near the scene where 11 people died after a jet crashed on to the A27.
Ms Pinkney said they had behaved in a "wholly disrespectful way".
There was sufficient evidence the officers were not likely to become "well-conducted" PCs, she said.
Ms Pinkney said the force did not punish people for making honest mistakes, but added: "In this case, I don't believe this behaviour was an honest mistake.
"Instead, it was a deliberate choice to behave in a wholly disrespectful way."
Last week, when Ms Pinkney revealed the officers had filmed themselves near the scene, she said the video was made on the cordon and did not show details of the site, but was accompanied by an inappropriate and offensive message.
Under Regulation 13, which relates to new officers in probationary periods, the pair will meet a chief officer who will make a recommendation about their future after reviewing evidence against them.
"A possible outcome is that the chief constable may decide that the officers leave the force," Ms Pinkey said.
Ms Pinkney said she apologised again to the victims' families for the unnecessary distress they had been undoubtedly caused.
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Neil Burdett's daughter Faye fought the disease for 11 days but died last year.
When the family released photographs of Faye, more than 820,000 people signed a petition for a jab for all children.
Mr Burdett, of Maidstone, gave evidence to MPs but said he had heard nothing. The government said the UK was first to introduce a vaccination programme.
Mr Burdett and his wife Jenny had to make the decision to turn off Faye's life support.
The disease had led to sepsis and they had already signed forms consenting to amputations, but knew the sepsis had caused further damage.
He said: "Her kidneys weren't working and the list went on and on.
"She fought so hard. Turning off the machine was the hardest decision we have ever had to make but it was the right thing to do."
Q&A: Meningitis B vaccine
He said they remembered their daughter as a "happy girl who loved to run around."
"She loved painting and was very clever for her age, she was so bright and determined."
He said an investigation into Faye's treatment was still ongoing, because she was sent home from Maidstone Hospital - but returned seven hours later.
The meningitis B vaccine, Bexsero, is available on the NHS for babies aged two months, but parents who wish to have older children vaccinated must pay privately.
Last year, the government refused to make the vaccine more widely available - a move described by Mr Burdett as "insulting and devastating."
Former public health minister Jane Ellison pledged to launch an awareness campaign on signs of meningitis and the government agreed to release its cost calculations for vaccines.
A spokesman for the Department of Health said: "The UK is the first country in the world to have introduced a national meningitis B vaccination programme using Bexsero.
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"In addition our public awareness campaigns on sepsis and meningitis B have seen millions of leaflets distributed to GP clinics, hospitals and other public places - and we'll set out further plans shortly."
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Alec Stewart and bowling coach Stuart Barnes have taken temporary charge.
They will be at the helm for Friday's County Championship game with Yorkshire while the club search for a long-term successor to Adams, who ended his playing career to join Surrey in 2008.
"Chris Adams is someone I love talking to about cricket. I find him pretty straight on things. Of course he'll be sad to have departed this way, it's been a tough five years but I suspect it won't have come as a complete shock.
"I could say Surrey are the Manchester United of cricket, although their executive director Alec Stewart would take great offence and say more Chelsea. Either way they demand and not hope for success.
"It's a growing trend to sack a coach mid season and that can be attributed directly to two divisions and increased prize money. It's not a criticism, just a fact.
"Closely linked is the power players now have. The dressing room is increasingly influencing decisions.
"Winning Division One earns the players £351,493.85 to be shared. The second division is much lower at £87,873.46. Players not having the opportunity to win the top prize can be fatal for coaches.
"Money is nowhere near as big as football and the coaching roundabout will not reach those silly levels but expect one or two departures a summer."
Under him, the club won promotion and the CB40 in 2011, but are without a Championship win this term.
"Chris and Ian have worked really hard for the club and we appreciate their endeavours during the past five seasons," said Surrey chief executive Richard Gould.
"The club has decided it is now time to make a change in order to progress further."
Although it is uncommon for managerial staff to leave counties mid-season, Adams' departure is by no means unique.
Last summer Northants parted company with head coach David Capel, ending his 33-year association with the club, and in July 2007 Richard Pybus left Middlesex at his own request, less than six months after being put in charge of the first team.
By asking former England captain Stewart, 50, to step into the breach, Surrey are looking to ensure dressing room stability.
He is an executive director at the club, having spent his entire playing career with Surrey before retiring in 2003.
Stewart, whose father Micky also played for the county, made his Surrey debut at the age of 18 and went on to represent them for 22 years. During his domestic and international career he scored nearly 35,000 first-class runs.
He will oversee professional cricket at Surrey until the end of the season, while 42-year-old Barnes, who was appointed last October after leaving Gloucestershire, where he had been on the coaching staff for 15 years, will look after the team on a day-to-day basis.
"The club felt it was best to make this decision to help the club move in the direction they wish to move in," Stewart told Test Match Special.
"The club have made a tough decision. It's never nice to tell people they are no longer employed but sport is tough and you have to make some tough decisions and hopefully some right decisions."
Reacting to the news of Adams' departure, another ex-England captain Michael Vaughan posted on Twitter: "The first sign that cricket will become like football eventually.. A county coach sacked mid season."
Following their successes in 2011, Surrey endured a difficult season last summer following the tragic death of batsman Tom Maynard in June.
Despite the devastating effect the news had on the club and Maynard's team-mates, Adams managed to rally the side and help them avoid relegation in their first season back in Division One.
Adams, whose contract was due to expire at the end of this summer, had put his faith in Rory Hamilton-Brown as skipper in 2010, but he was allowed to leave following the death of Maynard, a close friend.
Surrey's signing policy last winter was to go for experience over youth, bringing in South African Graeme Smith as captain and former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting along with Gary Keedy and Vikram Solanki.
However, their plans were disrupted when Smith hurt his ankle in early May, an injury that has ruled him out for the season.
They drew their first two Championship matches with Smith in the side, but lost the two immediately after his injury, although they have drawn three games since.
Their one-day form has also been poor and they currently lie sixth out of seven in their YB40 group with two wins from seven matches.
Gould said they were in no hurry to appoint successors to Adams and Salisbury, but were still hopeful that this season could be a positive one for the team.
"We have particular ambitions for this season and wanted to make sure we had enough time to make changes and then hopefully deliver on some of those ambitions," he told the Surrey website.
"We need to be able to attract the best calibre of person and we're not going to set ourselves a tight deadline for that.
"We're very fortunate to have Alec Stewart available to take over for the next few months and we'll be using the time that gives us to get the very best result for Surrey Cricket Club."
Allegro's mini-movie, What are you looking for at Christmas? English for beginners, is a tale of a Polish grandfather learning to speak English ahead of a holiday trip to London and has resonated with its online audience.
He begins with prepositions and pronouns, before making mistaken, out-of-place declarations on the city bus and foul-mouthed threats in the bath.
However, it makes little mention in its three-minute runtime of the product advertised - a Polish auction website - other than an opening title and the sign-off: "And you? What are you looking for?"
Ian Henderson, executive creative director at AML, a London-based brand and advertising agency, told the BBC: "The very modest branding works in its favour, the advertiser has had the grace to get out of the way of the emotion."
"It's beautifully made and a gorgeous little film, which helps.
"But what makes it work is the emotional authenticity - we believe it completely.
"That is surprisingly hard to do in an ad."
The website's Facebook page has fielded an overwhelmingly positive reaction in the 1,200 comments beneath the video.
Some say it is the only advertisement they have watched to the end or the only one to have made them cry, and Allegro appears to be responding to as many of the comments as possible.
"My fiance is Polish and I met my mother-in-law for the first time two months ago," says one comment. "Never cried for an ad before."
The advert elicits "the greatest feelings", says another viewer.
"So our goal was achieved," replies Allegro.
The 2,500 comments below the YouTube copy of the video, however, are also interested in the breed of dog belonging to the grandfather and the violent goading toward the rubber duck.
Allegro is the fifth largest website in Poland, according to figures from web traffic analysis site Alexa Internet, and has previously put out an advert with more than 2.5 million views on YouTube.
However, English for beginners has outstripped the viewing numbers of its most recent commercials, What do you do every year?, with 60,000 views, and What do you do every day?, with 900,000 views.
"It's yet another demonstration that a good idea well executed creates its own media space," says Mr Henderson.
"Good, original ideas can come from anywhere, and don't need massive budgets to work - great news for creative ad agencies, less good for commercial TV channels who depend on big-budget TV campaigns."
The commercial is typical of the high production values associated with adverts at Christmas time.
H&M employed award-winning film-maker Wes Anderson for its offering this year.
It is nearly four minutes long, stars Adrien Brody and Peter Serafinowicz, and has been watched by eight million people on the clothes retailer's YouTube channel.
Meanwhile UK department store chain John Lewis now commands such anticipation for its Christmas advert it has brought attention to a homage-maker, the band whose music played in it, and the dog that starred in it.
By comparison, it has clocked up 56 million views across YouTube and Facebook in four weeks.
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Seventeen people have been nominated for the 12 seats on Leith Links Community Council.
Some of the other 43 community councils in Edinburgh struggle to persuade enough people to come forward.
Online voting will open on Wednesday 19 October 2016 and eligible voters in the area will receive information in the post on how to get involved.
Anyone aged 16 or over in the area can vote provided they are registered on the electoral roll.
Polling day will be on Thursday 27 October from 14:00 - 20:00 at Leith Community Education Centre.
Maureen Child, City of Edinburgh Council's convener of the communities and neighbourhoods committee, said: "Our aim is to deliver democratic processes that people can take part in and trust.
"To offer different methods of voting including online, we hope to make it easier for people to have a say and that can only be a good thing.
"We hope that by offering flexible ways to vote that it will attract even more interest in the Leith Links election.
"Community councils are an ideal way to support communities to thrive, to allow people from all backgrounds to meet and share ideas and to make change happen.
"They are a fantastic way of making public sector agencies aware of the needs of local areas, and can really help to make changes for the better."
Chances are by now you know all the gory details - allegations in the Panama Papers that the super-rich and politically connected, and even some of their relatives, have moved hundreds of thousands of dollars from their own countries into offshore accounts in Panama, Hong Kong and Singapore, amongst other places.
A lot of the international spotlight has been centred on the practice of offshore banking.
Some of the biggest global offshore banking centres can be found in Asia - Singapore, Macao, Dubai and Hong Kong, for example, are amongst the top spots for the global super-rich looking to open an offshore account.
The practice in itself isn't illegal, but Asian capitals have been under pressure to share more information about who account holders are, and where the money comes from. So will the Panama Papers force more governments to become more transparent about tax?
Unlikely, says Andy Xie, an independent economist based in China and Hong Kong.
"In Asia it's about how to hide your wealth that often hasn't been legitimately acquired," says Mr Xie. "Political power and ill-gotten wealth go hand in hand here.
"How are you going to convince people to close these doors?"
Now let's be clear - setting up an offshore account or an offshore company is perfectly legal.
But here's where it gets complicated. There is a difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance. And the devil is in the details.
Tax evasion, according to Paul Lau, tax partner with professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is when "someone has income to report and then doesn't report it."
So if you have income in that offshore account, that you haven't declared to tax authorities back in your home country, and you are required to report that income to them - then that could be illegal.
But tax avoidance is something a bit more "nebulous", as Mr Lau puts it.
"Tax avoidance is taking advantage of certain tax provisions in a way that is not within the intent of the provision, to avoid paying tax."
So that means - if you've found a perfectly legal way to avoid paying taxes because of a provision in the tax system - well, then depending on the country, you may not be doing anything illegal at all.
Lots of hedges and provisos here, but that's sort of the point.
"The world is dotted with states and territories that make a speciality of providing services whose purpose is to facilitate ways to hide assets," says anti-corruption advocacy group Transparency International.
Activists say it is time for these countries to reform the secret world of finance they operate and become more transparent.
"The enablers - the accountants, the lawyers, the business formation people - they're all involved," says Transparency International's Casey Kelso.
"They are all getting a great deal of money as a percentage of these profits from these transactions."
But reforming these offshore banking centres won't be easy. This sort of business attracts billions of dollars for offshore banking centres every year, and it's not just from individuals. Massive profit-making corporations often set up shop in these centres to pay less tax as well.
Google, Apple, Microsoft, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto - they're all household names - and all have admitted to being under audit by Australian tax authorities for using Singapore as a marketing and service hub.
They report hundreds of millions of dollars of income in Singapore, but pay lower tax on their money there than they would back in Australia, because of Singapore's lower tax rates.
The companies say they're not doing anything wrong, because Singapore is an important hub for them. But Australia says if money was earned from business done in Australia, tax should be paid there.
Both Singapore and Hong Kong have said they take a serious view of tax evasion and support international efforts to tackle cross-border transgressions.
The government here has been quick to point out its efforts to clamp down on any illegal activities.
"Singapore takes a serious view on tax evasion and will not tolerate its business and financial centre being used to facilitate tax related crimes," the Monetary Authority of Singapore said in a statement.
Singapore's Ministry of Finance added: "We are reviewing the information being reported in connection with the so-called Panama Papers and are doing the necessary checks.
"If there is evidence of wrongdoing by any individual or entity in Singapore, we will not hesitate to take firm action."
In fact, many Asian countries have committed to exchange more tax information by 2018 as part of the Automatic Exchange of Information initiative set up by the OECD. Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia have all signed up.
So if you're an Australian and you open a bank account in Singapore, by 2018 in theory, your government could know about it.
But critics say there's no incentive for countries who depend on offshore banking to do this. In fact, their business depends on keeping things secret.
"The livelihoods of these offshore financial centres depend on giving their clients confidentiality," says Mr Xie. "Otherwise why would people hide their money there?"
In the end, it's all about who goes first. Countries want a level playing field, because if one offshore banking centre starts opening itself to greater scrutiny, there's a very good chance their wealthy customers will flee, running to the next most secret place to park their cash.
And as we all know, where there's demand, there will always be a ready supply.
Their study in the journal Human Reproduction said smoking, alcohol consumption and being obese did not affect semen quality.
However, they warned that avoiding them was still "good health advice".
Wearing boxer shorts rather than tighter underwear was linked to higher sperm levels.
Advice for doctors
by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence says men should be warned about the impact of smoking, drinking and taking recreational drugs on their sperm.
A study by researchers at the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester compared the lifestyles of 939 men with poor sperm quality with 1,310 men with normal sperm quality.
The study showed there was little difference in the number of mobile sperm between patients who never smoked and those who had a 20-a-day habit.
There was "little evidence" that recreational drug use, a high BMI or excessive alcohol consumption affected sperm quality.
Dr Andrew Povey, from the University of Manchester, said there was these lifestyle choices were hugely important for wider health but "probably have little influence" on male fertility.
He said: "This potentially overturns much of the current advice given to men about how they might improve their fertility and suggests that many common lifestyle risks may not be as important as we previously thought.
"Delaying fertility treatment then for these couples so that they can make changes to their lifestyles, for which there is little evidence of effectiveness, is unlikely to improve their chances of a conception and, indeed, might be prejudicial for couples with little time left to lose."
Wearing boxer shorts was associated with higher-quality sperm.
Dr Allan Pacey from the University of Sheffield said: "In spite of our results, it's important that men continue to follow sensible health advice and watch their weight, stop smoking and drink alcohol within sensible limits. But there is no need for them to become monks just because they want to be a dad.
"Although if they are a fan of tight Y-fronts, then switching underpants to something a bit looser for a few months might be a good idea."
There are other measures of fertility, such as the size and shape of the sperm or the quality of the sperms' DNA, which were not considered in the study.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is reviewing the evidence.
A NICE spokesperson said: "The draft update of our fertility guideline is currently open for consultation.
"However, until the update of this guideline is published later this year, the NHS should continue to follow the recommendations in the current fertility guideline."
The Commission says citizenship rules are a national prerogative, but it has raised concerns, as have many MEPs.
Last week EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said "you cannot put a price tag on EU citizenship".
Foreigners will be able to buy Maltese passports for 1.15m euros (£944,000), without having to live in Malta.
A spokeswoman for Ms Reding said "we are in talks, but it does not mean launching infringement proceedings [against Malta]".
"It is always the case that we give a member state a chance to outline, clarify its position and respond to Commission concerns."
The spokeswoman said Ms Reding's primary concern was that an applicant for citizenship should have "a genuine link to the country" - not just the ability to pay.
"We are not prescribing - we are open to clarifications from the Maltese authorities," she told the BBC.
Malta, like most of the EU's 28 countries, is in the Schengen zone, where citizens can mostly travel without passport checks. The EU single market has made it much easier for citizens to settle in another member state.
Owning an EU member state's passport entitles the holder to EU citizenship, with all the rights guaranteed under EU law.
Under the new scheme, called the Individual Investor Programme (IIP), Malta will initially issue passports to 1,800 people. Family members will also be able to get passports, for a lower fee.
The scheme is being managed by a Jersey-based company, Henley and Partners. On its website the company says applicants will be subject to strict vetting and "only highly respectable clients will be admitted". The scheme is aimed at "ultra-high net worth individuals and families worldwide".
The original price tag for Maltese citizenship, set last November, was 650,000 euros. But the government later raised it to 1.15m euros, amid criticism of the scheme by opposition MPs.
In a strongly-worded resolution last week, the European Parliament also criticised the Maltese scheme, saying "EU citizenship should never become a tradable commodity".
The MEPs urged Malta to "bring its current citizenship scheme in line with the EU's values" and called on the Commission to "issue recommendations in order to prevent such schemes from undermining the values that the EU has been built upon".
The MEPs also questioned whether Malta was complying with Article 4.3 of the Treaty on European Union, which enshrines "the principle of sincere co-operation" between member states, who are obliged to assist each other and avoid any measure that jeopardises the EU's goals.
Several EU states, including Austria, Spain, the UK, Bulgaria and Hungary, offer fast-track residence to foreigners able to invest large sums in property and/or government bonds. A permanent residence permit can often lead to citizenship.
KT McFarland, a former government official who has most recently worked as Fox News analyst, is to serve as deputy national security adviser.
Campaign lawyer Donald McGahn will be White House counsel.
The latest appointments come as a request for a recount of the votes is due to be filed in Wisconsin where Mr Trump narrowly beat Hillary Clinton.
Mr Trump confirmed the nominations in a statement from his transition team on Friday.
He praised Ms McFarland's "tremendous experience and innate talent'' which he said would "complement the fantastic team we are assembling".
Ms McFarland, who has worked in the administrations of former presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, will assist retired Lt Gen Michael Flynn, who has been appointed national security adviser.
Of Mr McGhan, a lawyer who worked on his campaign, Mr Trump said he had "a brilliant legal mind, excellent character and a deep understanding of constitutional law".
Gen Flynn has drawn concern over his strident views on Islam.
The nominee for attorney general, Jeff Sessions, was rejected from becoming a federal judge in 1986 because of alleged racist remarks.
Mike Pompeo, named as CIA director, is a hardline Republican Congressman.
Stephen Bannon, chairman of the controversial right-wing website Breitbart News, is to be Mr Trump's chief strategist.
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a strong critic of Mr Trump on during the campaign, was nominated as US ambassador to the UN, becoming is the first non-white female appointed to the new top team.
Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), will be his chief of staff.
The recount in Wisconsin is due to be filed by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. Friday is the deadline for the request.
Voting-rights lawyers who urged candidates to request recounts, John Bonifaz and J Alex Halderman, say the result needs to be closely analysed.
The also called for recounts in Michigan and Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania's deadline is Monday, and Michigan's is Wednesday.
A Clinton victory in Wisconsin alone would not overturn Mr Trump's lead - the state provides only 10 votes in the crucial electoral college that gave him victory.
But wins in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania would have clinched the presidency for the Democrat.
The fact that the results in the three states was different from what polls predicted was "probably not" down to hacking, Mr Halderman said. Concerns over possible Russian interference had been expressed in the run-up to the vote.
"The only way to know whether a cyber-attack changed the result is to closely examine the available physical evidence ," he wrote.
Money was stolen from St Malachy's Church in Hillsborough, Aghaderg Church, Loughbrickland and St John's Church, Dromara.
St Andrew's Church in Lisburn, County Antrim, was targeted as well.
A Church of Ireland spokesperson said the robbers used specialist equipment to break into the parish safes.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the Church of Ireland Diocese of Down and Dromore said:
"Following a recent spate of robberies on church premises we have urged our clergy to be extra vigilant over the Christmas period.
"We are saddened to have been targeted in this way and hope that no further such incidents occur for us or for anyone else in this Christmas season and beyond."
The Republic of Ireland international, 27, suffered medial ligament damage in training on Thursday.
Meyler has played 28 times for the Tigers in all competitions this season but has been an unused substitute in their last four outings.
Marco Silva's side sit two points above the Premier League relegation zone before Saturday's trip to Stoke City.
Shanghai took part in the most recent tests and had the highest results.
But there were claims that the city was not representative of schools in other parts of China.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which runs the tests has announced that Beijing, Jiangsu and Guangdong will take part, alongside Shanghai.
The Pisa tests, taken every three years by 15-year-olds, have become one of the most influential international benchmarks for education standards.
Earlier this year, England's exam regulator announced that the Pisa tests would be used as a benchmark for maintaining standards in GCSEs.
The Department for Education in England has also said it will recruit 60 maths teachers from Shanghai and bring them over to provide master classes in teaching maths in England.
The most recent results showed that Asian school systems were at the top of the rankings in reading, maths and science.
But Pisa tests include regional education systems as well as results for entire countries.
Shanghai was the single most successful education system, but there were complaints that the standards in an individual city should not be measured against the outcomes of a diverse national system, such as the United States or Germany.
The four education systems in the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, are entered separately, but there is also a combined UK ranking.
There is still no plan for a single Chinese entry in the global rankings, but the OECD says that a wider range of regions will participate.
Guangdong, China's most populated province with more than 100 million people, will take part in the 2015 tests.
Jiangsu, a densely-populated province on China's east coast, also joining the Pisa test process, has a population similar to that of Germany.
Beijing and Shanghai are also participating, with the four Chinese provinces having a population of more than 230 million.
The OECD's Andreas Schleicher, responsible for the tests, said: "Carrying out a Pisa assessment in a vast and diverse country like China is a formidable challenge."
The expansion of provinces taking part "marks an important stepping stone", he said.
"China's participation in Pisa 2015 will be conducted in full accordance with Pisa sampling procedures and standards of international comparability," said Mr Schleicher.
The Aberdeenshire station was once used by the Royal family when they travelled to nearby Balmoral.
Although no longer used as a rail station, it housed a tourist centre, retail units and a restaurant - all of which were destroyed by the blaze.
Plans have now been submitted that would see the station recreated.
Parts of the Royal Waiting Room were salvaged from the fire and a replica Royal carriage which had been on display was relatively undamaged.
The new planning application would see the station building reinstated - including the VisitScotland information centre, public library and restaurant - as well as the waiting room and carriage.
There would be a new exhibition space extending along the old platform and over the tracks, taking the form of railway sheds.
A new public square is proposed in front of the station, linking it to the nearby Victoria and Albert Halls and creating a destination point for the Deeside Way.
The plans have been submitted to the Cairngorms National Park Authority by Aberdeenshire Council, Historic Environment Scotland and a firm of architects.
It is hoped that work could start in November, with the station and exhibition space expected to be open towards the end of 2017.
Originally built in 1866, the station underwent a complete refurbishment in 2001 and was leased by Aberdeenshire Council to VisitScotland.
The board has described staffing of its obstetric service at the hospital as "very precarious" and "fragile".
One of the three consultant obstetricians who run the service left in December and a new locum has died "very suddenly", NHS Highland said.
Leave commitments for other staff have compounded the situation.
Gill McVicar, NHS Highland's director of operations for its north and west operational unit, said: "Attempts are being made to secure the services of other locums but it is likely that contingency plans will have to be put in place in the next few weeks to ensure a safe service."
Out-of-hours services could be affected, the board has said.
The maternity service at Caithness General is led by midwives.
Women assessed as being at high risk are booked in to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness as a matter of routine.
Its first outing, which aired on BBC Two last year, garnered rave reviews from TV critics, with the Daily Mail giving it five stars and describing it as "like nothing else on TV".
The series resurrected TV's anthology format - think Play for Today or Tales of the Unexpected - with six unrelated episodes, all with different characters and storylines but all set in a place linked to the number nine.
It boasted a stellar cast including turns, including Helen McCrory, Gemma Arterton, Julia Davis, Tamsin Grieg, Oona Chaplin, Timothy West and Anna Chancellor.
This time round, Shearsmith and Pemberton have managed to enlist the talents of Sheridan Smith, Alison Steadman, Jack Whitehall, Paul Kaye, Jane Horrocks, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Mark Benton, to name but a few.
Shearsmith says the well-received first series was a "calling card... people knew what to expect a little bit; it's like doing a half-hour play, it's quite delicious for an actor".
"You can pull in these amazing actors, if this series was [one storyline] across six or seven weeks, we probably wouldn't have been able to get half the people," adds Pemberton.
This series includes episodes based in a French train sleeper carriage (number nine of course), a Victorian villa and a volunteer call centre.
An anthology is a very different format compared with their previous work on League of Gentleman - primarily sketch-based in the early days - and sitcom Psychoville.
Shearsmith and Pemberton star in the all the episodes of Inside No 9, although some roles are more minor.
"It felt very strange having done years of League where we play lots of different characters all week long... it's quite nice to settle into that part and enjoy playing that one person," says Shearsmith.
"They all feel a bit more real, the tone is hopefully subtler than stuff we've done before,"
The writing process for the pair was also a novelty.
"The biggest tyrannical thing is the blank piece of paper," says Pemberton.
Shearsmith says once they got going it was "a lot more work".
"Each time you're creating a new world but that's its own reward. You get to create six different worlds and that's enjoyable."
Doubtless due to their reputation, the duo were lucky enough to be allowed total creative freedom, not a privilege afforded to many in an industry often chasing ratings.
"We don't tell anyone what we're working on, we just get left alone," says Pemberton.
"That's the really successful thing about it, it's not driven by what the channel thinks they want or what the head of comedy thinks they want. It's driven by us two completely, which makes it unique."
But there is one area they don't have control over - scheduling.
And it's a source of frustration.
"We want people to watch them but because they're on at 10pm on BBC Two, they pass people by and that's the only frustrating thing," says Pemberton.
It's an obvious slot for cult comedy but Inside No 9 is probably their most accessible work yet.
"We're wise enough to think some people really love it; we're not trying to do a thing that's massively popular. It's a very niche thing although I think out of all the things we've done, these are broader," says Shearsmith.
With transmission looming closer, he admits to feeling apprehensive about the reaction.
"It's like presenting your baby to the world and them passing judgement on it. You feel protective of it, you want it to be liked," says Shearsmith.
"But that's what you learn - what the viewing figures are, what the reviews are, awards you win or don't win, it's all out of your control," says Pemberton.
"The one thing you can control is how good the programme is. We were lucky, we've been very lauded for what we've done, we've won some awards, we've not won other awards, it all evens out.
"It's a nonsense anyway, the really important thing you've got to focus on is to keep your quality of work up.
"We felt more pressure when Psychoville came out. It was the follow‐up to the League of Gentleman, an impossible thing to follow," says Pemberton.
"But Psychoville was its own thing, it had a big fanbase and we were really pleased, so this time it felt like 'we've done that second album syndrome'. Luckily, reaction to series one [of Inside No 9] was really brilliant, we were proud of it, we knew it was different."
But the bigger your body of work and the more success it brings, the more difficult it can be to pull something new out of the bag. But the pair use this challenge to spur them on.
"We strive to surprise in the worlds we're creating, you can't become lazy. I don't think we could ever be accused of doing the same thing over and over again," says Shearsmith.
Each tale is notable for its succinctness, which can leave you wanting more.
"Sometimes you feel you could have done a whole series [from one episode], it feels like six pilots," says Pemberton.
"But it only works because it is only happening in that half-hour and you don't go any further with it, you wring out all your peaks and then it's done and you never return and that's why it's good," Shearsmith interjects.
And it's clear the pair delight in wrongfooting the audience, a device enjoyed by fans of the show.
"Any element you can put into a comedy - horror, drama, emotion - none of it is what you normally get out of comedy, so it's suddenly very heightened," says Shearsmith.
"What we want is for people to watch all of them and each week to think, where's this going to go this week? That's what we enjoy about it."
The second series of Inside Number 9 begins on BBC Two on Thursday 26 March at 2200 GMT.
The announcement came after mass graves and more than 30 bodies were found in the south over the past week.
The victims were thought to be migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh who paid smugglers to get them across Thailand.
The military junta has given local authorities until the end of next week to eradicate camps used by smugglers.
But Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who ordered the operation, also said the problem was "from abroad and not from us".
"To solve it we must look to the source because we are merely a transit country," he said.
Last week, authorities uncovered a mass grave containing 26 bodies in the southern province of Songkhla, and since then have found more human remains and several other sites suspected to be former human trafficking camps.
The area is on a route regularly used by Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.
Analysis: Jonathan Head, BBC News, South East Asia correspondent
So is the Thai government serious this time about tackling trafficking? The transfer of around 50 officers, mainly from the police, suggests that perhaps it is. Eighteen arrest warrants have been issued. But it is early days still, and there have been false dawns before.
Human trafficking was one of the first problems to confront Gen Prayuth after he seized power a year ago. Within a month the US, following years of warnings, had downgraded Thailand to the lowest level on its annual report on trafficking. The general promised immediate action. But it never came.
When the annual "sailing season" began in October, and boatloads of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi migrants began arriving on Thailand's Andaman coast, a few dedicated officials tried to stop the flow, organising their own raids and roadblocks, sending information about camps and traffickers back to Bangkok. They got little support.
Many of the bodies dug up over the past week were in a camp I was told about by a police officer six months ago. He said powerful vested interests barred him from shutting the camp down.
This problem is the responsibility of many Thai governments. But had Gen Prayuth acted last year, as he promised, some of those being exhumed from jungle graves might be alive today.
Rights groups have long said that Thai officials are both actively and passively complicit in the trade.
Three Thai local officials and a Burmese national have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in connection with the recently discovered mass graves, and police are looking for another four people.
Thai police chief Gen Somyot Poompanmuang said on Thursday: "We have transferred over 50 police officers over this issue because commanders in local areas know who has been involved in what."
Several of those transferred are believed to be senior personnel.
In remarks reported by Reuters, the general added that in the past "there were no sincere efforts to solve this problem".
Two people were injured after two cars collided near the Upper Boat interchange just before 07:00 GMT.
The accident initially closed the main carriageway but after it was cleared a van broke down near the A4054 interchange.
One of the southbound lanes was blocked at the scene.
Whitlock, 23, gained Britain's first-ever Olympic gymnastics gold with victory in the men's floor and won his second gold on the men's pommel horse.
The gymnast, coach Scott Hann and team mate Brinn Bevan were met by crowds at South Essex Gymnastics Club, Basildon.
Whitlock said he was proud to be supported by an "incredible" club and hoped to inspire more gymnasts.
The gymnast now has five Olympic medals, earning bronze in the all-around to add to bronze in both the team event and pommel horse at London 2012.
Whitlock said it was not until he flew into UK with the rest of Team GB on Tuesday that he realised quite how much of an impact their achievements had made at home.
"It was like we were in a bubble in Rio - you could feel it slightly on social media, but it was literally when we stepped forth off that plane that we realised what an impact we'd made," he said.
"The whole of Team GB have done so well."
Mr Hann said: "All the guys have trained so hard but... it's phenomenal and an honour to be part of Team GB and this historic result."
The corporation is planning to identify those who earn more than £450,000.
But the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee said there was no reason not to publish details of those who get more than £143,000 a year.
The BBC said that would allow commercial broadcasters to poach its stars, which "wouldn't be in the interests of licence fee payers".
Currently, the BBC reveals the salary details of executives who earn more than £150,000 per year.
In May, a government white paper on the future of the corporation recommended revealing which performers and presenters get more than £450,000, which would affect names including Chris Evans, Gary Lineker and Graham Norton.
The select committee's acting chairman, Conservative MP Damian Collins, said: "There will be agents, managers, headhunters who will know very well what different people are being paid.
"That's part of the secret knowledge that people within the industry have but it's not shared by licence fee payers - the people that provide the money in the first place," he told BBC's Today programme.
Transparency on pay was "a helpful tool to keep in control of pay costs", he said, and pointed out that it was standard practice in public bodies to declare pay packages above the prime minister's £143,000 annual salary.
The BBC had made an "important step" in declaring the packages of executives on more than £150,000, but that should be extended to every employee.
"I don't think licence fee payers distinguish between a salary paid to an executive, and that paid to a presenter or broadcaster," he said.
In response, a BBC statement said it has "led the way in transparency by publishing details of senior manager salaries over £150,000".
It continued: "We cut our bill for talent pay by £8m last year, but creating a poacher's charter by publishing the salaries of individual presenters and actors wouldn't be in the interests of licence fee payers who say they want the best talent on the BBC."
Elsewhere in its report, the committee has also called for a separate Six O'Clock TV news for Scotland, which would be made in Scotland with a Scottish audience in mind.
The BBC has been looking at the idea following concern that, following devolution, many so-called national stories relate only to England.
Mr Collins said: "We believe that it is perfectly reasonable for editorial decisions on the running order for television news broadcasts in Scotland to be made in Scotland, and broadcast from Scotland, as they are already for radio."
The BBC spokesperson said it was "continuing to test a number of options as part of our ongoing review into our news services".
The statement said: "Ultimately our main aim is to provide the best news offer possible and that is why we're exploring a number of possible formats."
Meanwhile, the committee voiced "serious concerns" over the appointment of the new BBC unitary board, including the way chairwoman Rona Fairhead was "reappointed" without a recruitment process.
Mr Collins said Mrs Fairhead, current chairwoman of the BBC Trust, "may well be the best person" for the job, but there was still time to have a proper process to consider other candidates.
He said the role would be "pivotal" and the chair would play an important part in deciding who else would be on the board.
A BBC Trust spokesperson said that decision was made by the then prime minister and culture secretary, who believed "it was important that the process ran smoothly, with the chairman to provide continuity".
Davies, 28, joined the Bantams on a one-year deal last summer and scored five goals in 25 league appearances.
The Bantams have also released defenders Alan Sheehan, 29, and Christopher Routis, 26, with the duo agreeing deals with Luton and Ross County respectively.
Midfielder Billy Knott, 23, has been let go after making 64 league appearances in two seasons.
The Brazilian businessman bought a majority shareholding from Peter McGuigan, who was in charge of the Shrimps for 16 years.
McGuigan helped the club to promotion into the Football League and their relocation to the Globe Arena.
"I looked at a lot of clubs around the world, but I always loved English football," said Lemos.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "I saw a couple of clubs, but the first choice was always Morecambe as I liked it a lot - the atmosphere, a family club and I hope we can build on the foundations we have.
"You always need to have high ambitions to try and improve so we cannot make promises apart from hard work.
"I believe if you work hard in life you can achieve your dreams, so we can dream."
The 29-year-old and two accomplices attached the bomb to the vending machine in a quiet street before taking cover in their vehicle.
But the victim did not close the door in time and was struck in the head by a steel shard from the explosion.
His accomplices took him to hospital but he later died of his wounds.
The men told staff at the hospital in the western town of Schoppingen that their unconscious friend had fallen down the stairs.
But one of them later admitted to police that they had blown up the machine.
Police confirmed that none of the money or condoms from the machine had been taken.
The two surviving men were arrested before later being released from custody.
The Rugby Football Union is giving full-time contracts to 20 players.
They include 12 members of the squad that won the 15-a-side Women's Rugby World Cup in Paris earlier this month, beating Canada in the final.
England's World Cup-winning captain Katy Mclean, one of the players awarded a contract, described the deals as "fantastic news for the sport".
The RFU said the one-year contracts would be awarded on an annual basis.
All 20 contracted players will train full-time at Twickenham and at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, starting in September.
They will compete in the 2014-15 IRB Women's Sevens World Series, at which England will attempt to qualify for the Rio Olympics on behalf of Great Britain.
Rugby sevens will be included at the Olympics for the first time in 2016, and the RFU said it had decided on a professional set-up in order to allow England to compete effectively against full-time opponents.
England's squad at the Women's Rugby World Cup in France was made up entirely of part-time players, including a plumber, Marlie Packer, and a vet, Sophie Hemming. All of the players trained in their spare time for no pay.
They won the tournament by beating Canada 21-9 in the final in Paris on 17 August, to become world champions for the first time since 1994.
Danielle Waterman, who scored one of England's two tries in the final, gave up her job at an RFU academy for 16-18-year-olds in Gloucester last November to focus on the World Cup.
She told BBC Radio 5 live: "These contracts haven't happened overnight. The RFU has been working towards this for at least as long as I've been involved with England, which is 11 years.
"It has cost a substantial amount of money to do it and the RFU is providing that support, which is brilliant."
Waterman and Packer have been awarded full-time contracts along with primary school teacher Mclean, who said: "This is fantastic news for the sport and exactly what we need as an England squad to continue to be at the top of our sport on a global scale."
In addition to their Sevens commitments, the full-time players will also be expected to play 15-a-side internationals and Women's Premiership rugby.
Their training programme, led by Sevens coach Simon Middleton and RFU head of women's performance Nicola Ponsford, will include strength and conditioning work, as well as medical, nutritional, lifestyle and psychological support.
Ponsford declined to reveal how much players would be paid, but told Radio 5 live that those giving up their jobs would receive adequate financial support.
She said: "The RFU doesn't disclose salaries, so we're not going reveal amounts. But we are going to work with every player to make sure everyone is sorted out financially and can focus on training.
"We want the players to be able to commit to this without having to worry that they're not going to make ends meet."
The development comes six months after the England women's cricket team announced it would be turning professional.
A total of 18 female cricketers were awarded professional contracts in May by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
The building in Tylorstown, Rhondda Fach, is the only community venue left in the town after its library closed.
The Grade II-listed building dates from 1933 and was built using funding from miners' families.
The Heritage Lottery Funding will help provide services including employment support and training, a new cafe and community classes.
There are hopes the hall's former cinema could be revived, which would make it the Rhondda Fach's only cinema.
The hall has already been awarded £161,900 to develop plans and will receive £546,000 from the Heritage Lottery.
It is brutally hot even after the fasting daylight hours give way to the feasting hours of the humid evening.
The sound of Koran readings in the ancient mosques drifts across the modern skyline - a reminder of the energies devoted to prayerful contemplation.
But this year the atmosphere feels a little different.
In the Gulf there is a keen awareness that the deadline is approaching in the talks between the US-led world powers and the government of Iran over that country's nuclear ambitions.
The Sunni monarchies of the region follow the issue as closely as it is followed in Israel - which of course considers itself the likeliest target for any future Iranian nuclear bomb.
The fears in the Gulf are slightly more complex.
Many of the conflicts raging in the Middle East, from Yemen to Iraq to Syria, are defined to some extent by the ancient division between the two main traditions of Islam - Shia and Sunni.
Iran sees itself as a protector of the Shia wherever they may be found and also believes in the right to export its brand of revolution.
Its regional rivals led by Saudi Arabia therefore regard it as a dangerous and destabilising power - ever ready to blow on the flames of political dissent through its proxy armies like Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Most of the Gulf states are Sunni with Shia minorities but Bahrain has a Shia majority ruled by a Sunni monarchy.
It is no stranger to political unrest and reports that members of that Shia majority are abused, even tortured, in prison - something the authorities deny.
Add to that the uncomfortable fact that historically Iran once regarded Bahrain as its own territory and that some at least of the Kingdom's Shia population have their roots in Persia and you can see why Bahrain views Iran with particular anxiety.
The Chief of Police in Bahrain, Major-General Tariq al-Hassan, showed me an impressive collection of guns, ammunition and explosives recovered on anti-terrorist operations in recent years.
He says it is clear that Iran is inspiring, inciting and attempting to arm extremist groups in the Kingdom.
"There's no doubt there's overwhelming evidence of Iranian interference, direct and indirect," he told me. "We have evidence the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps or elements within it have been involved in training, funding and recruiting terrorists in Bahrain."
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The problem for the Gulf states is that it is possible to see a downside to the outcome of the nuclear negotiations with Iran however they end.
If there is no deal the Iranians may emerge from the talks as an embittered adversary of the Sunni world, readier than ever to support their powerful proxies around the region - that means not just Lebanese Hezbollah but the heavily-armed and well-trained Shia militias of Iraq too.
If there is a nuclear deal and the global economic sanctions are lifted then the Iranians would have much more money to spend on those paramilitary forces if they chose to do so.
And of course there is the over-arching question of Iran's nuclear ambitions themselves.
Tehran adamantly denies that it intends to use its increasing nuclear expertise to build a bomb - to weaponise that knowledge, in the jargon of diplomacy.
Its adversaries are united in scepticism but divided about the best way to react if it becomes clear that Iran is seeking to acquire The Bomb.
Israel has been debating for years the possibility of launching pre-emptive air strikes on Iranian nuclear infrastructure - a repeat on a larger scale of the type of air operations undertaken against nuclear targets in both Iraq and Syria in the past.
That carries with it the risk of triggering retaliation from the Iranians of course (perhaps via Hezbollah) and may only delay the project by three-to-five years, according to some experts.
Israel of course already has nuclear weapons of its own - although its strict policy of not acknowledging that fact in public means they are often not discussed as a factor in this equation.
The Gulf states do not have The Bomb - but when I discussed all of this with the foreign minister of Bahrain, Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad al-Khalifa, he offered a gloomy warning about the dangers of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.
He said simply: "A nuclear programme that is unchecked, that would produce a nuclear weapon, would no doubt cause an arms race. It wouldn't only be Saudi Arabia but many other countries in the region would want to hire that capability."
The prospect of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East is a disturbing one - particularly given the almost limitless financial resources that a country like Saudi Arabia could afford to spend on such a project.
It is fair to say though that not everyone in the Middle East - and indeed not everyone in Bahrain - sees things in quite the same way.
Dr Jasim Husain is a senior figure in the Shia al-Wefaq movement which is Bahrain's largest political movement and which boycotted last year's elections here.
He says it is too easy for non-Shia to demonise Iran and makes the point that there are plenty of other risks and dangers in the Middle East too.
"I think this is really an unfair characterisation of Iran," he told me, "I think it's way too much to describe one country as being very unbalanced and a danger. I think the real problems are the problems we're having with Isis [Islamic State] - they are the real threats in the region."
The world powers negotiating with Iran clearly accept to some extent at least that the government in Tehran is dangerous - both in its readiness to fund paramilitary forces outside its borders and possibly in its nuclear ambitions.
There seems to be a general sense that some sort of deal is likely in which Iran will agree to limits on its nuclear programme in return for an easing of sanctions.
In the Middle East when people feel free to speak off the record they worry a little that America is too keen to make the deal because the Obama administration is desperate for some kind of diplomatic agreement that will be seen as a historical legacy of his presidency.
Managing a process that sees Iran re-integrated into global politics and trade might fit the bill but there are deep fears in the Middle East about the price that Iran might extract in return.
There is much at stake as these talks climax in the Ramadan of 2015 - it will be interesting to see how stable things look when Ramadan rolls round again next year.
The Sweden international arrived at Celtic in the summer on loan from Manchester City and has scored six goals in four games during the month.
Guidetti's September goals helped Ronny Deila's side record four domestic wins.
He is ineligible to play in Celtic's Europa League group campaign due to a delay in processing his transfer.
However, if Celtic progress to the round of 32, he can be registered to participate in any matches which may take place in 2015.
Deila has previously said he wants Guidetti to become a Celtic player permanently "as quickly as possible".
The 22-year-old Sweden international is currently on a season-long loan, but his contract at the Etihad stadium expires in the summer and while he still sees himself as a City player, he is focused on his current role at Celtic.
"It's something I have to look at of course," said Guidetti.
"But I'm trying to stay focused on my football. I've just got to keep doing well. What happens next year, we take next year.
"I have a lot of things coming up and great things to look forward to. We have the Europa League and hopefully we'll go to the finishing stages of that.
"I'm still a Manchester City player at the end of the day, and I've been a Manchester City player since I was 16 years of age. That club has done so much for me.
"I don't want to look ahead too much, because sometimes if you look too much ahead you're missing on the good bits that are happening right now.
"If it's the right thing for me to do, then it's the right thing for me to do. I have good people working with me who will do all the talking.
"If Celtic and them are talking, it's very good. I trust them and they've said to stay focused on my football, there's nothing for me to worry about.
"If I keep doing well, that's all I need to worry about."
Guidetti was flattered to receive the monthly award, and insisted it was down to Deila and Celtic for giving him a new lease of life after a prolonged spell out injured with Manchester City.
"I have been given an opportunity, and I play with great players in front of amazing fans, who help me," said Guidetti.
"The manager believing in me, giving me an opportunity. It didn't go so well for two years, but the reason was because I was injured - not because I was playing badly.
"When the opportunity was given to me, I took it and I'm trying to do my best. I don't see the two years as me playing badly and not doing well, because injuries happen in football and there's nothing you can do.
"It made me stronger and built me as a person and made me a better footballer, so much more grateful for being in the position I'm in today and to be able to play football.
"It's fantastic here - I can't complain.
"I'm playing in one of the biggest clubs in the world and it's an absolute pleasure and honour to put on the Celtic jersey."
Vladimir Bukovsky, 73, of Gilbert Road, Cambridge, denies 11 charges and was on trial at Cambridge Crown Court.
But after two days of evidence, Mr Bukovsky was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital with pneumonia.
The jury in the case has been discharged and the case adjourned until 19 January for review.
The two Inverness fire crews were responding to a 999 call about a road accident when their vehicles skidded on the B9006 on 6 February.
Of nine firefighters who were injured, five were taken to hospital.
Investigators have recommended there be a review of training for driving during icy conditions.
They have also recommended that the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) make arrangements for the gathering and sharing of information on weather that could affect driving conditions.
The accident happened on the B9006 Inverness to Nairn road at about 07:15 while the two crews were going to the aid of two people trapped in wreckage following a road accident.
The first appliance to hit the black ice skidded 180 degrees on the road before it struck a raised grass verge and rotated 360 degrees and landed on its side in the field.
The driver of the second vehicle slowed down, but lost control after passing the point where the first appliance had skidded.
The second fire engine also came off the road and ended up on its side the same field.
However, the crew managed to alert the crew of a third fire service vehicle and it was stopped safely and remained on the road.
Three of those involved in the crash were not wearing seat belts, according to the SFRS investigation.
Lewis Ramasay, assistant chief officer at SFRS, said: "The investigation established that the immediate cause of the crash was the two vehicles skidding on black ice.
"As a result, we are reviewing arrangements for gathering information on road conditions and how these may present specific route risks, in order to ensure that our crews are advised accordingly.
"We are also reviewing training in relation to driving in inclement weather and driver familiarisation with specific vehicles, although the investigation did not find this to be a contributory factor in the crash."
The senior officer added: "The role of a firefighter is one that is often dangerous and our job is to ensure that the risks associated with firefighting and responding to emergency calls are managed effectively.
"This starts from the minute a call is received and appliances are dispatched; our report recognises this and, as a result, we fully intend to use its findings to protect our crews, the public and any other road users.
"This incident is a powerful reminder of the risks faced by frontline crews and it shows how even highly experienced emergency response drivers in state-of-the-art vehicles can be affected by inclement road and weather conditions."
Chris Grayling made the remarks to the Daily Mail, which said the government was considering a scrappage scheme for older diesel cars.
Concerns over nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions from diesel vehicles have been raised in recent years.
The Department for Transport said Mr Grayling was not telling people to stop buying diesel vehicles.
It declined to comment on reports of a new scrappage scheme.
According to statistics from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), NO2 is responsible for about 23,500 deaths in the UK each year.
Concern over emissions increased when it emerged that 1.2 million Volkswagen diesel vehicles in Britain had been fitted with software to help cheat emissions tests.
Mr Grayling told the Mail: "People should take a long, hard think about what they need, about where they're going to be driving, and should make best endeavours to buy the least polluting vehicle they can.
"I don't think diesel is going to disappear but someone who is buying a car to drive around a busy city may think about buying a low-emission vehicle rather than a diesel."
Greenpeace clean air campaigner Areeba Hamid said: "It's a bit confusing. He's saying 'have a long and hard think about diesel' but in the same breath he's saying [diesel cars] won't disappear."
She said the government should deliver a strong message to the car industry and consumers by changing the taxation structure on diesel cars in the next Budget.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) chief executive Mike Hawes said: "The biggest air quality gains will come by encouraging the uptake of the latest low emission vehicles, regardless of fuel type."
Steve Fowler from Auto Express magazine said the government should not "penalise" those who "really have no alternative" to using diesel.
"As much as battery cars, hybrid cars are improving, they're never going to be the greatest things for really long journeys and for things like towing, so diesel - for the moment - will always have a place," he said.
"And people living in rural areas - this is where the one size fits all thing doesn't work."
When guest editing BBC Radio 4's Today programme last December, Britain's chief medical officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, said diesel cars should "steadily be phased out" in order to reduce deaths from air pollution.
London is one of the worst affected areas in the UK for air pollution, and the city's mayor Sadiq Khan has asked the government to adopt a £515m diesel scrappage scheme to help reduce emissions in the capital.
Mr Khan has also said a £10 "toxicity charge" - which will target the most polluting older vehicles in the capital - will come into force on 23 October.
A spokesman for the Department of Transport said the government was helping to tackle air quality by providing a further £290m to support electric vehicles.
The spokesman added: "We will update our air quality plans later this year to further improve the nation's air quality."
The Labour government ran a £300m scrappage scheme for both diesel and petrol cars between 2009 and 2010.
The single, featuring Charlie Puth on vocals, is on the Fast & Furious 7 soundtrack, paying tribute actor Paul Walker who died while filming the blockbuster in 2013.
It is the quickest-selling single of the year and has clocked up 3.72 million listens in the last seven days.
Khalifa told OfficialCharts.com: "I hope we did him [Paul Walker] proud."
OMI's Cheerleader, which had 3.33 million streams this week, was still at number two while former chart-topper Jess Glynne was at three with Hold My Hand.
Clean Bandit are at number four with the track Stronger, which features vocals from Glee star Alex Newell and Sean Bass. It is the group's fifth UK Top 40 track.
Nick Jonas was at number five with his track Jealous.
The album chart was led by US singer/songwriter Josh Groban, who has his first number one with Stages, a compilation of Broadway covers. It features collaborations with Kelly Clarkson, Chris Botti and Audra MacDonald, with tracks from Les Miserables, The Wizard Of Oz, Carousel, Chess and The Phantom of the Opera.
It pushed Paul Simon's The Ultimate Collection down to number two, with Ed Sheeran's X at three. Sam Smith is just below at number four with In The Lonely Hour, which is now in its 48th week in the top 10.
The 2015 Brits critics' choice award winner James Bay is at five with his debut Chaos and the Calm.
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The incident happened shortly before 17:00 BST on Saturday when two cars travelling in opposite directions collided on Thurgoland Bank.
The driver of one of the cars, a 37-year-old man from Stockbridge, died of his injuries, police said.
A 36-year-old driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries. He was held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
Officers appealed for any witnesses to come forward.
The council is to reorganise secondary schools to improve standards, deal with ageing school buildings and increase Welsh language provision.
Opposition councillors lost a vote to stop the plans at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday by 22 votes to 29.
Earlier, about 150 protesters gathered outside the council's Haverfordwest office.
Parents and students from action group Save our Sixth Form fear a lack of continuity could be harmful to the prospects of some pupils.
Kay Dearing, a parent governor at Tasker Milward School, told BBC Radio Wales: "I feel very strongly that no-one has yet demonstrated that the proposed model is to the benefit of the pupils."
Changes include closing three sixth forms with pupils attending a new centre in Haverfordwest, along with merging two schools and building a new Welsh medium secondary school.
A consultation on the proposals ends on 5 May.
Labour says it would raise corporation tax to spend £4.8bn on keeping up with rising costs, and £335m so no schools lost out from a funding reorganisation.
The Lib Dems are promising £7bn to protect per-pupil funding levels.
The Conservatives said school spending had reached record levels and attacked the two parties' spending plans.
Headteachers have been warning about job losses caused by cash shortages, with the National Audit Office estimating schools will have to cut £3bn from budgets by 2019-20 to meet rising cost pressures.
A new funding formula will also see some schools lose money, although others will gain.
On Monday, the Institute of Fiscal Studies said protecting schools from real-terms cuts in England would mean spending the equivalent of an extra penny on the basic rate of income tax.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner are promising a real-terms funding increase in schools and "free lifelong education" in colleges, including restoring the Educational Maintenance Allowance.
This would be paid for by increasing corporation tax from the current 19% to 26% by 2021, Labour said.
"We will invest in schools and in our young people, ensuring no primary pupils go hungry during the day, reducing class sizes so children can learn and teachers can teach, and restoring the maintenance allowance and grants for students in both further and higher education," Ms Rayner said.
The Lib Dems claimed their plans went further than Labour's and said details of how they would funded would be provided "in due course" in the party's manifesto.
The party said it would also protect further education per-pupil funding in real terms.
Lib Dem education spokeswoman Sarah Olney said: "While funding per pupil is set to see the biggest cuts in a generation, billions of pounds are being spent on divisive plans to expand grammars and free schools.
"This extra £7bn of funding would ensure no school and no child loses out."
The Conservatives said Labour had already committed the corporation tax rise to other projects.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke said Labour's announcement was "just made-up promises on the back of nonsensical spending plans".
He added: "The Lib Dems are no better and won't even tell people about the tax rises they would bring in."
As education is a devolved matter, the pledges relate to England only, and the amount Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland receives would be determined by the funding formula.
Steven Kirkwood, 44, denies murdering Michael O'Hanlon by repeatedly stabbing him at HK Autotek, Stevenston, Ayrshire, last July.
He has lodged a special defence of self-defence.
In his closing speech, prosecutor Richard Goddard said the "right thing to do" was to convict Mr Kirkwood.
The jury has heard that abusive texts and Facebook messages were being sent by Mr Kirkwood to his ex-partner Eileen O'Hanlon, who was due to marry Mr O'Hanlon in August last year.
A meeting was set up in the garage on 25 July 2016 to talk over the situation.
There was a struggle and Mr O'Hanlon was stabbed four times and died from massive blood loss.
Mr Kirkwood admits stabbing him, but claims he was acting in self-defence. He said he found the knife on the floor and lashed out because he was pinned down by Mr O'Hanlon and his friend Forbes Cowan.
Mr Goddard told the jurors that Mr Kirkwood had spoken about stabbing Mr O'Hanlon and had said "I think I killed him", 45 minutes after the incident in the garage.
"We have evidence of what eye-witnesses saw, evidence of what Steven Kirkwood admitted to others what he had done in the aftermath of the incident," he told jurors.
Mr Kirkwood had also posted on social media that his ex-partner Ms O'Hanlon had called him a nutcase for years and added: "I'm now going to show them nutcase."
Mr Goddard told the jury: "He started the day posting those words and ended it by stabbing Michael O'Hanlon to death."
The prosecutor added: "There is no evidence the knife was ever in anyone else's hands."
Defence QC Derek Ogg, in his closing speech, said that on the day of the incident Mr Kirkwood had found himself facing two big, powerful men - the reigning Mr Scotland bodybuilding champion Mr O'Hanlon, who was 6ft and 17 stone, and 6ft 4in Forbes Cowan, who was a runner-up in the World's Strongest Man competition.
Mr Ogg said: "These are two big, powerful, strong men. You could not get bigger and stronger men in Ayrshire than these two.
"He used what force he thought at the time was necessary to stop these two big powerful men each of whom had expressed aggression towards him.
"My client has severe arthritis. These men were not just looking for violence, but serious violence. Mr Kirkwood could only escape by going through these two men."
He added: "There was no conversation about resolving any issue. They intended to do violence and wicked violence to my client.
"These are men of such height and strength that if these two came through a door aggressively anyone would be thinking: 'This is it. I'm in for it.'"
"If you had an elephant lying there and you saw these two men coming you would go for it."
The defence QC accused Crown witnesses of being selective with their evidence.
The trial before judge Lady Rae continues.
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It says the Royal College of Midwives has overhauled its professional guidance and women will now no longer be advised that they should have babies without medical interventions, including caesareans and epidurals.
In an interview with the paper, the chief executive of the RCM, Cathy Warwick, denied that what is known as the "campaign for normal birth", which has run since 2005, had compromised safety.
But she said: "We don't want to contribute to any sense that a woman has failed because she hasn't had a normal birth."
In an editorial, the paper says midwives are right to revisit received wisdom on what counts as a "normal birth".
The paper welcomes the shift in emphasis with the focus now on what will work best for mothers and babies.
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The Guardian reports that students waiting for next week's A-level results have described the stress of sitting new, untested, qualifications, which some say they have felt ill-prepared to tackle.
The paper says they are the first student cohort to be examined using a more demanding set of qualifications, brought in as part of the government's education changes.
It has left them feeling like "guinea pigs", the paper says.
Some students have told the paper that the changes were "rushed in" with teachers struggling to master new syllabuses and with few revision materials available.
One told how they felt like a "lab rat", saying: "No past papers. No examiner reports. No practice. It's been awful".
The Daily Telegraph says universities have been accused of allowing admissions to descend into a "free for all" as they battle to attract new students.
The paper reports that many institutions are set to lower their entry grades drastically to entice young people after A-level results are released next week.
It warns that the lifting of a number of controls in England in 2015 gave universities the freedom to recruit as many undergraduates as they wanted and it says the move has led to accusations that they now act like businesses, seeking to maximise their revenue by recruiting as many students as possible.
The paper reports that some A-level pupils have been told their conditional offers - based around their predicted results - will be "upgraded" to unconditional offers if they confirm the university as their first-choice.
Under the headline "How insurers rip you off" there is a warning on the front page of the Daily Mail that drivers and homeowners who opt to pay for insurance by monthly instalments are unwittingly being charged hundreds of pounds extra each year.
It reports that, in some cases, those who pay monthly end up being charged £300 a year more than if they paid in a lump sum.
The paper says it believes the practice has netted three of the country's largest insurance firms more than £122 million in the first six months of this year.
The Daily Mirror reports that online touts are already offering tickets for Premier League fixtures before the football clubs have opened their own sales.
The shadow culture secretary, Tom Watson, has described the inflated prices being charged as "obscene" and he tells the paper: "It's been taken to a whole new level where the websites can sell tickets for matches that haven't even gone on sale."
Mr Watson has called for tougher action from the Premier League to tackle the issue.
And the cartoonist Matt in the Daily Telegraph combines the current tensions in international relations with recent domestic concerns over contaminated food.
A couple are depicted relaxing on a balcony overlooking the sea with a mushroom cloud clearly visible in the distance rising over the water.
Turning to the woman, the man says: "Oh to hell with it - pass me the egg salad."
If it goes on to be approved by the Senate, Uruguay will become the first country to regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana.
The measure is backed by the government of President Jose Mujica, who says it will remove profits from drug dealers and divert users from harder drugs.
Under the bill, only the government would be allowed to sell marijuana.
The state would assume "the control and regulation of the importation, exportation, plantation, cultivation, the harvest, the production, the acquisition, the storage, the commercialisation and the distribution of cannabis and its by-products".
Buyers would have to be registered on a database and be over the age of 18. They would be able to buy up to 40g (1.4oz) per month in specially licensed pharmacies or grow up to six plants at home.
Foreigners would be excluded from the measure.
The bill was approved by 50 of the 96 MPs present in the lower house following a fierce 13-hour debate in the capital, Montevideo.
The supporters of the measure argued that the fight against drugs and drug trafficking had failed, and the country needed "new alternatives".
"The regulation is not to promote consumption; consumption already exists," said Sebastian Sabini of the governing centre-left Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition, which has a majority of one in the lower house.
By Ignacio de los ReyesBBC Mundo correspondent
If approved by the Senate as expected, this will become a groundbreaking law, but not only for Uruguay. For decades, drug trafficking has caused thousands of deaths throughout Latin America in countries like Mexico or Colombia.
Legalisation has long been taboo for governments who aligned with the US anti drug policy, heavily dependent on law enforcement and prohibition.
This is still considered the orthodox approach and it is supported by conservatives and the Catholic Church.
But more and more leaders, like Guatemalan president Otto Perez Molina and former Mexican president Vicente Fox, are asking to discuss decriminalising some drugs in an attempt to undermine the cartels.
Marijuana use has reportedly doubled in Uruguay over the past year. An estimated 22 tonnes of marijuana are being sold in the country annually, according to Uruguay's National Drugs Committee.
But Gerardo Amarilla of the opposition National Party said the government was "playing with fire" given the health risks he said were linked to marijuana use.
All eyes were on Dario Perez, a member of the governing coalition but a strong opponent of the bill, whose vote could have scuppered the bill.
During his 20-minute speech, Mr Perez reiterated his belief that the issue should be put to a referendum and not have been "imposed" by the government.
But to applause by supporters of the bill in the public gallery, he finally concluded that as long as he was a member of the coalition, he would vote with it, despite his personal misgivings.
The bill is now expected to be approved by the Senate, where the left-wing government has a bigger majority.
But opposition politicians said that even if the law made it through the senate, they would launch a petition to have it overturned.
A survey carried out before the vote by polling organisation Cifra suggested 63% of Uruguayans opposed the bill.
The progress of the bill is being watched closely across the region, says BBC Mundo correspondent in the region Ignacio de los Reyes.
For decades, drug trafficking has caused tens of thousands of deaths throughout Latin America.
Uruguay may have not experienced the bloodshed caused by drug trafficking, but the proposal could be seen as a test for violence-torn nations looking for an end to their drug wars, our correspondent adds.
The vote also comes just days after Pope Francis criticised drug legalisation plans during a visit to neighbouring Brazil.
The pontiff said it was "necessary to tackle the problems which are at the root of drug abuse, promoting more justice, educating the youth with the values that live in society, standing by those who face hardship and giving them hope for the future".
It is understood a significant number of fish died in the Altagoan River, which flows into the larger Moyola River, on Friday.
The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has identified the cause of the fish kill as a slurry discharge.
Inland Fisheries officials are counting the dead fish to determine the cost.
They have been wading along a two-mile stretch of the Altagoan River on Saturday morning, but wet weather has made the task more difficult.
Norman Henderson of the NIEA said: "They face a few practical difficulties doing that [counting fish], in that there has been quite heavy rain overnight.
"It washes dead fish downstream, so it makes it more difficult to find," he said.
"The nature of rivers are that they are living systems and fish will migrate and replenish the river so it will recover, but it will take a wee while."
Moyola Angling Club describes the Moyola River as "one of Northern Ireland's premier salmon and dollaghan [Lough Neagh trout] rivers".
The club said it also boasts healthy stocks of native brown trout.
The pollution of one of its tributaries is a significant blow to local anglers.
"It's totally devastating for myself and the club," fisherman Ciaran Bradley said.
"The club has been working for years to try to bring back salmon and dollaghan and trout into the system, and the system has improved this past 10 to 15 years."
He added that November was the worst time of year for a pollution incident as it would have maximum effect on spawning fish.
"This is only a feeder stream - the Altagoan River - of the main River Moyola, and at this time of year trout and salmon and dollaghan come up here and spawn, and its just heartbreaking," Mr Bradley said.
The best savings involve taking out a "dual fuel" deal, where one provider supplies both forms of energy.
Many people have been put off switching, but Ofgem maintains the process is very simple.
Not everybody is able to switch their supplier. If you are in debt to a supplier, you might not be able to.
If you have a pre-payment meter and you owe more than £500 for gas or electricity, you might not be able to switch.
There are two main types of energy deal, a fixed-term contract, typically lasting a year or 18 months, and a standard variable tariff.
If you are one of the two-thirds of householders on a standard variable tariff, the potential for savings is larger.
However, over the past few years the gap between standard variable tariffs and fixed rates has narrowed, as can be seen from the graph below.
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The change should take no longer than 17 days. That includes a 14 day cooling-off period. Your supply will not be interrupted during that time.
If you are on a fixed-rate deal and decide to switch before it ends, you may be charged an exit fee. But if you are within 49 days of the end of the deal, you should not be charged.
You can contact your supplier directly, and ask if they can give you a better deal. But there will be a wider choice of deals through price comparison websites.
Ofgem provides this list of approved sites: Quotezone, The Energy Shop, Runpath, Simply Switch, My Utility Genius, Switch Gas and Electric, Energylinx, Unravel It, Money Supermarket, Energy Helpline and Uswitch.
These sites do not always point consumers in the direction of the cheapest deals. They tend to promote those that you can switch to straight away, and with whom the websites have made an agreement.
Better deals may be available if you are prepared to wait. However any site approved by Ofgem has to include a clickable option to see all tariffs available, not just preferred suppliers.
Such sites have a "whole of market" button, allowing you to see all the deals on offer.
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You can watch highlights of Man Utd v Arsenal on MOTD at 22:30 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website. Alan Shearer and Ian Wright join Gary Lineker on the studio.
I am surprised Mourinho has already done it so much, so soon, after taking charge in the summer. Whatever the outcome of Saturday's game against Arsenal, he should think very carefully about doing it again.
Make no mistake, he is only doing it because he is frustrated, and to try to get a reaction from his squad, but Mourinho could end up doing more harm than good.
He might want to change the culture at the club but he is running the risk of losing the dressing room and once that damage is done, it is almost impossible to repair your relationship with your players.
Mourinho will know that already. It happened to him at Chelsea last season, when a team that had just finished as runaway champions basically stopped playing for him.
One of the issues Mourinho has had to deal with at United this season has been Wayne Rooney - and he has actually done it pretty well. The upshot is that it is clear United's captain no longer plays every week.
Mourinho has been very diplomatic about that situation in front of the media, and one of the reasons for that is Rooney is very powerful inside the United dressing room.
It seems to me that Mourinho has decided who to pick on, and who to dig out, so there is definitely a strategy there - but I just don't think it is working for him.
He publicly questioned Luke Shaw and Chris Smalling's willingness to play through the pain barrier against Swansea when there was really no need to talk about it at all.
As a player, if one of my managers had done that, then I would have gone to see him straight away and said, 'I am injured - how dare you criticise me like that?' I wonder if Shaw and Smalling did that?
Mourinho clearly felt they were fit and did not want to take a risk, but it has to be the player's prerogative whether they are able to play.
If you are then going to scrutinise their decision, then you also have to take into account that every player's circumstances and character are different.
I was never hung out to dry like Shaw and Smalling during my playing days. In fact, it often went the other way - my managers would give me a bit of credit for playing with an injury.
In my 16-year professional career, I never once said I was not available because of a knock. It would have taken a broken leg to stop me playing. I honestly don't remember asking for treatment during games either.
I played in more than 500 matches for eight clubs and won 51 Wales caps, and my mantra was I would just play. You play for your manager, the fans, your team-mates - and yourself.
If I had a swollen ankle or something like that then I would either run it off, put Deep Heat on it, or rely on adrenaline to get me through.
I once played almost an entire season for Celtic with a ridiculously bad back, but I would still get through matches. I remember getting into the dressing room after one game where I had played well and scored and I could not bend down to take my boots off because my back was so sore.
Eventually my disc burst and there was no way I could play on. That's what kept me out of the 2003 Uefa Cup final, which was against Mourinho's Porto side.
I prided myself on my physicality, my heart and my guts, but you cannot expect Shaw to have the same mentality as that now when he has only just come back from breaking his right leg in two places last year.
He has had to work hard to come back from such a serious injury, which will have taken a lot out of him physically and mentally, so there has to be some understanding if he is not quite up to speed.
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The Swansea game was not the first time Mourinho has singled Shaw out, either.
After United's defeat by Watford he blamed the England left-back for not closing down Juan Zuniga before he scored the Hornets' second goal.
That is the sort of thing that players call each other out for in the dressing room every week, but the difference here again is that Mourinho dug him out in public.
In itself, that is no bad thing. Everton manager Ronald Koeman did something similar with Ross Barkley earlier this season, again because he was looking for a reaction.
But, publicly or privately, it is possible to criticise someone too many times and if you are the player in question it can feel like you are being picked on.
I experienced that when I was a young player at Arsenal under Bruce Rioch, who was the only club manager that I never properly got on with.
You don't have to get on with your boss, of course, but there has to be some mutual respect there and I lost all respect for Rioch with the way he treated me.
Just about the only instruction I got from him was that I had to be weighed twice a week and it felt like he was digging me out personally. I had just turned 20 at the time and I did not know how to deal with it.
I was a very boisterous character back then and I would have reacted very differently if it had happened later in my career.
Managers deal with unhappy players every day and I had cross words with everyone I played under, not just Rioch.
The press refer to them as bust-ups when they get into the public domain, but for the people concerned it is often just a heated exchange that actually improves their relationship.
It is best to keep them private, in my opinion, but I did not always do that myself. Part of the way I reacted to my treatment by Rioch was by doing a newspaper interview that I regret to this day.
I would stand by what I said about his man-management and communication because it was the way I was feeling at the time - but complaining to the press and making headlines was definitely not the right way to do it, or improve my situation at Arsenal.
Since I retired and started working in the media myself, I have seen players in the same scenarios I found myself in years ago.
I have been there and made those mistakes, which is why I can talk about them now.
John Hartson was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
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Mosquito nets, key in the fight against malaria, are now also being used to repair hernias - the most common operation in the world.
The hope is to save some of the estimated 50,000 lives lost in Africa each year to untreated hernias.
Globally, one in four men will be affected during their lifetime.
"In the UK and US, we usually mend hernias with surgical mesh, but these cost around US$30 each and are too expensive for hospitals in resource-poor countries," says Prof Andrew Kingsnorth, a hernia specialist at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital.
"Then a doctor in India called Ravi Tongaonkar came up with the idea of using mosquito mesh as an alternative."
Hernias occur when a part of the bowel gets pushed through a hole or tear in the muscle wall of the abdomen. This is usually caused by straining, heavy lifting, chronic constipation or even having a severe cough.
Due to a quirk of anatomy, men are nine times more susceptible than women.
In most people, a hernia first appears as a small lump in the groin, which pops out when a person coughs or strains. But if left untreated, more intestine can be pushed out - resulting in hernias the size of a football.
Even more serious is when the hole in the abdominal wall starts restricting the blood supply to the intestines on the outside, causing a painful and potentially life-threatening 'strangulated hernia'.
The most effective way to treat hernias is to patch up the hole with a piece of mesh. It's a simple procedure that completely cures the problem.
But in 1994, Indian surgeon Dr Ravi Tongaonkar investigated using sterilised mosquito mesh as a low-cost substitute for the expensive commercial meshes currently in use.
"Polypropylene mesh is the best material available, but it's very costly," says Dr Tongaonkar. "In a developing country like India, poor patients cannot afford this."
His mosquito meshes work out around 4,000 times cheaper than imported mesh and he has used them to fix 591 hernias.
But using them doesn't necessarily mean they're as good as the real thing.
To investigate their effectiveness, specialist gastrointestinal surgeon David Sanders carried out a study which looked at the two meshes under powerful microscopes and performed stringent tests on their physical properties.
He found that it was pretty much impossible to tell them apart.
"The only difference is the polymer used to make them," says Dr Sanders, "but it makes no difference clinically."
Sanders is also keen to point out that doctors should not go out and use any old mosquito mesh, as they are not all made in the same way and some are impregnated with chemicals such as DEET.
"It's really important to standardise the type of mesh that's used so we know it's safe," he told the BBC. "These experiments mean we now know what it should look like."
Prof Kingsnorth, who leads the charitable organisation Operation Hernia, is now looking to introduce the mosquito mesh in places where hernia repair costs are currently prohibitive.
"We have trained surgeons in Ghana, Nigeria, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Rwanda, Malawi, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, India, Moldova, Ukraine and Cambodia," he told the BBC.
"In mid-September we will also be travelling to a remote area of Mongolia."
Not everyone is convinced by using mosquito mesh. In Rwanda for example, it's been decided that hospital staff must stick to using conventional surgical brands.
But evidence is already building that could one day see mosquito mesh as an alternative in which people can feel confident.
And a long-term follow-up study of over 700 patients has shown that even 10 years later, mosquito mesh was still going strong.
The striker netted his 17th goal of the season, touching in after an error from Ross County defender Andrew Davies.
Rooney twice drew saves from Scott Fox with overhead kicks and fluffed a good first-half chance in front of goal.
County created some good openings but Aberdeen were not threatened after going ahead on 69 minutes.
The visitors spent the majority of the first half defending for their lives as Aberdeen played with their usual tempo going forward, if not their usual penetration.
A large slice of the credit for that goes to the Staggies manager Jim McIntyre who set up with three central defenders supported by Jason Naismith on the right and Michael Gardyne on the other flank.
It left the home side struggling to create much in the way of clear cut opportunities with a long range Kenny McLean shot and a spectacular Rooney overhead effort all that troubled Fox before the break.
The Highlanders only threatened on the occasional counter-attack but they still made and missed the two best chances in the opening period and given the position they are in their small band of travelling supporters must have feared the worst.
Captain Davies should have done better than steer a free header wide of the target from 12 yards after being picked out by a Martin Woods corner then Alex Schalk's free kick caused Joe Lewis problems.
The Dons goalkeeper could only parry the Dutchman's dipping effort from just outside the box but Craig Curran sent the loose ball soaring over the crossbar while Davies passed up another good headed chance in the second half.
If the County captain felt bad about those, it was nothing compared to how he was feeling when Rooney finally made the breakthrough.
The defender should have dealt comfortably with McLean's diagonal ball into the penalty area but a real hash of an attempted clearance only knocked the ball into Rooney's path and the striker helped the ball home from close range.
Fox then made scrambling saves from Rooney and McGinn to prevent things getting worse.
The Staggies have gone 11 games without a clean sheet which shows where the problem lies but they lacked a bit of luck as well as experienced stopper Paul Quinn had to be replaced at the interval.
Results elsewhere mean County cannot afford to feel sorry for themselves if they are going to haul themselves away from relegation trouble since they have managed one win and just four points from the last eight matches and they face a trip to Tynecastle on Wednesday.
Aberdeen are at Hamilton 24 hours prior to that and they have shown in this run of 10 wins in 11 games that they can get positive results even when not at the top of their game and second place is now there's to lose.
Aberdeen's Derek McInnes: "For me, there's no doubt we deserved to win but it was difficult to get any flowing rhythm and the pitch didn't help as my players deserve a better surface than they got today.
"I was delighted for Adam Rooney to get his goal as he is always on the move looking for those sort of chances from any sort of mistakes and he does that time and time again.
"We have had a couple of good weekends with the teams around us not winning but we won't take anything for granted when it comes to second place.
"It was great to get another win and another clean sheet to keep the run going but there is a lot of football to be played yet."
Ross County's Jim McIntyre: "It was a difficult one for us to take. That's the way it has been falling for us lately by losing late goals in games. The players were magnificent but that one mistake has cost us.
"We limited them to very little while creating good chances ourselves that we just didn't take but our organisation was good and I can't fault the effort and determination.
"If we keep showing those qualities then we will be fine as we have just been punished for a wee mistake here and there but we will lick our wounds and get ready for Hearts on Wednesday."
Match ends, Aberdeen 1, Ross County 0.
Second Half ends, Aberdeen 1, Ross County 0.
Attempt saved. Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Miles Storey (Aberdeen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Foul by Peter Pawlett (Aberdeen).
Andrew Davies (Ross County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Peter Pawlett replaces Jonny Hayes.
Attempt missed. Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen).
Alex Schalk (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kenny McLean (Aberdeen).
Jim O'Brien (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Anthony O'Connor replaces Niall McGinn.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Scott Fox.
Attempt saved. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
Substitution, Ross County. Milan Lalkovic replaces Craig Curran.
Substitution, Ross County. Jim O'Brien replaces Tim Chow because of an injury.
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Michael Gardyne.
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tim Chow (Ross County).
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Scott Fox.
Attempt saved. Adam Rooney (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Goal! Aberdeen 1, Ross County 0. Adam Rooney (Aberdeen) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kenny McLean with a cross.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Martin Woods (Ross County).
Corner, Aberdeen. Conceded by Kenny van der Weg.
Attempt missed. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Hand ball by Tim Chow (Ross County).
Ash Taylor (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Curran (Ross County).
Foul by Miles Storey (Aberdeen).
Marcus Fraser (Ross County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Miles Storey replaces Mark Reynolds.
Attempt blocked. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Liam Boyce (Ross County) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Ross County. Conceded by Ash Taylor.
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
Liam Boyce (Ross County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Police said the alleged abuse was inflicted in the 1990s by an adult at Haringey Adventure and Recreation Team that no longer exists.
Very little was known about the club, which seemed to have been run informally at the weekends and after-school, the Met Police said.
Anyone with information about abuse at the club is asked to contact police.
Alternatively, contact Haringey Child Abuse Investigation Team or the NSPCC.
Hamid Khazaei, 24, had been in a detention centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
The Iranian was transferred to the mainland for treatment last week but had a heart attack, the activist said.
Mr Khazaei's case follows the death of another Iranian in violence at the same centre in February.
According to the Refugee Action Coalition, Mr Khazaei cut his foot about two weeks ago. Spokesman Ian Rintoul told the BBC that the wound was very small, but got infected quickly.
Mr Khazaei sought medical attention a number of times, and by the time he received it "he had to be helped to walk", said Mr Rintoul.
He was transferred to a hospital in Brisbane last Wednesday, where he subsequently suffered a heart attack.
His family were informed that he had become brain dead on Tuesday, the activist said.
The hospital would appoint a guardian to decide whether life support should be withdrawn, he said, with the young man's family unlikely to visit because of the airfare cost.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young claimed there was a delay in transferring Mr Khazaei to the hospital because a request from the medical service provider was denied, reported Fairfax Media.
Mr Rintoul linked Mr Khazaei's case to poor hygiene at the Manus Island camp.
"Skin and fungal infections are endemic. The toilets are often blocked and have to be hosed out, so sewage gets on the floor. If the tide is high, the raw sewage also comes back up," he said.
A spokesman for Australia's Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said: "The individual has not died. In respect to the family of the individual, further details are not able to be provided."
The spokesman added that the government was following "normal processes" and had engaged his family.
The immigration department said last week that its chief medical officer was reviewing the background to Mr Khazaei's condition and medical care while he was at Manus Island.
In February, an outbreak of violence at the centre left several people injured and one dead.
A report on the incident later found that Reza Barati had been brutally beaten by both security staff and PNG local residents who had entered the centre.
In recent months, the Australian government has come under increased scrutiny for its treatment of asylum seekers who arrive by boat.
Australia detains all those who arrive by boat to seek asylum. Detainees are held on Christmas Island and in camps in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Nauru. The UN and rights groups have strongly condemned conditions in these offshore camps.
The government says its tough asylum policies are intended to save lives by stopping people getting on dangerous boats to make the journey to Australia.
They may be rivals in the sport arena but outside the competition many women athletes appear to be forging a sisterly bond.
Their interaction on social media reveals what the television cameras often do not capture: mutual encouragement and developing friendships - a true Olympic "sisterhood" that seems to go far beyond victories or defeats.
Female athletes from a wide array of sports and nationalities have been engaging with each other, even rooting for one another, and sharing hopes and aspirations.
US star gymnast Simone Biles, already a three-time world champion and a media sensation, has been showing her sisterly solidarity with her roommate, who is not only her team mate but also her rival for individual gold.
"Behind the scenes: facemasks and head wraps," she recently wrote on Twitter alongside a picture of herself and Aly Raisman. (@Simone_Biles)
Raisman, the US gymnastics team captain, is a two-time Olympic champion who previously won gold in floor exercise, a discipline in which Biles is now wowing the globe.
Both of them have taken lots of group pictures with heart icons and flexed biceps emoticons, and are frequently seen hugging and smiling.
Raisman was predictably proud when the US won team gold on Wednesday.
Tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams are just one of the pairs of female siblings competing in Rio, suggesting that girl power often runs in the family.
Tweeting from Rio, before she and her sister were defeated in the doubles tournament, a nostalgic Serena Williams offered a glimpse of her phenomenal career alongside her big sister Venus.
"Our first gold" read the title of an Instagram photo showcasing their big smiles on the podium in the 2000 Sydney Games.
Brazilian identical twins Bia and Branca Feres, who are competing together in synchronised swimming, like to share everything from their social media account to the pair of identical-looking white kittens they are seen cuddling in one of their Instagram posts.
But sisterly camaraderie does not stop at two.
Estonian marathon runners Liina, Leila and Lily Luik have been a social media hit with their special hashtag #TrioToRio.
They are the first triplets to qualify for the Olympics and they have been a favourite with fans who have joked about how race stewards will tell them apart.
They may not be sisters but Canada's 4x100 freestyle Olympic swimming relay team also decided to create a "sisterhood" by showing off their Olympic rings, given to them by Swimming Canada.
In smaller delegations, the feeling of camaraderie amongst female athletes has been even more marked.
East Timor has only sent three athletes to the Olympics, two of whom are women.
Anche Cabral will be competing in the mountain biking and Nelia Martins in the marathon.
The two have been busy posting pictures of the themselves making new friends in the Olympic village.
Below Cabral poses with two athletes from Ghana.
However big or small the delegation, judging by their posts on social media, they share a sense of excitement and achievement that binds the Olympic "sisterhood" together.
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The world number four and Elkington engaged in a public spat on Twitter after McIlroy missed the cut at the US Open for the second year running.
The Australian said McIlroy, having won four majors and with "100mill in bank", was bored playing without Tiger Woods.
McIlroy responded with: "More like 200mill, not bad for a 'bored' 28-year-old. Plenty more where that came from."
Speaking on the eve of his defence of the Irish Open at Portstewart, McIlroy revealed he regretted reacting to Elkington and was avoiding social media for the foreseeable future.
"I must have wrote that tweet and deleted it about five times before I actually sent it," McIlroy said on Wednesday.
"I sort of regret sending it at the end but I actually gave my wife, Erica, my phone and my Twitter and told her, 'Change my password to something else and don't tell me what it is'.
"So as of the time being, I'm off social media just because of that reason. I don't need to read it. It's stuff that shouldn't get to you and sometimes it does.
"It is not what was said. It was who said it and anyone who has been in that environment should realise how hard golf is at times. That is the thing that got to me more than anything else.
"If it was written by a member of the media or something I could let it slide, because I can sort of say to myself, they don't really know how it is and they don't know what you have to deal with.
"But a former player that has won a major and been successful, that's sort of why it got to me and that's why I sort of retaliated a little bit."
McIlroy has recorded five top-10 finishes in majors since his last victory in the 2014 US PGA without seriously contending, but is optimistic about adding to his tally despite an injury-hit campaign with The Open Championship at Birkdale at the end of July.
"I am close," the Northern Irishman added. "I have got two big opportunities coming up this summer.
"Birkdale is a golf course I feel I can do well at. Then Quail Hollow for the PGA, I have won there two times, my first win on the PGA Tour and last time I won by seven.
"I think they are two opportunities for me to get back on the major ladder and start to win those again."
After missing the cut in the Irish Open for three years running, McIlroy won the title at the K Club 12 months ago.
And he believes he has learnt how to handle all the off-course distractions which come with his charity, the Rory Foundation, being the tournament hosts.
It is hoped the regeneration - including partial pedestrianisation of Union Street - could create 5,500 jobs and an extra £280m in income a year.
Community councillor Ken Hutcheon said: "There seem to have been opportunities missed and they now seem to be trying to organise a second-class plan."
Councillors have agreed not to comment on the plans before Wednesday.
This is when they will consider the masterplan framework, from consultants BDP.
Mr Hutcheon said: "Now that the councillors have been asked to say nothing about it I am even more worried."
Scott Mackenzie, director of architecture at BDP, previously said the proposals were "imaginative, transformational and challenging."
However, Mr Draghi said inflation should start rising before the year is out and pick up further in 2017.
Speaking at the bank's monthly press conference, Mr Draghi warned that risks to economic growth remain "tilted to the downside".
He called on European governments to act "more decisively" to boost growth.
"In order to reap the full benefits from our monetary policy measures, other policy areas must contribute much more decisively, both at the national and at the European levels," Mr Draghi said in Frankfurt.
The ECB chief also dismissed growing criticism in Germany of the bank's ultra-loose monetary policy: "We have a mandate to pursue price stability for the whole of the eurozone and not only for Germany alone. We obey the law, not the politicians because we're independent."
No changes to rates had been expected this month after the ECB announced fresh stimulus measures in March.
The main interest rate was reduced from 0.05% to 0%, while the bank deposit rate was cut further from minus 0.3% to minus 0.4%.
The negative rate means that banks must pay the ECB to park cash - a move intended to encourage more lending to businesses.
The ECB's bond-buying programme was also expanded in March from €60bn a month to €80bn. As well as government debt, the bank will now be allowed to use its newly printed money to buy bonds issued by companies as well.
The ECB has been taking action to try to stimulate growth in the eurozone's economy and prevent deflation.
Inflation in the eurozone stood at zero last month - well below the ECB's target of close to 2%.
Already the country's leading run scorer, Jennings reached 200 with his 31st boundary off the final ball of the day as Durham closed on 393-9.
Surrey-bound Scott Borthwick was Durham's next highest scorer with 38.
South African Jennings, whose career-best 221 not out came against Yorkshire in June, gave just one chance on 118 in his record seventh ton of the summer.
He was put down by Kumar Sangakkara off in-form Surrey fast bowler Mark Footitt, who ended the day with 4-88.
Having got away with that one, Jennings had moved on to 1,510 Championship runs for the season by day's end, putting him in reach of the Durham county record for a season, set by former skipper Michael di Venuto (1.654) in 2009.
It also put Durham, still needing points to stay up in Division One, within seven runs of a fifth batting point. Jennings has so far put on 23 with Graham Onions, following stands of 79 for the eighth wicket with Brydon Carse (32) and 61 for the ninth with England paceman Mark Wood (28).
Durham have not lost in their last seven Championship meetings with Saturday's One-Day Cup finalists Surrey, who lost by an innings on both of their last two trips to Durham.
Jennings' seventh first-class century of the summer made him the first Durham batsman to achieve that feat, surpassing the six made by Di Venuto and Paul Collingwood in 2005.
it was also his sixth at the Riverside, following his knocks against Yorkshire (beating his 185 on the first day in that game), 171 against Notts, 129 against Hampshire, and his pair of tons against Somerset.
His only century away from home was his matchwinning 113 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in May.
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Comolli was appointed by club co-owners John W. Henry and Tom Werner following their takeover of the club in September 2010.
He oversaw a major spending spree which included the signings of Andy Carroll for £35m and Luis Suarez for £22.7m.
Comolli said: "I am happy to move on from the club and go back to France for family reasons."
He added: "I am grateful to have been given the opportunity to work at Liverpool. I wish the club all the best for the future."
The announcement was made as Liverpool prepare for their FA Cup semi-final against Everton at Wembley on Saturday.
Liverpool's head of sports science and medicine Peter Brukner has also left the club. The Australian, who has also worked with with the swimming, athletics and hockey national teams in his home country, arrived at Anfield in 2010 after a spell with the Socceroos at World Cup in South Africa.
Liverpool chairman Werner said: "The club needs to move forward and we now have a huge game on Saturday. It is important that everyone joins us in supporting the manager and gets behind Kenny [Dalglish] and the team and focuses on a strong finish to the season."
Principal owner Henry added: "We are grateful for all of Damien's efforts on behalf of Liverpool and wish him all the best for the future."
Comolli, 39, was appointed by Liverpool in November 2010 to work alongside former manager Roy Hodgson.
At the time of his appointment the Frenchman said Hodgson, who was replaced by Kenny Dalglish in January 2011, had the final say on all transfers.
He said his role was identifying targets and meant he was responsible for overseeing Dalglish's £112.8m spending spree last year.
As well as Carroll and Suarez, the Reds also paid a combined £36m for Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing and Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson.
Last September Comolli said he was not looking for new players as he believed Liverpool's squad was "complete".
Following Comolli's departure, Dalglish said: "He has been really helpful in every transfer target that we've gone for.
"Everyone who has come into the club since Damien has been here was of my choice.
"Once I made the choice who I wanted, Damien went away and did a fantastic job of bringing them in.
"It's sad to see anyone leave the football club and he goes with my best wishes."
Comolli's appointment marked a return to the Premier League for the Frenchman, who spent three years as Tottenham's director of football before he was sacked by the north London club in October 2008.
"From the outside, Comolli was involved in all those deals involving Henderson, Downing, Carroll and Adam. I'm not really sure whether he has paid the price for Liverpool's poor form. Only the football club and Kenny Dalglish can answer that. But people like Downing, Henderson and Adam have been, at best, average for Liverpool this year. So, yes, it may well be the case."
Initially he worked alongside Martin Jol, who complained that Comolli recruited players without his consent following his own dismissal in October 2007.
Comolli returned to former club St Etienne, where he was technical director in 2004, before switching to Merseyside as he looked to rebuild his reputation in England.
After a modest playing career in Monaco's youth team, Comolli gained his French coaching licence and worked at the club under then manager Arsene Wenger.
Wenger employed Comolli as his European scout when he took over at Arsenal in 1996 and Comolli received credit for the signings of Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Eboue and Gael Clichy.
The squad arrived in Montego Bay in north Jamaica on Friday for their five-match series against West Indies.
Hurricane Matthew is expected to hit the island on Monday, with flash floods and winds of up to 150mph anticipated.
"The main thing to stress is that we are being looked after and that we are safe," captain Heather Knight said.
"It is a worrying time for the Jamaican population, and we all hope that the local community stays safe over the next couple of days," she told the England and Wales Cricket Board's website.
"Training at the ground has been cancelled as defensive measures are installed across the island, but we have been able to get a good gym session in, along with some fielding practice on the beach."
West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor, a Jamaican, tweeted a message of support as Jamaica and Haiti prepared for the strongest hurricane in almost a decade.
England's first match is scheduled to begin on 8 October at the Trelawny Stadium in Montego Bay, also the venue for the second game two days later.
The series then moves to Jamaica's famous Sabina Park venue in the capital Kingston for the last three ODIs, which count towards the ICC Women's Championship.
Should they win all three of those games, Knight's side would join Australia in clinching qualification for next year's Women's World Cup in England.
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Justin King thinks that, after years of the cost of the weekly shop barely moving, we should expect to see inflation return.
Mr King told Newsnight that the fall in the value of the pound would cause "a profound change" for supermarkets.
He ran Sainsbury's for a decade until stepping down in 2014.
In that time, the company's revenue grew almost constantly, but prices rose much more slowly. In recent years, food prices have even had spells of deflation.
Mr King, now vice-chairman of the investment firm Terra Firma, says some supermarkets will be "squeezed in the jaws" of resisting price rises while also dealing with increased costs, and says some companies may not survive the squeeze.
The value of sterling has fallen notably since the decision to leave the European Union. That's meant that ingredients and packaging imported from abroad have become more expensive, sparking some high-profile pricing rows over products such as Marmite.
Mr King, who backed the Remain campaign in the referendum, says that "all things being equal", a return to inflation is inevitable.
"Around 40% to 50% of what we buy is sourced abroad in a currency other than the pound, so with the current rates of exchange we could expect those things to be about 10% more expensive. And if that's about half of what we buy, then that means something of the order of 5% inflation."
His claim has been backed up by the trade body that represents many suppliers. Ian Wright, director-general of the Food and Drink Federation, told Newsnight that he expected prices to rise next year by "somewhere between 5 and 8%".
He believes we may not see the full impact of the weak pound for another year, but said it would make the UK grocery market even more competitive than it already is.
"Businesses that are already stretched, perhaps with lower margins and less strong relationships with customers - they are the ones that are going to suffer because they will be squeezed in the jaws of not being able to pull up prices, while costs continue to increase," Mr Wright said.
Asked whether that could mean a familiar High Street name disappearing, Mr King replied: "For sure it will happen - but I just can't tell you which one it will be."
The trust already has 150 individual renewables schemes, but the new document projects how fossil fuel will be reduced across its properties.
It aspires to set an example to others by integrating renewable energy into sensitive landscapes.
The organisation has been criticised for its chairman's vociferous campaign against wind power.
This is considered as the renewable source with most potential in the UK.
Under its new plan, the trust's main renewables by 2020 will be hydro (27%) and biomass (21%); augmented by heat pumps (1%) and solar (0.5%).
Grid electricity will supply 26% of its power, gas 15% and LPG 6%. Oil - currently a major cost and carbon source for the trust's rural properties - will be reduced to just 3%.
There are also plans to cut energy consumption by 20%. Wind power will play no part, because the trust's historic landscapes are deemed too sensitive.
Patrick Begg, rural enterprise director for the trust, which aims to preserve historic buildings and land for the enjoyment of the public, told BBC News: "We've put all our effort to make the big leap in generating renewable energy from all our properties. Our new programme will get us to (50% of energy) by 2020."
The subsidised renewables will save the organisation money, he said, producing an expected return on capital of 10% - much better than traditional investments.
Morden Hall Park, in south-west London, already boasts an array of renewables, including a wood-fired boiler, different sorts of solar panels and what is claimed to be the UK's most energy-efficient historic building, the Stable Yard.
The new showpiece, behind the old water wheel and Snuff Mill, is an Archimedes screw reclining in the River Wandle, lazily generating power for the visitor centre (the Archimedes screw was originally designed as an irrigation pump. Its modern adaptation allows power to be generated from a low head of water).
The biggest unexpected bonus to the trust overall has come from biomass burning for heating. The organisation owns 25,000 hectares of woodland and Mr Begg acknowledged initial fears that wildlife would be harmed if the woods were managed more intensively for fuel.
"We were very pleased to see that the opposite has been the case," he said. "Managing woods more intensively, including coppicing, has actually increased biodiversity."
The trust's efforts overall have been applauded - but with reservations. It is a major land-holder, but if all the improvements go to plan will still be generating the tiniest fraction of the UK's renewable energy.
What is more, its chairman Simon Jenkins has used his influential newspaper columns to fuel opposition to wind energy, which is the most readily available large-scale renewable energy source in the UK.
This has been highly controversial with some environmentalists accusing him of setting back the cause of renewable energy in a desire to preserve the landscape in aspic.
Mr Begg said: "Simon has some very strong opinions about wind, which he's free to express. The Trust has been perfectly clear - we're not anti-wind, we're anti-wind in the wrong place, badly designed."
He said the Trust, an organisation loved by Britain's middle classes, had no misgivings about receiving electricity subsidies from poor people struggling to pay their bills. The subsidy system, he said, was designed to tackle climate change and the Trust wished to play its part.
The majority of the trust's estate was free to enter, he said There were no plans to open the other properties free of charge to people in fuel poverty.
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Here in the UK, damp clods of earth are beginning to be hurled - by both the Remain and the Leave camps - as the political temperature rises ahead of the 23 June referendum on EU membership.
The former Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, a key political figure campaigning for the UK to exit the EU, grabbed the headlines on Tuesday with his claim to The Sun newspaper that Germany was secretly in control of David Cameron's EU renegotiation throughout.
And that Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded the prime minister drop a key demand to block EU immigration.
The Sun says that according to Mr Duncan Smith, the "drama between the two capitals took place just before Mr Cameron delivered a key speech to set out what he would demand from the EU as Britain's price for remaining in it on November 27, 2014."
In fact, news of Angela Merkel's opposition can't have come as a great surprise then to Mr Cameron or the British public, as one month earlier, another UK newspaper The Sunday Times quoted Mrs Merkel as saying she would not support Mr Cameron's plans to impose a quota on EU migrants.
The German chancellor has always been very open in her defence of freedom of movement in the EU. This goes for British nationals wanting to work in Paris, as it does for Poles getting a job in Leicester.
Because of its World War Two past, Germany is particularly sensitive about being "a good European". It wants to be seen as defending EU rules.
But Iain Duncan Smith also knows that - because of the UK's WW2 history - British voters might well react with resentment and anger at the thought of Germany, of all EU countries, telling the UK what to do.
In fact, numerous other EU countries and the European Commission (the stated guardian of EU law) repeatedly insisted to David Cameron that the freedom of movement for EU citizens to live and work in any EU country was non-negotiable, as it is one of the core principles of the bloc.
This highlights another argument by Leave campaigners like Iain Duncan Smith, that by being part of the EU, Britain has given up its decision-making powers to outsiders "in Europe".
In the end, the concession Mr Cameron won from his EU partners this February was that the UK can impose benefit restrictions on new EU migrant workers for a period of time.
This was dismissed as a laughable, meaningless and an empty victory by critics at home.
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Continental critics muse that the UK brought the initial mass influx of EU migrants on itself when, back in 2004, the Blair Labour government refused to implement the seven-year moratorium agreed by the EU on migrant workers from new EU member states of the former communist bloc.
Germany made full use of the moratorium and kept its doors shut to Eastern European EU countries until May 2011.
Hundreds of thousands of Poles and others came to work in Britain's booming economy.
Tony Blair has admitted his government underestimated the numbers of people who would queue up to come to the UK, but he insists they have made a valuable contribution to Britain and its finances.
Governing body the FIA said the changes would have "a particular emphasis on race starts" to ensure drivers were "back in full control of the car".
It added the changes would "enhance excitement and unpredictability".
Among a series of other plans, the penalty system governing engine changes will be overhauled.
The changes, agreed at a meeting of the rule-making strategy group on Wednesday, also include:
A statement from the FIA added that "several exciting and innovative changes to the qualifying and race weekend formats have also been discussed and are being evaluated for introduction in 2016".
There was no detail on what these might be, although there have been suggestions that there might be a second, shorter race on Saturdays.
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The party also criticises waiting lists for new patients wanting a dentist, which was six years at one practice.
The British Dental Association said ministers needed to give more direction to health boards over dental spending.
The Welsh government said there had been improvements but recognised access to NHS dentists was "difficult in some areas".
Huw Jones, a dentist and practice owner in Merthyr Tydfil, says he has a regular patient who travels from Solva in Pembrokeshire, 96 miles away.
Fairer Finance also found that a third of all insurance policy documents were written in language only accessible to those educated to university level.
It compared terms and conditions in 280 documents to a range of reading score formulae.
An estimated 16% of UK adults have a reading age of 11 or less.
The research found that no insurance policy documents could be understood by someone with an education level equivalent to an 11-year-old in the first year of secondary school.
"By communicating in a language that many people simply can't understand, banks and insurers are discriminating against large swathes of their customers," said James Daley, managing director of Fairer Finance.
"As well as being unfair, it is also bad business. If customers do not understand what they are buying, they are more likely to be disappointed. It is in everyone's interests that companies communicate clearly with their customers."
A spokesman for the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said: "All insurers want to ensure that customer documents are as clear and transparent as possible.
"They will continually review their customer materials, as they want policyholders to read policies and understand what they are covered for and what they need to be aware of. We would also encourage consumers to read what they receive from their insurers, and speak to them if anything is unclear."
A report published last year by the Money Advice Service suggested that four out of five UK adults did not read the full terms and conditions when they bought financial products, such as mortgages.
The research suggested that misunderstanding financial jargon cost UK consumers £21bn in a year - an average of £428 for every adult.
The Crown Prosecution Service said those six would include former Ch Supt David Duckenfield, match commander at the FA Cup semi-final when 96 Liverpool fans were fatally injured in a crush.
Sarah Brown, whose husband died, said she was "pleased with the decision".
But Joan Hope, whose son died, said for her justice would never be done.
Last year, new inquests into the 1989 disaster at the Liverpool v Nottingham Forest FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield concluded the fans had been unlawfully killed.
The CPS revealed the names of those individuals who would face prosecution in Warrington on Wednesday. No organisation will face corporate charges.
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Sarah Brown's husband Steven, from Wrexham, was killed in the tragedy when she was pregnant with their daughter.
He had been to the match with his brother Andrew, who attended the charging decision meeting.
She said she did not go to Warrington herself because "it's all too much".
Mrs Brown said while she was "pleased with the decision" to bring charges, "it's been a long time coming".
"I am trying to let it sink in. It's the decision we wanted but because we've been shoved from pillar to post, we honestly didn't believe we'd get to this," she said.
Joan Hope's 18-year-old son John McBrien died at Hillsborough and she said, for her family, the tragedy had "ruined our lives".
"They were so wonderful, the people who lost their lives. I think about John every day of my life," said Mrs Hope, from Holywell, in Flintshire.
But she added that the aftermath of the tragedy should have been dealt with in 1989. The stress of the inquests and inquiries over the past 28 years had "taken their toll", she said.
One of her sons went to the inquest hearings more than 100 times because she was too ill to attend more than a couple of times. "It really affected him," she said.
"I have given up trying to get justice. I have to accept injustice."
Arsenal should still have dealt with it better than they did, though.
The Gunners were up against an extremely well-organised side, but with the experience they have against teams doing various things to try to stop them in the past, they should have been able to cope.
Yes, Arsene Wenger's side still threatened and West Ham would not have won without their keeper Adrian playing well, but there was a reason why Arsenal did not create as many chances as they normally would at home.
West Ham set up in a diamond shape which meant all four of their midfield players stayed narrow.
The Hammers had a lot of players in central areas - especially when one of their strikers dropped in as well to make it a midfield five - but generally a diamond means you are weaker out wide.
Arsenal's 4-2-3-1 formation did not take advantage of that, however, because too many times when they had good possession their players who were supposed to be wide came inside instead.
The Gunners actually started with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the right and Santi Cazorla on the left but Cazorla always looked to come inside and, although Oxlade-Chamberlain had a bit of joy down his flank a couple of times in the first half, he drifted in to to look for the ball.
They created an overload in what you would usually call the number 10 position behind Arsenal's striker, Olivier Giroud, and at times when the Gunners came forward they had as many as five players who were no wider than the lines of the penalty area.
That was easy for West Ham to defend against in their formation and ultimately it meant Arsenal had to try to play some brilliant intricate football to get through.
They are capable of doing that, as we have seen from them many times before, but against the Hammers they came up a team who defended brilliantly and the Gunners did not adapt to try to find a different solution.
You might think the width Arsenal lacked could have come from their full-backs. That is true, but the problem with that is that the opposition can see it coming.
When they join in with attacks, full-backs are usually getting the ball deeper and trying to play balls into the box from further away from the goal, which again is easier to defend against.
On Sunday, Arsenal also missed Hector Bellerin and Kieran Gibbs, who would usually have been at right-back and left-back.
Those two are much more attack-minded and also quicker than Mathieu Debuchy and Nacho Monreal, who did not have much of an impact.
It was only when Theo Walcott and then Alexis Sanchez came on in the second half that the Gunners started to get the ball wide with any purpose, stretch West Ham and get behind their defence.
It took Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger almost an hour to make a change and I am surprised he did not switch his formation or even his personnel at half-time, or alter his instructions to his players.
He could have told Oxlade-Chamberlain not to come inside at all for the first 10 or 15 minutes of the second half.
If Arsenal's passing was quick enough, that would have created two-on-one situations out wide. If the full-back Debuchy gives the ball to Oxlade-Chamberlain in a wide area, it is very hard for Mark Noble, the left-sided West Ham midfielder in their diamond, to get across in time to help Aaron Cresswell.
Then, if Noble does make it, he then leaves some space inside for someone else.
What actually happened was that Oxlade-Chamberlain continued to come inside where Noble and several other West Ham players were waiting.
The problem for Arsenal was that, time and time again, their players would look up with time on the ball and only see team-mates in central areas and it became very difficult for them to find the perfect pass to get through.
You often see some odd results on the opening weekend when the top teams put in some below average performances for various reasons.
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What happened to Arsenal on Sunday does not mean that playing that way, with players coming in off the wings, will not work for them because it definitely will.
Part of the reason West Ham kept them out was that they defended brilliantly.
There were some outstanding individual performances from the Hammers all over the pitch, none more so than 16-year-old Reece Oxford, who showed great maturity in his holding midfield role. It is not easy to be so disciplined in that role, no matter how old you are.
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Ultimately, it was failing to react to what West Ham were doing defensively that cost Arsenal - but normally that would probably mean them drawing 0-0.
Unfortunately for the Gunners, they ended up losing because their new goalkeeper Petr Cech had an afternoon to forget.
Cech was at fault for both goals but that does not change the fact that he is a terrific keeper who will save them many more times than he loses them points in the future.
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Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius greeted them at the airport and said several hundred more Iraqi Christians would be flown to France in the coming weeks.
They fled the swift advance of Islamic State militants, who now control big swathes of Iraq and Syria.
French officials say Iraqi Christians who already have links with France will be considered more favourably.
Mr Fabius said those who arrived on Thursday had faced "threats to their lives".
"Some of the people here have relatives (in France), even if they haven't seen them for 10 or 15 years," he said at the airport.
Later he said the number of Iraqi Christians who could get asylum in France might reach "several thousand".
The plane that picked up the group in Irbil had gone there with a cargo of humanitarian aid.
The IS campaign has displaced an estimated 1.2 million people in Iraq, many of them minority Christians and Yazidis.
Refugees say the hardline Islamists have demanded that Christians and Yazidis convert to Islam, threatening them with death if they refuse.
Last month the French government said it would offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee by the IS militants.
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It is the first such admission he has made since becoming president in June, but echoes comments he made in 2015.
He ran the southern city for two decades, earning a reputation for cutting crime, and criticism for allegedly supporting death squads.
Mr Duterte was speaking to business leaders at the presidential palace on Monday, before an overseas trip.
It is the latest in a series of controversial and sometimes contradictory comments by Mr Duterte.
"In Davao I used to do it personally. Just to show to the guys [police] that if I can do it why can't you," he said.
"And I'd go around in Davao with a motorcycle, with a big bike around, and I would just patrol the streets, looking for trouble also. I was really looking for a confrontation so I could kill."
In 2015, he admitted killing at least three men suspected of kidnapping and rape in Davao.
The comments have been condemned by human rights group Amnesty International, which has called on him to put an immediate end to the killings.
"The climate of impunity in the Philippines has intensified even further since President Duterte began his brutal crackdown on suspected drug users and dealers in July, with a wave of unlawful killings claiming more than 5,000 lives across the country," said Rafendi Djamin, the group's director for South East Asia and the Pacific.
"By boasting about the blood on his own hands, President Duterte will further embolden police and vigilantes to blatantly violate laws and carry out more extrajudicial executions without fear of being held to account."
But just hours before Mr Duterte's latest remarks, he insisted "I am not a killer", in a speech for The Outstanding Filipino Awards 2016. He has also previously both acknowledged and denied being involved with death squads.
In September a Senate inquiry heard testimony from a self-confessed former death squad member that Mr Duterte had, while serving as Davao mayor, shot dead a justice department agent with an Uzi submachine gun.
Nearly 6,000 people are said to have been killed by police, vigilantes and mercenaries since Mr Duterte launched his drug war after being elected in May. He has expressed few regrets about the policy, once saying: "Hitler massacred three million Jews... There's three million drug addicts. I'd be happy to slaughter them."
Mr Duterte has repeatedly said he does not care about human rights and has suggested that lawyers defending drug suspects might also be targeted in his campaign, says the BBC's Jonathan Head.
Some human rights lawyers believe the outspoken president's open support for a shoot-to-kill policy by the police could make him vulnerable to prosecution for crimes against humanity at the international court.
The robbery took place at the supermarket in Edinburgh Square, Daventry, at about 1350 GMT on Monday.
Police said a man walked into the shop and threatened the shopkeeper with a knife, demanding money, before making off with a significant amount of money.
He was described as white, aged in his 20s, about 6ft (1.83m) tall, of slim build, with a pock marked face and high cheek bones.
He wore a baseball cap, dark coloured hooded top and grey tracksuit bottoms.
Police would like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who may have any information regarding it.
Artillery fire could be heard in the distance, reports the BBC's Quentin Sommerville, who is embedded with government troops.
Launching the operation on Sunday, the army seized several villages.
The eastern part of the city was liberated from IS last month after heavy fighting.
Thousands of troops are involved in the assault, backed by artillery and air power.
Their progress has been slowed down by huge improvised explosive devices planted by IS along the route of the offensive, our correspondent says.
Bomb disposal teams are being used to clear them.
In their assault, Iraqi soldiers have been using heavy weapons, including rocket missile launchers, our correspondent adds.
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville is embedded with Iraqi forces as they advance on Mosul. He is tweeting updates as his convoy attempts to move forward:
04:15 GMT: Convoy halted by suspected roadside bomb - IS have planted huge improvised explosives devices along the route.
04:19 GMT: The EOD, or bomb disposal, team are attempting to safely detonate the device.
04:36 GMT: Bomb disposal team heading back to the suspected roadside bomb for a second time. It seems their controlled explosion hasn't worked.
04:36 GMT: No bang. And we can proceed.
04:36 GMT: EOD team checking for secondary bombs.
04:36 GMT: This will be slow progress if it continues.
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Iraqi forces have now all but surrounded the western part of Mosul.
Concern has been voiced by the UN about the welfare of civilians trapped in Mosul, amid reports that they could number up to 650,000.
Leaflets warning residents of an imminent offensive were earlier dropped over the west of the city.
Military officials say the western side of the city, with its narrow, winding streets, may prove a bigger challenge than the east.
They say that western Mosul, although slightly smaller than the east, is more densely populated and includes districts that are seen as pro-IS.
All bridges from there to the west of the city, across the Tigris river, were destroyed.
The offensive against the eastern part of the city was launched on 17 October, more than two years after jihadists overran Mosul before seizing control of much of northern and western Iraq.
The UN said in late January that almost half of all the casualties in Mosul were civilians.
At least 1,096 have been killed and 694 injured across Nineveh province since the start of October.
Victoria Wasteney, 37, a senior occupational therapist, told Victoria Derbyshire a ruling that she bullied the colleague was "far from the truth".
In January she lost a tribunal in which she argued the disciplinary action was due to religious discrimination.
East London Foundation NHS Trust denies it discriminated against her.
Miss Wasteney is now appealing against this judgement with support from campaigning group Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre.
She had worked at the trust for seven years when in June 2013 she was suspended and investigated for gross misconduct over allegations of bullying and harassment.
Her colleague had written an eight-page letter of complaint containing allegations Miss Wasteney was trying to convert her by routinely asking her to pray and giving her a book about a Muslim woman converting to Christianity.
She also alleged an incident when Miss Wasteney put her hand on her knee in a prayer that lasted for 10 minutes, asking God to come to her. The colleague said she felt like she was being groomed.
In an exclusive interview with Victoria Derbyshire, Miss Wasteney said she was surprised by the allegations as she thought she and her colleague had become friends over 18 months.
"I obviously felt as though I'd been painted as a bit crazy and someone who bullies someone and someone who harasses someone and who goes out of their way to manipulate and groom someone, which is far from my truth," she said.
She said there were "aspects of truths", as she admits she did put her hand on the woman's knee and offered a "very quick prayer" after her colleague had approached her for some personal support.
"It was sad to hear later it was described as 10 minutes long. It made it sound like it was an exorcism thing that was going on and it was very hurtful. It wasn't, in my heart it wasn't the intention. I genuinely cared about her and I still do and I really hope that she is well," she said.
Miss Wasteney's suspension lasted for nine months, before a hearing found her behaviour constituted bullying and harassment. She was given a final written warning, "boundary training" and monthly supervision.
She then took the trust to a tribunal, but lost. The judgement found the hospital had not acted with any prejudice or religious discrimination.
Miss Wasteney, who is back at work but not at the same hospital, said she took the trust to the tribunal as she had felt she had suffered injustice, as she knew she was not a bully, "and that was grievous to me".
"I felt... there was some injustice to what had happened and I felt that this was an avenue where I could stand and say, I would like it to be heard that this doesn't seem to be as it ought to be in a country where we are supposed to be able to be free with each other," she said.
In a statement after the tribunal decision, Dr Robert Dolan, chief executive of the trust said: "We have a strong reputation of positively supporting staff and patients from a diverse range of backgrounds. We are an inclusive trust that values and respects diversity.
"We would like to emphasise that as a trust our concerns have always been about the behaviour and actions of a senior manager employed by the trust and not about the faith or religion of any individual."
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Both tested positive for methylhexanamine with A and B samples.
Sachenbacher-Stehle, who won gold in 2002 and 2010, was fourth in two Sochi events but has now been disqualified.
Police officer Frullani will be replaced in Saturday's four-man event by Samuele Romanini.
The IOC confirmed on Saturday that its disciplinary commission had decided to amend the results of the women's 12.5km mass start and mixed relay events because of Sachenbacher-Stehle.
She crossed the line fourth in the 12.5km mass start and was part of the German team which has also now been disqualified.
Frullani, 34, is a former international decathlete who competed at the 2006 European Championships.
Sochi 2014 has the "most stringent anti-doping programme" seen at a Winter Olympics, with 2,453 tests, according to the International Olympic Committee before the Games
But it is Sachenbacher-Stehle's drugs test which is the bigger news, having won gold in the team sprint in the last Olympics in Vancouver and in the 4x5km in Salt Lake City.
"This is the worst nightmare you could imagine. I can't explain how the doping test could be positive," the 33-year-old said.
German Olympic Committee secretary general Michael Vesper said: "We stand for a doping-free sport and a zero tolerance.
"We only want clean performances. Every doping case is initially a disappointment but also proof that the system works."
Before the Games, Russian biathlete Irina Starykh, who was a medal hope for the hosts, withdrew after failing a drugs test.
Germany have been the third most successful team in Russia, with eight gold medals, four silvers and four bronzes. Italy are 21st with two silvers and six bronze medals.
The report said 67 people died from the condition in Wales in 2012-13, and 3,571 were hospitalised.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) said sufferers and medics must be better at recognising the danger signs.
The Welsh government said it launched a respiratory illness plan last week.
Asthma is a long-term condition that affects the airways that carry air in and out of the lungs.
In Wales, 59,000 children and 256,000 adults are receiving treatment for asthma, according to Asthma UK.
The National Review of Asthma Deaths examined 195 asthma deaths in the UK, including 28 children. It claimed asthma patients are dying needlessly as a result of poor care and said sufferers and medics must be better at recognising the danger signs.
The review highlighted prescribing errors in 47% of UK deaths and room for improvement in the care received by 83% of those who died.
Researchers found that in nearly half of the cases they looked at, asthma sufferers did not receive any medical help during their final asthma attack.
Asthma UK described the figures as "horrifying" and said it would be an "absolute scandal" if they were not acted upon.
"This confidential inquiry has identified prescribing errors of a frankly horrifying scale and is a damning indictment of current routine practice," said Asthma UK chief executive Kay Boycott.
"Tragically, we hear far too often from families who've lost a loved one to an asthma attack, with three people killed by asthma every day in the UK.
"Asthma UK's own research shows that too often the 1 in 10 people in Wales who have asthma are short-changed by the system."
GP Dr Mark Levy, RCP's clinical lead for the report, said: "It is very sad that people are not aware that asthma can kill.
"Doctors, patients and their families failed to recognise life-threatening danger signs of asthma.
"We identified major avoidable factors in two-thirds of the people who died."
Sufferers of respiratory illnesses were urged by the Welsh government last week to take personal responsibility for their lifestyle choices in a bid to cut diseases that affect the lungs.
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "We recognise the need to provide high quality care in the NHS for Asthma.
"This is set out in our Respiratory Health Delivery Plan, which we published last week and aims to reduce the number of unscheduled hospital admissions for asthma. The plan will be supported by a separate children and young peoples' section, which will be published this summer."
Masarova, who lost to Britain's Gabriella Taylor in the quarter-finals of the girl's singles at Wimbledon, beat 31-year-old Jankovic 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 at the Gstaad tournament.
The Swiss is playing as a wildcard in her home country.
The French Open junior champion will face Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the next round.
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Samoa international Stanley, 27, joined Quins from Highlanders last summer but injury restricted him to just eight appearances last season.
Walker, 23, has scored 23 tries in 52 appearances for the Premiership club since making his senior debut in 2011.
"These two talented and valued backs have major roles to play," director of rugby John Kingston said.
Harlequins have not disclosed the length of the duo's new deals at the Twickenham Stoop.
The association said it would do so over historical investigations where breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights are alleged.
It follows a report into a 1988 IRA bomb attack in Londonderry that killed three people.
The ombudsman criticised the police for failing to warn people about the bomb.
The Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers Association (NIRPOA) has written to Justice Minister David Ford complaining about the report.
In August 1988, a booby-trap device exploded at 38 Kildrum Gardens in the Creggan area of Derry.
Two people - Eugene Dalton, 55, and Sheila Lewis, 60, - died in the explosion. A third, Gerard Curran, was injured and died seven months later.
They had gone to the flat to check on the occupant, who had been kidnapped by the IRA as part of the bomb plot.
Six years later the relatives of Mr Dalton claimed the police had been negligent in allowing civilians to approach the flat, alleging the police were aware that it had been booby-trapped.
This led to a number of complaints being lodged with the Police Ombudsman, one of which was that under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights the police failed in their responsibilities to uphold Mr Dalton's right to life.
On 10 July, 2013, Police Ombudsman Michael Maguire published a 'Section 62' public statement that there was a failure by the police to uphold the right to life of Mr Dalton.
Former Assistant Chief Constable Raymond White of the NIRPOA said: "In the view of the association, the lack of investigative rigour in the eight-year long (ombudsman) inquiry resulted in facts, which were not relevant to the process, becoming an integral part of the alleged evidential package considered by the ombudsman.
"The outcome of this was a failure on the part of the ombudsman to apply the evidential test to the relevant facts, ie those known to the police before the fatal incident or which reasonably should have been known to them.
"An allegation that Article 2 of the ECHR has been breached is a very grave and complex issue to be addressed.
"We have published a 30-page detailed rebuttal of the Police Ombudsman's findings and demand the Section 62 statement be rescinded."
The association wants all such Section 62 public statements halted until an independent legal mechanism for assessing evidence is put in place and also wants an independent appeals and complaints mechanism in relation to the ombudsman.
It said until these conditions were met "this association regrettably, can no longer encourage its members to engage with the Police Ombudsman in the investigation of historical incidents, where breaches of the European Convention on Human rights are alleged".
In response, the ombudsman's office said: "The findings of our report stand and it will not be withdrawn
"The Police Ombudsman's Office is the lawful mechanism for investigating criminality and misconduct of police officers.
"It is extraordinary that the Retired Police Officers Association will not encourage their members to participate as witnesses in investigations into the most serious of crimes
"This reinforces the need for the office to be able to compel officers to assist its investigations and to produce all documentation in their possession."
The right-back has agreed a contract until June 2019 on his 17th birthday, having impressed in three EFL Trophy appearances this season.
Davies has been with Cambridge since he was eight years old.
"Our long-term vision for the success of our club is to create pathways for our best young players into the first team," said chief executive Jez George.
"That is why Shaun (Derry, Cambridge manager) deserves credit in being so invested in the progress of our young players and willing to give them an opportunity in the first team."
George added: "We know that our players are coveted by other clubs.
"Therefore, it is extremely important that we are proactive in securing their futures and that we create an environment in which they recognise their best route into professional football is with Cambridge United."
Gubbins made 114 from 117 deliveries, but no other batsman was able to reach 50 as Middlesex were all out for 295.
Toby Roland-Jones (4-10) took the first four Hampshire wickets as they slumped to 34-4 in reply.
The hosts reached 146-7 in the 31st over when rain stopped play, leaving them 89 runs short on the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Middlesex's victory was their first in their opening three games of this year's competition, though they will have concerns over an apparent hamstring injury suffered by batsman Sam Robson.
Robson retired hurt on 12 before returning to bat after the ninth wicket fell, but was caught out off the bowling of Reece Topley on his first delivery back at the crease.
Hampshire have now lost two of their first three games.
Hampshire director of cricket Giles White told BBC Radio Solent:
"Gubbins was exceptional and struck the ball very well. But maybe we weren't our best with the ball early on.
"Then we got back into the game through the spinners, who have been good throughout the tournament.
"The score was gettable but Ronald-Jones bowled well. He hit good lengths and made it hard to score."
Middlesex bowler Toby Roland-Jones told BBC Radio London:
"It is always nice to get wickets up top and a few went my way. I felt good running in and found a nice bit of rhythm.
"The lads set it up well. Gubbo played a classy innings up top. He seemed to time it really nicely. He set us up for a score.
"Winning was the only thing missing from our one-day cricket. We had played well in patches but hadn't managed to get over the line whether through the weather or losing key battles."
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All 30 volunteers were told that bell-ringing activity had "ceased with immediate effect".
A spokesperson for York Minster said their "agreements were terminated" for a fully trained professional team led by a new head bell ringer.
Health committee chair Dai Lloyd said he would "ideally" have liked to see Vaughan Gething earlier because "we're talking winter preparedness".
Tory Angela Burns said the delay would result in an "ineffectual" report.
The Welsh Government said it was not possible to get an earlier date.
The inquiry, by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, was launched to seek "assurance that the Welsh NHS is equipped to deal with pressures on unscheduled care services during the coming winter".
Since the end of September three evidence sessions have been held with relevant bodies such as local health boards, the British Medical Association and Care Forum Wales.
The last meeting was on Wednesday, four weeks before Mr Gething's scheduled appearance.
Plaid Cymru AM Dr Lloyd said: "I was slightly disappointed and the committee was slightly disappointed that the health secretary couldn't turn up as part of the review until 17 November.
"It was an issue of works pressure on his part and really we have no choice but to accept that.
Asked if he would liked to have seen the minister earlier, he said: "Ideally, yes, because we're talking winter preparedness and mid-November is already in winter."
Dr Lloyd added that most evidence suggested the pressure on the NHS was all year round and only in certain circumstances were there particular winter issues.
Conservative health spokeswoman Ms Burns said the committee was "beginning to form a view, we've taken all of our witnesses, our interviews, and it would be nice now to go back to the minister with what we've found".
"This enormous delay does mean that any report we produce is going to be pretty ineffectual for this time around, I think it's deeply regrettable," she said.
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said it was not possible to get a date which suited both timetables, but the cabinet secretary was keen to appear in person rather than send a senior health official.
"He would be happy to meet with opposition spokespeople at an earlier date to brief them," she said.
The party was beaten into third place, despite leading in six of 13 regions in the first round of voting a week ago.
The centre-right Republicans finished ahead of President Francois Hollande's governing Socialist Party.
FN leader Marine Le Pen said that mainstream parties had colluded to keep it from power and vowed to keep on fighting.
"Nothing can stop us now," she told supporters. "By tripling our number of councillors, we will be the main opposition force in most of the regions of France."
Ms Le Pen said the party had been "disenfranchised in the most indecent of ways by a campaign of lies and disinformation".
She had stood as a regional presidential candidate in the northern region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, while her niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen was the FN's candidate in the race in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, in the south.
After both led with more than 40% of the vote in the first round on 6 December, the Socialist candidates in those regions pulled out so their voters could support Republican candidates in the second round.
The FN actually increased its votes in the second round to more than 6.8 million, from 6.02 million on 6 December as more people voted, according to the ministry of the interior (In French). But the FN share of the vote went down slightly from 27.73% to 27.36%.
There can be no hiding that the results of the elections are a big personal blow to Marine Le Pen.
She has lost the chance to govern a region and show the world that her party is serious. She has been reminded that however strongly the FN performs, the gates of power remain tightly closed.
But in a way that suits her fine.
Because what it all means is that nothing in France has changed. The two main parties continue sharing out the goodies (in this case deliberately conniving to keep hers as well).
Meanwhile unemployment rises; terror stalks; the grim insurrectionary mood continues to spread.
Ms Le Pen's prospects for power may be limited, but her appeal is as strong as ever for France's growing numbers of disgruntled and disaffected.
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The Republicans increased their share from 26.65% to 40.63% and the Socialists from 23.12% to 29.14%.
The overall turnout increased from 22.6 million on 6 December to 26.2 million on Sunday. Sunday's figures are based on a count of 98% of votes so far.
In her election, Marine Le Pen secured 42.2% of the vote in the second round in her region against the centre-right's 57.8%.
Marion Marechal-Le Pen took 45.2%, compared with 54.8% for her Republican rival.
Despite the defeat, the 26-year-old urged FN supporters to "redouble our efforts".
"There are some victories that shame the winners," she said.
Xavier Bertrand, Republican regional presidential candidate in Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, said the French had given "a lesson of rallying together, courage. Here we stopped the progression of the National Front".
But Socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls was less upbeat. He warned the "danger posed by the far right has not gone away, far from it".
The Socialists suffered a major defeat in the Paris region, Ile-de-France, which shifted to the Republicans for the first time in nearly 20 years.
Republican leader Nicolas Sarkozy said now was the time "for in-depth debates about what worries the French", noting security concerns, unemployment and frustration with the European Union.
These elections were to vote for councils and presidents of the 13 French regions, which have wide powers over local transport, education and economic development.
The Republicans won seven mainland French regions and the Socialists five, with nationalists taking Corsica.
The first round of voting gave the FN the best election results in its history.
It was the first electoral test since the 13 November Paris attacks, in which 130 people were killed - an attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State group.
In the lead-up to the first round, opinion polls suggested that the popularity of the anti-immigration, anti-EU FN had increased since the deadly attacks.
The FN had been hoping a strong performance would boost Marine Le Pen's chances in the 2017 presidential election.
Mr McAuley is charged with assaulting and threatening to kill his wife.
Pauline McAuley, a former Sinn Féin councillor, was injured at a house at Keelderry, Kilnaleck.
Her husband appeared at a special sitting of Cavan District Court. He is also accused of threatening two other people.
A detective told the court that the defendant, with an address at Canal Bank Walk, Castleforde, Ballyconnell, County Cavan, made no response to the charge of assault causing harm.
In response to the charge of threatening to kill his wife, the detective said he replied: "I didn't say I was going to do it. I didn't set out to kill or harm Pauline McAuley."
He was remanded in custody to Castlerea Prison.
He will appear again before Harristown Distict Court in County Roscommon on 2 January.
City were reduced to 10 men in the 32nd minute when referee Lee Mason sent off midfielder Fernandinho.
Sagna has deleted the post in question, but the FA has contacted the full-back to ask for his observations.
The Frenchman has until 17:00 GMT on Friday to respond.
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The 23-year-old, who mostly played for the second XI in 2016, featured in two first-team T20 Blast matches.
The seamer has played in 15 T20 internationals and two one-day games for the Netherlands.
"He's shown he offers something a bit different," director of cricket Matt Maynard told Somerset's website.
"We look forward to having him here with us for at least the next two seasons."
A silver Honda estate failed to stop after the collision on the junction of Oat Street and Cowl Street, Evesham, Worcestershire, at 13:20 GMT on Tuesday.
The officer was taken to hospital with minor leg and head injuries and the abandoned vehicle was found in Longford Close, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.
A 46-year-old Evesham man was arrested.
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A 49-year-old woman from the Evesham area was later arrested on suspicion of obstructing police, a spokesman said.
The family, a dad and mum and their daughter, who sat in the open-to-the-elements West Stand at Inverness Caledonian Thistle's stadium in the pouring rain.
The rain chucked down from the start of the match against Motherwell until the final whistle.
The family had come prepared, dressed in waterproofs, and even refused a steward's offer made to the handful of fans who could only find tickets in the West Stand of the chance to take up empty seats in the roofed North Stand.
The family decided to sit out in the downpour because their seats offered a good vantage point across the whole field of play.
Myself, wife and youngest daughter gladly took up the offer of shelter in the North Stand.
For my daughter, it was her first experience of a professional football match.
And what a first game. She saw five goals. Three for Inverness and two for Motherwell.
All of the goals came in the second half.
Inverness Caley Thistle were three goals up within a short spell of time - scoring in front of a raucous North Stand crowd.
But like many other parents in the Inverness support - there was a large number of kids in the ground because U16s of both home and away fans got in for free - my wife and I had to explain that an Inverness win was not going to stop the club slipping out of the Premiership into the league below.
There was an element of the Inverness support shouting "sack the board" when the team was not scoring goals. Members from this same group, mostly young teenagers, also mounted a mini pitch invasion after the final whistle.
But there were mixed emotions around the ground. Some fans in the main stand gave the Inverness players a standing ovation.
A touching moment was veteran Caley Thistle player David Raven going over to a small group of supporters next to the West Stand to shake their hands.
I really hope that family that had sat in the rain were still around to share in that moment.
Juan Pablo Pernalete died of cardiogenic shock after being hit by an object in the chest.
A number of government officials had said he had been killed by hooded men with a bolt gun.
Venezuela has seen almost daily anti-government protests since April.
The country's deepening economic and political crisis has led to triple-digit inflation, a high crime rate and clashes between protesters and security forces.
In a news conference, Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega said witness statements and forensic evidence showed that Juan Pablo Pernalete had been hit by a tear gas canister.
She said she hoped to be able to identify the officer who fired the canister "in the coming days".
Firing tear gas canisters directly at protesters could be lethal and was banned by both international and national regulations, she said.
Juan Pablo Pernalete's parents welcomed Ms Ortega's announcement, describing it as a "positive first step".
Jose Gregorio Pernalete and Elvira Llovera told BBC News Online it was "one of the first acts of justice for our son".
Officials including Information Minister Ernesto Villegas, Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez and deputy leader of the governing socialist PSUV party Diosdado Cabello had previously denied the National Guard was responsible.
Mr Cabello had blamed "gunmen in the service of the bourgeoisie" and insisted there were no National Guard personnel in the area at the time.
Ms Ortega, once considered an ally of President Nicolas Maduro, has in the past months distanced herself from the government.
In March she said a Supreme Court ruling stripping the opposition-controlled National Assembly of its powers broke the law.
She has also been critical of President Maduro's plans to convene a citizens' assembly to rewrite the constitution.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 42 people, including 11 children, died on Monday when warplanes bombed Al-Bukamal, near the border with Iraq.
IS news agency Amaq put the death toll at 25 and released video of the strike.
The coalition said it had not targeted the area on Sunday or Monday, but added that unnamed countries had done so.
"We did not conduct strikes during the time period of alleged civilian casualties," US Army spokesman Col Ryan Dillion told Reuters news agency.
Coalition warplanes had hit only oil production facilities more than 50km (30 miles) outside Al-Bukamal on those two days, he said.
Late last month, the coalition announced that its 20,200 air strikes in Syria and Iraq since 2014 had unintentionally killed at least 396 civilians. However, human rights groups believe the true figure is far higher.
Airwars, an organisation that tracks allegations of civilian deaths, estimates that between 3,290 and 5,280 civilians are likely to have died.
The Syrian Observatory, a UK-based monitoring group, said the aircraft were seen approaching from Iraq so were unlikely to have been Syrian or Russian.
They struck near a residential area and a mosque, killing 23 civilians along with 20 IS militants gathered in one building, it added.
The activist group Deir Ezzor 24 reported that the attack destroyed 15 homes and killed at least 35 civilians. It said the warplanes were believed to be Iraqi.
Also on Tuesday, the UK Ministry of Defence said an RAF Reaper drone had stopped IS militants from carrying out summary killings in Al-Bukamal on 9 May.
The drone's pilot observed a large crowd of civilians in one of the main streets and then a van unloading two shackled prisoners in front of them, a statement said.
The militants beside the crowd could not be targeted, so the drone fired a Hellfire missile at two stationed as sentries on a nearby roof, it added. Afterwards, the militants fled the scene and the crowd dispersed.
In a separate development, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said the blister agent sulphur mustard had been used in an apparent attack in Aleppo province on 16 September last year.
The watchdog told the UN Security Council that as a result of interviews and analysis of blood samples taken by the Syrian government and Russia, it could confirm that two female casualties reportedly involved in the incident in the Kurdish village of Um Hosh had been exposed.
A mortar shell recovered by Russian investigators also contained sulphur mustard.
The OPCW's fact-finding mission is not tasked by the Security Council with determining who was behind the attack, but Kurdish officials blamed IS militants.
The mission has previously concluded that IS used sulphur mustard in an attack in August 2015, and that Syrian government forces used chlorine as a weapon at least three times between 2014 and 2015.
It also says the nerve agent Sarin was used in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun on 4 April. More than 80 people were killed in a suspected Syrian government air strike - an incident President Bashar al-Assad says was fabricated.
With the M-Pedigree scheme, the customer scratches the medication package to reveal a code which they send to a free number.
They then receive a text back that lets them know if the item is genuine or counterfeit.
M-Pedigree was formally launched in Ghana in 2007 and it has expanded to Nigeria and East Africa and India.
The hope is that by using technologies like M-Pedigree and other software, consumers can focus on getting better, rather than worrying if they have purchased a fake medication or product.
Monique (not her real name), had her first child by Caesarean section, but developed complications with her stitches post-operatively.
When her baby was about a month old she felt a little bit of thread sticking out of her surgery scar.
"I started to touch it and I realised I could actually pull it out," she said.
"Over a few days I was able to pull out a few of these things which then caused my C-section wound to become infected.
"Because of that I had to go back into hospital and go back into theatre and have these threads - as I called them then - surgically removed.
"It was then that the doctor told me that these sutures were most probably counterfeit sutures that were sold to him."
Monique is not alone.
Sales of counterfeit medicines globally could exceed $75bn (£50bn) a year, according to a US study done in 2013, putting health - and lives - at risk.
In Ghana, the food and drug authority estimates a third of all medicines on the market are fake.
Thomas Amedzro, head of drug enforcement for Ghana's Food and Drug Administration, says that as the packaging on many of these fraudulent products is "almost perfect" in how it replicates that of the genuine medicine, it is almost impossible for the consumer to tell the difference.
It was only when the FDA closely scrutinised some of these near-perfect fakes that they noticed a small but important difference - the expiry dates on the counterfeit packs were often longer than would be recommended for Ghana's climate.
Bright Simons is the brains behind M-Pedigree, and he believes it is the only solution anywhere in the world at any scale that "allows the consumer when they buy the medicine to confirm if that pack of medicine, that single pack of medicine they are holding is genuine".
Mr Simons says that for his innovation to really gain traction across the continent and further afield, it needs a better response from regulators and the pharmaceutical industry in the relevant countries.
M-Pedigree is one of several anti-counterfeit technologies being tested out across the world, in places such as Ghana, Nigeria and India. Other similar measures include barcodes and handheld scanners.
Mr Simons says Nigeria is one country demonstrating how a co-ordinated effort can tackle the issue of counterfeit medicine successfully.
"We've seen tremendous changes in the way that medicines are sold in that country, to the extent that in some parts of the country, already patients are able to reject medicine instantly by noticing that there's no label.
"Why? Because anti-malarials and a great number of antibiotics are required by regulation to have these stickers, these technology pieces on them so that consumers can validate instantly."
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The wheelchair can be directed by brain signals detected using a cap fitted to the user and is the work of scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland (EPFL).
It is part of efforts to control machines directly via brain signals, which could lead to new devices for the paralysed and disabled.
Nerve surgery
The main focus of bionics to date has been on providing prosthetics for amputees. Prosthetic arms can now be controlled by nerve signals in the remaining arm, which can be picked up by electric sensors on the skin.
Those with arms amputated above the elbow, where important nerves have been severed, can also potentially control such devices, thanks to what is called "Targeted Muscle Reinnervation" surgery (TMR).
The surgery involves repositioning of nerves into unused muscles around the remaining arm or shoulder so that clear signals can be generated to drive the prosthetic via sensors on the skin surface.
Speaking at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, Professor Todd Kuiken of The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, which pioneered TMR surgery, told the BBC the next innovation may be bionic limbs which are able to "feel".
"If you touch the person on this 'reinnervated' skin, they feel their missing hand. Normal hot and cold, they feel it in their missing hand," he said. "So this is an exciting pathway for us to give sensory feedback; imagine putting sensors in their prosthetic hand to measure force."
Researchers are also looking to devise bionic limbs that can respond to multiple signals from the body - what is called "pattern recognition" - with some suggesting these could lead to bionic hands with individually controllable fingers.
But there is also now the prospect of devices for paralysed or severely disabled individuals with the arrival of brain-controlled devices, of which the thought-controlled wheelchair is just one example.
Professor Jose del R Millan and colleagues from EPFL, who have developed the wheelchair, brought with them to Washington a thought-controlled robot that a paralysed individual could control with brain signals.
"It could help disabled people by substituting some of those lost motor capabilities," said Professor Millan. "People could be 'virtually elsewhere' because they can see what the robot sees."
Such is the pace of progress with bionics that there are now patients choosing bionic limbs over real ones.
Last year, a young Austrian man named "Patrick", who sustained traumatic injuries after being electrocuted at work, opted for the elective amputation of his left hand, which no longer had any function. He has now been fitted with a prosthetic arm with which he can grasp and lift objects using nerve signals in his amputated arm.
His surgeon, Professor Oskar Aszmann of the Medical University of Vienna, says the use of a hybrid bionic hand attached to his dysfunctional hand convinced him of the benefits of the amputation.
"By then he realised he'd probably be better off with a bionic hand rather than his own flesh and blood hand," Professor Aszmann told the BBC after a recent lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine in London.
"For him the most important thing is not really the loss of his non-functional piece of anatomy but the gain of functionality. He could see after two hours that he could do tasks that he hadn't done for two or three years."
Later this year, a second of Professor Aszmann's patients will undergo elective amputation in favour of a bionic replacement.
Derby City Council bought the Riverlights site in the city centre and approved the project in 2003.
In December, after years of planning disputes and delays due to the recession, new plans for a 50 metre swimming pool were also scrapped.
The authority has now submitted an application to use it as storage space.
If approved, the area between the city's bus station on Moorledge and the River Derwent, could be used for up to five years.
Last month plans to build a new swimming pool at the site were changed after the Labour-led authority said it wanted to use the current Moorways site instead.
A public consultation on the plans runs until 26 January ahead of a decision being made next month.
The 24-year-old recently left Wrexham when his contract expired having scored 14 goals for them last season.
After starting his career in non-league football at Stalybridge Celtic, Jennings has had spells at Scunthorpe, Stockport, Macclesfield and Grimsby.
"He will offer us something different to the forward options we already have at our disposal," said boss Gary Brabin.
"Connor is technically very good, he's quick and he has plenty of experience and a good record at this level."
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The 19-year old, who enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2015-16 with 13 appearances and two tries, has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament.
Watkin signed his first professional contract with Ospreys in April, having helped Wales Under-20s win the 2016 Six Nations Grand Slam.
He will undergo surgery in the next couple of weeks.
HP's Fortify security division reviewed 10 pieces of internet-connected kit.
It said the majority did not require a password of sufficient complexity and length and that most did not encrypt the data they transmitted.
One independent security expert said the findings were "shocking".
HP has not named the manufacturers involved, but has identified the 10 types of net-connected products studied:
One of the report author's biggest concerns was that eight of the devices surveyed did not require consumers to use hard-to-hack log-ins.
It said that most allowed passwords as simple as "1234" or "123456", which could then be used to access both the app and a website providing access to the owner's records.
In addition, the team said, the interfaces used by six of the devices' websites had other security flaws that could cause them to be compromised. For example, it said, in some cases hackers could exploit the password reset facility to determine which accounts were valid, allowing them to focus follow-up attacks.
A lack of encryption - the digital scrambling of data to make it unreadable without a special key - was also flagged as a worry.
HP said that seven of the devices failed to encrypt communications sent to the internet and/or a local network.
It added that six of the pieces of kit did not use encryption when downloading software and firmware updates. It said hackers could take advantage of this to intercept, modify and retransmit the code, potentially allowing them to take control of many customers' equipment.
The report also suggested that eight of the devices raised broader privacy concerns.
"With many devices collecting some form of personal information such as name, address, date of birth, health information and even credit card numbers, those concerns are multiplied when you add in cloud services and mobile applications that work alongside the device," it stated.
"And with many devices transmitting this information unencrypted on your home network, users are one network misconfiguration away from exposing this data to the world via wireless networks.
"Do these devices really need to collect this personal information to function properly?"
HP is not the first firm to highlight problems with smart home devices.
Earlier this month, another security firm revealed that wi-fi-controlled light bulbs sold by an Australian firm, Lifx, could reveal their owner's username and passwords if a hacker used a device that masqueraded as being another bulb.
In January, another report highlighted the case of a smart fridge that had been hacked and used to send out spam emails.
And last year, LG was prompted to issue a fix for its smart TVs after one owner discovered his set was monitoring his watching habits and then transmitting the information over the internet unencrypted.
Ian Brown, professor of information security and privacy at the University of Oxford, said HP's report should act as a wake-up call.
"We're used to hearing about vulnerabilities in computing systems, but those are often legacy products designed before today's greater focus on security," he told the BBC.
"It's slightly shocking to see these brand new internet-of-things devices being created with so many security holes.
"I hope device manufactures realise they have to do much better if they want to avoid damaging consumer trust in the whole sector before it even takes off."
The report includes data compiled by the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead in February.
Russia denies Western accusations that it has sent regular troops and armour to help the rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The cost of Russia's military involvement and of annexing Crimea is said to run into billions of dollars.
The 64-page report, called Putin - War, has been published on the Open Russia news website.
At a news conference in Moscow Ilya Yashin, an ally of Boris Nemtsov who finalised the report, said it was the work of "true patriots" who opposed the "isolationist policies of [President] Vladimir Putin".
It details how 150 Russian soldiers were killed in the key battle for Ilovaisk, a small town in the Donetsk region, in August 2014.
More recently, it says, 70 Russian soldiers died in the battle for Debaltseve, which fell to pro-Russian rebels in February, after the Minsk ceasefire deal was signed.
"All key successes of the separatists were secured by the Russian army units," Mr Yashin said.
The question of Russian involvement in Ukraine is highly sensitive in Moscow. The activists said that finding a company prepared to print the document had been difficult.
Supporters of Nemtsov suspect that he was assassinated because of the sensitive information he had collated about Russia's involvement in the Ukraine conflict.
Five ethnic Chechen men are in pre-trial detention, accused of the killing, but prosecutors have not yet established any motive.
President Putin has said the mastermind behind the killing might never be found.
'Compelling case' - Oleg Boldyrev, BBC News, Moscow:
Most of the report is based on facts that have already appeared in Russian and foreign media during a year of conflict in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
But colleagues of Boris Nemtsov say putting them together makes a very compelling case for accusing Vladimir Putin of waging the war in Ukraine for his own ends.
Mr Nemtsov started this work in early 2015, after hearing of Russian soldiers' relatives who had still not got the promised compensation. But the relatives never went public and - after Nemtsov's death - became even more scared.
Ilya Yashin said the opposition would collect donations to extend the initial print run of only 2,000 copies. But publishing and distributing this kind of dossier is going to be hard. And, above all, the question remains - how many people are keen to learn the facts?
There are plenty of Russians aware of their country's involvement in eastern Ukraine, who nevertheless find it acceptable because they believe Moscow is supporting those who wish to be independent of the government in Kiev.
Mr Yashin and other opposition activists don't call that "support" - they accuse Mr Putin of masterminding and directing the war to boost his failing popularity.
Nemtsov report exposes Russia's human cost in Ukraine
A leading economist who contributed to the report, Sergei Aleksashenko, estimated Russia's spending on the rebellion in eastern Ukraine to be 53bn roubles (£665m; $1bn).
The report says relatives of the 150 soldiers killed at Ilovaisk received 2m roubles each (£25,100; $39,000) after agreeing not to reveal how the men had died.
However, relatives of the 70 who died in Debaltseve were given no compensation from the Russian defence ministry, the report says.
By that time soldiers sent to fight in eastern Ukraine were being released from the regular army, to make it look as if they were volunteers, according to the report.
Mr Aleksashenko broke down Russian spending on the conflict as:
The others who worked on the report, besides Boris Nemtsov, were: Mr Yashin's RPR-Parnas party colleagues Leonid Martynyuk and Olga Shorina, former Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alfred Kokh, and journalists Ayder Muzhdabayev and Oleg Kashin.
A report by the economy, energy and tourism committee said a delay could cause "lasting damage" to the industry.
Last month Scottish Enterprise confirmed it was considering the bid and expected to reach a decision by the end of April.
The committee also called for a plan to develop the television sector.
The report follows an inquiry into the economic impact of Scotland's film, TV and video games industries.
The Holyrood committee heard criticism from people working in the film and television industry that Scotland is lagging behind other parts of the UK, and losing out on business, because of a lack of facilities.
Convener Murdo Fraser MSP said: "Scotland needs a film and TV studio. Any further delay is likely to cause lasting damage to our film and TV industries."
He also said the industry had great potential, but more collaboration was needed.
Mr Fraser said: "This report makes clear that, to achieve that growth, the support that they receive from the government and its agencies must be informed by the industries themselves.
"Agencies working collaboratively and in collaboration with the industries are the key to success.
"It is evident that this is not currently happening. This must be addressed urgently."
The report also raised concerns that a strategy for developing the television sector was not included in Creative Scotland's latest 10-year plan.
A spokeswoman from Creative Scotland welcomed the recommendations.
She said: "They highlight the opportunities for Scotland's economic growth and prosperity through supporting and stimulating the creative industries to generate new content, innovate and thrive.
"We will consider them carefully as a matter of priority and work closely with Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the Scottish government and other partners to develop a clear, shared plan for their delivery."
Scottish Enterprise said it would also look at the findings as a priority.
In February, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop revealed Scottish Enterprise was considering a bid for a privately-funded film studio in Scotland.
It emerged the proposal would exceed the original development brief with one of the highest soundstages in the UK.
Scottish Enterprise had previously been considering five different public options - including one in Glasgow and one in Cumbernauld.
The Scottish government set up a Film Studio Delivery Group in 2013 which invited bids to create a studio in Scotland.
It comes after this year also saw the rainiest April on record, while the period from April to June was the wettest recorded for the UK.
June was also the second dullest on record with 119.2 hours of sunshine - the record of 115.4 hours was in 1987.
Total UK rainfall was 145.3mm - more than twice as much as normally expected, the Met Office said.
June saw long, prolonged rainfall and short but exceptionally heavy showers, which ended with storms battering Wales, the Midlands, the North East and Northern Ireland.
A Met Office spokesman said there had been unsettled weather in some parts of the UK for the whole of the past three months, with only the latter half of May seeing a spell of prolonged fine weather.
"Movements in the track of the jet stream, a narrow band of fast flowing westerly winds high in the atmosphere, have contributed to the weather we have seen," the spokesman said.
Wales and Northern Ireland had their wettest June on record, England experienced the second wettest and Scotland the eighth wettest.
Events throughout June were disrupted by the weather - race-goers at Ascot were drenched, the Olympic torch was doused and festival-goers on the Isle of Wight were mired in mud.
*New figures are compared with the 1971-2000 rainfall average, which was 72.6mm
Cardiff University's survey of 117 hospital units showed about 211,000 victims of violence went to hospital in 2014 - 10% fewer than in 2013.
It is the lowest figure since the study of accident and emergency and minor injury units began in 2001.
Researchers say a reduction in binge drinking has helped cut violence.
However, they warn this could change if alcohol becomes more affordable again.
The results of the study mirror the long-term fall in violence measured by the official crime survey of England and Wales.
Professor Jonathan Shepherd, director of the violence research group at Cardiff University, and lead author of the study, said situational factors such as better street lighting and the use of plastic glasses in pubs had also contributed to the reduction in violence.
"These substantial year-on-year decreases in serious violence are welcome news for citizens and communities across England and Wales," he said.
"Moreover, costs imposed on health services and the criminal justice system by violence have been substantially reduced along with burdens on stretched emergency departments."
But he stressed alcohol-related violence remained a problem.
"As we emerge from the economic downturn we must ensure that the affordability of alcohol does not increase," he said.
"Over 200,000 people across England and Wales going to emergency departments with injuries caused by violence are still far too many."
By Danny Shaw, home affairs correspondent
The annual Cardiff University crime survey is a well-respected piece of research which provides confirmation that violent crime is in long-term decline.
There are flaws in its approach: the study doesn't include victims of violence who don't go to hospital, so those who live far from A&E units or mistrust doctors may be under-represented.
But the findings, which are largely positive, present a challenge for the next government - how to maintain the fall.
The researchers reckon that alcohol plays a part in 70% of the hospital cases they have recorded, so they want renewed action to combat the problem of cheap booze.
However, violence is falling in Western countries which don't have the same drinking culture, suggesting that other factors are at play that are yet to be fully understood.
The biggest decline in those seeking treatment for injuries was among children and adolescents.
Researchers say that could be due to improved safeguarding measures and because fewer children are gathering on the streets.
The NSPCC said the fall in children attending A&E due to violence related injuries was "encouraging".
"These improvements are most welcome and in stark contrast to other forms of abuse - such as neglect or emotional abuse - which do not appear to have declined in recent years," a spokesman said.
Andy Woodward - who played for Bury and Sheffield United - was abused while at Crewe Alexandra from the age of 11-15.
His abuser, Barry Bennell, was sentenced to nine years in prison in 1998 after admitting sexual offences against six boys.
Mr Woodward spoke out after waiving anonymity offered to sex abuse victims.
The 43-year-old told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme the abuse had a "catastrophic" impact on his life.
He struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts in the years following Bennell's conviction and suffered severe panic attacks - including during a match for Bury in which he had to be substituted.
Mr Woodward - who explained it had taken "30 years" to speak openly about the abuse - said he suffered a lack of support from Crewe Alexandra when the abuse was first revealed.
"With regards to the sport - there was nothing, it was brushed under the carpet," he said.
"It's in the mentality of football that nothing comes out."
The former defender said he "tried to put it in a box and focus on football, because that was all I'd ever dreamed of".
A spokesperson for Crewe Alexandra said the club did not wish to comment.
Barry Bennell, who worked as a football scout and coach at Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s and 90s, was sentenced to nine years in prison in 1998 after admitting 23 specimen charges of sexual offences against six boys, aged nine to 15.
Bennell scouted Mr Woodward, then aged 11, while he was playing for Stockport Boys.
Mr Woodward said that within "three or four weeks" Bennell invited him to stay over at his home.
He was abused over a four-year period and said Bennell threatened him "in a way that [his dream of playing football professionally] was going to be taken from me".
"It was that control, that all I wanted to do was be a footballer."
Mr Woodward believes the nine-year sentence did not do "justice", although at the time of the conviction he said he felt "safer" knowing Bennell was in prison.
Mr Woodward retired from football in 2002.
After years of therapy he believes he is now "coming through the other side".
Mr Woodward said he wished to raise awareness of his ordeal as he believed there were "further victims" of Bennell who were yet to speak.
He said he was aware of one other former footballer who had come forward since he first spoke to the press.
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.
It said it will use huge computing power to root out 25 million unwanted calls a week.
Currently, BT customers can buy special phones that block nuisance calls, or pay to stop calls getting through.
But the new service will identify some of the 5 billion unwanted calls made each year before they arrive.
They will then be diverted automatically to a junk voicemail box.
Customers will be able to add numbers they don't want to hear from, for free.
The hope is that action from BT will turn the tables on nuisance callers. The company is following the lead from Talk Talk, which already bars calls for free and blocks millions centrally.
However, experts warn that this is a battle that is likely to rumble on, because firms hassling people will be able to switch numbers and use pretend numbers to hide who they are.
Many fraudsters and malicious callers targeting individuals will still be able to get through, they say.
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The 46-year-old woman was held in connection with the unauthorised disclosure of information to the media.
Andrew Mitchell quit as chief whip after it was alleged he called police "plebs" - a claim he denies.
The officer is part of the diplomatic protection group and was in Downing Street during the alleged incident. It is the fourth arrest in the probe.
The officer was arrested at her workplace in central London on suspicion of misconduct in a public office.
Meanwhile, Scotland Yard said a 46-year-old police officer from the same unit arrested on Thursday has been released on bail until March and suspended from duty.
He was questioned on suspicion of misconduct in a public office and the unauthorised disclosure of information to the media.
CCTV footage has cast doubt on the original police accounts of the row, which has come to be known as "plebgate".
While Mr Mitchell admits swearing after a police officer refused to let him exit through the main Downing Street gate with his bicycle on 19 September last year, he denies directly swearing at the officer and insists he did not lose his temper or call him a "pleb".
The two other people arrested as part of the inquiry known as Operation Alice have also been released on bail.
A 52-year-old police constable from the diplomatic protection group was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
And a 23-year-old man, who is not a member of the police force, was arrested on suspicion of "intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an indictable offence", relating to misconduct in a public office.
Josh Charnley and Sam Tomkins scores and three Matty Smith goals had Wigan up at the break, with Paul McShane and Denny Solomona tries in reply.
Dom Manfredi crossed with Tigers' Jake Webster in the sin-bin after half-time.
The two sides then traded two tries apiece before Smith's drop goal created an unassailable two-score lead.
Hull can pull clear again at the summit if they beat St Helens, but this victory maintains the Warriors bid to finish top after 23 regular rounds.
Sam Tomkins, who scored in only his third outing back after injury, made a crucial cover tackle to deny Solomona a hat-trick.
Luke Dorn might have pulled another try back late on but his effort was chalked off by the video referee, as was an effort from Solomona in the opening 40 - while Wigan's Ryan Sutton might have added further insult to injury had his late try been awarded.
Castleford had won the previous two home games against Wigan, but had also lost the past three meetings in total and their recent three-match league and cup winning revival was stemmed here.
The Tigers fought back from 14-0 to win against Warrington at the Magic Weekend but they were unable to complete the same heroics against Shaun Wane's side, who had enough to keep them at bay.
Both sides contributed much to a game that had some smart tries and a bit of needle, notably when John Bateman and Dorn clashed in the first-half.
It was also an intriguing battle between England half-back rivals Luke Gale and Matty Smith, who both shone for their respective sides although it was the latter who sealed the game with his prolific boot.
Castleford Tigers head coach Daryl Powell told BBC Radio Leeds:
"The manner of what went on tonight was really disappointing, we fell away after half-time we were down to 12 men and were rattled, we conceded a real soft try and that was one of the defining moments.
"I can't quite get my head around some of the things, the manner of the referee was really poor to the players so there's something that needs to be done.
"The referee had a big impact all the way through it and I thought he lost his cool and that's something referees can't do. It was hostile out there, but I don't think we got a 50-50 call all night.
"At times we conceded some soft tries, the one just after half-time was a real soft one. I can't understand that video referee call with the Luke Dorn try was chalked off.
"There were loads of good things out there, we were excellent in loads of areas, some of the things we did with the ball."
Wigan head coach Shaun Wane told BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra:
"We weren't great, some of the detail in contact and attack was off but we played tough and took our chances. We were worthy of the win.
"Sam [Tomkins] did some good things and bombed a couple of things so there are always improvements to make.
"We trained on a smaller pitch all week, as soon as you give a penalty they're in good ball and they throw a lot at you, you have to defend your line. We were just looking at the one-percenters.
"One of my worst days was when we lost here and my team gave in so to get a win against a form team here is satisfying."
Castleford Tigers: Dorn; Flynn, Crooks, Webster, Solomona; McShane, Gale; Patrick, Milner, Millington, Moors, McMeeken, Jewitt.
Replacements: Tickle, Springer, Hampshire, Cook.
Wigan: S. Tomkins; Manfredi, Sarginson, Gildart, Charnley; Williams, Smith; Crosby, Powell, Flower, Bateman, Isa, J. Tomkins.
Replacements: Mossop, Tautai, Sutton, Burke.
Referee: Ben Thaler (RFL)
There was no-one in the property and the driver, who was taken to hospital, is believed to be the only person who was hurt.
Police said the bus came off the road at the junction of Ethel Road and Headland Road in the Evington area of the city at about 20:00 BST on Tuesday.
Centrebus said they were "carrying out a full and thorough investigation" and working with the relevant authorities.
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The company also confirmed the driver's injuries were not life-threatening.
It is believed the tenants of the property were out at the time.
Broad has already been withdrawn from the Notts squad to face Yorkshire in the County Championship on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old only bowled two overs and made 11 with the bat in their T20 Blast semi-final defeat by Northants on Saturday.
Nottinghamshire are bottom of the Championship, 14 points adrift of safety with four games to play.
But clashes involving supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi led to several deaths.
The new charter is to replace the constitution passed under Mr Morsi before he was forced out by the army.
The military wants a strong Yes vote in the two-day referendum to endorse his removal.
Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, now designated a terrorist group, is boycotting the vote.
His supporters clashed with security forces in several parts of Egypt and officials said nine people had died:
Shortly before voting began, there was an explosion near a court building in Cairo's Imbaba district, although no casualties were reported.
James Reynolds, Cairo
Many of the hundreds queuing up at this polling station in Nasr City see the referendum as a personal vote in favour of Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Several military Chinook helicopters flew overhead. A military convoy drove outside the polling station - on the bonnet of one vehicle was a picture of Gen Sisi.
Sally Nabil, Alexandria
It was a calm morning. The security presence is quite heavy, but the forces remained at a distance, keeping an eye all around, whether from the roofs or both inside and outside the polling stations.
Abdel Bassir Hassan, Mansoura
There was a considerable turnout at polling stations during the first hours of the vote, although numbers are reducing as the day goes on.
Ahmed Kilany, Assiut
In the first hours of voting, numbers have been significant, although in the surrounding villages turnout is more limited.
Correspondents' round-up
A huge security operation is being mounted for the two days of voting. Some 160,000 soldiers and more than 200,000 policemen are being deployed nationwide.
Army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, wearing dark sunglasses and khaki fatigues, visited one polling station in north Cairo, telling guards there: "Work hard. We need the referendum to be completely secured."
The BBC's Orla Guerin in Cairo says this has been a distorted campaign, with endorsements for the new constitution flooding state-run and private TV and radio.
However, spotting any posters from the No campaign is a lot harder and people have been arrested for putting them up, our correspondent says.
Democratic or not, she says, the referendum is seen by many as more than a ballot on a new constitution - it is widely viewed as a verdict on the removal of Mr Morsi.
State-run media were on Tuesday describing the vote as a "democratic ceremony" - a term widely used during the Hosni Mubarak era but not heard since he was ousted in the revolution of January 2011.
One voter in Cairo, Salah Mustafa, told the BBC: "Compared with the document that we had last year, which was a really horrible constitution, there's a lot of rights."
But Mohammed Soudan, a spokesman for the Brotherhood's political wing, said most people were boycotting the vote, adding: "This is a message that we are not recognising this kind of new power."
Interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has called the referendum the "most critical moment" for Egypt.
"I will boycott because my vote doesn't matter"
Rawan Ahmed, 23
Egyptians' hopes and fears
Egyptian media lauds referendum
Interim President Adly Mansour said after voting: "The people must prove to dark terrorism that they fear nothing."
The new constitution was drafted by a 50-member committee that included only two representatives of Islamist parties.
The authorities maintain that it is a crucial step towards stability.
Under the new constitution:
Critics say the new constitution favours the army at the expense of the people, and fails to deliver on the 2011 revolution.
A Yes vote could lead to fresh elections and it now seems certain that Gen Sisi, who backed Mr Morsi's removal following mass protests, will run for president.
Timeline: Pro-Morsi protests
The constitution is expected to attract a resounding Yes vote, but the turnout is key, analysts say.
The last charter, passed just over a year ago, was approved by 63.8%, but only 32.9% of the population voted.
Mohammed Morsi was Egypt's first democratically elected president but was deposed by the military last July.
He is being held in jail in Alexandria, facing several criminal charges relating to his time in office - which he says are politically motivated.
More than 1,000 people have died in violence since Mr Morsi's overthrow.
The musical is written and directed by Whiplash's Damien Chazelle.
Chazelle said he was "thrilled and honoured" by the festival's invitation.
"It is deeply humbling for us to join the company of their previous opening night films, and we could not be more excited to share our movie with the audience in Venice," he said.
The film also stars JK Simmons, who won an Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in Whiplash, and singer John Legend.
Festival director Alberto Barbera called the film "a surprising tribute to the golden age of American musicals, from An American in Paris by Vincent Minnelli to New York, New York by Martin Scorsese".
"It is a film that does not merely reinvent the musical genre, it gives it a brand new start.
"If Whiplash was the revelation of a new filmmaker, La La Land is his definitive, albeit precocious, consecration among the great directors of Hollywood's new firmament," he said.
The festival screening of the film, on 31 August, will be the film's world premiere.
The musical is described as a modern take on the classic Hollywood romance, with spectacular song-and-dance numbers.
It follows a love affair between Mia, an aspiring actress played by Emma Stone, and Sebastian, a struggling jazz musician played by Ryan Gosling.
The film will be in competition for the festival's Golden Lion award.
British director Sam Mendes will head the jury at this year's festival which runs from 31 August until 10 September.
The hosts led 12-9 in a tourniquet-tight match with four penalties - three from Finn Russell, one from Stuart Hogg - to three from Tyler Bleyendaal.
But Hogg's yellow card, for a high tackle in stopping Andrew Conway from scoring, saw Munster capitalise.
Francis Saili powered over in the corner to book a last-eight spot.
The Irish province are now guaranteed to top Pool One, sealing their quarter-final place in Europe's elite tournament for the 16th time in 22 seasons.
Glasgow, meanwhile, will need to win their final game at Leicester next Saturday to retain hope of qualifying as one of the three best runners-up.
The Warriors needed to assert their physicality on Munster from the get-go - and they did, to a point. In the opening 15 minutes they had most of the possession and most of the territory, but only three points to show for it, from Russell's boot.
Breaking down Munster's defence proved a monstrous job. This is a team that had conceded only three tries in their first four pool games in Europe - all of them long after they had taken an unbreakable hold on those games. Their line speed was rapid, their aggression huge. This was always going to be rugby's equivalent of a gunfight.
Every time Glasgow scored, Munster responded quickly. When Russell gave Glasgow the lead, Bleyendaal responded. When Hogg walloped over one from the halfway line, Bleyendaal cancelled it out three minutes later. When Russell made it 9-6 early in the new half, Bleyendaal rubbed it soon after.
It took Munster 25 minutes to release the dogs and when they did, Glasgow's defence proved every bit as demonic as their visitors. Phase upon phase brought Munster to Glasgow's 5m line. Tackle upon tackle meant they went no further.
The beginning of the second half saw Glasgow finally get their dangerous runners on the ball. Hogg, Ali Price and Russell started to cut little holes in the Munster defence. Josh Strauss was getting on the ball and doing damage, Tim Swinson was carrying ball. Zander Fagerson, too.
That Russell penalty was their reward for a 9-6 lead but such was the game, and the tiny margins, it didn't last. The fourth time they hit the front, another kick from Russell, they held it for longer, but not long enough. This was not rugby for those who want line breaks and tries. This was kitchen sink stuff. Bear-pit rugby.
The most dramatic endgame started to unfold with 11 minutes left. Munster had dominance and field position. They attacked in vicious red waves, crashing in on Glasgow, who were outstanding in dealing with them.
Munster went wide and found space at last. Conway got clipped high by Hogg, who got 10 minutes - and the rest of the match - in the bin. A colossal blow.
Munster put the penalty to touch and when they came streaming across field, Simon Zebo linked with Keith Earls who found Saili on the wrap-around.
The replacement went over in the corner to put Munster ahead for the first time. Glasgow came again, busting a gut, smashing forward in the hope of breaking this gobsmacking Munster defence. They could have tried a drop-goal - they had the opportunity - but didn't do it. They went for the try and ran into a red wall.
Sensational rugby. Glory for Munster who progress to the last eight. Desolation for Glasgow, who now have to win at Welford Road to stand a chance of making it through for the first time.
Glasgow Warriors: Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour, Mark Bennett, Alex Dunbar, Lee Jones, Finn Russell, Ali Price; Gordon Reid, Fraser Brown, Zander Fagerson, Tim Swinson, Jonny Gray (capt), Rob Harley, Ryan Wilson, Josh Strauss.
Replacements: Pat MacArthur, Alex Allan (for Reid, 78), D'arcy Rae (for Z Fagerson, 78) Matt Fagerson, Chris Fusaro (for Strauss, 68), Grayson Hart, Nick Grigg (for Bennett, 63), Peter Murchie.
Yellow card: Hogg (71)
Munster: Simon Zebo, Andrew Conway, Jaco Taute, Rory Scannell, Keith Earls, Tyler Bleyendaal, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, John Ryan, Jean Kleyn, Donnacha Ryan; Peter O'Mahony (capt), Jack O'Donoghue, CJ Stander.
Replacements: Rhys Marshall, James Cronin (for Kilcoyne, 54) Thomas Du Toit (for Ryan, 60), Dave Foley (for O'Mahony), 74), Billy Holland (for Kleyn, 54), Duncan Williams (for Murray, 65-71), Ian Keatley, Francis Saili (for Taute, 57).
A levy on single-use carrier bags was introduced in Northern Ireland in 2013.
The year before the 5p charge was imposed, 190 million carrier bags were issued by NI supermarkets.
Last year, that had fallen to 30 million - a 42.6% annual reduction following a previous drop of 71%, after the carrier bag charge was introduced.
Retailers pay the net proceeds of the levy to the Department of Environment at Stormont.
Earlier this year, 21 environmental groups that had their budgets slashed as part of government cutbacks received a share of a £1.25m fund raised by plastic bag charges.
The Northern Ireland usage figures are in sharp contrast to England, where the number of single-use bags from supermarkets rose from 7.4 billion in 2013 to just over 7.6 billion.
From October large shops in England will have to charge for plastic bags.
In Scotland, which brought in a levy last year, there was an 18.3% decrease in the number of plastic bags handed out by retailers.
There was a 5.2% increase in Wales last year, but the number of bags handed out has fallen by 78.2% since 2010. A charge was introduced in October 2011.
The latest drop in Northern Ireland has been welcomed, but campaigners say there are still too many littering the landscape.
Chris Allen, from the environmental charity Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, said discarded bags can also harm wildlife.
"When they wash up on the shore, you might get sheep that might graze on them by mistake and they might end up dying," he said.
He also reminded people that even though plastic bag litter had reduced, the problem had not disappeared.
"There is a certain element of 'out of sight, out of mind' to it. It's a big sea, it's a big beach, one plastic bag isn't going to hurt but those inconsiderate people don't think of all the other plastic bags they're adding to," Mr Allen said.
The 65-year-old, who has not been named, was discovered at about 22:50 on 24 February at a property in Glasgow's Gilbertfield Place.
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances in the case.
The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner will focus on telephone calls made to police by her family.
A spokesman for the watchdog said: "The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has instructed the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner to undertake an investigation after the body of a 65-year-old woman was discovered at a residential property in Glasgow on 24 February 2017.
"The investigation will focus on the response from Police Scotland to telephone calls received by them about the woman on 24 February 2017."
The PIRC said its findings would be submitted to the COPFS in due course.
The precise size of Crescent Capital's investment has not been disclosed, but it is described as "multi-million".
Belfast Power is proposing to build a 480MW gas-fired station in the Belfast Harbour Estate.
A recent filing shows a Crescent Capital fund holds 1200 preferred shares in Belfast Power.
Belfast Power Holdings controls 4000 shares.
A director of Belfast Power, Ciaran Devine, said the investment marks a "significant milestone" in the project.
He added that the design of the power station is being finalised and a planning application will be submitted in the coming weeks.
Evermore Energy has previously developed a 16MW biomass power station at Lisahally in Londonderry.
Crescent Capital's previous investments include Andor Technology, Balcas and PathXL.
Exeter came from behind to record a famous 31-14 victory at Sandy Park last Saturday, but the Top 14 leaders were unstoppable on home soil.
David Strettle, Alexandre Lapandry, Fritz Lee, Sebastien Vahaamahina and Wales' Jonathan Davies all went over.
Exeter grabbed a late try through Tom Johnson, when Clermont were reduced to 13 men, but it was a mere consolation.
The bonus point win for the French side throws Pool Two wide open, with all four teams still in with a chance of qualification to the quarter-finals.
Ospreys occupy the top spot - and automatic qualification place - in the group after earning two bonus points in their defeat by Bordeaux-Begles on Saturday.
Clermont jump from fourth to second and are level with third-place Exeter on 10 points, although the French side have a game in hand.
Bordeaux are bottom of the group with six points but have also played on game less than Ospreys and Exeter.
The five teams that finish top of each pool progress to the knock-out rounds of the competition, along with the three best runners-up.
Clermont, last season's losing finalists, were left reeling after their away defeat by Premiership Exeter, but they turned the tables on their Pool Two rivals at the Stade Marcel Michel.
The hosts were dealt an early blow when Camille Lopez was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle and Gareth Steenson slotted the resulting penalty, but Clermont went on to run in 42 unanswered points.
Morgan Parra and Scott Spedding kicked the French side ahead and Strettle's try opened up a 10-point lead. The former Saracens wing darted inside from the edge of the 22 and finished off under the posts, and Parra duly converted before adding a second penalty.
Exeter's woes continued when number eight Thomas Waldron, whose tries orchestrated the Chiefs' comeback last weekend, received a yellow card for stripping the ball in the tackle.
Clermont made the extra man count, as influential fly-half Parra delivered a back-handed offload for Lapandry to make it 21-3.
With Waldron still in the sin bin after the break, Lee touched down from a catch and drive, and Vahaamahina then barged his way over for Clermont's fourth try.
Wales centre Davies marked his return from seven months out with a knee injury by crossing over in the corner for the bonus point, after receiving a looping ball over the top from Lopez.
The game was out of sight for Exeter but they went on a late attack and, with Vito Kolelishvili and Clement Ric sent to the bin for collapsing two drives, Johnson was able to power over.
Exeter coach Rob Baxter: "The bigger picture is that this result may not mean too much. We still have two games to go and we would have had to have won at least one of them - now we have to win them both.
"If we use this experience of coming to France to win another game in France later in the pool, then great.
"We have got to use the frustrations, disappointments and errors, both collectively and as individuals, the next time we come over here because there will be a similar amount of pressure and we will be playing in front of an even bigger crowd."
Clermont Auvergne: Spedding; Strettle, Davies, Gear, Nakaitaci; Lopez, Parra (c); Debaty, Kayser, Kotze; Cudmore, Vahaamahina; Kolelishvili, Lapandry, Lee.
Replacements: Vulivuli for Davies (67), Fernandez for Lopez (69), Radosavljevic for Parra (48), Domingo for Debaty (50), Ulugia for Kayser (64), Ric for Kotze (64), Jedrasiak for Cudmore (69), Chouly for Lee (55), Kotze for Lapandry (78)
Sin Bin: Lopez (2), Kolelishvili (70), Ric (71).
Exeter Chiefs: Dollman; Jess, Nowell, Whitten, Short; Steenson, Lewis; Rimmer, Yeandle (c), Francis; Parling, Welch; Armand, Salvi, Waldrom.
Replacements: Campagnaro for Dollman (41), Hooley for Steenson (64), Thomas for Lewis (64), A. Hepburn for Rimmer (50), Taione for Yeandle (50), Low for Francis (50), Lees for Welch (50), Johnson for Waldrom (64).
Sin Bin: Waldrom (35).
Att: 18,000
Ref: Marius Mitrea (Italy).
The BBC has announced the British singer will be spinning on the big red chair for the fourth series of the show.
She's replacing Kylie Minogue, but the rest of the line-up is the same.
Will.i.am and Sir Tom Jones are back for the fourth time, while Ricky Wilson from Kaiser Chiefs returns for his second series.
In a statement, Rita Ora said she was "excited" to be joining the show.
With four UK number one singles, she currently ties with Geri Halliwell as the British female artist with the most solo chart-toppers.
She recently made her movie debut in the 50 Shades of Grey adaptation.
Her fellow coach will.i.am said: "Sir Tom Jones is our rock, Ricky is awesome and it's our pleasure to welcome the very talented Rita Ora. Rita is sweet, spicy and sassy - she's going to be a great addition to the Coaches team."
Emma Willis and Marvin Humes return to present the BBC One show as well.
While the show has been a ratings success, the programme has yet to find a star who's achieved mainstream UK chart success.
Jermain Jackman won the third series of the programme but hasn't released a debut album yet.
Previous winners included Leanne Mitchell and Andrea Begley but neither were a success.
Moira Ross, The Voice UK's executive producer, said: "The Voice has gone from strength to strength with each passing year and series four promises to be bigger than ever."
The new series launches in January 2015.
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Transform Scotland said rail journeys between central Scotland and London rose from a 20% market share to 33% between 2005 and 2015.
It said the move to rail had saved more than 680,000 tonnes of emissions.
This would be equivalent to removing all traffic on the M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh for two years, it said.
The figures were included in Transform Scotland's A Green Journey to Growth report, which said that additional emissions would be saved should rail use continue towards a 50% share of the travel market between Edinburgh and London by 2023.
The 50% target has been set by Virgin Trains, which operates services between London and Scotland's two largest cities.
The report also said further emissions reductions could be expected through the introduction of the new Virgin Azuma trains on the East Coast route, which aim to cut the journey time between Edinburgh and London to four hours.
Transform Scotland estimated that a flight from Edinburgh to London emits 177kg CO2 per passenger, while existing trains emit 34kg per passenger.
But it said an Azuma will emit 28kg - 84% less than a flight.
The sustainable transport alliance's director, Colin Howden, said: "The Scottish transport sector has failed to take significant action to tackle climate change, and has recently become the single largest source of carbon emissions.
"However, one area where there has been significant progress is in Anglo-Scottish travel, where rail's share of the travel market has grown strongly over the past decade.
"For Scotland to meet its challenging climate targets, it is imperative that further action be taken to ensure that rail can grow to at least a 50% market share of the Scotland-London travel market over the next decade."
He said this would include increased investment in the rail network, public bodies using the train rather than flying their staff to London, and a fairer taxation system for Anglo-Scottish travel.
The Transform Scotland report coincided with Virgin Trains revealing that the percentage of people travelling by train to London had reached its highest level for more than 20 years.
Virgin - which is a member of Transform Scotland - said it had recorded an 18% year-on-year growth in passengers travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh and London in June.
David Horne of Virgin Trains said: "When we took over the east coast route, we set out ambitious plans to gain a 50% market share between Edinburgh and London by 2023.
"These figures show an encouraging start to that journey and confirm a historic shift in travel patterns towards train."
Scotland's transport minister, Humza Yousaf, said increased use of railways was a fundamental part of the Scottish government's greener transport aspirations.
The 23-year-old winger, part of Southgate's Under-21 squad at the 2015 European Championship, has scored one goal in four United games this season.
Club team-mate Marcus Rashford is back in the senior squad after scoring a hat-trick against Norway Under-21s.
Southgate has taken on the England role after Sam Allardyce left on Tuesday.
He will take charge of the Wembley game with Malta on Saturday and the trip to Slovenia three days later.
Lingard has been named in the senior squad once before, but failed to make it onto the field in England's 2-0 friendly win over France in November.
Stoke right-back Glen Johnson returns to the England set-up for the first time since the 2014 World Cup, while winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is back after a year's absence.
Southgate said that Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater had been ruled out after picking up an injury at the weekend, as were Liverpool pair Adam Lallana and Nathaniel Clyne who were injured in the Reds' win at Swansea on Saturday.
"We've tried to keep some continuity from last month because my view would be that there are a lot of things that have been going right," said Southgate.
"We've had a few people unavailable through injury like Harry Kane and Jack Butland, while Luke Shaw isn't quite back fit yet. That's had a bearing on the squad."
England lie second in Group F, level on three points with leaders Scotland, after Lallana's late goal gave Allardyce victory away to Slovakia in his only match in charge.
Meanwhile, there was no place for Watford striker Troy Deeney. Former England players Alan Shearer and Jermaine Jenas suggested on BBC TV's Match of the Day that the uncapped 29-year-old could force his way into the squad in the absence of fellow striker Kane.
After the Malta and Slovenia games, Southgate also has the home game against Scotland on 11 November and a friendly against Spain on 15 November to press his claim for the job before the Football Association makes a decision on a permanent appointment.
Allardyce's reign came to an end after only 67 days after he was filmed apparently advising undercover reporters on how to get around rules over third parties owning players.
Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Southampton), Joe Hart (Torino, on loan from Manchester City), Tom Heaton (Burnley)
Defenders: Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Glen Johnson (Stoke), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham)
Midfielders: Eric Dier (Tottenham), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Michail Antonio (West Ham), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Theo Walcott (Arsenal), Dele Alli (Tottenham)
Strikers: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Jamie Vardy (Leicester)
It concluded that risks to human and animal health depended on how the insects were reared and processed.
The UN suggests that "edible insects" could provide a sustainable source of nutrition for a growing population.
The findings have been sent to the European Commission, which requested the EFSA risk assessment.
The report produced by a working group convened by the EFSA scientific committee, compiled a report that assessed "potential biological and chemical hazards, as well as allergenicity and environmental hazards, associated with farmed insects used in food and feed taking into account the entire chain, from farming to the final product".
It concluded that for biological and chemical hazards of using farmed insects for human consumption and in animal feed, the risks were dependent upon the form of husbandry being employed.
It observed: "The specific production methods, the substrate used, the stage of harvest, the insect species, as well as the methods used for further processing will all have an impact on the possible presence of biological and chemical contaminants in insect food and feed products."
As for the environmental risk posed by large-scale insect farming, the authors said it was expected to be comparable with other animal production systems.
They wrote: "The adoption of existing waste management strategies should be applicable for managing waste from insect production.
"Assessment of the individual production systems will determine the precise strategy to be adopted on a case by case basis."
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been investigating the role "edible insects" can play in terms of increasing food and nutrition security in people's diet.
It observed: "Trends towards 2050 predict a steady population increase to nine billion, forcing an increased food/feed output from available agro-ecosystems resulting in an even greater pressure on the environment.
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"Scarcities of agricultural land, water, forest, fisheries and biodiversity resources, as well as nutrients and non-renewable energy are foreseen.
The FAO identified insects as a source of "high quality protein" and other nutrients, and had a "food conversion rate", meaning yields from harvesting insects required lower levels of inputs, such as feed and water.
It estimated that more than 1,900 species of insects are consumed on a regular basis by people around the world.
However, it is expected that the demand for mini-livestock within the EU will be limited to relatively few species, such as flies, moths, mealworms and crickets/locusts.
In its request to the EFSA, the Commission's Health and Consumers Directorate acknowledged that insects only accounted for a very small niche market in the EU but was aware that interest was growing.
EFSA scientific officer Tilemachos Goumperis said the initial assessment focused on identifying potential risks and hazards posed by insect farming and did not consider the issue of food and nutrition security.
He told BBC News that the working group identified a number of gaps in available data in a number of areas, such as human consumption, animal and pet consumption, viruses and allergens.
The report recommended: "Further research for better assessment of microbiological and chemical risks from insects and feed including studies on the occurrence of hazards when using particular substrates, like food waste and manure, is recommended."
Around 70 people are also reported to be injured after a bus drifted into the opposite lane.
The bus, operated by the Murga Serrano line, was hit by three vehicles coming in the opposite direction - two buses and a truck.
The vehicle was carrying a delegation from the Christian organisation the Worldwide Missionary Movement, it is reported.
The accident took place before dawn on the Pan American Highway near Huarmey, about 200 miles (320km) north of the capital, Lima.
"Initial investigations indicate that the driver who drifted into the opposite lane may have fallen asleep and collided with another bus," Oscar Gonzalez, who was in charge of the rescue operation, told Reuters.
The authorities sent several ambulances to the scene.
Road traffic accidents are common in Peru, with 2,514 deaths reported on the roads in 2010, according to the World Health Organization.
This latest incident is the country's most serious since October 2013, when 51 people were killed in a makeshift bus, which fell into a ravine.
He blamed the influence of American advisers for what he predicted would be the most negative contest ever.
Mr Farage laid blame for the tone of the campaign on "Washington spin doctors", the Conservatives' Jim Messina and Labour's David Axelrod.
The UKIP leader once called Ed Miliband an "anorak-wearing nerd".
Mr Farage has also in the past personally targeted EU officials, accusing former European Council president Herman van Rompuy in 2010 of having "all the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk".
But in his monthly LBC phone-in, Mr Farage urged the other party leaders to refrain from personal attacks between now and the 7 May poll.
"I don't agree with what most of Ed Miliband stands for but he's a perfectly decent human being," he said.
"For him to be attacked personally day after day after day - how is that taking us forward? I'm going to do my best over the next 60-odd days to rise above it."
Mr Farage suggested British politics was becoming increasingly Americanised, where so-called "attack advertising" is commonplace.
"What I'm seeing in this election is the influence of these big American advisers and it's becoming the most negative, personal and nasty campaign I've ever seen."
Mr Farage travelled to the US last week to attend a gathering of conservative politicians. He said the trip was to learn about campaigning techniques.
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The intricately crocheted and knitted city includes landmarks such as Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol Zoo and SS Great Britain.
More than 250 volunteers have contributed - making everything from felt foxes to tiny boats and blue squares for the river.
It is the first time Briswool has been displayed as a completed model and will be on show at M Shed until 12 June.
That scenario is, at best, decades away. But this week I’ve been pondering something much more immediate, and in my view, more likely. What will happen when humans decide to become robots?
"We’re at a key transition in human history,” says Prof Hugh Herr, who heads the Biomechatronics Group at the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
He says the group’s aim is to establish the scientific and technological conditions that will eventually eliminate disability, whether through paralysis or amputation.
But when that incredible goal has been achieved, then what?
"We’re fusing the nervous system with the built world,” he says.
"We’re transitioning from a relationship where we use technology that is separate from our nervous system, to a new epoch of integration, of human physiology."
Simulating ankles
Prof Herr is a double amputee. In 2012, I saw him move a room in London to tears when he revealed his incredibly sophisticated bionic legs that allowed him to move with natural poise and grace.
In 2014, Prof Herr’s technology meant Adrianne Haslet-Davis returned to the dancefloor, less than a year after losing a limb in the Boston marathon bombings. Her first performance after the incident brought a TED talk audience instantly to its feet.
I visited Prof Herr’s lab last week to learn more about the work his team is doing, and where it may lead. Right now, much of the research is focused on doing things the human body can do instinctively, but which are extremely complex to engineer.
Roman Stolyarov, a researcher at the lab, demonstrated how they are using sensors similar to those found on self-driving cars to give prosthetic legs an awareness of what is around them.
This is important to make the leg behave differently when, for example, walking down stairs. The human brain, whether the person realises it or not, is able to instinctively prepare the leg to land on a step. Teaching a prosthesis to do the same is the difference between having a bionic leg and, to put it crassly, a peg leg.
“The motor is able to work in such a way that simulates a real biological ankle joint,” Mr Stolyarov told me.
“The [leg] uses on-board sensors to infer whether the leg is in the air or on the ground, and perform actions that to the person feel much more like real walking than they would get from a passive prosthesis.”
The end result is that walking is considerably less tiring for amputees like Ryan Cannon, who lost his leg following complications after he broke it.
“I can move in a more rhythmic, symmetrical way,” he told me.
"Being able to move in that manner allows me to walk at a faster pace for a longer distance and to do more activities during the day.”
But not all the work carried out here is about replacing limbs. It’s also looking at improving them.
One exoskeleton project reduces the physical exertion when walking by 25%, explained researcher Tyler Clites.
“What that means is, if you were to walk 100 miles, it would only feel like you walked 75.
"We’re able to do that today. Those are devices I would expect to see rolling out commercially in the next several years.”
Beyond MIT, others are working on similar initiatives. US retail chain Lowes is piloting exoskeltons for staff, developed at Virginia Tech, that assist them with lifting at work.
“I definitely think that we are entering an age in which the line between biological systems and synthetic systems is going to be very much blurred,” Mr Clites said.
He said this future brings a concern that the rich and fortunate of the world may become physically superior, too.
“Then what you do is create a new baseline for physical ability, and perhaps mental ability, that’s only achievable by people who are already in a position of privilege.”
That said, Prof Herr said he was confident that as the cost of prosthetics became lower, it wouldn’t leave poorer people behind.
"The cost of robotics is going to plummet,” he said.
"It’s hard to predict whether there’ll be large separations in society."
Amputation reinvention
Before that day, work will be mostly focused on improving the lives of amputees. But in that endeavour, one of the obstacles hindering Prof Herr’s work is one of compatibility.
Much like an old computer peripheral that can't plug into a new laptop, nor can most amputees “plug in” to the latest technologies being developed in this lab.
To solve this, the team is urgently trying to change the way limbs are amputated.
"The method that is used today to amputate limbs has fundamentally not changed since the US Civil War,” Prof Herr said.
"So while you’ve seen tremendous progress in mechatronics and robotics, you’ve not seen progress in how surgeries are performed to amputate limbs. That is now changing.
"We’re redesigning how limbs are amputated to create the right mechanical and electrical interfacing environment.”
He said this interfacing would join the brain directly to the limb, creating a sense among amputees that they are making their bodies whole again.
"What we’re experiencing clinically is that when we attach these limbs to people and we listen to their testimonials, they use language such as 'I have my limb back, I’m healed, it’s part of me’.”
Once that breakthrough is fully achieved - and there’s evidence of progress literally walking around Prof Herr’s lab - he said humans will surely begin to consider themselves eligible for an upgrade.
"We’ll be more open to using all kinds of materials to make up our bodies,” he said.
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Watford fan Nic Cruwys, 44, spent three weeks in a coma after being attacked following a match at Wolves in March 2015, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.
The supporters were aged 13, 14 and 18 when they stamped on and kicked him.
Wolves said the three, who pleaded guilty, had been banned from Molineux for life along with three others.
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The father-of-two was attacked as he made his way to the railway station, the court heard.
Prosecutor John Hallissey said Mr Cruwys "appears simply to have been picked out of the crowd".
He fell to the ground following a punch.
Joe Wood, now 15, of Woodstock Road, Wolverhampton, was ordered to be detained for 56 months after admitting wounding Mr Cruwys with intent.
Joseph Lister, of Palmer Close, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, was given a 30-month sentence after the now 19-year-old admitted wounding.
Connor Pearson, now 16, of Ettingshall Road, Wolverhampton, admitted wounding and was given a one-year detention and training order.
None of those convicted of wounding had attended the match, the court heard.
Ex-Wolves season-ticket holder Ryan Meer, 19, of Watling Street, Gailey, Staffordshire, admitted affray and was given a suspended eight-month sentence.
He was not involved in the attack and was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work.
Robert Beech, of Springhill Road, Wednesfield, admitted threatening behaviour and was handed a two-month suspended sentence.
Beech, 19, was ordered to complete 100 hours of community work and given a three-year football banning order.
Daniel Lloyd, 19, from Longfellow Road, Dudley, will be sentenced at a later date after admitting grievous bodily harm.
In a statement issued through West Midlands Police, Mr Cruwys' family said: "Although Nic will never fully recover, we are now hoping to try and move on with our lives and try and put the horrific situation behind us."
A campaign group says pollution in the River Coata is to blame for the deaths.
It says the government has ignored pleas for the construction of a sewage treatment plant in the area.
The Titicaca water frog is an endangered species that is found only in the huge freshwater lake shared by Peru and Bolivia and its tributaries.
The Committee Against the Pollution of the Coata River told the AFP news agency that the Peruvian authorities had failed to address a serious pollution problem.
Activists took about 100 dead frogs to the central square in the regional capital, Puno.
"I've had to bring them the dead frogs. The authorities don't realize how we're living, protest leader Maruja Inquilla told AFP.
"They have no idea how major the pollution is. The situation is maddening."
Peru's National Forestry and Wildlife Service (Sefor) said it was investigating what happened.
"Based on local residents' statements and samples taken in the days after the incident, it is believed that more than 10,000 frogs were affected over about 50km (30 miles)," it said in a statement.
The Titicaca water frog (Telmatobius culeus) has enormous folds of skin, which increase its surface area and help the amphibian absorb more oxygen from the surrounding air.
As a result of their baggy skin, they are sometimes called Titicaca scrotum frogs.
The frogs are critically endangered because humans have collected too many to eat, their habitat is being lost and invasive species are taking over what remains of it.
Colin Hill, 61, was behind the wheel of the single-decker bus when it crashed through a wall and railings in Jedburgh on 13 October last year.
It came to a stop with its front wheels hanging over the Jed Water.
At Jedburgh Sheriff Court, Hill, of Hawick, admitted a charge of dangerous driving and he was fined £300.
The court was told that Hill could not explain how the incident happened.
He admitted failing to control the bus by driving at excessive speed for the conditions and road lay-out.
He failed to give way to vehicles on the A68, before colliding with a car, railings, a wall and a road sign and driving over grassed area towards the Jed water.
The two passengers who were travelling on the bus escaped unhurt.
Hill has been told he will needed to sit the extended test after his two year ban in order to get his licence back.
England coach Eddie Jones has asked to meet with referee Jaco Peyper to discuss problems with Australia's scrum before the two sides meet on Saturday.
In reply Cheika has since said that Cole, 29, "has been infringing the law since his career started".
Cockerill said: "You've got to respect Dan, he's had nearly 70 Test matches."
The Tigers chief added: "He's technically very good, stays square, he wants a pushing contest, he's world class and he's proved that over a number of years, so I think it's all a bit daft really.
"He's world class and anybody that thinks different doesn't understand the game well enough."
England boss Jones and Wallabies counterpart Cheika - who were team-mates at Randwick during their playing days - have both been outspoken about scrums ahead of Saturday's Test at Twickenham.
During the summer England handed the Wallabies a historic 3-0 series whitewash.
However, after the first Test in Brisbane, which England won 39-28, Cole's scrummaging was criticised by former Australia coach Bon Dwyer.
The Leicester tight-head was yellow carded after the hosts' scrum conceded a series of penalties during England's 27-14 win over Argentina on Saturday.
But historically England have had the upper hand against Australia in the scrum, and Jones has been keen to highlight the area before Saturday's fourth meeting between the two sides this year.
"They have got some issues with the way that they scrum so we need to have a meeting with the referee," said the England head coach.
"They were penalised four times in a row against France [Australia won 25-23 in Paris] so they have got some technical issues. I am not going to sort them out for them."
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Dinosaur fan Charlie, from Essex, has Asperger syndrome and noticed an incorrect sign about Oviraptors.
Although his parents doubted the museum had made a mistake, Charlie insisted the picture showed a different species.
The museum said it was impressed with Charlie's knowledge and it would correct the sign.
Charlie's parents had taken him and his brother to stay overnight at the London museum on 21 July.
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While other children were on a dinosaur hunt, Charlie, from Canvey Island, preferred "reading the signs about them".
On one labelled Oviraptor - a dinosaur with a beak that walked on its hind legs - there was instead the outline of a four-legged Protoceratops.
Charlie knows his dinosaurs, his mother Jade said.
"He's loved palaeontology since he was very young and started reading encyclopaedias when he was about three.
"Charlie has Asperger syndrome and as part of that, when he likes a subject he will try and find out everything about it."
Charlie explained: "I found a side-by-side comparison to the dinosaur, and I saw it said Oviraptor, but then the shape of the dinosaur was wrong and we told a member of staff."
His mother said: "When he told us, we said, 'OK, we know you're good, but this is the Natural History Museum.
"It turned out Charlie was right."
A spokesman said the dinosaur gallery had been "refurbished several times" and "an error has been made".
The museum was "very impressed with Charlie's knowledge" and the sign will be corrected, he added.
Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic to become the first Briton to win the title for 77 years, with brother Jamie mixed doubles champion in 2007.
Judy, coach of the British Fed Cup team, told BBC Scotland: "This is everything that he's been working for.
"We've got a Wimbledon singles champion and a Wimbledon mixed doubles champion from a little club in Dunblane."
Andy, 26, beat world number one Djokovic 6-4 7-5 6-4 on Centre Court to claim his second Grand Slam title.
Judy added: "I've a picture in the house of him and Jamie, aged two and three, with their little racquets and Wimbledon T-shirts.
"They're absolutely immersed in their sport, they're tennis geeks, and now they've both got Wimbledon titles."
She also tried to sum up what her son's emotions would be after his stunning straight-sets victory.
"I think he'll be a mixture of disbelief, relief and just total joy that he's achieved the goal that he always set out to do," the 53-year-old said.
"It just goes to show there's nothing wrong with dreaming, there's nothing wrong with believing; and anything's possible."
Memories of last year's final defeat by Roger Federer meant there was no complacency in the Murray camp, even when he raced into a two-set lead.
"I sat there last year watching Andy when he was a break up and in a good position and not winning in the end," Judy said.
"So, even when he was two sets up and a break up, you can never take anything for granted.
"And, of course, from 2-0 up in the third set, Djokovic won four games in a row and suddenly it was starting to look like a whole different scenario."
But Andy's victory caused his mother an unusual problem.
"I've just been selecting my dress for the champions' ball and I've never worn a long dress in my life before," she said. "But I will be tonight, with great pride."
Judy also thinks her son's win could have more lasting effects on the sport's uptake in his homeland.
"I think it's great for sport in Scotland, I think it's potentially great for tennis in Scotland," she said.
"I really hope it can start to change the face of tennis in Scotland and get a lot more people playing and get a whole lot more investment in new facilities."
Manu Vatuvei's first try in the English game put Salford ahead before Albert Kelly and Tuimavave hit back for Hull.
Niall Evalds and Robert Lui scored as Salford led again, only for Jake Connor's penalty to bring Hull level.
Second-half Hull tries from Fetuli Talanoa, Connor and Tuimavave ensured victory before Vatuvei got a second.
While the double from New Zealand winger Vatuvei ensured he marked his Super League debut in fine fashion, it was not enough to inspire the Red Devils to victory on what was their first Super 8s fixture, having twice previously fought for Super League survival via The Qualifiers competition.
Defeat extended Salford's losing run to five matches, including their exit from the Challenge Cup at the semi-final stage to Wigan a week earlier.
Hull, the Challenge Cup holders who booked a Wembley final return with victory over Leeds last weekend, boosted their Super League semi-final aspirations with a win that lifts them three points clear of fifth-placed Salford.
In a tense first half, the Red Devils twice had Hull chasing the game, with Evalds coming up with the game's finest individual moment, a stunning slaloming effort from 60 metres out after 29 minutes.
While it was enough to help Salford rebuild their lead, it was short lived as parity was restored by the break and a missed opportunity by the visitors after the interview allowed Hull to race away to an ultimately comfortable win.
Hull head coach Lee Radford:
"I hope the 8s are going to be quicker as that wasn't a great advert for our game and I hope that improves. We did enough to get the result.
"This win sets us up nicely for Saints [in the next game] and I'd love to go and put a sterling performance in against a side in good form.
"It should be a good contest. The next two games are big for us."
Salford head coach Ian Watson told BBC Radio Manchester:
"We need a win, a feel-good factor about the place again and that confidence.
"You want these challenges, you don't want the challenges we had last year with the Million Pound Game.
"The better players and individuals should be stepping up to the plate now and saying that this is the level they want to be playing at, this is the level for me, and putting their best performances out there. Some are and some aren't."
Hull FC: Shaul; Fonua, Griffin, Tuimavave, Talanoa; Kelly, Connor; Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Manu, Washbrook, Ellis.
Replacements: Green, Thompson, Michaels, Fash.
Salford Red Devils: Evalds; Johnson, Welham, Bibby, Vatuvei; Lui, T Carney; Walne, Tomkins, Hauraki, McCarthy, Jones, Krasniqi.
Replacements: O'Brien, Kopczak, Griffin, Murdoch-Masila.
Referee: Jack Smith.
Oil & Gas UK estimated 84,000 jobs linked to the industry went in 2015, with 40,000 losses expected this year.
It said the offshore industry supported 453,000 jobs at its 2014 peak - either directly, in its supply chain or in trades such as hotels and taxis.
The new figures suggest 330,000 jobs would be supported by the end of 2016.
The analysis was carried out by marketing services company Experian.
Last week a Bank of Scotland/Lloyds Banking Group survey suggested that a third of UK oil and gas businesses planned to cut jobs further during this year.
Many companies have been struggling under the weight of a sustained fall in the price of oil.
Brent crude is currently trading at about $50 a barrel, less than half the price it was in 2014 when jobs linked to the sector peaked at over 450,000.
Oil & Gas UK chief executive Deirdre Michie said: "The industry has been spending more than it is earning since the oil price slump towards the end of 2014.
"This is not sustainable and companies have been faced with some very difficult decisions.
"To survive, the industry has had no choice but to improve its performance.
"It is looking to find efficiencies to restore competitiveness, to attract investment and stimulate activity in the North Sea.
"With up to 20 billion barrels of oil and gas still to recover, this region is still very much open for business."
Oil & Gas UK is due to hold its annual conference in Aberdeen next week to consider how it manages its way through the current downturn.
Ms Michie added: "The interventions we make now will be critical to shape the industry's direction and help stem future losses.
"Everyone in the sector can play a part. Effective workforce engagement is vital onshore and offshore, as is greater cooperation - within teams, within companies, across the industry and with the regulators and governments."
Tommy Campbell, who chairs the offshore coordinating group of trade unions, said a major summit was needed to plot the industry's future.
He added: "He need the main players around the table, and we have to remember that the cause of all this downturn isn't just the global economy.
"There are major oil operators in this area dictating the terms to other employers, to the contractors, in order for them to maintain their huge profit margin."
A spokesman for the Scottish government said oil prices had been "recovering from their previous low levels" and there had been "some improvement in investor sentiment", but acknowledged it was a "challenging time for the industry and the workforce".
He added: "We are focused on creating a competitive and supportive business environment and promoting innovation throughout the supply chain - however, it is the UK government that retains control of the key taxation levers affecting the sector, and that must take the action needed to incentivise investment to protect jobs."
The men behind Do They Know It's Christmas are expected to announce the line-up on Monday for Band Aid 30.
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure first gathered a group of musicians together in 1984, raising £8m for famine relief in Ethiopia.
Do They Know It's Christmas was recorded again in 1989 and 2004.
Geldof and Ure will be hoping to gather some of today's most popular music acts including One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith.
It is thought the money raised will go towards the fight against Ebola in West Africa.
The original track featured the voices of George Michael, Bono from U2, Duran Duran and Bananarama, among others.
The single was the catalyst for the cross-continent Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia, which raised more than £40m.
The 1989 incarnation of Band Aid was produced by the Stock, Aitken and Waterman stable, largely featuring their artists such as Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Sonia.
Band Aid 20, marking 20 years of the record, included the likes of Coldplay, Dizzee Rascal, Ms Dynamite, Will Young and Robbie Williams.
Bono, Sir Paul McCartney and George Michael from the original record returned for the collaboration, which was released to raise money for Sudan's troubled Darfur region.
Some officers have been asked to travel more than 200 miles on short-term attachments because of the crisis.
Thirty-two officers are being sent to maximum security Woodhill prison, in Milton Keynes, the documents show.
The Ministry of Justice insisted "most prisons are appropriately staffed".
It said a recent rise in the prison population was being managed "through sensible and proportionate measures".
It is attempting to recruit 1,700 new officers to ease the difficulties.
Documents obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform - and shared with Newsnight - show that more than 50 prisons have been asked to provide officers to plug gaps elsewhere in the system.
In all, 239 officers were asked to move to other prisons during November and December.
The distances included travelling from Exeter to Swaleside, Kent - 227 miles; from Garth, in Lancashire, to London's Wormwood Scrubs - 218 miles; and from Frankland, County Durham to Woodhill - 228 miles.
All of the staff being sent to Woodhill are being taken away from other category A jails.
The attachments often involve prison officers being put up at hotels for a fortnight at a time.
A specific document about staffing on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day indicates that about 56 officers will be asked to work in other prisons.
The document suggests some officers will be required to work more than 60 miles away.
Peter McParlin, chairman of the Prison Officers Association, told Newsnight: "It means that prisons are permanently in a state of flux.
"We have 250 prison officers traversing the country day in, day out to prop up failing and restricted regimes in prison.
"It means the much-vaunted rehabilitation revolution isn't taking place."
Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: "The prisons are in complete meltdown as a result of government policy, so they have to move people round in order to deal with that emergency.
"It's very costly and very disruptive. People are fetching up to a prison who don't know where anything is."
She said it was a "chaotic policy to deal with an emergency".
The Howard League said it was particularly concerned that staff were being taken out of young offender institutions to plug gaps in adult prisons.
One former prisoner, who asked for anonymity, said staff shortages had had a big impact on life behind bars.
"There were a lot of vulnerable prisoners, particularly some young prisoners, who were subject to quite severe physical assaults, even sexual assaults.
"I think there was a general feeling, because of the shortage of officers in particular, that bullying was on the rise, extortion, what's called taxing in prison, where prisoners basically have to pay protection money to those cons who are controlling wings.
"And we are also seeing a massive upswing in drugs consumption and availability in prison and that in itself fuels debt, bullying, violence and of course people under the influence of drugs often make very violent and irrational decisions.
"For most of the closed prisons, they are really on top of a volcano at the moment and it is only a matter of time before this could potentially turn into something much more violent and destructive."
The Ministry of Justice said the National Offender Management Service (Noms) had speeded up its recruitment process and that it was on track to recruit another 1,700 staff by March 2015.
It said measures to manage the rise in prison population included an ongoing officer recruitment campaign and the establishment of a reserve force of staff to be called on when needed.
The Ministry of Justice said it did not know how much money was being spent on the short-term attachments because the costs were taken from individual prison budgets.
Almost two thirds (63%) said they regarded experience as significant or critical but fewer than four in 10 (39%) provided placement opportunities.
The findings have prompted calls for firms to offer more work experience.
Wales' commissioner for employment and skills said this would help companies to find good recruits.
Scott Waddington said: "Clearly, employers feel more comfortable hiring those who have some experience of their industry or job type so extending more opportunities to young people in education will help match the right people to the right jobs."
He was reacting to the Welsh findings of a survey carried out by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) as part of a wider study involving 18,000 UK employers.
The Employer Perspectives Survey, carried out every two years, gauges employer views and experiences across a wide range of workforce issues, including patterns of recruitment, investment in training and work experience.
Two thirds of Welsh employers (67%) said they provided staff training with 13% currently offering formal apprenticeships and 29% said they plan to offer formal apprenticeships in the future.
They were able to flex their toes, ankles and knees - but could not walk independently.
A report, in the journal Brain, suggests the electricity makes the spinal cord more receptive to the few messages still arriving from the brain.
Experts said it could become a treatment for spinal injury.
The spinal cord acts like a high-speed rail line carrying electrical messages from the brain to the rest of the body. But if there is any damage to the track, then the message will not get through.
People with spinal cord injuries can lose all movement and sensation below the injury.
A team at the University of Louisville and the University of California have been pioneering electrical stimulation of the spinal cord below the injury.
Three years ago they reported that Rob Summers - a keen baseball player who was paralysed from the chest down in a hit-and-run car accident - was able to move his legs while supported on a treadmill.
Now three more patients, who had been paralysed for at least two years, have gone through the procedure and regained some movement.
They were able to control their legs at a precise pace and all but one of them were able to control the force of the movement.
It confirms that function can be restored after paralysis and that Mr Summers' case was not a one-off.
One of the researchers, Dr Claudia Angeli from the University of Louisville, told the BBC: "They will tell you that the stimulation itself and being able to practise and move around makes them feel a lot better, some of them will just describe it as feeling alive again."
"Muscle mass increases significantly and they've all shown changes in bowel and bladder [function] as well."
It is not certain how the stimulation helps, however the researchers believe that some signals are still crossing the injury, but are not normally strong enough to trigger movement.
The electrical stimulation made the lower spinal cord more excitable so it was able to respond when the messages did arrive from the brain.
By Fergus WalshMedical correspondent
This experimental technique does not involve repair of the spinal cord, but nonetheless it may eventually have a role to play in helping other paralysed patients regain movement.
The technique does have limitations. The four patients had to change the setting for each leg movement. None of them is able to walk unaided.
But researchers say the patients' quality of life has been significantly improved.
As well as gaining muscle mass, they are also reported to have regained some control of bladder and sexual function - which many paralysed patients regard as more important than walking.
Dr Angeli described it as "making it ready to listen".
Half of the patients still had some sensation in their legs, but could not move them. The other two had no feeling either.
Dr Mark Bacon, the director of research at the charity Spinal Research, told the BBC: "The fact that paralysed patients with some preserved sensation can regain a degree of voluntary control when receiving electrical stimulation to the cord, is amazing.
"The fact that this can be demonstrated in patients with so-called 'complete' injuries, where there is total loss of muscle and sensation is, on the face of it, remarkable."
He said it showed that even in these patients there is are still some functioning nerves crossing the spinal injury.
"Significantly, it does strongly suggest that other repair treatments in development may only need to achieve relatively rudimentary additional connections between the brain and the cord below the injury to access functional capacity which will improve quality of life."
Dr Roderic Pettigrew, director of the US National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, said: "Now that spinal stimulation has been successful in four out of four patients, there is evidence to suggest that a large cohort of individuals, previously with little realistic hope of any meaningful recovery from spinal cord injury, may benefit from this."
Susan Howley, from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation which funds spinal cord injury research, said the study confirmed Mr Summers' case was "not an anomaly".
She added: "The implications of this study for the entire field are quite profound and we can now envision a day where epidural stimulation might be part of a cocktail of therapies used to treat paralysis."
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Southeastern services were stopped between Folkestone and Dover Priory on 24 December after huge cracks appeared.
Network Rail said major work is needed to repair the track and the sea wall will also need to be rebuilt.
Its Chief Executive Mark Carne admitted on Tuesday six to 12 months was "the sort of timeframe we are looking at".
A bus replacement service is running between Dover Priory and Folkestone Central while repairs take place.
Southeastern has said it would compensate passengers for the loss of direct high speed trains.
Season ticket-holders from five stations will also get a backdated 20% refund on mainline fares.
Visiting the site on Tuesday, Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin said it was a "big deal" for infrastructure.
"We need to come up with the right answers and the right solutions... But we are working on it now and people can see how seriously we are taking it," he said.
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Ms Kincaid, 40, made the Before I Kick the Bucket programmes when doctors told her the breast cancer she was first diagnosed with seven years ago had returned.
The programmes discussed what she would do with the time left to her.
Top of her "bucket list" was a determination to reach the 40th birthday doctors had said she would never see, which she celebrated with a costumed ball at Cardiff Castle.
At her funeral on Tuesday, which was attended by hundreds of people, Ms Kincaid's farewell letter to family and friends, reproduced below, was read by her sister, in an echo of a letter to her cancer she wrote last February.
It's a little surreal writing this, and it's hard to imagine myself not being alive anymore, while I do. But at least I can, and have the opportunity to do so.
I will miss this world. To not be able to wake and see the sun in the sky, feel the wind and the rain on my face, taking the air deep into my lungs.
Listening to music, or all the sounds I love to hear. To touch all the things around me, simple things; stroking a pet and hugging a loved one, tasting food or kisses. The world has much beauty to offer, much we take for granted. I learned not to in the end.
I'm grateful for the life I've been given, and I am lucky I could experience what this world had to offer, everyone and every opportunity that fell into my path.
I will miss all of you, who I have loved and the fun I was still to have; making out with hot guys, partying and making a success of my career, but my last chapter was written and now it's complete.
I guess this is goodbye and thank you.........Thank you for all the fun times; when I've worked with you, partied with you, laughed with you and loved you.
Keep me in your hearts, as I promise I will do the same as I go.
As much as I will be resting, know this: I will not be completely at rest because I never intended to leave, nor do I like missing out on what's going on!! Seriously, if I can, I'll see you at my wake.....I'm not one to miss out on a good party!! So, please do not say RIP instead, know I'm merely sleeping tight.
If there is any wisdom I can share with you it would be this:
Be forever kind to yourself. Know your body and listen to your gut instincts at all times.
Follow what it tells you and have faith in what you feel from it, it's there to protect you. I listened well and it looked after me for as much as it could.
Acknowledge your weaknesses, as to do so is also a strength. To fight them or focus on them is a waste of time. So concentrate on the positives, then more positivity and strength will come your way.
Remember a problem is only as big as you make it, no matter how bad it seems there are always solutions, and can always be overcome. It will only last as long as you allow it to.
You can do what ever you dream. Don't stop yourself from living it, as it will only be you that does - You are the boss of your life, you have more control than you realise.
Slow down sometimes and look around. Life does move fast and time is not your friend.
Make time for the small things, the things we take for granted, as you will be surprised how good that feels. Do that thing you've always wanted to do, why wait?
Love, but don't fall in love with the idea of love.
Everyone you meet in your life will teach you something, whether they are in it for a short time, or forever. What they teach you, in time, you will see is a gift.
Always and never forget; to believe in yourself.
These are just some of my own rules I have lived by, if it helps you as well; my job is done!
I want you to know I did fight hard and I didn't give in easily, I'm only gone because my body malfunctioned! Cheers for that, 30 double F's !......I stayed as long as I could, I promise.
I will miss you all, and many of you know how much I love you, even if it was left unsaid.
Please look after each other, and try not to be too sad, keep me with you.
Finally, I'll remind you that all legends die young, so that actually makes me really very cool indeed!
Goodbye everyone, promise me you'll live your lives to the max and when you're done, I'll see you on the other side!
Lots and lots of love from Row xxxx
The 13 defendants, all members of the Belfast band, Young Conway Volunteers, are alleged to have played the Famine Song at St Patrick's church in 2012.
The band claim they were performing the Beach Boys hit Sloop John B.
Judgment was reserved on a defence application to have the case dismissed.
The incident, during a 12 July parade, was the first in a series of flashpoint incidents at the Donegall Street location.
Senior judges in Scotland have previously ruled the controversial Famine Song - which includes the line "The famine's over, why don't you go home?" - to be racist.
But on the third day of the trial at Belfast Magistrates' Court, the band members' lawyers sought a ruling that they have no case to answer, arguing that a tune alone cannot be sectarian.
Played to the same music, the Beach Boy's song uses the lyrics: "I feel so broke up, I wanna go home."
To back the band's case, a defence lawyer showed the court video footage of seven different situations involving songs or performances using the same tune.
One clip featured Swedish folk singer Cornelis Vreeswijk, while in another the performer Voltaire was seen giving a rendition of a song called Screw the Ocampa at a Star Trek convention.
Chants by football fans from Aberdeen, Glasgow and Manchester were also played in court.
All 13 defendants are contesting a charge of doing a provocative act likely to cause public disorder or a breach of the peace.
The court heard further renditions, said to be of Sloop John B, by two other flute bands in neutral environments.
The defence lawyer said a series of notes alone cannot be classed as sectarian without accompanying lyrics, and he said the defendants were only playing their instruments at the time.
A defence barrister, representing some of the other accused, said the band had not gone out of its way to stop in a contentious area.
Reserving judgment on the defence application, the judge said he would give a ruling next week.
Welcombe Hills and Clopton Park Nature Reserve was the former home of the Clopton family, friends of Shakespeare.
The money will be spent on a series of audio trails to help visitors understand the reserve's connections with the Bard.
The project will involve volunteers creating boards and audio, which can be downloaded via an app.
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust said it would use the grant, along with £2,000 from Stratford District Council, to create a year-long project with a theatre company.
A trust spokesperson said: "The project will explore this connection as well as local stories about Shakespeare and the surrounding area. Three sections of the audio trail will relate to Shakespeare."
The trust and the volunteers will work with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Stratford-upon-Avon Library, among others, to create the material.
Surveyors reported a "worrying decline" in local schools, hospitals and roads contracts due to public spending cuts.
But they said Northern Ireland's building industry has seen an overall increase in workloads over the period.
The survey was carried out by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Belfast law firm, Tughans.
They found that despite the overall increase in workload levels from 1 January to 31 March, Northern Ireland's construction industry was still lagging behind other UK regions.
Surveyors also continued to report a construction skills shortage within the Northern Ireland workforce.
RICS Northern Ireland director, Ben Collins, said that the "small uplift" in overall construction workloads had been driven by the private sector, including private house building and private commercial activity.
"When it comes to public sector work, though, surveyors are reporting a worrying decline," he said.
"We understand that public money is finite and becoming more scarce. But we would encourage the politicians to recognise the paramount importance of investing in infrastructure and to prioritise funding capital expenditure where possible."
Michael McCord from Tughans Solicitors, said: "It continues to be the case that a sizeable amount of the work that local construction businesses are doing is in the English and Scottish markets.
"What we really want to see is the local construction sector experiencing sustained growth within Northern Ireland itself as well, and infrastructure activity is a very important element of this."
Russell remains under observation in hospital following a clash of heads in the opening minute of Saturday's defeat at Connacht in the Pro12 semi-final.
Warriors say Russell's condition has "improved significantly" and that surgery is not required.
Scotland, who play two Tests in Japan, are yet to announce a squad replacement for the 23-year-old.
The squad will gather for a training camp on 6 June before their departure for Tokyo five days later.
The Tests on 18 and 25 June will be shown live on BBC Scotland, with coverage also provided by BBC Radio Scotland and the BBC Sport website.
Ruaridh Jackson is the only other specialist stand-off in Vern Cotter's squad, although centre Peter Horne can cover number 10.
Last week, winger Tim Visser withdrew from the travelling party due to a knee injury, with Sean Lamont called up in his place.
Florence took the men's canoe single (C-1M) then teamed up with Hounslow to win the canoe pairs (C-2M) on day one of the Olympic Trials at Lee Valley.
"To go to Rio is an absolute dream for me," said Florence, who has won two Olympic silver medals.
Team GB's selections will confirmed by the British Olympic Association on 4 November.
The day had not started well for Florence at the London venue where he who won his third world title in September.
Florence was sixth after one run in the C-1M but soared back with a winning effort in the second outing.
His time of 97.51 seconds was 0.89secs faster than Ryan Westley, who had posted the quickest time of 98.40secs in the opening heat.
Florence and Hounslow won the silver medal in the C-2M at the 2012 London Olympics and they will get the chance to go one better in Rio after their time of 107.53secs in the first of two runs stood as the fastest of the day.
Rhys Davis and Matt Lister were second 0.79secs behind.
The three-day event will also have Olympic qualifying for the men's kayak single (K-1M) and women's kayak single (K-1W).
Britain has qualified all four canoe slalom Olympic quota places after finishing as top nation at September's World Championships.
A large-scale operation including a police helicopter and search and rescue teams was launched after John Symington was reported missing on Wednesday.
The 84-year-old was last seen getting off a coach in Warthill, a village on the outskirts of York, at 15:45.
A body has now been found in a wooded area nearby, and Mr Symington's family have been informed.
Formal identification of the body is yet to take place. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.
The ex-England batsman hit five sixes and four fours in his 39-ball 74 as the Stars posted 176-9 from their 20 overs.
Usman Khawaja then hit 70 off 40 balls in reply as Thunder cruised to 91-1 at the halfway point.
And despite a late flurry of wickets, Ben Rohrer's six secured victory for Thunder with three balls to spare.
The win completes a remarkable turnaround for the New South Wales franchise, who had finished bottom in three of the previous four editions of the Big Bash, with only five wins from 31 matches in that time.
Ex-Australia batsman Mike Hussey, 40, made 18 for Thunder in his final innings in Australia - captaining opposite his brother David, the Stars skipper.
Pietersen's innings ensured he finished the tournament as the third highest run-scorer, with 323 runs at an average of 40.37 and a strike rate of 159.11, but he seems almost certain to remain in international exile when England go to the World Twenty20 in India in March.
However, leg-spinner Adil Rashid enhanced his chances of making the England squad after he was named runner-up in the voting for player of the tournament, having taken 16 wickets for Adelaide Strikers.
Earlier, Sydney Thunder also won the inaugural Women's Big Bash League with a three-wicket win over city rivals Sydney Sixers.
Jimmy Savile, a Radio 1 DJ and BBC presenter, died aged 84 in October 2011 - a year before allegations he had sexually abused children were broadcast in an ITV documentary.
The claims prompted more than 100 people to come forward to police, giving accounts of how they were sexually abused by Savile on NHS premises and in other places.
The Department of Health asked hospital trusts to investigate and appointed Kate Lampard QC to oversee the independent hospital investigations.
The findings of inquiries at 28 hospitals - including Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor psychiatric hospital - were published in June 2014.
They are delayed reports into Savile's activities at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire, Springfield Hospital in London, and Crawley Hospital in West Sussex.
Since June, a further wave of allegations emerged at some of the original 28 hospitals, and a further eight hospitals and one ambulance service. Fresh investigations have been carried out and reports have been published.
The reports on 28 hospitals found the late DJ subjected patients, visitors and staff across the country to "truly awful" sexual abuse for more than four decades.
Savile's victims at Leeds General Infirmary ranged from five-year-olds to 75-year-olds, and included men, women, boys and girls. The allegations included rapes.
At high-security hospital Broadmoor, Savile sexually abused at least five individuals, including two patients who were subjected to repeated assaults.
The reports found failings at the hospitals in the way complaints were passed on and how access to wards was controlled.
In 2012, the Metropolitan Police launched a criminal investigation called Operation Yewtree - following the broadcast of the ITV documentary.
The Met Police and children's charity the NSPCC also launched a review into claims Savile had abused women, girls and boys.
Their report, published in January 2013, went on to record 214 criminal offences, including 34 rapes, against Savile's name across the UK between 1955 and 2009.
The NSPCC said the former Jim'll Fix It and Top of the Pops presenter had abused at least 500 victims, including some as young as two.
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An internal CPS review, published in January 2013, concluded Savile could have been prosecuted while he was alive over three allegations of sexual offences if police and prosecutors had taken a "different approach".
The BBC was criticised for failing to question Savile's behaviour or flag up abuse allegations during his long career at the corporation.
In December 2011, BBC Newsnight decided not to broadcast the results of a six-week investigation into claims Savile abused young people in the 1960s to 1980s. Savile had recently died.
In 2012, the BBC launched two inquiries into claims against Savile:
The Department for Education told local authorities to investigate claims Savile had abused children at 21 children's homes and schools in England in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
A total of 14 investigations were completed - 10 by local authorities, three by charities and one by an independent school.
Reports have been published but none of the investigations was able to reach firm conclusions about whether any alleged abuse took place or not.
Although many found the informant was credible, the lack of corroborating evidence has prevented them from reaching a definitive conclusion.
Two charities set up in Savile's name, the Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust and the Jimmy Savile Stoke Mandeville Hospital Trust, announced their closure. His estate, valued at £3.3m, has been used to fund compensation claims.
Following the flood of allegations, various affiliations and commemorations to Savile's memory were removed - including a plaque in Scarborough and an inscription at Leeds Civic Hall.
A triple headstone marking Savile's grave in Scarborough was destroyed according to his family's wishes.
The TGO is expected to take seven months to travel the 500 million km (310 million miles) to Mars, and then almost another year to manoeuvre itself into position, meaning the satellite's observations will not properly start until late 2017.
What does this mean for plans to put an astronaut on Mars?
In 2010 President Obama tasked the US space Agency Nasa with the goal of putting an astronaut in Martian orbit, and later on to the planet itself.
But the challenges - technical, political and financial - are enormous. A recent report from the US Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel raised safety concerns about the proposed transportation spacecraft and criticised Nasa for a lack of detail in its overall Mars plans.
Four experts - including two senior figures from Nasa - talk to the BBC Inquiry programme about what it would take to put a man on Mars.
Bill Hill is deputy associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Development division at Nasa. He oversees the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System.
"Keeping the weight down of the vehicle, the spacecraft, that's our key focus. The bigger you make the rocket, the more mass you have to lift off the surface of the Earth.
"Say you want to go for 500 days - you're going to have to take food, water for the crew to consume and use for hygiene, all the air, so it just multiplies the amount of weight that you have to lift off the Earth's surface.
"That's where the Space Launch System - the heavy lift launch vehicle - will come in. Where the Saturn V basically took up an Apollo capsule and a lander for going to the lunar surface, we're looking at 130 metric tonne lift capability that can put somewhere between 40 to 50 metric tonnes out past the low Earth orbit. It's a capability that, frankly, nobody else has today.
"The crew spacecraft Orion can actually be used for up to about 1,000 days, and that's how we're designing the systems inside - the environmental control systems and life support systems to support a crew of four initially for up to 1,000 days. It'll have basic benches, crew interfaces, flat screen monitors, a toilet and some hygiene capability. It's basically for transportation, not necessarily to live in for the full duration to go to Mars and back.
"We would use a module, a habitat portion, for where the crew would live and work on a daily basis, [with] a much larger volume. That is going to need areas to store food, tanks to store oxygen and water. Our goal is to have some sort of closed loop system for life support where we will pull water out of the air, regenerate carbon dioxide into oxygen, and do similar things like we're doing on the space station today where we have a urine processor and reclaim the water for drinking.
"We'll probably not use it to enter the Martian atmosphere because then we'd have to figure out a way to connect it to something to lift it off the surface and bring it back. But we need the heavy lift launch vehicle and the crew spacecraft; using those two fundamental cornerstones as our initial capabilities to actually go out and explore."
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has spent longer in space on a single mission than any other woman, returning to Earth last June after 200 days. Her experience - and that of Scott Kelly who has just returned after 340 days in space - is vital to understanding the potential impact of a lengthy voyage to Mars.
"You lose muscle, because you're not using your muscles that much. But you also lose bone mass, because bone is actually a living tissue. All the time we have bone cells that die, and are replaced by new, fresh bone cells. In a healthy person, that is in balance, so that you always keep your overall bone mass.
"But what happens in space is because you don't have that mechanical load on the bones, you destroy a lot more bone cells than you've actually built.
What would it take to put a man on Mars?
"We try to induce some load on our muscles and bones by working out for about two hours every day. Believe it or not, we can do weightlifting in weightlessness. We have a really cool machine which is based on vacuum cylinders, and it allows you to do things like squats, dead lifts and bench presses.
"As soon as you get to space, fluids shift from the lower parts of your body towards the upper parts. Visually you can sometimes see it on astronauts, because they have what we call a puffy face and skinny legs, and that's really due to this fluid redistribution, because there is no gravity pulling the fluids towards the leg like it is on the ground when you're standing.
"We don't know everything quite yet. Quite a number of astronauts actually lose a little bit of eyesight when they are in space for a long time, and that might be related to an increased pressure in the head due to that bodily shift.
"In the Space Station we're still in an area close to Earth, which is protected from damaging radiation coming from outer space. Once you leave that protected environment, then you are much more exposed to dangerous radiations. So we will definitely have to come up with a good, solid plan on how to protect our crew on the way to the Moon or on the way to Mars.
"We are not really very isolated on the Space Station - we're in continuous contact with the ground. You can basically communicate in real time. We get the news. We even get to have video conferences with our families, which is all wonderful, but only a fraction of that I think would be possible if you went on a journey to Mars."
Jason Crusan is the director of the Advanced Exploration Systems division at Nasa.
"What would they breathe? We would actually bring oxygen with us. Mars atmosphere has a lot of CO2 in its atmosphere so we can remove the oxygen out of it to create breathable air. Initially we'll bring a lot of the gases with us that we need to do that but over time we'll actually bring machinery with us to actually separate out from the atmosphere breathable oxygen.
"When we first started, we didn't believe there was any water on Mars. It's a bit of a joke now because we've discovered there's a significant amount of water on the planet, and we would look at the ability to capture water from the surface of Mars and process it and use it, much like you would here.
"Food is a challenging area. We obviously fly all of our food into space today, we don't grow anything on orbit besides experiments. Food has a shelf life; bringing our own food reduces its nutritional value and we're talking about missions that are maybe a year to three years in duration. So we are looking at how we grow not our primary food sources, but food to augment the food that we bring with us.
"Near the Equator you would see temperatures that are kind of similar to a spring day here on Earth, but then you'd have night temperatures that would actually be quite extreme, going to minus 100F. The temperatures are extremely challenging, and so you always have to live within a spacesuit or some kind of rover or habitat while you're there.
"One of the best radiation shields is water, so that will be stored in key areas in order to provide shielding within the structures themselves. [We would] eventually have radiation sensors in orbit, monitoring for radiation events so that we can give a warning to the crew before a significant event so they can go into a sheltered area.
"The large dust storms that you see in [films] would not have the effect that you see in Hollywood, because the atmosphere is relatively thin. Even what would look like a hurricane force doesn't have the force to do significant damage to your habitat, but there'll be challenges if you're outside in it because your ability to see from all the dust will be impaired.
"I think logistics will be the biggest challenge. If something breaks, you're a long way from home to get a spare. Our entire experience in space to date has been an orbit around Earth or to the Moon, relatively close distances. In the space station today if something breaks you can send a replacement part.
"When we go to Mars, we have to take everything that you'd ever expect to break, and even those things we wouldn't expect to break."
Dr Jill Stuart is editor-in-chief of the Elsevier Journal of Space Policy.
"There's the question of who has the money to do this, where will it come from, and what will their incentives be?
"I like the narrative of [the Moon landings] being about science and the frontier of human kind, but in reality, I would argue politics was very much behind it. It's very expensive, so in order to go into outer space, to have a manned space programme, you need to have political clout, the backing of your population.
"During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States were competing with each other in the space race, and outer space was a proxy arena for them to compete in a way that didn't actually require military conflict.
"I don't think the space race analogy would apply so clearly now - it's a different environment.
What would it take to put a man on Mars?
"The US space programme is subject to political administrations; Americans like the idea of space exploration but there's not an obvious constituency for it in terms of voting, so it tends to get tacked on later on in an individual president's term, so it's difficult to say whether or not these plans for Mars will outlast multiple administrations.
"But if it does then I think that they are the most likely to have the next manned mission, and would probably involve junior partners who are political allies in order to shore up those alliances, and also to have the financial support.
"They would probably also partner with commercial entities such as Space-X or Blue Origin - new companies that are government-backed but private - and are providing a lot of the space infrastructure to get there.
"There are discussions amongst politicians and scientists and the commercial industry so I think it's definitely the next big prize. I do think it will happen, but I think the timeline will probably be longer than is being talked about right now. I'm going to say 2045."
The Inquiry is broadcast on the BBC World Service on Tuesdays from 12:05 GMT. Listen online or download the podcast.
The crash took place on 6 April 2015 on the Cushendall Road in Ballycastle.
The two men who died were Johnny Black, 19 and Robin Wilson, 26. Seven other people were injured.
Shane Kinney, 22, of Drones Road in Armoy, pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, and two counts of causing grievous bodily harm by dangerous driving.
His father Kevin Kinney, 52, admitted perverting the course of justice by removing their son's car and obtaining parts to have damage to it repaired.
His mother Sharon Kinney, 50, pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice by removing the car after it was involved in the fatal Easter Monday crash.
The admissions were made at Antrim Crown Court as their trial was due to start.
A previous court hearing was told that two vehicles were found at the scene of the crash, one in which Mr Wilson had been travelling, and the other containing Mr Black.
However, investigations led police to believe a third vehicle was involved, a blue Volkswagen Golf, identified as belonging to Mr Kinney.
No damage was found to his car when he presented himself to police two days after the crash.
But officers believed car parts were stolen in a scrap yard in Armoy and were fitted to the vehicle and forensic evidence matched the parts to a car in the yard.
Witnesses also placed Mr Kinney at the scene of the crash with damage to his car.
On Monday, a judge said it was not Shane Kinney's intention to cause the two deaths, but it was his intention to engage in "some sort of race".
All three Kinneys were released on bail, with Shane Kinney being disqualified from driving as part of his bail conditions.
Pre-sentence reports were ordered, and the Kinneys will be sentenced in September.
The Beannchor group, who developed the city's Merchant Hotel, plan to renovate Lagan House, an office building, which opens on to Victoria Street and Ann Street.
Subject to planning approval, Beannchor expects the 55-bedroom hotel to open in 2016.
James Sinton, the firm's finance director said it represented an investment of £4m.
100 jobs will be created as a result of the investment bringing the number of people Beannchor directly employ to 750.
Manchester's Hulme Barracks, which were occupied from 1804 to 1915, were the home of the 15th King's Hussars.
In 1819, the cavalrymen charged reform campaigners in the city's St Peter's Field, leaving 15 dead and 700 injured. It was dubbed the Peterloo Massacre.
The dig, which will see the public working with University of Salford experts, will take place in July.
The massacre, which was remembered in Percy Bysshe Shelley's political poem The Masque of Anarchy and widely condemned at the time, has been described by historians as a "world changing event".
It has been claimed it led to the rise of the Chartist Movement, from which grew trade unions, resulted in the establishment of the Manchester Guardian and paved the way towards ordinary people being given the vote.
A spokesman for the university said the archaeologists hoped to discover "a wide selection of finds" on the site, which was reported to house up to 399 hussars and 20 officers at the height of its use in 1839.
Source: People's History Museum
The buildings stopped being a cavalry barracks in 1895 and were used by infantry battalions before it was sold to the Manchester Corporation in 1914.
The corporation demolished the majority of the site but kept the Grade II listed officers' quarters and mess, which was used as a bowling green clubhouse before being handed to the St George's Community Association.
The spokesman said there had been "no building work on the site since it was demolished, so there are high hopes of recovering soldiers' equipment and everyday items from over 100 years of continuous occupation".
He said any finds would help show "Manchester's development from a garrison town into one of the world's greatest industrial cities".
The university's senior archaeologist Brian Grimsditch said it was unusual for the public to be involved in such an "extremely high profile excavation".
"However, members of the community will be able to find out more about a site that spans over 100 years of the city's explosive development," he said.
During the EU referendum, Vote Leave claimed leaving the EU could save the UK £350m a week in contributions.
But an unnamed cabinet minister has told Newsnight that the UK may end up "paying quite a lot" of that money to secure access to the single market.
The government said it would not give a "running commentary" on negotiations.
The UK's contributions to the EU became one of the most contentious issues in the EU referendum campaign after Vote Leave pledged to repatriate £350m a week - its estimate of the UK's gross weekly contributions to the EU.
This is reduced by subsidies paid to the UK and by the UK budget rebate.
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But a leading light in the Brexit campaign said they now expected the UK could still end up paying as much as £5bn a year into EU funds, in return for access to the single market.
This is roughly half of what the UK would have expected to contribute to the EU - estimated by the Office for Budget Responsibility to average around £9.6bn a year from 2015.
A senior official has described the prospect of continuing UK contributions to the EU as the "dog that hasn't barked" after Prime Minister Theresa May made no reference to the issue when she set out her red lines for her forthcoming EU negotiations last week.
Some supporters of Brexit Secretary David Davis have said the UK should no longer make payments to the EU after it leaves.
One senior Whitehall official said the UK would be unlikely to pay into the main EU budget after Brexit.
But the official said the UK may instead pay into special EU funds - possibly including one to help the economic development of new member states in central and Eastern Europe - as a way of securing preferential trading terms.
Officials say this would leave Poland with a dilemma: whether to prioritise its demands for its citizens to be able to continue to work in the UK or whether to accept greater financial contributions.
Andrew Tyrie, the Conservative chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, told Newsnight that Britain may have to continue to make financial contributions to the EU to secure access to the single market even after Brexit.
Mr Tyrie, who supported the Remain side in the referendum, said: "We want a high degree of access to the single market, in my view.
"To fall back immediately on WTO (World Trade Organisation) rules would risk an economic shock and certainly an economic downturn given the high degree of trade integration at the moment between Britain and the EU."
The prime minister sparked speculation at the Conservative party conference last week that she might be prepared to continue making some contributions when she failed to mention Britain's EU budget payments.
Mrs May instead said that the UK would take back control of its borders and take sole responsibility for making its own laws.
One Leave campaigner said that Britain could contribute to the EU for a transitional period after the completion of the Article 50 negotiations - the formal two-year process of leaving the EU - which are due to conclude in 2019.
Kwasi Kwarteng, the Conservative MP for Spelthorne, said: "It may well be the case that we have to contribute, I think, for a transition period to stabilise their budget for three to five years. But the point is that at the end of that five years we can say 'no, we don't want to put a penny more into your kitty'."
Another prominent Brexit campaigner warned that the prime minister could lose her job if she agreed to continue making payments to the EU.
Suzanne Evans, of UKIP, told Newsnight: "Laws, borders, money - when it comes to taking back control those were the Holy Trinity of the Brexit campaign. You can't have one without the other...
"We have all the bargaining chips. There is no need for Theresa May to capitulate on this and if she does try and capitulate on this I think she might very well soon find herself out of a job because that is not the Brexit the British people voted for."
But John Redwood, the Conservative MP for Wokingham and Brexit campaigner, dismissed suggestions the UK would end up paying for access to the single market.
He said the UK should offer "very generously to carry on trading exactly as we are at the moment".
"There's absolutely no need to pay them money to buy their imports - this is absurd," he added.
It comes ahead of a Commons vote, called by Labour, asking for MPs to be able to "properly scrutinise" the government's Brexit strategy.
Ahead of the debate, the party has asked Brexit Minister David Davis 170 questions, including on trade and migration.
The government has faced calls to set out more detail on what it wants Brexit to look like, with little known so far about its plans for migration and trade with the EU.
A government spokesman told Newsnight: "We will not provide a running commentary on our negotiating position, but we have been very clear that all decisions about taxpayers' money should be made in Britain."
Tobacco smoking was banned in all health grounds in Scotland in April, but health boards were given discretion over the use of vaping devices.
NHS Lothian was the only one of the 13 health boards at the time to allow restricted use of e-cigarettes.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has said it will do so too, after new evidence that they help tackle tobacco smoking.
Dr Emilia Crighton, NHS GGC's director of public health, said: "It is clear from research carried out by Public Health England, ourselves and others, that e-cigarettes do have their place in the fight against tobacco and are being used effectively to help people stop smoking altogether.
"In NHS GGC we have carried out our own research which has revealed that some 32% of smokers in our health board area intend to use e-cigarettes in their next quit attempt and that 18% of recent ex-smokers used them to help give up tobacco in the past 12 months.
"It is therefore very important that we organise our services to ensure that that we can safely and effectively manage the use e-cigarettes as part of suite of services to help people give up tobacco."
The health board said its policy change was "consistent with guidance recently published by Health Scotland which recommends that NHS smoking cessation services should support those choosing to quit smoking by using e-cigarettes".
It is also considered that the use e-cigarettes would be helpful in the context of supporting mental health sites to become completely tobacco free.
Dr Crighton added: "We know that the smoking rate is particularly high amongst people with mental health problems and we are of the view that the use of e-cigarettes on our sites will allow us to be able to provide particular support to this group of patients by re-designating traditional smoking areas for the use of e-cigarettes."
NHS GGC said it would now identify specific areas within hospital grounds and other healthcare facilities where e-cigarettes would be permitted.
Staff, patients and visitors would then be informed that tobacco and e-cigarettes were treated differently with information provided on where e-cigarettes could be used.
Barry Kilroe, of J25 Recyling Limited, Recovered Fuels Shipping Limited, and Asset and Land Group, admitted ten charges relating to waste management.
A waste fire in Bredbury, Stockport, in 2013 burned for 41 days temporarily closing the M60 motorway. Another blaze in Salford in 2014 lasted 19 days.
Kilroe was sentenced to 15 months at Manchester Minshull Crown Court.
The Environment Agency said both fires were caused by mismanagement of the site and this was one if the biggest ever convictions of its kind.
Kilroe, of Alderley Edge, admitted a series of environmental offences including storing waste in excess of 10,000 tonnes, storing it for longer than a week and keeping it outside.
He also pleaded guilty to failing to provide an adequate environmental management system and storing waste outside in Stockport and operating the Asset and Land group site in Warrington while not having an Environment Agency permit.
Judge Stuart Driver QC said Kilroe had "deliberately offended, causing harm, which should be met with a prison sentence".
He also told Kilroe he could not be a company director, in any capacity, for six years.
The blaze in Bredbury in August 2013 caused the closure of part of the M60 for three days.
The Environment Agency had visited the site 19 times and recorded 38 breaches of his licence, including improperly storing the waste.
The following year, Recovered Fuels Shipping Limited, was suspended from accepting waste after a fire in Ordsall, Salford.
Fire officers had raised concerns about potential hazards before a warehouse went up in flames.
Too much waste had been stored at the site and for longer than the licence allowed.
Kilroe also ran the Asset and Land group based at the docks in Warrington, which was used to store waste before it was shipped abroad.
The court heard Kilroe abandoned the site after officers again found too much waste was being stored.
The public spending watchdog said the health service needed to make unprecedented savings in 2016/17.
And it said NHS funding was not keeping pace with increasing demand on the service.
It also said NHS Scotland met only one of its eight key waiting time targets last year - the drug and alcohol treatment standard.
Audit Scotland's annual report on the NHS said performance had actually declined in six of the eight targets over the past four years - although the target for cancer patients waiting no more than 31 days for treatment was missed by just 0.1%.
However, Audit Scotland stressed that the health service had managed to make some improvements despite the "extremely challenging financial position".
Health Secretary Shona Robison insisted the Scottish government had made "significant improvements" and has a strategy to change the way services are delivered.
But opposition parties said the report painted a picture of an NHS that was "failing", and called for urgent action towards creating a "sustainable NHS".
Overall, the country's 14 health boards reported total savings of £291m last year - which had left some needing to use short-term measures to break even.
But the figure is expected to rocket to £492m in the current financial year, Audit Scotland said.
It said: "NHS boards are facing increasing costs each year, for example drug costs increased by 10%, allowing for inflation, between 2012/13 and 2014/15.
"NHS boards will need to make unprecedented levels of savings in 2016/17 and there is a risk that some will not be able to achieve financial balance."
The total health budget in 2015/16 was £12.2bn - an increase of 2.7% in real terms from the previous year, and representing 40% of the Scottish government's entire budget.
But the report said this increase was not enough to keep pace with increasing demand, rising costs and the needs of a growing and ageing population.
This strengthens the case for changing the way services are delivered, the report added.
It said there had been improvements in the way health services are delivered over the past decade, and reductions in the time that patients need to wait for hospital inpatient treatment.
There have also been improvements in overall health, life expectancy, patient safety and survival rates for a number of conditions, such as heart disease.
The report said: "However, boards are struggling to meet the majority of key national standards and the balance of care, in terms of spending, is still not changing.
"It is difficult balancing the demand for hospital care, alongside providing more care in the community. Boards need to ensure they maintain high-quality hospitals, while investing in more community-based facilities."
It also highlighted the ageing NHS workforce, and difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff in some areas, as well as the increased spending by health boards on temporary staff.
Caroline Gardner, the Auditor General for Scotland, said: "The Scottish government has had a policy to shift the balance of care for over a decade but despite multiple strategies for reform, NHS funding has not changed course.
"Before that shift can occur, there needs to be a clear and detailed plan for change, setting out what the future of the NHS looks like, what it will cost to deliver and the workforce numbers and skills needed to make it a reality."
Health Secretary Shona Robison: "Under this government there have been significant improvements in the performance of the NHS, the safety of patients, overall life expectancy and survival rates for conditions such as heart disease, supported by a real terms increase in spending on our NHS."
She said staffing levels and the health budget were at their highest levels, and highlighted the government's clinical strategy to shift the balance of care and its workforce plan to ensure adequate staffing for the future.
Ms Robison added: "These are changes that will help to equip our health service to continue to deliver excellent and safe care for the people of Scotland in the years ahead."
Royal College of Nursing Scotland director Theresa Fyffe: "RCN Scotland has been warning of the increasing pressures on NHS boards and integration authorities for some years now and it is clear from the Auditor General's report that we need to change the way we work in order to meet the increasing demand on services.
"How many more reports will be published by Audit Scotland before action is taken? Patients, staff and families deserve a decisive response from the health secretary."
Scottish Conservative health spokesman Donald Cameron: "This is a damning report, and shows the dire state that our NHS is currently in.
"The SNP need to take responsibility for this and start creating a sustainable NHS that provides the right support and is properly staffed."
Scottish Labour health spokesman Anas Sarwar: "The scale of mismanagement in our health service revealed by this report is utterly staggering. On every key test the SNP is failing.
"SNP Health Secretary Shona Robison must make an emergency statement to parliament."
Scottish Greens health spokeswoman Alison Johnstone: "We know that the Scottish government agrees with the Greens' policy on greater preventative spending, but ministers need to turn warm words into real action.
"By preventing ill-health, we can ease the pressure on our NHS and if we invest in good health now, through everything from warm homes and safe walking and cycling routes to good food and a living wage, we can lighten the burden on health services."
Liberal Democrat MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton: "The Audit Scotland report makes it clear that while SNP ministers talk a good game, they have utterly failed to shift the balance of care and put the NHS on a sustainable footing for the future."
The Pope said the gangsters were effectively "excommunicated" - or banished - in the eyes of the Church.
Earlier, the Pope visited the jailed father of a three-year-old boy who had been killed in an apparent mob hit over an unpaid drug debt.
The Pope has repeatedly spoken out against organised crime and corruption.
His latest condemnation, delivered before a crowd of tens of thousands, described the 'Ndrangheta as the "adoration of evil and contempt of the common good".
"Those who in their lives follow this path of evil, as mafiosi do, are not in communion with God," the Reuters news agency quoted him as saying. "They are excommunicated."
The 'Ndrangheta is a network of clans in the "toe" of Italy that dominates the country's cocaine trade.
It is one of the most powerful mafia organisations in Italy, along with the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and the Neapolitan Camorra.
Earlier on Saturday, the Pope visited a prison to meet the jailed relatives of "Coco" Campolongo, a three-year-old boy who was killed along with his grandfather in an execution-style shooting in Calabria.
"It must never again happen that a child suffers in this way," the Pope said.
The Pope also met hundreds of other inmates at Castrovillari prison, many of whom are serving time for mafia-related crimes.
The AFP news agency reports that many of the prisoners wept as the Pope greeted them.
Geng Feng Shi was last seen at about 06:40 GMT at the Royal Victoria Hospital on the Grosvenor Road in west Belfast.
Police said he has connections in both Belfast and Killyleagh in County Down.
He is 5ft 9ins tall, with dark, receding hair. When last seen he was wearing a dark coat with a hood, jeans, red trainers and a red baseball cap.
Police have also issued a separate appeal for information about Londonderry man Gary Campbell from Creggan estate.
He was last seen at about 03:00 GMT on Saturday 21 March in the Creggan Road area and was wearing a yellow and white checked shirt, black jacket and jeans.
Of the 15,385 coaches registered with the Scottish Youth Football Association (SYFA), 2,500 have not had Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) clearance.
The PVG checks are carried by Disclosure Scotland and search databases including criminal records.
The SYFA has now announced plans to tighten up procedures.
The organisation said any registered official who is participating in an 11-a side programme and has not submitted a current PVG application form by 28 February 2017 will be placed under an automatic precautionary suspension.
It comes amid a burgeoning child sex abuse in football scandal, which has led to the Scottish Football Association announcing it will establish an independent review of the "processes and procedures" in place both currently and historically in Scottish football.
About 4,000 PVG applications are processed every year by the SYFA, taking an average of 8-10 weeks to process at a total annual cost of between £25,000 to £30,000.
The SYFA told the BBC there were around 90 PVGs waiting to be processed, which means there are around 2,400 coaches who have not even begun the application process yet.
Any official who has not yet completed the PVG process is classed as a provisional member and is not permitted to have unrestricted access to players.
For a person to become a fully affiliated youth coach they have to undergo a series of background checks including previous clubs and reference checks.
It is the individual club's responsibility to register the coach, and have them fill out the relevant forms to be PVG cleared.
Every month the SYFA sends reminders to Scotlands 41 youth football leagues to alert them to the numbers of coaches who remain to be PVG cleared.
The SYFA said that it planned to tighten up procedures.
In a statement, it said: "We have written to all league secretaries informing them that any registered official who is participating in an 11-a side programme and has not submitted a current PVG application form by 28 February 2017 will be placed under an automatic precautionary suspension.
"This may result in their team's fixtures being suspended until the team is fully compliant.
"In addition, teams participating in small-sided games programmes must ensure their officials are fully PVG compliant before the start of the season in March 2017. Failure to do so will preclude their participation in matches."
More than 20 UK police forces - including Police Scotland - have confirmed they are investigating claims of historical child abuse in football.
Last week police chiefs said there were 83 potential suspects and 98 clubs involved across the UK.
Announcing on Tuesday that it would establish independent review, the SFA said it wanted to reassure people that football was a "safe and enjoyable environment for children", and to examine what lessons football can learn from historical allegations.
Last week, a BBC Scotland investigation revealed that former youth coach and referee Hugh Stevenson was allowed to carry on working in football for several years after being reported to police and the SFA over child sex offences.
And Jim McCafferty, a former youth coach who was the kit man for Celtic, Hibernian and Falkirk was arrested in Belfast after allegations were made against him.
Separately, allegations have also been made against coaches who were formerly involved with clubs including Motherwell, Partick Thistle and Rangers.
The allegations involve incidents said to have happened between the 1970s and early 1990s.
Anyone who may have been affected by abuse in football can contact Police Scotland or the specialist NSPCC helpline (0800 0232642)
It took Ofonime Sunday Inuk 15 years to report his captors in 2004 only for police to say they could not help him as it was a "family matter," he said.
Mr Inuk finally managed to escape with the help of the Met in March 2014.
The force said it was "really regrettable" it had missed earlier opportunities to help Mr Inuk.
Emmanuel Edet, a trained doctor who worked for Surrey County Council and his wife Antan, a nurse at Ealing Hospital, were sentenced to six years in prison for ill treating a young person, holding him in servitude and assisting unlawful immigration.
They brought Mr Inuk to the UK from Nigeria in 1989 when he was a teenager by promising him an education in return for paid work cleaning the house, cooking and caring for their children, but instead treated him as a slave and forced him to work up to 17 hours a day at their home in Perivale, Ealing.
In order to get him through immigration they changed his name and added it to their family passport.
Mr Inuk, who is now 40 said: "I was so happy, thinking it would change my life, but I was just a person's property," he told BBC London's home affairs correspondent Nick Beake in an exclusive interview.
"I wanted to commit suicide, I couldn't bear it."
After 15 years he reported his intolerable situation to the police.
"They didn't help me."
"They told me that if I wanted to report them [his captors] they would have to come to the house. The Edets would have turned me out and I would have got myself in trouble."
When he told the police the Edets had confiscated his passport, he said: "They told me there was nothing they could do" because it was a "family matter".
He was encouraged to seek help from the police a second time in 2013 after hearing about a slavery case on the radio and Met detectives finally helped him to escape nine years after he first contacted them.
Det Ch Insp Phil Brewer of the Met Police trafficking and kidnapping unit said: "It's really regrettable that that happened."
He said the Met now worked with many organisations and local authorities to help prevent similar scenarios occurring where "people are not listened to or not believed."
Lord Judge lambasted measures in the Wales Bill which he said could allow UK ministers to change assembly legislation without Parliament's say.
The independent peer called including the a "constitutional aberration".
A Wales Office spokesman said the power was simply to "fine tune" the new devolution settlement.
The proposed Wales Bill - which devolves new powers to the Welsh assembly including over fracking and changes the way it makes laws - is being considered in its final stages in the House of Lords.
The row erupted as the Lords discussed amendments to the bill, including giving the Welsh Government the powers to ban high-stakes gambling machines and scrapping a clause allowing UK ministers to block some laws made in Wales about water.
Lord Judge, the most senior judge in England and Wales between 2008 and 2013, was critical of measures - known as the Henry VIII clauses - contained in the bill which he said would allow laws passed by the Welsh assembly to be changed by ministers in London without Parliament's consent.
Lord Judge said: "This is the malevolent ghost of King Henry VIII wandering through the Valleys of Wales."
"Actually it is an insult to the democratic process which this Parliament created when the National Assembly of Wales was created," he added.
Lord Judge said the House of Lords should be "embarrassed" that it had allowed such a measure to be put in place in Scotland.
Plaid Cymru peer Lord Wigley, also criticised the clauses, describing them as "arcane and undemocratic".
This is not the first time a row has broken out during the passage of the bill, last year First Minister Carwyn Jones said measures in it amounted to an "English veto on Welsh laws".
But the Wales Office denied the clauses gave UK ministers any more power than Welsh ministers, insisting they were "simply a power to do the fine tuning needed to implement the new devolution settlement for Wales set out in the Wales Bill".
A spokesman said: "A significant number of assembly acts give Welsh ministers reciprocal powers to change parliamentary legislation without Parliament's approval in order to implement assembly legislation.
"This power is part and parcel of the consequential powers held both by UK ministers and Welsh ministers."
The spokesman added that Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns had written to First Minister Carwyn Jones and Presiding Officer Elin Jones committing himself to working closely with the Welsh Government and the assembly "on any regulations that need to be made which modify assembly legislation".
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "It is clear that the former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, shares our concerns about provisions he describes as a 'constitutional aberration'.
"It is disappointing that the UK government has not felt able so far to respond effectively to our, and his, arguments."
The UK government also faced calls to guarantee Welsh communities would never again be sacrificed to provide water for England.
In 1965, the village of Capel Celyn was flooded to create the Tryweryn reservoir to provide Liverpool with water, under a law passed in 1956.
Last month Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said he would scrap his ability to block some laws made in the assembly about water under changes to the Wales Bill.
But Lord Wigley said the amendments failed to deliver on the promise, instead stating a protocol may be put in place to protect English consumers and Wales.
Labour peer and assembly member Baroness Morgan of Ely called for the UK government to clarify exactly what was in the protocol.
But Lord Bourne said Tryweryn could not happen again and the issue was unaffected by the Wales Bill.
The bill is scheduled to be discussed in the House of Lords again on 10 January.
In a televised address, Abdel Malek al-Houthi accused President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and other leaders of putting their interests ahead of the Yemeni people.
Earlier, Houthi rebels shelled the president's home in Sanaa and seized control of the presidential palace.
The UN Security Council condemned the attack and voiced support for Mr Hadi.
Yemen, a key US ally in the fight against al-Qaeda in the region, has been beset by unrest for months.
"What happened was that they [the political leadership] have sunk deep into corruption and tyranny," Mr Houthi said.
"The nation has started moving towards a tragic situation and complete collapse. The situation has worsened on all fronts - political, economic and security - on a large scale."
Mr Houthi also accused the government of encouraging the spread of al-Qaeda in Yemen.
"They helped them to grow in all provinces and the president refused to order the army to wage war against them," he said.
Houthi militias, who are seeking greater autonomy for their home province, overran the capital Sanaa in September after moving out of their northern stronghold.
However, the capital's presidential buildings had remained outside their control.
President Hadi was reported to be inside his house when it was shelled but an official insisted he was safe.
Information Minister Nadia al-Sakkaf said on Twitter the president's home had come under heavy shelling from armed forces positioned on rooftops nearby.
The ceasefire that broke down on Tuesday had been agreed just one day earlier after hours of fierce clashes in the city between the presidential guard and the rebels.
Under an agreement with President Hadi, the Houthis - who abducted presidential chief of staff Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak on Saturday - pledged to withdraw from the capital once a new unity government was formed.
The UN Security Council said in a statement adopted by all 15 members that President Hadi was "the legitimate authority".
It urged "all parties and political actors in Yemen" to stand with him and the government to "keep the country on track to stability and security".
The Houthis, who adhere to a branch of Shia Islam known as Zaidism, have staged periodic uprisings since 2004 in an effort to win greater autonomy for their northern heartland of Saada province.
They consolidated their control over Saada during the 2011 uprising that forced long-time President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.
Since July the rebels have inflicted defeats on tribal and militia groups backed by the leading Sunni Islamist party, Islah, and battled jihadist militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which has vowed to defend the country's Sunni community.
Opponents allege that the rebels ultimately hope to reinstall the Zaidi imamate, which ruled North Yemen for almost 1,000 years until 1962.
Mr Jammeh suffered a surprise electoral defeat last month to Adama Barrow.
He initially accepted the result but changed his mind days later, citing electoral "abnormalities".
In a letter to the pro-government newspaper, Gen Ousman Badjie pledged the "unflinching loyalty and support of the Gambia Armed Forces" to Mr Jammeh.
Gen Badjie's intervention follows the threat of military action by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) if Mr Jammeh refuses to leave office on 19 January.
President Jammeh has said any such intervention would constitute an act of war.
Mr Barrow's team had previously claimed the support of Gen Badjie. The army's support is seen as critical in building a transition after Mr Jammeh's 22 years in power.
The tiny West African state has not had a smooth transfer of power since independence from Britain in 1965.
The dispute over the election results has raised tensions in the region, with both neighbouring countries and international powers urging Mr Jammeh to step down.
Mr Barrow won 43.3% of the vote on 1 December, beating President Jammeh's 39.6%. A third-party candidate, Mama Kandeh, won 17.1%.
Those figures were revised from earlier totals, after the electoral commission discovered a tallying error affecting all candidates. The revised results did not alter the outcome of the election.
However, Mr Jammeh declared that he would no longer respect the result and has launched a court action to annul the result.
His security forces have seized control of the commission's headquarters in the capital, Banjul, and the head of the election commission has fled the country over fears for his security.
Three private radio stations were also taken off air, in an apparent media crackdown. One has since resumed broadcasting music and advertisements only, with no on-air presenters or DJs.
Despite the threat of military intervention and President Jammeh's protests, Mr Barrow's team said they plan to declare him as president on 18 December.
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Barrow said he would not prosecute the former president after a transition, but focus instead on reconciling the country's opposing forces.
"If South Africa can reconcile [after the racial system of apartheid ended in 1994], I see no reason why Gambians cannot reconcile. We are not saying prosecution; we said truth and reconciliation," he said.
The 1,350-tonne Pelamis was sold by the Stromness-based European Marine Energy Centre (Emec) and is reported to come with a cash payment of about £47,000.
It was the first deep-water, floating wave energy machine to generate power into the national grid.
The company that built it, Pelamis Wave Power, went into administration in November 2014.
The £2m generator, installed in 2010, is currently tied up at Lyness.
Orkney Islands Council said the sum it had been given by Emec would cover the cost of scrapping it - but the authority said it would prefer to find another use for it.
Council leader James Stockan said the wave converter was one of the first of its kind and "symbolic of the industry".
Mr Stockan told BBC Radio Orkney it was possible the device could be put to good use somewhere.
"The cost to the council in the short term is relatively nothing until we get a chance to investigate if it can it be used as a breakwater anywhere - because we know it's going to be a number of years before we get to build any new pier structures and things," he said.
"If it had been towed away the critics would have said, you should have kept that for something.
"So we're actually saying we will keep it for a period, but if we can't find any really good purpose for it, we'll have to re-examine what we do with it then."
In 2012, the inventor of the Pelamis wave energy device, Dr Richard Yemm, won the annual Saltire Prize Medal for his outstanding contribution to the development of the marine renewables sector.
But the company was not able to cash in on its technology and all staff at Pelamis Wave Power were made redundant when the company went into administration.
Emec managing director Neil Kermode said his centre had bought the generator after the company's demise because he did not want to see Pelamis simply "chopped up" for scrap.
"We touted it around for a couple of years, didn't really get anywhere and thought,OK it's not going anywhere, it's costing us money to keep it tied to the quayside at Lyness, we've got to get rid of it," he said.
However, Mr Kermode said towing the huge "sea snake" device away for scrap would be expensive and risky, so Emec agreed to sell the generator - along with the cash payment - to the council for £1 in the hope a use could be found for it.
"That was a world first that happened off the beach just round the corner from Stromness," he said.
"I still have a lingering hope that one day maybe we'll look back on it and think that's actually a really valuable artefact - that was something that was one of the keystones of the wave industry when we look back at it in years to come.
"It may be taken away, it may be scrapped at a later date, but personally if we can keep a hold of the thing here then there's a chance we can do something more with it."
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Media reports on Monday suggested the Northern Irishman would represent Britain at the 2016 Games when golf returns to the Olympics.
However, McIlroy said he had not yet made up his mind.
"I have absolutely not made a decision regarding my participation in the next Olympics," said the world number one.
"On a personal level, playing in the Olympics would be a huge honour.
"However, the Games in Rio are still four years away and I certainly won't be making any decisions with regards to participation any time soon," added McIlroy, who is from a Catholic background.
With competitors from Northern Ireland having the choice of representing either Great Britain or Ireland, McIlroy acknowledged he is in "an extremely sensitive and difficult position".
"I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots, winning Irish Boys, Youths and Amateur titles and playing for Ireland at all levels.
"I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. That is my background and always will be.
"I receive huge support from both Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated.
"As an international sportsman, I am very lucky to be supported by people all over the world, many of who treat me as one of their own, no matter what their nationality, or indeed mine. This is the way sport should be."
Golf will return to the Olympics in Rio after a 112-year absence.
The 25-year-old victim was shot in Chatsworth Road in Lower Clapton just after 13:00 BST.
Police arrested a man in his 20s close to the scene on suspicion of murder and he is being held at an east London police station.
The shot man, who died at the scene, has not been named but police said his next of kin had been informed. A post-mortem examination will take place.
Police said roads were closed off around the scene of the shooting and they have appealed for witnesses to come forward.
Falcao nodded in his 20th league goal of the season from close range before Kylian Mbappe's trickery left Bernardo Silva with a simple tap-in before the break.
Teenage forward Mbappe turned provider again when his cushioned square pass allowed Falcao to volley in the third.
And there was more misery for Lille when away defender Junior Alonso diverted Thomas Lemar's dangerous low cross into his own goal.
Leonardo Jardim's side are three points above reigning champions Paris St-Germain, who have one game left, and have a far superior goal difference.
But PSG, who have been hoping to be crowned French champions for a fifth successive season, thrashed seventh-placed Saint-Etienne in a 5-0 away win to stop Monaco mathematically clinching the title on Sunday.
Monaco will, however, wrap up the title on Wednesday with a point at home to Saint-Etienne.
PSG delayed the inevitable as two goals apiece for Edinson Cavani and Lucas Moura, plus an injury-time strike from Julian Draxler, secured an easy win.
Match ends, Monaco 4, Lille 0.
Second Half ends, Monaco 4, Lille 0.
Foul by Yves Bissouma (Lille).
Thomas Lemar (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yves Bissouma (Lille).
Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Monaco. Guido Carrillo replaces João Moutinho.
Own Goal by Junior Alonso, Lille. Monaco 4, Lille 0.
Attempt blocked. Sébastien Corchia (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Sébastien Corchia (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Benjamin Mendy (Monaco).
Corner, Lille. Conceded by Djibril Sidibe.
Substitution, Monaco. Benjamin Mendy replaces Kylian Mbappe.
Attempt missed. Nicolas de Preville (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fares Bahlouli.
Foul by Eder (Lille).
Tiemoué Bakayoko (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Sébastien Corchia (Lille) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Lille. Conceded by Danijel Subasic.
Attempt saved. Fares Bahlouli (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Fares Bahlouli (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by João Moutinho (Monaco).
Yves Bissouma (Lille) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kamil Glik (Monaco).
Substitution, Monaco. Valère Germain replaces Falcao.
Attempt missed. Naim Sliti (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yves Bissouma.
Franck Beria (Lille) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Thomas Lemar (Monaco).
Attempt blocked. Fares Bahlouli (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Djibril Sidibe (Monaco) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
Attempt blocked. Fares Bahlouli (Lille) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Youssouf Kone.
Substitution, Lille. Yves Bissouma replaces Ibrahim Amadou.
Substitution, Lille. Fares Bahlouli replaces Yassine Benzia.
Goal! Monaco 3, Lille 0. Falcao (Monaco) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappe.
Substitution, Lille. Nicolas de Preville replaces Ricardo Kishna.
Corner, Monaco. Conceded by Ibrahim Amadou.
Attempt missed. Naim Sliti (Lille) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sébastien Corchia with a cross.
Rio Mavuba (Lille) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rio Mavuba (Lille).
Tiemoué Bakayoko (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Lille. Conceded by João Moutinho.
Webbe will be arriving in Shieldinch this autumn, among other new faces that are set to join the weekly drama.
The BBC said Webbe had filmed his first River City scenes this week as the new character Andy - a former army man and friend of the Roth family.
Blue is an English R&B group that formed in 2000, releasing their first hit All Rise in May 2001.
Other new actors joining BBC Scotland's flagship drama soon are Rebecca Atkinson (Shameless), Alana Hood (Bridget Jones's Baby, Field Of Blood, Lip Service), Juliet Cadzow (Balamory, Skins) and TV newcomers Louise McMenemy and Libby Dye.
Webbe's first episodes will air in November.
He said: "It's an amazing feeling getting a role on River City. Getting into acting and being taken seriously is something that I've always wanted to do.
"Going from being a TV extra into being in a boy band, it's an absolute dream come true. River City is full of feisty characters and I can't wait to get my teeth into Andy's storylines."
It is the first time Webbe, who is from Manchester, has acted in Scotland, but the singer-songwriter has toured with Blue and Strictly Come Dancing.
He added: "My experience has always been, the further north you go, the louder the fans get - and that's the vibe I always get in Scotland.
"People recognise you in the street and are always welcoming. I can't wait to get started on River City."
The executive producer of River City, Kieran Hannigan, said: "We're delighted to welcome our new cast members to the River City family. I'm sure Simon will be a huge hit with our fans and will turn heads as Andy when he hits the screen in November.
"Rebecca Atkinson is a fantastic addition to the cast and her character, Belinda, will send sinister shockwaves through the Murdoch clan.
"And we are really thrilled to bring on board some brilliant Scottish actors in Alana Hood, Juliet Cadzow and Louise McMenemy."
River City is on BBC One Scotland every Tuesday at 20:00.
Two goals by Leicester's Harvey Barnes and another by Sunderland's Elliot Embleton saw a team mainly aged 19 or under reach the final.
England face Ivory Coast or the Czech Republic in Saturday's final in France.
Earlier, England also reached the final of the Under-20 World Cup for the first time by beating Italy.
Gareth Southgate was in charge when an England U21 side beat France 2-1 in the 2016 Toulon Tournament final.
At this year's event, England won all three of their group games against Angola, Cuba and Japan to advance to the semi-finals.
Scotland had bounced back from a 3-2 defeat by the Czech Republic in their opening group game to beat Brazil and Indonesia and book a last-four spot.
Saturday's final kicks off at 16:30 BST.
This year's line-up includes The Stranglers, Feeder, The Wonder Stuff, Fatherson, Galleon Blast, Little Mammoths and Ullapool Pipe Band.
Loopallu - Ullapool backwards - takes place on Friday and Saturday.
The event, which is now in its 12th year, will also see performances by Eliza and the Bear, Hunter and the Bear, Manran and Lional.
An air strike on a market in Idlib killed up to 60 people while at least 45 died in strikes on Aleppo province, opposition activists say.
A 10-day truce is meant to start on Monday, followed by co-ordinated air strikes against jihadist militants.
Turkey and the EU welcomed the plan but warned that further action was needed.
Turkey said aid must be delivered from the very start while EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini looked towards a "political transition".
A spokeswoman for Syria's opposition said the plan provided some hope but more details were needed about how it would be enforced.
In the capital, Damascus, the government endorsed the deal, the state news agency Sana reported.
There has been no official reaction from Iran which, like Russia, is allied to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The conflict in Syria, which began with an uprising against Mr Assad, has raged for five years and claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
Millions have fled abroad, many of them seeking asylum in the EU, but nearly 18 million people remain in Syria, which has been carved up by fighting between government and rebel forces.
When a busy vegetable market was targeted in Idlib, as many as 90 people were injured in addition to those killed, media and opposition activists say.
Some of Saturday's air strikes are believed to have hit the towns of Anadan and Hreitan near Aleppo, Syria's second city.
In other fighting:
Getting a deal was an achievement, given the sour atmosphere between Moscow and Washington. It offers some fragile hope about stopping the slaughter.
But there is scepticism about its chances. That is because a lot is going to have to go right, quite quickly, if the agreement is to work. One necessity is President Assad's consent. A week-long ceasefire might be possible, but a political deal to end the war is still out of sight.
The Assad regime's survival depends on the Russians, so he will listen to them. But with Russia's help, the Assad regime is looking more robust. So it is hard to see why the president, or his Russian allies, would want him to go.
The war in Syria is made up of layers of conflict, which connect up to regional and global rivalries. That makes it very hard to calm, let alone end.
The truce is due to take hold at sunset on Monday, at the start of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Under the plan, Syrian government forces will end combat missions in specified opposition-held areas.
In an unexpected development, Russia and the US will then establish a joint centre to combat jihadist groups.
These include IS but also Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the group known until recently as the Nusra Front, when it was allied to al-Qaeda.
The deal was reached in Geneva, Switzerland, between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
Jihadist groups like so-called Islamic State and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly known as Nusra Front) face the joint might of the Russian and US air forces
Moderate rebels and civilians in the areas they hold will no longer face the threat of indiscriminate air strikes such as barrel-bombing although the Syrian air force will not be grounded completely; aid deliveries will be allowed to areas currently under siege
President Assad will be in a stronger position as the US and Russia engage two of his most effective military opponents while moderate rebels observe the truce with his forces
Mr Lavrov said only the Russian and US air forces would operate in areas designated for co-ordinated strikes but added that the Syrian air force could operate in other areas.
Welcoming the deal, Turkey, which launched its first major military incursion into Syria last month, said it was essential to halt fighting across Syria and deliver humanitarian aid to those in need "from the first day".
"The agreement... is very welcome," said Ms Mogherini, stressing that a UN proposal for a political transition would be "the starting point for resumption of the intra-Syrian talks".
Previous diplomatic initiatives have foundered on President Assad's refusal to give up power, leading to widespread scepticism about the latest initiative.
February 2012: Syrian government "categorically rejects" an Arab League plan calling for a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission
June 2012/January 2014/January 2016: Three failed UN-sponsored peace conferences in Geneva
September 2013: Kerry and Lavrov negotiate a deal to strip the Syrian government of its chemical weapons in return for the US backing away from air strikes. Since then, the government has again and repeatedly been accused of using toxic chemicals against rebel-held areas
February 2016: World powers agree in Munich on a nationwide "cessation of hostilities" in Syria excluding jihadist groups. There is no agreement on any joint US-Russian operations. The "pause" quickly unravels as Assad promises to regain control of the whole country
March 2016: President Vladimir Putin declares "mission accomplished" in Syria and orders removal of "main part" of Russia's air army in Syria. Russian air strikes have continued ever since
John Cridland published the independent review on Thursday, proposing that those under the age of 45 may have to work a year longer, to 68.
He told BBC Radio 4's Money Box that there should be no repeat of the issues currently facing women in their 50s.
Many say they were not told directly of two rises in their state pension age.
Their campaign, known as Waspi - Women Against State Pension Inequality - argues that poor communication meant many were surprised to discover they had to work for longer.
The Cridland report, one of two published earlier in the week addressing the future of the state pension, examines the cost of increased longevity to the state pension.
In the report, Mr Cridland, the former boss of the Confederation of British Industry, said that the long-term future of the "triple-lock" needed to be considered. The triple-lock promises that the state pension will rise in line with average earnings, prices or 2.5%, whichever is highest.
"There will come a time in the future when that needs to move to earnings," he told Money Box.
"It won't be done in this parliament. Government has a choice of when it moves it. By the 2060s, almost 1% of GDP will be spent on the state pension in addition because of the triple lock.
"It has done a lot of good but it costs £20bn a year and in the long run it may not be affordable."
He added that the Winter Fuel Payment, a universal benefit of between £100 and £300 tax-free to help pay heating bills, may need to be means-tested in the future.
"There are those of us who wouldn't be pushed into cold winters if we didn't have a winter fuel allowance and there are people for whom the winter fuel allowance is the only thing that keeps the heating on. There may come a time when we need to target it rather than have it as a universal benefit."
One thing Mr Cridland examined, but did not recommend, was variable state pension ages, which would allow some people to retire earlier.
He also insisted that in the long term employers' attitudes to taking on workers aged in their late 50s and 60s would need to change.
"I've suggested statutory carer's leave so that somebody who is trying to work while looking after an aged parent can't be told off by their employer when they don't turn up for work because their mum's slipped in the shower.
"I say that every employer should have an elder care policy so that they can demonstrate what they're doing to help their older workers cope with the fact that many people aged 63 will be looking after their aged parent who's 93.
"I do think in 20 years time the aging society will be the dominant thing that's being talked about by politicians. We have the chance now to plan for that future."
Listen to the full interview on Money Box on Radio 4 on Saturday at 12:00 GMT
Four compartments of the Bangalore-Nanded express derailed in the incident in Andhra Pradesh early on Monday.
Karnataka politician Venkatesh Nayak was among the dead, as well as the driver of the lorry.
The incident comes weeks after two express trains derailed on a flooded bridge in Madhya Pradesh, killing at least 24 people.
"The level crossing was manned and had a red light on. The lorry overshot the speed breaker and rammed through the level crossing gate before crashing into the train", Sanjeev Agarwal, the divisional railway manager of Bangalore told BBC Hindi.
India's Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu tweeted that it was an "unfortunate accident", adding that immediate medical relief had been sent to the site of the accident.
The 33-year-old is in police custody. He is expected to appear at Paisley Sheriff Court on Monday.
The body of Mr Quail, 42, was found at about 10:45 at his home in Greenend Avenue on Saturday, 25 February.
The discovery followed reports of a disturbance at the address earlier that morning.
The list of potential targets includes recent MPs.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is part of GCHQ, disclosed the request in a document released early on 16 May.
The BBC understands that the number of victims is currently understood to be in single figures.
Candidates have been asked to look for suspicious emails received after Jan 2017.
The NCSC declined to say if any data had been taken.
A report in the Financial Times said it was "likely" that the phishing campaign had been orchestrated by a state.
In a document titled Phishing: guidance for political parties and their staff, the centre says it has "become aware of phishing attacks to gain access to the online accounts of individuals that were MPs before dissolution of Parliament" and "other staff who work in political parties".
The NCSC said the attacks were likely to continue "and may be sent to parliamentary email addresses, prospective parliamentary candidates, and party staff".
The BBC understands that so far victims' personal emails have been affected but no successful phishing attempts have been made via parliamentary email addresses.
It is believed that the NCSC has contacted the Electoral Commission about the threat and that the commission will help to alert candidates.
The centre said that potential victims should look out for "unexpected requests to reset your password for online or social media accounts (such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook or Twitter)".
"Or you might have been asked to approve changes to your account that you've not requested."
The NCSC did not say whether it knew who was behind the phishing campaign.
The warnings to political parties come as cyber-security officials brace themselves for some kind of incident during the elections.
No-one can be sure that anything will take place, but the experience of the US and more recently France has led them to believe that some kind of theft and then dump of information is possible.
In both those cases, a Russian hand is suspected.
Intelligence agencies have historically kept their distance from the communication of politicians due to the doctrine that says MPs should not be monitored.
But parties and politicians themselves have been asking for advice and guidance in recent months amid growing concerns.
Concern about elections being targeted by hackers has been running high, following the attack on the Democratic National Committee during the US presidential election.
US authorities attributed that incident to Russia and said that a significant component of the attack involved phishing.
More recently, the electoral campaign of President Emmanuel Macron in France was targeted by a similar campaign.
The NCSC has said the UK has "systems in place to defend against electoral fraud at all levels and [we] have seen no successful cyber-intervention in UK democratic processes".
The BBC understands that since last month, the NCSC has delivered cyber-security seminars to the UK's political parties, with the aim of helping them reduce the risk of succumbing to an attack.
Advice has also been offered to local authorities and the electoral commission.
Donovan Kitching committed 33 offences in custody before he knocked down 62-year-old Gwen Valentine in April 2014.
The Karran Inquiry highlighted "a total lack of coordination" and "confusion" between the prison, parole board and police.
The Department for Home Affairs said it was working to address the findings.
Kitching, who had 44 previous convictions, had served almost two-thirds of a six-year sentence for aggravated burglary and robbery when he was granted parole on 2 April 2014.
Less than a month later, he struck and killed Ms Valentine, from Winchester in Hampshire, as she walked on the Tholt-y-Will Road.
He had no valid licence and was fleeing police at the time, as he was still serving an eight-year driving ban and had just been arrested for drink-driving.
Kitching pleaded guilty to causing Ms Valentine's death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to 10 years and 72 days in jail.
An investigation of the parole system was ordered after the court was told of his "shocking record" while in custody, which included assaulting another prisoner and threatening a prison officer.
In his report, Mr Karran said while no-one "broke any law, rule or regulation" in relation to Kitching's release, there were a number of issues with "the practice that had evolved" on the island.
He said a probation officer had recommended Kitching be freed because it was only three months to his automatic release date and there was "little to be gained" by keeping him in custody.
Another said, had she known details of his offences in prison, she would have reconsidered her decision to support parole.
Alongside the lack of a new risk assessment ahead of his release, the report said a key meeting to review his licence conditions and plan a "probation regime" did not take place due to the speed of his release and there was a "total failure" in the monitoring of him after release.
It also gave details of Kitching's previous convictions, which included:
Ms Valentine's son Stuart said it was a "profoundly shocking report" which showed there had been "a systemic failure, not an individual one".
"Nobody has resigned or been dismissed, and they should not - this is sometimes what happens when good people imperfectly follow flawed processes," he said.
"Failing to prevent the circumstances that led to a crime is not remotely the same thing as committing it, but that does not make this in any way acceptable."
He added that of the 37 recommendations, 30 had been accepted by the authorities, two had been rejected and five were as yet unresolved.
Juan Watterson, who was Minister for Home Affairs at the time, said improvements in the parole system had already been made.
"Whilst I may have my regrets about the decision that I made was one of a series of circumstances which cost an innocent lady her life, it is right that politicians ensure that the policy framework, overseen by the home affairs minister, balances justice, rehabilitation and accountability," he said.
"I was glad that I could evidence critical thinking and an evolution of the parole process during my tenure and I am sure that this is something that will be further developed in the years ahead."
Bob McColm, the governor of Isle of Man Prison, said the report highlighted a series of "embarrassing" failures, including "confused communications" between the prison, parole board and police.
"I can't guarantee something like this will never happen again but I can guarantee that the system is improving," he added.
The move comes after similar downgrades from Fitch and Standard and Poor's.
The South African economy has been struggling of late, amid industrial action on the platinum mines earlier this year and recent electricity blackouts.
South Africa's economy narrowly avoided recession in the first half of the year.
Moody's downgraded South Africa one notch to Baa2, just two notches above "junk status".
While South Africa retains an investment grade, Moody's said its decision was based on "poor medium-term growth prospects due to structural weaknesses, including ongoing energy shortages as well as rising interest rates".
Earlier this week, the state-run electricity generator, Eskom, announced the possibility of rolling blackouts, after a coal silo collapsed at a power station in the east of the country.
Last month, South Africa's finance minister, Nhlanhla Nene, slashed this year's growth forecast for the economy to 1.4%, down from a previously forecast figure of 2.7%.
The slow growth has meant that the amount of tax the South African government has been able to raise fell below expectations, which pushed the budget deficit to 4.1% of GDP.
The country is also struggling with stubbornly high unemployment at around 25%.
Nonetheless, Moody's also changed its outlook from negative to stable, indicating that another ratings downgrade is unlikely any time soon.
It said that the government has provided a commitment to rein in its debt.
Reacting to the Moody's downgrade the South African Treasury said: "Government is committed to narrowing the budget deficit, stabilising debt and rebuilding the fiscal space that enabled South Africa to escape the worst effects of the global economic crisis."
South Africa is the continent's second largest, but most developed, economy and is much more exposed to the global financial system than its African counterparts.
Part of the slowdown in South Africa's economy is being blamed global conditions and its reliance on external capital.
Most analysts were unsurprised by the move by Moody's, given that both Standard And Poor's and Fitch had cut their ratings earlier in the year.
"Moody's has for some time now both stuck out versus the other agencies and been highlighting the weak structural position of the sovereign," said Peter Attard Montalto of Nomura.
Scotland's Reid beat Stephane Houdet in the semi-finals of the NEC Wheelchair Masters to confirm his status.
The 25-year-old, who won singles gold and doubles silver at the Rio Paralympics, won 6-2 6-1 at the Olympic Park in London.
"It feels incredible to be world number one," Reid told BBC Sport.
"It has been the best year of my career and to come here in the last tournament of the year and take the number one spot off Stephane shows I have earned it.
"Tomorrow's final is bonus territory."
Jamie Murray is part of the world's best men's doubles team with Brazilian Bruno Soares, while his younger brother Andy beat Novak Djokovic to cement his place as world number one in singles.
Reid came into his match having only dropped one set in his three round-robin games and he was in superb form against the Frenchman, who occupied the top spot coming into the season-ending event.
He raced into a 4-0 lead in the first set and with Houdet struggling to cope with his power and precision, he quickly wrapped up victory over the 46-year-old.
He will face defending champion Joachim Gerard in the final after the Belgian beat Sweden's Stefan Olsson 7-5 6-3.
Lapthorne lost his quad semi to Israel's Itay Erenlib but still finishes the year as number one in doubles.
He had won all six of his previous meetings against Erenlib but struggled to make an impact on Saturday and went down 6-2 6-4.
"I played horrible out there," the 26-year-old said. "I think I am cursed here - I had bad luck in 2012 at the Paralympics and every time I come back here I don't play well.
"It's a difficult one to take, especially as I had so many people here to support me, but there is nothing I can do."
Created during World War II, 617 Squadron carried out the "bouncing bomb" raid to destroy dams in Germany.
Now based at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray and flying Tornados, the reformed squadron will be stationed at RAF Marham in Norfolk.
The F-35B is also to be operated from aircraft carriers.
When it reforms in 2016, 617 Squadron will have both RAF and Royal Navy personnel.
There will also be another squadron flying Lightning II jets. It will carry a Royal Navy squadron number but have personnel from both services.
There are about 175 personnel in 617, who will transfer to other Tornado squadrons, retrain on the Typhoon aircraft, or move to another part of the organisation.
The disbandment forms part of the RAF's Tornado force drawdown and opens the way for the move of Typhoon squadrons from Leuchars in Fife to Lossiemouth.
Those squadrons will transfer from next year, with about 350 service personnel relocating to the Moray station.
Lightning IIs will be operated from the Royal Navy's two new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers, the first of which is nearing completion at Rosyth, in Fife.
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, made the announcement on the disbandment at a Royal United Services Institute conference on air power.
In a speech to senior representatives of air forces from around the world, Sir Stephen said 617 Squadron would disband on 1 April.
He said the move formed part of a planned drawdown of the RAF's Tornado GR4 force.
Sir Stephen said: "I am delighted to announce that 617 Squadron's outstanding contribution to the United Kingdom's air power - past and present - will unequivocally continue when it reforms as the UK's first operational F-35B Lightning II squadron."
He added: "Lightning shall be operated jointly by the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm pilots, from land or from the Queen Elizabeth Class carrier.
"Overall, a hugely flexible and futuristic joint capability."
Previously, 617 Squadron was disbanded when crews switched from Lancaster bombers to Vulcan jets - Britain's nuclear bomber - and then Tornado aircraft.
The 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid was marked in May this year.
It was carried out by 133 airmen, flying 19 Lancaster bombers armed with the "bouncing bombs" designed by Sir Barnes Wallis.
Codenamed Operation Chastise, 56 of the men who took off on the mission did not return.
Out of 19 bombers, eight were shot down. Three men were captured and 53 were killed.
During a visit to Glasgow, Labour's Treasury spokesman Ed Balls will say Labour's first budget would end "Tory austerity".
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will also be in Scotland to outline his plans to triple paternity leave.
The SNP will vow to cut VAT for emergency services and the Scottish Conservatives will focus on justice.
Elsewhere, the Scottish Greens will renew their election pledge to bring the railways back in to public ownership.
Voters across the UK go to the polls on 7 May.
On day three of the campaign Mr Balls is expected to say a vote for the SNP is a vote for continued Tory cuts. He said Labour would invest in the NHS, education and jobs in Scotland.
He will say: "Our tough but balanced plan, set out in our fiscal pledge, means we won't do this by increasing borrowing but with fair tax changes across the UK."
Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats will pledge to increase paternity leave from two weeks to six.
Mr Clegg will say: "For too long, mums have been told their place is at home with their child, while dads return to work.
"I want parents to choose for themselves how to balance work and family."
Scottish Justice Secretary Michael Matheson will campaign in Edinburgh for the SNP, calling for a change to VAT rules for emergency services.
Speaking ahead of the event, he said: "At a time when public services are being hammered by unprecedented Westminster budget cuts, it beggars belief that the UK government won't grant Scotland's police and fire services this vital VAT exception.
"Reversing these unfair rules would free up £23 million for police and £10 million for fire services - and this money could be invested in frontline staff."
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson will give a speech at the Scottish Police Federation Conference on law and order.
She is expected to say her party would end automatic early release, reintroduce life imprisonment for the most serious crimes, and make those who break a community payback order spend a night in jail.
At an event at Stirling railway station, the Scottish Greens will make their vow to bring the railways back into public ownership once current contracts expire.
It comes as the Dutch, state-owned company Abellio takes over the ScotRail franchise. UK law currently prevents public sector bids for rail franchises.
Scottish Green MSP Alison Johnstone, said: "Greens believe that the infrastructure arteries of our economy should be publicly-owned as default, so we'll continue the fight to change the law that prevents this."
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The umpires called play off at 16:30 BST without a ball being bowled.
The match had been well poised after day three, with Lancashire 178-4 in their second innings, leading by 130.
Earlier in the contest, Warwickshire's Andy Umeed (113) had struck the slowest century in County Championship history, reaching his ton in 429 minutes.
Emily Price, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, had recently handed in her Aberystwyth University dissertation where she studied maths and physics.
She was also due to study for a Master's degree in the town next year.
The council held a minute's silence at its meeting on Monday, where Ms Price was due to make her declaration to become a councillor.
She was taken ill after being elected to the town's central ward, representing the Liberal Democrats.
Ceredigion MP Mark Williams posted a photograph of Ms Price on Twitter and wrote: "Terribly sad news today. We have lost a truly wonderful member of our Liberal family here in Ceredigion. RIP Emily."
Ms Price was also the incoming vice chair of the Welsh Young Liberals, IR Cymru.
Mark Cole, Honorary President of IR Cymru, said: "She will be greatly missed by all who knew her but she will be remembered with great fondness and love for everything that she achieved in her tragically short life and for everything that was left undone.
"Emily's time with us may have been heartbreakingly short, but what she gave to those around her will inform, inspire and motivate her friends for the rest of their lives."
He added Ms Price was a "real character" and a "beloved member" of the Aberystwyth University students' group, of which she was a former president.
"I was delighted when Emily herself was elected to Aberystwyth town council... she was going to contribute so much more to the civic life of her university town."
An Aberystwyth Students' Union spokesperson said: "Her passing will be deeply felt by many and our thoughts go out to all those who are close to Emily."
Prof Qiang Shen, director of the Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Sciences, said: "Emily had a particular interest and talent in communicating science to young people and encouraging them to study the subjects that she cared about so much.
"She was always the first to volunteer as a student ambassador and to help with outreach events within the university and at schools and festivals.
"With her quiet smile and enthusiasm, Emily will be fondly remembered and sorely missed by all her fellow students and staff at Aberystwyth."
But that's exactly what's happened to 9-year-old Billy Byron.
A chance meeting with top kids' author Michael Morpurgo has led to Billy's name being used in the bestselling writer's latest book, The Right Thing.
The book follows the life of Billy, a soldier, from the time of the First World War up until the start of the Second World War.
In September 2014, Michael Morpurgo told Newsround how the lead character came to take Billy's name: "At a reading, a little boy came up to me and said: 'I'd love you to use my name in a book'.
"It was Billy Byron, and I'm going to use it. I was looking - I am looking - for a hero's name in the next book that I'm writing."
When we spoke to Billy, he told us: "I was right at the back of the queue, and he was saying how patient I am.
"While he was signing my book, he asked my name, and my granny told him "Billy Byron", and he liked it. I thought, wow, this is exciting!"
Michael sent a special message to Billy, thanking him for letting him use his name, and saying the book's now finished.
Billy told us that he's "so excited to read it".
The creature was found on Wednesday in the grounds of The Coach House Care Home in Goldthorn Hill.
A wooden pole had been pushed through him and he was so badly hurt he had to be put down by a vet.
The RSPCA is appealing for information. RSPCA inspector Vicky Taylor said: "This was a really gruesome case and definitely deliberate. It was outright cruelty."
The charity said the area the hedgehog was found in was inaccessible to care home residents but could have been entered by the public.
Lee Stewart, RSPCA centre manager, said: "We always do all we can to save animals brought to us but sadly there was nothing we could do on this occasion, the stake had almost pierced through to the underside of the body.
"This poor hedgehog must have suffered terribly."
It is against the law to inflict unnecessary suffering on a wild mammal, with a maximum penalty of a £5,000 fine and six months imprisonment.
In the one-minute film, scenes of violence against children appear as animated tattoos on the former footballer's body.
David Beckham, now a Unicef goodwill ambassador, said he had been shocked by children's accounts of violence.
He is urging people to share the film on social media.
Beckham, 41, said his real tattoos represented happy or important memories, but the film was highlighting the fact millions of children bore marks they had not chosen - the long-lasting scars of violence and abuse.
The animations in the film depict forms of violence that children endure in places where they should be safe, such as their homes, schools, online and in their communities.
The father of four, said he was committed to doing "everything I can to make the world a safer place for children and to speak out on issues that are having a devastating impact on children's lives".
"One of those issues is violence," he said.
"Every five minutes, somewhere in the world, a child dies from violence.
"Millions more are in danger of physical, emotional and sexual abuse that could destroy their childhoods forever."
On a trip to Cambodia last year with Unicef, he heard children's first-hand accounts of the violence they had suffered.
"I was shocked by what I heard, and I saw how violence can leave deep and lasting scars," he said.
"No child should have to endure this.
"Yet in all corners of the world, in their homes, schools and on their streets, children are suffering similar violence."
Two-thirds of 190,000 children and young people around the world who responded to a Unicef call for information via its online U-report tool, said they had personally experienced physical or verbal abuse or knew someone else who had.
The responses suggested the biggest perpetrators were:
The campaign promotes a series of strategies to end violence against children, including:
Pond, 31, who joined Fleetwood from Lancaster City in 2003, is the club's all-time record appearance holder.
"It's terrific business and terrific news for us. He epitomises what we want to create within this club," manager Steven Pressley told the club website.
Pressley's side, captained by Pond, finished 19th in the league in 2015-16, five points above the relegation zone.
Syrian officials and activists reported on Sunday that Islamic State (IS) militants had blown up the temple.
In a statement, Unesco said it was "an immense loss for the Syrian people and for humanity".
IS took control of Palmyra in May, sparking fears for the site, considered one of the ancient world's most important cultural centres.
Syria's head of antiquities Maamoun Abdul Karim was quoted as saying the temple was blown up on Sunday, causing "much damage". The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that it happened a month ago.
The ancient city, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, is famed for its well-preserved Graeco-Roman ruins, and the Baalshamin temple, built nearly 2,000 years ago, is one of the city's best-known buildings.
"The systematic destruction of cultural symbols embodying Syrian cultural diversity reveals the true intent of such attacks, which is to deprive the Syrian people of its knowledge, its identity and history," Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova said.
Ms Bokova said those responsible "must be accountable for their actions".
The Islamic State group has destroyed several ancient sites in Iraq, which Unesco has also said was a war crime and an act of "cultural cleansing".
The militants believe any shrines or statues implying the existence of another deity are sacrilege and idolatry, and should be destroyed.
Emma Loosley, a professor at Exeter University who lived near the ancient city for three years, said the temple's cella (inner area) was "pretty much perfect".
"I can't think of another temple as beautifully preserved as the temple of Baalshamin, and what was special about Palmyra was that it was a unique culture," she told the BBC.
"It had its own gods, its own form of art and architecture that you don't get anywhere else."
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A week ago, it emerged that the archaeologist who had looked after Palmyra's ruins for four decades, Khaled al-Asaad, had been beheaded by the militant group.
Mr Abdul Karim said the 81-year-old had refused to tell IS where some treasures had been hidden, in an effort to save them.
The modern city of Palmyra - known locally as Tadmur - is situated in a strategically important area on the road between the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the eastern city of Deir al-Zour.
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She was woken up at about 00:30 BST on Saturday at her home in Chorley, Lancashire, to find the man assaulting her and demanding money.
The attacker pulled her from the bed and continued the assault before ransacking her house.
A 35-year-old man from Chorley has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary.
The victim is being treated at Wigan Hospital for non life-threatening injuries, police said.
After her attacker ran off, she managed to crawl to a neighbour's house in Aspen Gardens and police were called.
Det Insp Warren Atkinson, of Lancashire Police, said: "This was a brutal and sustained assault on an elderly lady in her own home.
"The level of gratuitous violence used on this vulnerable woman simply beggars belief and it is a miracle she was not more seriously injured."
Police arrested the man following an "incredible response" from the public to an appeal for information.
"As a result of their help and through police inquiries we now have a man in custody and he will be questioned in due course," Det Insp Atkinson added.
The 13-7 loss means Chiefs have been beaten in all three of their matches and are 10 points behind group leaders Clermont Auvergne and can do no better than 15 from their remaining games.
"Three wins in the group last year were enough, but I can't see that happening.
"I would say it would be very tough for us, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to play for," Baxter said.
Exeter topped their pool last season after all four teams registered three wins and three losses.
"These games are very important, you've got to take them with a great deal of pride, as we saw with the way things wrapped up in our pool last season," Baxter told BBC Radio Devon.
"We owe it to everybody else to work very hard and make sure we make Bordeaux have to fulfil a huge fixture next week and when we have Ulster here, I'm expecting us to really turn up and make sure that is a huge fixture and the same when we go to Clermont.
"We're not just going to throw the hat in and we're not just going to fulfil them as non-fixtures. Far from it, they're going to be very important fixtures and very important for us as a side, developing individual players and have us absolutely flying in the Premiership."
US researchers studied the sleeping patterns of traditional societies in Africa and South America, whose lifestyles closely resemble ancient hunter gatherers.
They monitored 98 people for 1,165 nights, and found that they slept for an average of 6.5 hours per night.
By comparison, the scientists said that most people in the US get about seven hours, according to a large sleep poll.
The new study, published in the journal Current Biology, also finds that temperature played a greater role than light in shaping sleeping patterns.
Prof Jerome Siegel, from the University of California, Los Angeles, said: "The issue is: what is the data on how sleep has changed?
"And it occurred to me that these groups, which are rapidly disappearing, give the last opportunity to really know what human sleep was like before we all created our various civilisations.
"What is absolutely clear is that they don't sleep more than we do."
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From artificial lights, to late night TV, and now the ever-present glow of our smart phones, modern life is often blamed for ruining our sleep.
To put this to the test, the researchers studied the Hadza of Tanzania, the San of Namibia and the Tsimane of Bolivia, fitting their volunteers with wristwatches that monitor sleep.
"All three groups have pretty much the same sleep duration and pretty much the same timing of sleep," said Prof Siegel.
"This gives me reasonable confidence that they reflect the common human biology and they are not a function of their particular situations, which are different."
As well as discovering that the average sleep duration was six hours and 25 minutes, the researchers also found the participants very rarely took naps.
While some European documents suggested that people used to wake up for a while during the night, sleeping in two shifts, the researchers found this was not the case with the hunter gatherers.
Surprisingly, natural light did not have as big an influence as was thought.
Most people fell asleep on average 3.3 hours after sunset.
However, temperature was an important factor.
"What we saw was quite striking - that sleep is occurring during this period of falling temperature and when the temperature hits bottom, they wake up," said Prof Siegel.
"This is quite surprising."
And despite the fact that these traditional societies slept less than the National Sleep Foundation's recommended seven to nine hours a night, the researchers said they did not grumble about being tired.
Insomnia was also extremely rare - and two of the groups did not even have a word for it.
Commenting on the research, Prof Derk-Jan Dijk, from the Surrey Sleep Research Centre at the University of Surrey, said that it was an important study but he did not agree that the data showed that our ancestors slept less than us.
"There are people in our society who don't get enough sleep, there is no doubt about it," he told BBC News.
"The question of whether we sleep that much less than so many years ago has been unanswered in ways - we need to be careful in interpreting that data."
He said that while the hunter gatherers did not fall asleep until several hours after sunset, artificial light was keeping us awake for even longer.
He explained: "We have artificial light in abundance and we have our clock-determined social commitments and the timing doesn't have anything to do with sunrise or sunset. We are to a large extent disconnected from those natural cycles.
"I think we need to re-evaluate the timing of our social schedules, including work, relative to the natural environment. Our social environment has an impact on when we decide to go to sleep and wake up.
"Also if we look at our environmental variables in the light-dark cycle in our homes and the temperature, I hope his paper will make us see how relevant are they for the timing of our behaviour."
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Police said Liverpool Football Club had cleared the stadium at 15:00 GMT as a "precautionary measure".
A search of the ground has been completed and officers are satisfied the stadium is secure, police said.
The club later confirmed the matter had been "resolved" and Wednesday night's Capital One Cup clash with Bournemouth would not be affected.
Merseyside Police said: "Officers and the club are satisfied that there are no people unaccounted for inside the ground."
Staff and visitors had been evacuated from the stadium, with club spokesman saying: "Our priority is to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone at the ground."
Later, Liverpool said in a statement: "The stadium was temporarily closed as a precautionary measure on Tuesday due to an incident, which has since been resolved.
"Therefore, the fixture with Bournemouth will be contested as scheduled, with Anfield unaffected by the incident that led to the temporary closure."
Apedelrazak Badram, 32, has been charged with three sexual offences and two counts of impersonating a police officer, Scotland Yard said.
The girl was raped near Sandhurst Road in Edmonton, north London, on Wednesday.
Detectives said it was linked to a second attempted assault on another 12-year-old girl the same day.
The girl attacked in nearby Shirley Grove managed to escape.
Mr Badram, of Enfield, north London, is also charged with false imprisonment, two counts of breaching a sexual offences prevention order, possession of class B drugs and theft.
He appeared in custody at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Saturday and will return to court next week.
People living up to 120m from the line who do not want to sell up will be offered a cash sum equivalent to 10% of the "unblighted" value of their home.
And those living between 120m and 300m from the proposed route will be eligible for up to £22,500 in support.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said people would be "looked after".
But the HS2 Action Alliance said "barely 3,000 homeowners" would benefit despite the fact that 172,000 households were within 1,000m of the phase one line, and 43,000 within 500m.
The announcement, which follows a government consultation, came as MPs said they were "sceptical" about whether the £50bn project would deliver value for money.
The Commons Public Accounts Committee said the budget for the scheme included a "generous contingency" which could be used to mask cost increases and suggested ministers lacked a "clear strategic plan" for the wider rail network.
The first phase of HS2 is due to open in 2026, followed by a V-shaped phase two taking the line from Birmingham to Manchester and Yorkshire.
Friday's package of compensation comes on top of existing guarantees to those living closest to the line.
Anyone living within 60m is being offered the chance to sell their properties to the government for their full value plus 10%, with stamp duty on a new home, legal costs and a share of moving costs also paid for.
As an alternative to the voluntary purchase scheme, the government is now offering assistance - in the form of a cash sum linked to the value of the property - to homeowners and businesses who want to remain where they are.
Those living between 120m and 300m from the line will qualify for cash payments of either £7,500, £15,000 or £22,500 depending on their proximity to the line.
Ministers say the payments, which will apply only to those living in rural areas and will be available if and when the legislation authorising the construction of HS2 is passed by Parliament, will enable people to "share early in the benefit of the railway".
Finally, the government said it was relaxing the criteria for helping those who live along the route "at any distance" from the route who want to sell their houses but cannot do so at their market value.
Those who have a "compelling reason" to sell will be eligible for a new "need-to-sell scheme" paying the full "unblighted value", including those who do not need to move immediately.
HS2 Ltd, the government-backed firm overseeing the project, said it had so far purchased 192 properties for phase one of HS2 and 41 for phase two of the line, at a total costs of £157m.
Mr McLoughlin said the package of support went "well beyond" the government's legal obligations and a new "residents' charter", overseen by a commissioner, would ensure people were treated fairly.
"This comprehensive package of compensation and assistance is looking after those people who live along the HS2 route while balancing our responsibilities to the taxpayer," he said.
But campaigners opposed to the rail line said it was "a white elephant trampling through the countryside" and restated their calls for the project to cancelled immediately.
"It is deeply unfair that so many ordinary people, who through no fault of their own happen to live near to the planned HS2 line, continue to be left to bear these losses with no help from the government," HS2 Action Alliance director Hilary Wharf said.
"People were promised 'full and fair' compensation and this promise has been broken time and time again."
The Commons Public Accounts Committee, which scrutinises government spending, has said it remains concerned about the government's ability to deliver HS2 on time and on budget.
The contingency fund gives the government a 95% assurance of delivering within budget, the committee said, but it added: "We are concerned that this will simply be used to mask cost overspends, rather than valid calls on contingency funds."
This week HS2 Ltd executive chairman Sir David Higgins told a House of Lords committee: "We should not assume the contingency will be spent."
The committee said the government had yet to publish proposals for how Scotland would benefit from HS2 and questioned the recent government backing for an "HS3" link between northern cities. Labour MP Margaret Hodge, who chairs the committee, said the government had not assessed HS3 before giving the go-ahead to HS2.
Executive director Brown said Dennis initiated his arrival before he was forced out of the company.
"Ron at the end of the day is the one who recruited me," said Brown at his first official engagement for McLaren at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
"The last couple of years he left the door open. He turned up the volume in pursuit of me. I wouldn't be talking to you right now if it wasn't for him."
Dennis, who retains the roles of chairman and chief executive of McLaren for now, has been put on gardening leave pending the end of his contract in mid-January.
From that point, Dennis's only involvement will be as a 25% shareholder and board member. He will have no active role in running the company.
Brown left his role as boss of the sports marketing agency JMI in September and chose the McLaren role over one working for new F1 owners Liberty Media, who are in the process of taking over the commercial rights of the sport.
Brown said he chose McLaren because he had been a lifelong fan and his task was to "be part of a team that gets back to winning world championships".
He said saw McLaren's task as three-fold - attract more fans and more sponsorship and thereby raise the money needed to succeed.
Dennis' failure to find a title sponsor for the last three years was one of the reasons for his departure, but Brown has a reputation as F1's foremost sponsor-finder.
He said he and chief operating officer Jonathan Neale were jointly responsible for "the collective efforts of running the F1 both commercial and motorsports operations".
"I have more of a commercial background. Jonathan has a technical background," Brown said.
"The two of us are working very closely together on the phone and we report to the executive committee, which is made up of Sheikh Mohammed and Mansour Ojjeh."
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That makes him senior to McLaren Racing's new chief executive Jost Capito, who joined the company in September from his former position as head of Volkswagen Motorsport.
There are reports of friction between Capito and McLaren's racing director Eric Boullier, but Brown said it was too early to say whether any changes were needed.
"I have not started yet," Brown said. "I don't know what I don't know.
"Jonathan is much closer to the technical side so we are going to be sitting down and working out what's the best way for McLaren to get into the winners' circle."
Brown said he had "no idea" how long it would take McLaren to return to winning ways but "I just hope it is sooner rather than later".
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Unlike infections such as influenza, Ebola was not airborne, it said.
As a consequence, Kenya Airways has rejected pressure to suspend its flights to the Ebola-hit states of West Africa where more than 1,000 people have died of the virus this year.
Meanwhile, two people have died in Nigeria after drinking a salt solution rumoured to prevent Ebola infection.
The BBC's Ishaq Khalid in Nigeria says text messages began circulating in Nigeria towards the end of last week recommending that people drink and bath in a salt solution as a way to stop getting the virus, for which there is no cure or vaccine.
Despite the health minister scotching the rumour, many people have been admitted into hospital after drinking salt water.
Dr Joseph Lumba, the director of public health in the central Nigerian state of Benue, told the BBC that two patients had died in Makurdi city hospital on Wednesday.
But he also said such admissions were now lower following an intensive public campaign to dispel the salt myth.
A fourth Ebola death has been now been recorded in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation.
An official at Nigeria's National Disease Control Centre told the BBC the victim was another nurse who had come into contact with Liberian government employee Patrick Sawyer, who brought the disease to the city of Lagos in July.
Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with the body fluids of a person who is infected. Initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas such as eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can lead to organ failure.
On Wednesday, a WHO official had said that Kenya had been classified as a "high-risk" country for the spread of the deadly Ebola virus because the East African nation was a major transport hub, with many flights from West Africa.
But on Thursday, Dr Isabelle Nuttall, director of WHO global capacity alert and response, said the agency was advising against trade or travel bans to and from affected countries.
Usually Ebola victims were too unwell to travel, and as a result, the likelihood of other passengers and crew having direct contact with them was small, Dr Nuttall said.
"Because the risk of Ebola transmission on airplanes is so low, WHO does not consider air transport hubs at high risk for further spread of Ebola," she added.
Instead, countries should identify and care for travellers originating from known Ebola-infected areas who arrive at airports or major land crossing points with "unexplained fever and other symptoms", the WHO said.
The outbreak began in Guinea in February and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, which have all declared a national health emergency.
There have been a total of 1,069 lives lost to the virus and 1,975 cases, according to latest WHO figures.
Ebola: Mapping the outbreak
Polling stations opened their doors at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00.
Votes are being cast in elections at Southampton and Portsmouth city councils, eight other district councils as well as for Hampshire's PCC.
Across England elections are taking place for more than 120 councils, and to elect 36 PCCs.
Ming Pao's management said on Wednesday that Keung Kwok-yuen was dismissed in a cost-cutting exercise.
But journalist unions and the paper's staff have said they believe it was a politically motivated move.
Ming Pao ran a story on Wednesday about Hong Kong politicians and individuals named in the Panama Papers leak.
The papers, leaked from a Panama law firm, exposed offshore business dealings by the rich and powerful around the world.
The sudden departure of veteran editor Mr Keung comes amid increasing concern in Hong Kong about the territory's freedoms within China.
Mr Keung, who was executive chief editor, was dismissed late on Tuesday night with immediate effect.
Editor-in-chief Chong Tien Siong said it was a resources decision in a "difficult business environment".
But the paper's staff association expressed "extreme dissatisfaction and anger", and asked whether the sacking was about "punishing staff members who have different opinions on editorial issues".
On Wednesday, staff members staged a protest outside the newspaper's offices. A joint statement by eight other journalists' associations in Hong Kong said the public was owed an explanation.
The sacking comes two years after the paper's then chief editor Kevin Lau was also dismissed, and replaced by Mr Chong, who was widely seen as more pro-Beijing.
Mr Lau was later stabbed by two men who fled to mainland China and were subsequently jailed. They alleged they had been paid to carry out the attack but refused to say by whom.
Hong Kong is part of China, but enjoys many civil liberties, such as freedom of speech, expression and assembly, because of its status as a special administrative region.
Selica Winiata scored an early try for the Black Ferns but Ireland were only 5-3 behind at the break.
New Zealand surged clear in the second half with three tries from Portia Woodman while Winiata and Kelly Brazier also touched down for the tourists.
Niamh Kavanagh went over for a late consolation try for the Irish at the UCD Bowl.
The try was converted by full-back and captain Niamh Briggs, who returned to the team after missing the defeats by England and Canada because of a hamstring injury.
It is the first time Ireland have failed to win any of their games in the November Series.
Ireland: Niamh Briggs; M Coyne, N Fowley, S Naoupu, C McLaughlin; N Stapleton, L Muldoon; L Peat, C Moloney, A Egan; ML Reilly, O Fitzsimons; C Griffin, C Molloy, P Fitzpatrick.
Replacements: L Lyons, F Hayes, F Reidy, N Fryday, C Cooney, M Healy, J Shiels, N Kavanagh.
The defending champions, who won all four Grand Slams in 2014, progressed to this year's final with a 6-0 6-3 victory over Britain's Louise Hunt and Germany's Katharina Kruger.
Whiley and Kamiji will face Aniek Van Koot and Jiske Griffioen on Sunday.
The Dutch second seeds beat Britain's Lucy Shuker and Germany's Sabine Ellerbrock 6-2 6-4 in their semi-final.
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Sinn Féin's North Belfast MLA Gerry Kelly said a pact with the SDLP would be about "progressive politics".
SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell said his party had "no interest whatsoever in a pact with Sinn Féin"
He said he was "deeply disappointed" at the two unionist parties' pact.
"We believe these cynical political moves are designed with the sole purpose of circumventing democracy," he said.
"Pacts are not about getting the best candidates to represent people - this is about pitting one community against another."
Earlier, SDLP MLA Alban Maginness said Sinn Féin's proposal was a mirror image of what unionists had done.
"Our position is very clear, we don't enter into sectarian pacts," he said.
"We are not going to do it in this situation."
Mr Maginness, a candidate for North Belfast, said the pact was "depressingly predictable, sad and disappointing" and amounted to "a sectarian carve-up".
"Progressive politics is about trying to tackle sectarianism, not to embolden sectarianism or to entrench sectarianism," he said.
Mr Kelly said "if the accusation is that we are looking for a sectarian pact then it ignores the fact that we are for religious freedom, for anti-racism laws for LGBT, for the civic forum which they are against and for the Single Equality Act".
"Is Alban Maginness saying that that is not good reason to come together and bring forward candidates who are for all those progressive policies?" he said.
"It is no coincidence that the [unionist] pacts are in the three areas where Sinn Féin are strong. In other areas they have not made pacts.
"The Ulster Unionists are going to diminish their vote and go down further. The Ulster Unionists have given a leg up to the DUP."
The deal between the Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Unionist Party means there will be a single candidate from the two main unionist parties in four constituencies.
The DUP will step aside in Fermanagh and South Tyrone and Newry and Armagh.
The UUP will step aside in East Belfast and North Belfast.
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The SDLP has rejected Sinn Féin's call for a general election pact after Northern Ireland's two biggest unionist parties agreed to support a single candidate in four constituencies.
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Russia's response will be "quite harsh", Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said.
Moldova's pro-EU government announced the expulsions on Monday, without giving a reason. It is one of Europe's poorest countries and gets EU funding.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon called the move "outrageous".
"This has most likely been done on orders from the West, maybe even from across the ocean, by those who are worried that a constructive and effective dialogue has finally been found between the presidency and the Kremlin," he said.
It was an "unfriendly step" against a "strategic partner", he wrote on Facebook. He was elected president in November, after pledging to restore close ties with Russia.
The Russian ambassador was told that the five diplomats - not yet named - must leave Moldova within 72 hours.
Mr Karasin called the move "a deliberate blow against the intensification of Chisinau-Moscow relations, including against President Dodon's positions".
In March a former Moldovan MP, Yuri Bolbochan, was arrested and accused of treason for allegedly having passed secrets to an aide to the Russian military attache.
The aide - named by Russian media as Alexander Grudin - is reported to be among the five diplomats ordered to leave Moldova.
Moldova signed a far-reaching association agreement with the EU in 2014, and Russia promptly imposed import restrictions on the country's agricultural produce.
Russian troops are stationed in the breakaway Trans-Dniester region, which is economically dependent on Russia and defies the Moldovan government in Chisinau.
In 2015 Moldova was rocked by a huge fraud case, when more than €1bn (£867m; $1.1bn) disappeared from three banks.
The conflict in neighbouring Ukraine has raised tensions in Moldova, an ex-Soviet republic that Russia sees as part of its sphere of influence.
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Russia has condemned Moldova's decision to expel five of its diplomats, calling it a move against the country's pro-Russian president.
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Inspired by a heartbreak, it juxtaposes downbeat lyrics with a euphoric chorus, over a driving percussion loop.
The song received its first play on BBC Radio 1, where Mistajam made it his hottest record in the world.
It's Lorde's first new material since the Disclosure collaboration Magnets in 2015 and precedes her second album, which is due later this year.
"Finally! It's only been three years, huh?" she told Radio 1.
Here's all you need to know about the song - and Lorde's new album.
"I am so proud of this song," wrote Lorde on Twitter. "It's very different, and kinda unexpected. It's complex and funny and sad and joyous and it'll make you DANCE."
"It's the first chapter of a story I'm gonna tell you. The story of the last two wild, fluorescent years of my life.
"This is where we begin."
Lorde told Mistajam that Green Light was "about me trying to figure out how to put myself back together" after her first significant heartbreak.
It opens on a sombre note, as Lorde recalls the beginning (or end?) of her relationship.
"I do my makeup in somebody else's car," she sings over a minor key piano. "We ordered different drinks at the same bar."
"Did it frighten you, how we kissed when we danced on the light-up floor?"
But Lorde goes on to call her lover a "liar", practically spitting the line: "Those rumours they have big teeth, they bite you."
As she ramps up towards the hook, she's getting ready to pack her belongings - while admitting she's finding it hard to finally make the break.
"I wish... I could just let go," she sings as, in the background, a chorus of cheerleaders chant: "I'm waiting for it, that green light. I want it."
The green light is a recurring theme in F Scott Firzgerald's The Great Gatsby, signifying the elusive promise of the future. Lorde may be referring to that or, more simply, a green light giving her permission to move on with her life.
Structurally and thematically complex, Green Light isn't as immediate as previous Lorde singles like Royals and Yellow Flicker Beat. In particular, there's an awkward gear change from the haunting, dramatic verses into the choppy, beat-driven chorus. But in common with one of the year's other great pop comebacks - Katy Perry's Chained To The Rhythm - the song rewards repeated listens.
The cathartic music video, directed by Grant Singer and featuring Lorde dancing in strobing green lights and on car roof-tops, helps give the song some context, too.
Lorde's spent last year working on her new album with US musician Jack Antonoff. You might know him as a member of the group .fun, the band behind the 2011 smash We Are Young. You might also know him as the boyfriend of Girls creator Lena Dunham; as the co-writer of three songs on Taylor Swift's synthpop opus 1989 - or even through his solo project, Bleachers.
Either way, Green Light (along with most of Lorde's new material) was recorded in his home studio in Brooklyn, as pictured in this Instagram shot.
"We worked out of the house for the better part of a year, in this tiny little room covered in bizarre animal wall paper," she said.
From the teenagers who hid in the school toilets to hear the song premiere, to the fan who wrote "this was worth the million year wait", it's fair to characterise the reaction as "broadly positive".
Last year, Lorde scolded an impatient fan who said he was "giving up" on the chances of hearing a follow-up to her debut album, Pure Heroine.
Speaking to Mistajam, she explained the extended break had been necessary.
"I needed to just go away, go home to New Zealand, and hang out by myself and figure out what I was going to do next. I knew I couldn't make the same thing again, and I had to figure out what it was that I wanted to say. And I'm so glad I took that time, because this record is the coolest thing I've ever made."
Earlier this week, eagle-eyed fans spotted the cryptic message "M*******A" in the title bar of Lorde's website.
They guessed, correctly, that this was a hint about her album title... with possible names including Macadamia (?), Mona Lisa or Musomania (an obsession with music).
But she's since revealed the record will be called Melodrama.
"I wrote this album about this crazy year of my life," she explained. "I partied a lot and I felt all the feelings - and it was all so fluorescent. So I decided to call the album Melodrama."
David Bowie believed the Lorde was "the future of music", according to one of his oldest friends - which is why the singer was chosen to pay tribute to him at last year's Brit Awards.
Going back to the studio after that performance, she said his spirit informed he writing.
"I feel like the whole time spent writing this record, I've had him in my thoughts, I've had him in my heart.
"It's hard not to make something and not think, 'What would David think of this? If I could play it to him, what would he say?'"
"This is as pop-dance as it gets," she told Mistajam. "We were just in the studio, mashing around on the piano and... that's what it is."
"We didn't turn it into the single, it was just born that way."
The 20-year-old added the new album was more varied than her debut. "There's a lot of beats again but there's also instruments that are going to surprise people."
Asked if she'd be visiting Worthy Farm this June, Lorde replied: "You know, farms are cool. I love farms. I'm a big fan of farms. So who knows?"
A week into Donald Trump's presidency, Lorde posted a link to the album Sweet Sexy Savage, by US R&B singer Kehlani.
"After a horrifying, anxiety-inducing week of news, music like this allows much needed catharsis," she wrote. "I truly believe in the necessity of cathartic pop records in times like these.
"I love the big sprawling projects too, but there's something about the falls & lifts of meticulous pop, moments designed for u to feel what u need to, that's more important than ever.
"You're probably guessing what kind of record I've made based on these tweets."
We can't wait.
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After a week of elaborate teases, pop star Lorde has finally unveiled her long-awaited new single, Green Light.
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Sgt Malcolm Wigley, of Connah's Quay, was killed on 8 June 1982 while serving for the Welsh Guards.
His widow Kath Webster had to surrender the pension after remarrying but said a recent rule change should apply to all.
The Ministry of Defence said it was against making retrospective changes so it was "affordable for the taxpayer".
It comes after the MoD ruled last year that from April 2015, those who "remarry, cohabit or form a civil partnership" would be entitled to the pension for life - but this rule only applies going forward.
Mrs Webster, who was left to raise four-year-old son Bryan after Sgt Wigley died aged 31, had to surrender her pension after marrying David Webster 14 years later.
She is now calling on the UK government to restore the payments of war widow pensions to those who re-married prior to the rule change.
"It is unfair when you think that wives who lose their husbands now have the money and we can't have it," she said.
"I'm not asking for back-pay for the last 20 years; I just want the money from when the other wives are getting it.
"Even if you marry again you're still a widow. A widow of someone who worked at the steelworks wouldn't lose their pension if they remarried - it should work the same."
Bryan Wigley said his mother had been "penalised" for finding someone "to spend the rest of her life with".
"The war widow's pension is basically compensation for the loss of a spouse and for the pain, anger, confusion and all other emotions that are felt about losing a loved one," he said.
"It's not just after the event, it's still here now 34 years on - the pain doesn't go away, especially at this time of year."
Their campaign has been supported by Alyn and Deeside AM Carl Sargeant.
He said: "We believe there are about 300 women in Kath's position all over the UK.
"As Kath and Bryan have shown, the pain and suffering of losing a loved one in conflict stays with the family even if they remarry.
"These widows' contribution to our country deserves our thanks for the rest of their lives, not just until they re-marry."
Together Mrs Webster, her son and Mr Sargeant have launched a petition and are appealing for other widows affected in Wales to come forward.
An MOD spokesman said: "We listened to campaigners and changed the pension scheme rules to allow survivors' pensions to be paid for life for those who re-married or cohabited on or after 1 April 2015.
"It is the long standing principle, adopted by successive governments, against making retrospective changes to schemes in order that they remain manageable and affordable for the taxpayer."
Group B winners Wales still do not know if they will face Northern Ireland or Turkey.
Northern Ireland, who are guaranteed to progress, could find themselves against hosts and Group A winners France, but must wait to see if any of Belgium, the Republic of Ireland or Sweden finish in one of the best four third-placed spots from Group E.
Iceland's late winner against Austria means they finished as runners-up in Group F, while Portugal's draw against Hungary sees them through to face Group D winners Croatia.
The best four third-placed teams from the six groups progress.
So far, 14 teams have made it through: France, Switzerland, Wales, England, Slovakia, Germany, Poland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Northern Ireland, Iceland and Portugal.
The runners-up spot in Group E, plus two best-placed third spots still remain up for grabs.
BBC Sport helps explain which sides can still go through, why yellow cards could prove crucial and who is in pole position in the 'third-place table'.
Group A
Host nation France finished as group winners on seven points. Switzerland, who drew 0-0 with France in their final group game, were second on five points and now play Poland.
Albania beat Romania 1-0 on Sunday, their first win at a major tournament. They now face a wait to find out if they will progress to the last 16 as one of the best third-place sides.
Group B
Wales finished top of the group with six points, while England finished second on five points after drawing 0-0 with Slovakia in their final group game.
Wales will play either Turkey or Northern Ireland in the last 16, while England play Iceland, the runners-up of Group F.
Slovakia finished third - and were the first third-placed side to be assured of a place in the last 16. They will face either Germany.
Group C
Germany won the group after beating Northern Ireland 1-0 in Paris, while Poland secured second spot with a win over Ukraine.
Northern Ireland's group win over Ukraine meant that their place in the last 16 was confirmed on Tuesday when the Czech Republic failed to beat Turkey.
Michael O'Neill's side will play either Wales or France in the knockout round.
Group D
Croatia pulled off a shock 2-1 win over Spain to top Group D and leave the defending champions with a daunting last-16 tie against Italy.
Turkey's 2-0 win over the Czech Republic means that they still have a chance to progress. But they need a Group E team to fail to qualify from third place.
Group E
Italy have already sealed their place in the last 16 and are guaranteed group winners, while Belgium, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland will contest second and third places.
Having ensured progress, Italy will face Spain.
The Republic will go through if they win, although Martin O'Neill's team - currently bottom of the table - may have to settle for third place.
Belgium will finish second with a draw against Sweden, who will ensure the runners-up spot themselves with a victory - unless the Republic win as well and, in doing so, also finish with a better goal difference. That is a challenge because Sweden enter the final round of group matches level on points with the Republic, but with a goal difference advantage of two.
There is an outside chance that the Republic and Sweden could finish level for second on points, head-to-head record, goal difference and goals scored if both win. If that happens, fair play records will separate them. Going into the final round of group matches, Sweden have a marginally better fair play record.
Group F
Many expected Portugal to top this group - but they finished third, without a win in three games. Hungary went through as group winners.
Iceland finished second after beating bottom-placed Austria.
The top two teams from each group qualify automatically for the last 16, but how are sides separated if they finish on the same number of points?
The final position of teams will be decided by these criteria, in the following order:
We know that the top two teams go through, but what happens to those third-placed teams? Remember only four can go through from six.
The following Uefa criteria will be applied, in this order:
Here's a Uefa's graphic to help explain which third-placed teams will face which group winners:
"Good morning! We have a new constituent assembly!" began President Nicolás Maduro as he greeted his supporters in the Plaza Bolívar in Caracas shortly after the electoral authorities announced the result.
The country's National Electoral Council said that just a little over eight million ballots had been cast for members of a a new assembly designed to change the country's constitution, a turnout of 41.53% of the electorate.
But the opposition boycotted the vote, guaranteeing victory for the country's socialist government, which had convened the vote. Amid the electoral violence, at least 10 deaths were reported across the country.
However President Maduro faces a real challenge of governability and credibility.
Perhaps the biggest is that every opposition supporter, and many millions of ordinary Venezuelans, simply do not believe the result.
"The government will claim eight million votes, but in reality it could have been about 3.5 million people," predicted pollster Luis Vicente León a day before the poll.
The opposition say several irregular electoral processes took place that in normal Venezuelan elections would not be allowed.
For example, no indelible ink was used to mark voters' little fingers after the ballots had been cast and critics say there was nothing to stop people voting in more than one polling centre.
There were also widespread reports of pressure being brought to bear on government employees to turn out in order to protect their jobs.
Several countries in the region - including Colombia, Argentina and Panama - said they would not recognise the result.
The United States also threatened "strong and swift action", with the US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, calling the vote a "sham election" that brought Venezuela "another step toward dictatorship".
Nevertheless, the Maduro government is treating this result as a resounding endorsement and will press ahead with its plans to change the constitution. The first steps towards creating the new body could take place within 24 hours.
In part, the difficulty the Maduro government has faced in motivating its base stems from the many years they spent vociferously defending the same constitution they are now urgently trying to change.
Hugo Chávez himself often described the 1999 Constitution in sacred terms, comparing it to the Bible or the Mayan holy text, Popol Vuh.
The approach of most government officials has been twofold.
In part, they say the creation of a constituent assembly is the easiest route to peace - something that most ordinary Venezuelans are desperate to see return to their daily lives.
They also argue that this constitutional change is part of a vision of a "deeper" form of popular democracy that the late socialist leader was never able to fully realise before his death in 2013.
If so, however, he never made any great references to it while he was still alive: "Our constitution, one of the best in the world, is protected from the caprice of any political group," he said in 2008.
"In Venezuela, no-one can change a comma, a full stop, a letter of our Bolivarian Constitution. Only the Venezuelan people can do that through a national referendum," Mr Chávez explained.
A pro-government candidate standing in a low-income neighbourhood in the east of Caracas, Joaquin Mijares, denied that the vote was unconstitutional.
"The constituent assembly will be a space to discuss the direction of the country and how the state is organised," he said outside his local polling station.
"The process is legitimate because we, the people, are legitimising it with our participation."
However, the haemorrhaging of traditional Chavista support goes beyond this one controversial political process. It comes after months of food shortages, rampant inflation and worsening violence.
One does not have to look hard for signs of public exhaustion with the Maduro government.
"Sadly, my President, Hugo Chávez, died. Very sadly, because if he were alive, none of this would be happening," said Beatriz, a housewife in Catia, in western Caracas.
"I'll stay Chavista until the very end but I'm no Maduro supporter," she added. It is a position shared by many others among the nation's poor.
There is a uniquely Venezuelan word to describe the street closures and subsequent clashes with the authorities: "guarimba".
Now, with the votes cast, there is still no sign of the barricades and protests letting up.
If anything, positions are becoming more entrenched. "The Resistance" - a loose alliance of young, radicalised opposition protesters - have vowed to remain on the streets until the government concedes to their demands.
"We're going to be here until this country changes, until it improves, until the government falls," a 17-year-old protester manning the barricades told me.
"We need a president who's dignified enough to be called the president of Venezuela and an end to the shortages and queues."
The traditional opposition alliance, the MUD, also appears to remain committed to a campaign of demonstrations and civil disobedience. The government places the blame for the violence firmly at the door of the opposition.
But the head of the National Assembly, Julio Borges, denied that the MUD was responsible for leading the country down a path towards further conflict.
"We are not involved in a civil war in Venezuela," he said. "What we have in Venezuela is one people, one nation that is against a minority that has kidnapped power in the country."
On the other side, the military and the security forces are not backing down either. Despite suggestions of disillusionment among some sectors of the rank and file, there is little hard evidence of a genuine split or mutiny.
Both before the vote and in his victory speech, President Maduro spoke of dialogue. Some nations have been trying to table negotiations between the two sides with figures like former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero attempting to broker some form of peace.
Spain, in particular, would want to see a stable Venezuela sooner rather than later, given its business interests in the South American nation.
However, there is little sign of a breakthrough. If anything, the decision to plough ahead with the election, despite widespread opposition, may have jeopardised any chance of further conversations for the time being.
Furthermore, despite the unity in the name of the opposition alliance, in reality the parties remain divided, split and without a clear leader who inspires Venezuelans. As such, the immediate outlook is bleak, says Luis Vicente León.
"It's absolutely going to get worse before it improves."
"The two groups both think they are in power. They both think they are going to destroy the other, that they are going to pulverise each other."
Such "mutually assured destruction", he argues, does nothing to tackle the problems of inflation, scarcity, poverty, lack of medicines and so on that have plagued Venezuela in recent years.
It seems, at least in the short term, Venezuelans face an unenviable and uncertain period as their country continues its gradual descent into anarchy.
The Republic of Ireland defender, 31, is hoping to lead the Royals to the play-offs this season under Jaap Stam.
"There were lots of things going on towards the end of last season," McShane told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"But that's all in the past now," he added. "We've got a different set of players and different staff."
In a frustrating end to their Championship campaign last season, McShane and team-mate Danny Williams had to be separated during an on-pitch clash in a defeat at Middlesbrough in April.
A disappointing 17th-place finish was followed by then manager Brian McDermott being sacked after just six months in charge.
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"I think after we went out of the FA Cup in the quarter-final to Crystal Palace, people downed tools," McShane confessed.
"Maybe people looked at the league table and thought we can't get to the play-offs. I think that was ruled out too quickly and when we went out of the FA Cup, people just weren't interested.
"I felt that was because a lot of players were either on loan or leaving in the summer."
McDermott was replaced by Jaap Stam as Reading manager in June and McShane admits the Dutchman's impact was immediate.
"First day of pre-season, you think you're going to be running, but we were working on shape straight away and I've never experienced that," he said.
"The gaffer has a philosophy and he's sticking to it. Everyone's on the same wavelength, we've got a structure, the mentality is much better and the people the manager's brought in have really added to it."
McShane identified striker Yann Kermorgant and defensive midfielder Joey van den Berg as two of the side's lynchpins.
"Yann at 36 wants to win every day in training," he said. "He's an angry Frenchman who just want to win no matter what.
"Lads like him are a massive part for a team that wants to do well."
Reading are fifth, eight points clear of seventh-placed Fulham, with eight games to play.
The blast, near a livestock market in the city's outskirts, is thought to have targeted passing Shia pilgrims.
They were on their way to a shrine in the Kadhimiya district to take part in religious commemoration ceremonies.
So-called Islamic State (IS) has said it was behind the attack. A statement said the attackers had used a truck loaded with three tonnes of explosives.
The claim was posted online on an official account used by the militant group.
IS has carried out many attacks on Shia Muslims, whom it regards as apostates.
More than 40 civilians have been killed in bombings in Baghdad over the past month.
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But does this herald the end of China's remarkable economic rise?
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The Stop TB Partnership said it would take $56bn (£36bn) to "eliminate" the curable disease.
It said a target set by the World Health Organization (WHO) to tackle the disease by 2030 would be missed unless action was taken.
In 2014, the WHO recorded 1.5 million tuberculosis (TB) deaths.
The partnership - which includes the WHO as one of its members - said the extra funding would:
TB is the most deadly infectious disease, alongside HIV, figures show.
But most cases of TB can be treated with first-choice antibiotics, and the WHO has called the death rate unacceptable.
Most new cases are in China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria or Pakistan.
But the UK has the highest TB rates in Western Europe, according to figures from Public Health England, with 12 cases per 100,000 people.
Last month, the London Assembly said parts of the city had higher TB rates than Rwanda or Iraq. A third of London's boroughs suffer from high rates of TB, with more than 40 incidents per 100,000 people.
Amy McConville, now 31, from west London was diagnosed with TB in 2005. She is still recovering from the effects of the illness, which caused her left lung to collapse.
"Over the course of several months, my GP diagnosed me with a series of chest infections," she says.
"As my cough worsened, my appetite faded away.
"After nearly nine months, I got an appointment at the chest clinic, and by that point, I only weighed five and a half stone (6.3kg).
"The cough had developed into an awful pain in my left lung.
"I took to my bed and stayed there for weeks.
"The doctors couldn't seem to diagnose me, and I was scared that I might never recover.
"It felt like my body was giving up on me, I was incredibly weak, I couldn't eat, even my favourite food made me feel nauseous.
"TB is a wasting disease; it consumes you from the inside. I'd been ill for over nine months, I couldn't remember the last time I'd had a proper meal."
The Stop TB Partnership, which was created by the World Health Assembly in 2000, has launched a document - Global Plan to End TB 2016-2020 - in which it details its goals for the next five years, they include:
"TB has always been a disease of poverty, and a litmus test for our commitment to social equality and health for all," Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, chairman of the partnership's coordinating board, said.
"Unfortunately, its longevity has created a sense of acceptance that it is here to stay and a sense of complacency."
He said the new plan "sets out to smash this status quo".
Dr Lucia Ditiu, executive director of the partnership, said: "It is a global disgrace and human tragedy that TB - a curable disease - is killing around 1.5 million people per year and nobody speaks about ending it."
The WHO has also said in some cases the disease is becoming resistant to antibiotics.
About three in every 100 new cases of TB could not be treated with first-choice antibiotics, it said.
Later this month, politicians from around the world are due to endorse the partnership's plan, at the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Cancer, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Jonathan Faull, who is leading the Commission's negotiations with the UK, said it wanted a deal in February but it would be up to heads of state.
He said the Commission would not accept anything that threatened the "four freedoms" - including freedom of movement - the EU was founded on.
And negotiations had been "difficult".
But he suggested it may be possible to get a deal on the UK's reform demands without treaty change.
He said "expectations have been raised" that a deal will be sealed next month.
"There is momentum leading to a very good prospect that agreement will be reached rather soon," Mr Faull told members of the European Parliament in Brussels.
"It was quite clear in December the leaders wanted to resolve this issue but would take the time necessary to do it," said the senior EC official.
He told MEPs that the EU referendum campaign in the UK had already begun "in earnest", but would continue on a more formal basis once the renegotiation process had finished.
He added that the final status of the deal will depend on the substance of what is agreed, but that there are a "range of possibilities", from a "simple declarative statement" from EU leaders, to legislative or treaty changes.
He added that there were "many areas," in the Commission's view, that could be settled without treaty change, which would take "a considerable length of time".
UK cabinet minister Chris Grayling has said remaining within the EU under the UK's current membership terms would be "disastrous".
The EU was heading towards closer integration - a path the UK "will not and should not follow", the leader of the Commons wrote in the Telegraph.
It is being seen as the first sign of a minister preparing to campaign to leave the EU in the UK's referendum.
A government source said Downing Street was "very relaxed" about the article.
David Cameron is to allow ministers to campaign for either side of the debate.
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The liquid would tag clothing or equipment with a unique chemical footprint only visible under ultraviolet light.
The BBC has also learned that offenders are increasingly travelling into London from the Home Counties to commit thefts.
The force says the average age of those carrying out crimes in London is 15.
There has been a marked increase in the number of moped crime offences carried out in the capital in the last year.
In the 12 months to the end of June 2017, the Met logged 16,158 crimes involving powered-two-wheel vehicles compared with 5,145 the year before.
The moped crime wave that has swept London
Police say phones, watches, bags and other mopeds and motorbikes are generally the target of thefts.
The BBC has also seen social media messages where offenders brag about selling stolen bikes.
One account called "bristolbiketaker" features photographs of motorbike riders with masked faces, ditched or hidden bikes and bolt-cutters.
Avon and Somerset Police is investigating the account. It says posts often taunt the owners of stolen bikes.
Other accounts feature video of police chases filmed by offenders themselves and appear to show them selling keys for unlocking stolen bikes.
Officers say they have developed new tactics - including the use of tyre-deflation devices - but now want to be able to track offenders.
Det Supt Stuart Ryan, the force's lead on moped crime, said a tagging spray was being tested under Home Office guidelines.
"If delivered it will be a very exciting change because it does give us an opportunity to track them in a different way than we've been able to do before.
"We're trying to find a way we can deliver it safely both to the people on the bike and also the community and officers."
Det Supt Ryan said offenders were often travelling into London to carry out thefts.
"Mostly we're seeing it from Kent and Essex but we have had incidents from Surrey, Buckinghamshire, all round London coming in.
"It's quite stark that the average for these offenders is 15."
The New Zealander, riding for Cannondale-Drapac, beat Frenchman Amael Moinard and Britain's Erick Rowsell on the 194.5km stage from Aberdere.
Bauer, 31, was part of a breakaway that led by five minutes over the peloton but was almost caught on the line.
Yellow jersey holder Julien Vermote retained his six-second overall lead over Britain's Steve Cummings.
A hilly sixth stage in the eight-day race takes the riders 150km from Sidmouth to Haytor in Dartmoor on Friday.
1. Jack Bauer (NZ/Cannondale-Drapac) 4hrs 45mins 25secs
2. Amael Moinard (Fra/BMC Racing) same time
3. Erick Rowsell (GB/Madison-Genesis)
4. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Orica-BikeExhange)
5. DylanGronewegen (Ned/Lotto Jumbo)
6. Boy van Poppel (Ned/Trek-Segafredo)
7. Jens Debusschere (Bel/Lotto Soudal)
8. Daniel McLay (GB/Great Britain)
9. Nicola Ruffoni (Ita/Bardiani)
10. Domingos Goncalves (Por/Caja Rural-Seguros Rga)
1. Julien Vermote (Bel/Etixx - Quick-Step) 23hrs 07mins 29secs
2. Steve Cummings (GB/Dimension Data) +06secs
3. Ben Swift (GB/Team Sky) +1min 03secs
4. Tony Gallopin (Fra/Lotto Soudal) same time
5. Dan Martin (Ire/Etixx Quick-Step) +1min 04secs
6. Xandro Meurisse (Bel/Wanty-Groupe Gobert) +1min 08secs
7. Dylan van Baarle (Ned/Cannondale-Drapac) +1min 12secs
8. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Giant-Alpecin) same time
9. Jacopo Mosca (Ita/Trek-Segafredo) +1min 16 secs
10. Nicholas Roche (Ire/Team Sky) same time
Work to raise Drayton Road, the main road into Muchelney, was due to have been finished at the end of last month.
Bad weather now means it will not be completed until mid February, a Somerset County Council spokesman said.
Last winter large parts of the Levels were deluged with flooding, leaving villagers cut off for two months and a trunk road closed for several weeks.
A 547 yard-stretch (500m) of Drayton Road is being raised by more than 3.9 ft (120 cm) at its lowest point.
A council spokesman said: "We have been saying since the beginning of November that the Muchelney road raising was likely to run into the New Year.
"As things stand, we are hoping to be able to complete the works in February. However, as they have been from the beginning, all scheduled completion times will be subject to factors such as the weather."
Conservative Andrew Boff told the BBC it would not be cost-effective to keep paying for patches to make sure the operating system was secure.
Last year, a Freedom of Information request by the tech site Motherboard found 35,000 Met PCs ran XP.
Mr Boff said this had fallen to 27,000, which remained "worrying".
"I have fond memories of XP, I've only just got rid of it myself a few months ago," said Mr Boff.
Microsoft ceased providing free security and technical support to XP users in April 2014.
Currently, the Met is carrying out a plan to upgrade thousands of its computers to Windows 8.1.
Mr Boff said the force should instead upgrade to the latest Windows operating system, Windows 10.
"I'll be asking a question and, depending on the written reply I get, I'll then be questioning the mayor on whether or not they should start a review," he said.
"We spend an awful lot of money on information technology - we've got to get the best bang for our buck."
The Met Police confirmed that, by the end of September, a further 6,000 desktops will be upgraded to Windows 8.1, reducing the overall number of PCs still running XP to 21,000.
It added that those computers still running the older operating system will be covered by an extended support arrangement with Microsoft until April 2017 - at a cost of £1.65m.
The Met said a large amount of "legacy software" meant that the upgrade plan was not as easy as it might be at many other organisations.
"Further plans are being developed to address the remaining XP desktops," it added, "including reducing the overall number used by the organisation, replacing with laptops, tablets and disposing of equipment that cannot support Windows 8.1 and beyond."
The court said it would not overturn a rejection of clemency for Serge Atlaoui from Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
An execution date has not been set, but officials say it will not take place during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ends in mid-July.
Atlaoui was granted a last-minute reprieve in April and left out of a group of foreigners who were executed.
The attorney general has said the appeal against the rejection of his clemency bid was the final legal recourse for Atlaoui. His lawyers have nonetheless vowed to continue to seek legal avenues.
Indonesia's tough stance on drug trafficking has drawn international criticism.
It was always very unlikely that the administrative court would be able to spare Serge Atlaoui from his fate.
Other foreign drug convicts, including the late high-profile Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, had tried challenging the presidential rejection of their clemency, and failed.
The only thing that can keep Atlaoui now from the firing squad is a political decision.
Indonesia's second round of executions this year created a lot of negative publicity internationally. While the government has not shown any signs of relenting in its stance on the death penalty, the urgency in executing drug convicts seems to have quietly slipped away.
Atlaoui, who is a married father-of-four, was arrested by Jakarta police at a house in Banten province dubbed the "ecstasy pills factory" by local media.
A court found him guilty in 2007 of trafficking 551lb (250kg) of hallucinogens and 306lb of methamphetamines.
He was given the reprieve in May because his appeal of the clemency rejection was still outstanding in the courts.
France takes a very strong stance against the death penalty and President Francois Hollande has warned of diplomatic consequences if Atlaoui is executed.
Rebecca Gibney has cerebral palsy and epilepsy and is blind. She lives in the Short Strand area in the east of the city.
Last year Rebecca was given just six months to live but has defied the odds.
Her mum Tracy says Rebecca has been listening to Adele for years will smile and try to sing along.
If anyone turns it off, Rebecca goes into a mood, she said.
Tracy set up a social media campaign to try to get the star to visit.
The singer's manager called her on Tuesday afternoon to say they would be at the house in a hour.
"It's amazing. I'll never forget it. And I do know that when Rebecca passes away she did get her dream come true," Tracy said.
"It's made me feel like I'm the best mummy in the world which I never felt. Adele told me I was the best mummy in the world too."
Adele also invited Tracy and her other daughter to Tuesday's concert as her guests.
At least 250,000 people have filled the streets of the capital San Salvador for the ceremony.
It is the last step before Archbishop Romero is declared a saint.
He was shot dead by a sniper as he celebrated Mass in a hospital chapel on 24 March 1980.
No-one has been prosecuted for the murder.
The beatification ceremony was presided over by Vatican envoy Cardinal Angelo Amato, who made a call for forgiveness.
"His preference for the poor was not ideological, but evangelical. His charity extended to his persecutors," he said.
"Archbishop Romero's spirit remains alive and gives comfort to the marginalised people of the world," added Cardinal Amato.
About 80,000 people died and 12,000 disappeared during the war in the Central American nation.
In a letter to the Archbishop of San Salvador, Luis Escobar Alas, Pope Francis said the beatification of Archbishop Romero created "a favourable moment for true and proper reconciliation.
"In this day of joy for El Salvador and also for other Latin American countries, we thank God for giving the martyr archbishop the ability to see and feel the suffering of his people," said the Pope in his letter.
People started arriving overnight, keen to get a spot to watch what many people think is a long overdue recognition of a regional hero.
The people of El Salvador, carrying banners and chanting songs, were joined by people across the continent and further afield.
His supporters are not just those who lived through the civil war but younger generations too, who have listened to their homilies and say that his message was one of truth-telling and denouncing evil.
Oscar Romero is still a controversial figure in this divided country, though. There are those who feel he was more guerrilla than man of God. But they are not out in the crowds today.
Oscar Romero: Latin America’s martyr and hero
The event began with a procession from the cathedral - where Archbishop Romero's remains lie in a crypt - to Saviour of the World square in the centre of San Salvador, several kilometres away.
Giant TV screens were placed across the capital so that those away from the stage can watch the ceremony.
Archbishop Oscar Romero was not just a churchman. He took a stand during El Salvador's darkest moments, the BBC's Central America reporter Katy Watson says.
When the US-backed Salvadorean army was using death squads and torture to stop leftist revolutionaries from seizing power, he was not afraid to speak out in his weekly sermons, she says.
"The law of God which says thou shalt not kill must come before any human order to kill. It is high time you recovered your conscience," he said in his last homily in 1980, calling on the National Guard and police to stop the violence.
"I implore you, I beg you, I order you in the name of God: Stop the repression."
That was a sermon that cost him his life. A day later, while giving mass, he was hit through the heart by a single bullet.
Several conservative Latin American cardinals in the Vatican had blocked his beatification for years because they were concerned his death was prompted more by his politics than by his preaching.
Pope Benedict XVI finally reversed this in 2012.
Roseanne Rowan Armstrong, 43, told firefighters she was making a wreath when the accident happened at her home in Old Craighall on Sunday.
She later died in hospital.
The fire service said she probably saved her parents' lives by going back into the house twice to rescue both of them from the blaze.
Ms Armstrong, who was a carer to her mother and father, collapsed after getting her father out of the burning house at about 02:00. She was treated at the scene and then taken to the ERI.
Her parents, Bobby, 77, and Margaret Rose, 76, are being treated at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for smoke inhalation.
There were 10 aerosols in her bedroom where she had been making the wreath.
An investigation is being conducted at the ground floor flat in Old Craighall Road.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) spokesman said: "Our thoughts are with her family at this sad time.
"A joint investigation between Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Police Scotland is taking place to establish the cause of the fire."
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police in East Lothian are investigating following a house fire in Old Craighall in the early hours of Sunday.
"Three people were injured and taken to hospital for treatment.
"A 43-year-old woman was taken to the St Johns Hospital, Livingston with serious injuries where she sadly died.
"A man aged 77 and a woman aged 76 are being treated for minor injuries at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
"Inquiries are ongoing into the full circumstances."
The homemade device, which was found in the toilets at the Fishergate Shopping Centre in Preston on 17 December, ignited but did not explode.
David Rutherford, 24, of Barry Avenue, Preston appeared at the town's magistrates' court accused of unlawfully making an explosive with intent to endanger life.
He was remanded in custody for 14 days.
Paolo Passerini, defending, told the court he did not object to his client being remanded in custody but told magistrates there were "issues" over the defendant's mental health and his ability to understand proceedings.
No pleas were entered and there was no application for bail.
There will be a further hearing by video link on 8 January before the defendant's next court appearance on 14 January.
Walmart said Sean Clarke's experience would allow him to "reposition the business" in a competitive market.
Sean Clarke started his retail career at Asda in 2001 and has also worked for Walmart in Japan and Canada.
Asda has now reported seven straight quarters of declining sales.
The appointment comes as a surprise after Andy Clarke said last week in an interview that he would be succeeded by Roger Burnley, who is joining Asda from Sainsbury's.
Mr Burnley has been named as Asda's deputy chief executive and chief operating officer.
David Cheesewright, president and chief executive of Walmart International, said Mr Burnley was "a top talent and a future CEO".
Andy Clarke has served as Asda's chief executive for six years in an increasingly tough market.
Last month, the retailer said like-for-like sales in the first quarter of the year fell 5.7% in the face of "fierce competition".
It seems that Andy Clarke is going earlier than he anticipated. Although he moved faster than his main rivals to try to counter the threat of the discounters, Asda has been haemorrhaging sales for the last seven quarters. Mr Clarke promised to narrow the price gap but the discounters are still the cheapest grocers on the high street meanwhile Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons have all upped their game, leaving Asda trailing behind. Sean Clarke is described as a rising star within Walmart, someone who is experienced in dealing with major structural change. Clearly Walmart thinks a fresh pair of eyes is now needed to revive Asda's performance and he's been parachuted in.
Parent company Walmart will hope his successor can grab back some of their market share.
Mr Cheesewright said: "Sean is one of our most experienced global executives, and through his leadership we will build upon the momentum of Project Renewal to reposition Asda in a very competitive market place."
Project Renewal is a programme designed to overhaul Asda's product range, modernise its 95 largest stores and reduce costs.
Asda is attempting to recoup sales by narrowing the price gap with the discounters and widen its price advantage over its three biggest rivals.
All of the four major UK supermarket chains - Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons - have been engaged in a long-running price war as part of an attempt to slow gains in market share by discounters such as Aldi and Lidl.
Last week, online retailer Amazon launched its fresh grocery service in the UK, adding to competition in the sector.
He told an audience of Ryanair cabin crew, suited and booted in their blue and gold uniforms, and the assembled media that the economic debate about whether or not we'd be better or worse off if we left the EU is "over", saying it's time to "stop pretending". More to the point, his rivals on the other side are "conspiracists" who are reaching for more and more crazy theories to try to make their case.
Just in case you hadn't got the point that the Remain campaign is trying to show they have the weight of opinion on their side he brought along his old nemesis Ed Balls, his old lib Dem foe and colleague, Sir Vince Cable, and today, made all the arguments in front of a very shiny new Ryanair jet branded with the 'safer, stronger' slogans of the Remain campaign.
Oh, and for good measure, the Treasury have added some more claims to the fraught debate over statistics that £200bn would be lost from trade by 2030 if we go.
It is absolutely true that the weight of established economic opinion would agree with the chancellor that the UK economy would suffer somewhat, at least in the short term, as the UK tried to make its way outside the EU.
But it is also true that there are economists and businesses, smaller in number but significant nonetheless, who disagree. And indeed, swathes of the Conservative Party dispute it too. For Mr Osborne, Sir Vince Cable and Ed Balls the economic case is crystal clear, but the politics for the Tories is certainly not so straightforward.
Just as the chancellor is trying to claim victory in the economic debate his colleagues on the other side like Boris Johnson are digging in, characterising the debate as nothing less than a struggle between fat cats and the common man.
George Osborne can claim the economic debate is over, but voters will decide who and what they want to hear.
Dozens of demonstrators were arrested, with hundreds vowing to stay put to continue the protest.
Protesters want the Chinese government to scrap rules allowing it to vet Hong Kong's top leader in the 2017 poll.
Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said the demonstration was "illegal" and elections would go ahead as planned.
China has also condemned the protest, and offered "its strong backing" to the Hong Kong government.
The broader Occupy Central protest movement threw its weight behind the student-led protests on Sunday, bringing forward a mass civil disobedience campaign due to start on Wednesday.
Protesters blocked a busy thoroughfare that runs through the heart of Hong Kong's financial district on Sunday, clashing with police as they tried to join a mass sit-in outside government headquarters.
Police used pepper spray and repeatedly shot tear gas into the air to drive back the protesters from the busy Connaught Road. Protesters used umbrellas and face masks to defend themselves.
As evening fell, the police lobbed tear gas canisters into the crowd, scattering some of the protesters. But many of the demonstrators regrouped and retreated to a nearby park.
According to the AFP news agency, some 3,000 protesters blocked a second major thoroughfare in the Mongkok district of Kowloon late on Sunday.
After clashes with police earlier in the week, pro-democracy protesters appeared to be much better prepared on Sunday.
Many arrived sporting raincoats or wrapped in plastic with swimming goggles over their eyes - items chosen to protest against the sting of tear gas and pepper spray.
Still, there was surprise and chaos when the first round of tear gas was fired in the early evening. Thousands of people ran for cover when the canisters hit the ground, spewing white smoke and a distinctively sharp smell into the air.
I was helped by a middle-aged couple who noticed my growing baby bump and were concerned for my health. They pressed a water-soaked blue handkerchief into my face to reduce the amount of tear gas I would breath in. But they disappeared before I could thank them properly.
The student organisers behind the protest, the Hong Kong Federation of Students, have appealed for students to retreat due to fears that police could use rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
A co-organiser of Occupy Central, Chan Kin-man, says he supports the students' decision.
Police said they had arrested 78 people on Sunday on charges of "forcible entry into government premises, unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct in public place, assaulting public officers and obstructing police officers in due execution of duties".
It comes after the arrest of more than 70 people in Saturday's protests, including prominent student activist leader Joshua Wong, who has since been released.
Thousands joined a sit-in organised by students outside government headquarters this weekend, bolstering a week-old protest, which began as a strike by students calling for democratic reforms.
Occupy Central had originally planned to paralyse the central business district next Wednesday, but organisers advanced the protest and changed the location in an apparent bid to harness momentum from student protests.
The announcement came early on Sunday, with a statement by the movement saying Mr Leung had "failed to deliver on political reform".
But speaking in his first public statement since the protests began, Mr Leung said that he and his government had "been listening attentively to members of [the] public".
He said that political consultations would continue on the planned changes but warned that "resolute" action would be taken against the "illegal demonstration".
The protesters had also called for further talks but it is not clear how far - if at all - Mr Leung's mention of further consultations will be seen as recognising their demands.
A spokesman for China's Hong Kong and Macau affairs office said that Beijing "firmly opposes all illegal activities that could undermine rule of law and jeopardise 'social tranquillity' and it offers its strong backing" to the Hong Kong government, Xinhua news agency reports.
Unrest began when the Chinese government announced that candidates for the 2017 chief executive election would first have to be approved by a nominating committee.
Activists have argued that this does not amount to true democracy.
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Two-month-old Daisy Mae Burrill died three days after John Burrill fractured his daughter's skull in Fleetwood, Lancashire.
The prosecution said her injuries were consistent with being gripped by the legs and swung against a hard surface.
The 31-year-old had admitted manslaughter at Preston Crown Court but a jury found him guilty of murder.
He had initially told medical staff and police the infant became limp but he could not explain why.
The court heard the child's mother, Ashlee Cox, described her then-partner as "moody" when he got up to feed the baby at their home in Gordon Road on the morning of 11 March.
Burrill told the court the baby had initially gone back to sleep but began to cry again.
He admitted to jurors he lost his temper "quite a lot" and added: "I think the tiredness just took over and I really lost my rag and I threw her down on to the couch."
The baby was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital and later transferred to Manchester Children's Hospital where her life support was switched off on 14 March.
Burrill could not explain the extent of her injuries.
In his closing speech, prosecutor Andrew O'Byrne QC, said the defendant had lied repeatedly to "save his own skin".
"Poor Daisy Mae made the fateful error. The child cried and irritated her father. He lost his temper and he hurt her and he killed her.
"I am sure that he now regrets it, but that is the cold and brutal truth," he added.
Burrill will be sentenced on Wednesday.
The group said it expected earnings this year before interest and tax (EBITA) to be about 20% down on 2015.
It blamed continuing pressures on margins as a result of "expected lower activity" by oil and gas firms.
The Aberdeen-based firm said its profit expectations for the year were "in line with current analyst consensus expectations" of about $377m (£261m).
In a statement, Wood said: "Year to date financial performance, although down on 2015, continues to benefit from the breadth of our offering, our focus on management of utilisation in response to demand, and structural overhead cost savings."
It added: "Our continued focus on reducing costs, improving efficiency and broadening our service offering through organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions, positions us as a strong and balanced business in both the current environment and for when market conditions recover.
"A trading update for the first half of the year will be provided on 30 June 2016."
Wood recently announced a series of major contract wins, including two new contracts in Iraq worth a combined $140m, and a $500m deal to provide services for BP-operated offshore projects in Azerbaijan.
The group operates in more than 50 countries. Its three businesses - Wood Group PSN, Wood Group Kenny and Wood Group Mustang - provide a range of engineering, production support and maintenance management services to the oil and gas and power generation industries.
The organisation hopes the fund will lower the number of arrivals into EU nations.
Under the deal, the EU's executive is contributing €1bn to the fund, while the 28 member states will contribute the rest.
More than a million migrants reached the EU last year by sea, many of them travelling through Turkey.
Turkey is home to nearly three million refugees, most of them fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Syria.
A deal was struck last year between Turkey and the EU, offering Turkey funding and political concessions in return for tightening its borders.
However, financing was only secured on Wednesday after Italy dropped its objections.
Italy had questioned how much of the money should come from EU budgets but the measure has now passed unanimously.
Welcoming the move, European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans said: "The money we are putting on the table will directly benefit Syrian refugees in Turkey.
"I also welcome the measures already taken by the Turkish authorities to give Syrian refugees access to the labour market and to reduce the flows."
Ogilvie can play at left-back or centre-back, but has yet to play a first-team match for Spurs.
The 19-year-old played 16 times in the Under-21 Premier League last term and has joined on a one-month youth loan.
Former Manchester City and Blackpool youngster Kettings, 22, has moved on a one-month loan.
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The man, in his 30s, was checking boat moorings in Mylor Creek, near Falmouth in Cornwall when he got stuck.
Falmouth Coastguard said a mud rescue team with specialist equipment rescued the man.
He was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital for treatment.
A coastguard spokesman said a resident who lived nearby called the emergency services at about 15:00 GMT on Saturday.
He warned people to be cautious around tidal waters.
The Missouri woman spoke to the delivery man at the door while her alleged captor, her own husband, was standing behind her with a gun.
She managed to write her plea for help on the mail item and the driver alerted police, according to court documents.
A SWAT team was dispatched and arrested James Tyler Jordan, 33.
The wife told police that shortly before the UPS driver showed up at the property near Robertsville on Tuesday, her husband was holding a gun to her head and had threatened he would kill her then turn the weapon on himself.
Mr Jordan's wife told authorities her husband had forced her to strip and subjected her to sexual assaults while refusing to let her leave the house.
During her ordeal, which began on Monday night, a three-year-old child was locked in a bedroom without food or water for 15 hours, according to court documents.
"He was a huge help," Franklin County Sheriff's Department Sgt TJ Wild told KMOV-TV of the UPS driver.
In a statement, UPS praised its employee for having "followed protocol when he saw a customer in distress".
Mr Jordan is charged with sexual assault, domestic assault, felonious restraint, unlawful use of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child.
He is being held on $100,000 (£80,000) bail.
Writing on his blog, Manchester City Council leader Sir Richard Leese said: "We've had at least one example of somebody commuting from London to beg on our streets."
He suggested Mancunians were "a generous lot" and "more than willing to put something into an empty cup".
One homeless charity described the situation as "complicated".
The Labour politician said: "I suspect that most people who give to beggars think the money is going to pay for food and shelter, when the most likely beneficiaries are the nearest off-licence, drug dealer or the mysterious people seen dropping some beggars off in the city centre and then picking them up again later in the day."
He said his council would soon have "real engagement" with "generous Manchester people" about how their generosity can most benefit people in genuine need "largely by supporting those voluntary organisations best placed to work with people on the street, rather than supporting individual drug and alcohol habits."
He acknowledged homelessness was a "serious and growing problem", not only in Manchester, but across the country.
"Lack of affordable housing, welfare cuts and cuts to support services have all fuelled this growth," Sir Richard added.
Referring to the homelessness camp in Manchester city centre, he said: "One thing we do know is that plonking tents in the city centre is not the way of dealing with homelessness, although in reality many of the tent occupiers are not homeless.
"I think we have a number of serial protesters who are quite willing to use some of our most vulnerable citizens for their own political ends, including making it difficult for our street homelessness team to reach out to people who need help."
He said the council had been able to house everyone in the camps who was willing to be housed.
Sir Richard said he was working on proposals "to ensure that as winter comes in, nobody needs to be out on the street."
But a spokesman for Homeless Link, the national membership charity for organisations working directly with people who become homeless in England, said: "The situation is very complicated; just as not all homeless people are sleeping rough, not everyone begging on the streets during the day is homeless.
"Many of those of begging or who are homeless will have complex needs, will be vulnerable and need support from the appropriate agencies."
The organisation campaigns to make services better and for policy changed that will help end homelessness.
Kate McDonald, chief executive of Young People's Support Foundation, a charity that works with young people in Manchester, said there were a lot more people on the street than 18 months ago.
"We have seen a lot of young people living in the camps and quite a lot who have come to join the camps and don't want any help. We have seen a few who already have accommodation," she said.
Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has spent years in prison for calling for political change in his country. For more than half of his marriage to Liu Xia he has been imprisoned, and now he is dying of cancer. The BBC's Celia Hatton looks back at how the couple's love survived.
They fought to be allowed to marry each other. But when the government in Beijing finally backed down, permitting one of its unrelenting critics to marry his love, problems remained.
The camera that was supposed to take the couple's official marriage picture wouldn't work. The photographer was left scratching his head. Chinese marriage certificates aren't valid unless they contain an official portrait snapped at the scene.
So, Liu Xiaobo and and his would-be wife, Liu Xia, improvised. They found single photos of themselves and stuck them side by side. The makeshift photo was stamped and finally, they were married.
That was in 1996.
Getting married was a small victory for the couple. It gave Liu Xia the right to visit her new husband in the grim labour camp in north-eastern China where he had recently been imprisoned. Liu Xia made the 1,600km (1,000 miles) round trip from Beijing every month.
"The train to the concentration camp," she wrote in a poem. "Sobbing pass and running over my body/ Yet I still couldn't hold your hand."
Their wedding banquet was in the labour camp's cafeteria, a scenario that would prove to be symbolic. Throughout their intense romance, the Chinese government was a relentless and interfering third wheel, the uninvited partner providing a constant backdrop to their interactions.
By all accounts, Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia were inseparable, except when they were forcibly separated.
Liu Xiaobo started as a brilliant writer and a beloved professor who was often invited to speak and study abroad.
In the spring of 1989, he was in New York City when he heard about the pro-democracy protests making their way to Tiananmen Square. He returned home to China at once.
Xiaobo helped spur on the protesters, as their calls for political reform rose to a crescendo, and then helped to negotiate with Chinese soldiers for many of the students to leave without harm.
It is still a state secret how many were killed by government forces in June 1989, but most agree the death toll would have been far higher without Liu Xiaobo.
That made little difference to the government.
Days after the silence fell on Tiananmen, Xiaobo was placed in a secret detention centre. He stayed there for almost twenty months. When he was released, he had lost nearly everything, including his prestigious teaching job and his home.
It was then that Liu Xiaobo connected with the light of his life: an exuberant young poet named Liu Xia.
"I found all the beauty in the world in this one woman," he reportedly told a friend.
Six years younger, she was already recognised as a gifted writer. Her close friend, the writer Liao Yiwu, said that back then, she was always giggling. Xia's high tolerance for alcohol was also legendary; she could drink her friends under the table. Xiaobo adored large meals, but would only drink Coca-Cola.
Liu Xia came from a privileged background, the daughter of a high-ranking banking official. She was expected to become a civil servant too, but had recently given up that stable life in favour of writing.
Against all odds, Xia's parents encouraged her relationship with Xiaobo, despite his political troubles.
In the early days, the couple tried to establish the semblance of a normal life. Xiaobo moved into Xia's apartment, not far from Tiananmen Square, and they made a life together.
Liu Xiaobo was under near-constant surveillance by security agents, who pressured him to stop writing about the need for democracy, to stop criticising China's one-party state.
"You must understand: If the government persecutes someone, the first thing they try to do is disturb their private life" explains the couple's friend, Tienchi Martin-Liao.
"They will separate the couple. If someone is in jail, their family's life ends too."
The couple never seriously considered having a larger family, Tienchi says.
"I asked him once, 'Hey, why don't you have a child with Liu Xia?'" Tienchi continues.
"Xiaobo told me: 'I do not want that child, a son or a daughter, to see their father be taken away by the police'.
"He told me that. That is the reason why the couple never had children."
Tienchi worked as Liu Xiaobo's editor, spending hours on the phone with him. Xia would sometimes bring him soup while he was on the phone, and Tienchi would listen to him happily slurp it down.
Later, when Xiaobo was handed his final prison sentence, the one that would put him behind bars for 11 years, Tienchi switched to speaking with Xia, who often sobbed on the phone.
"Of course she loves him and she is willing to do everything for him," Tienchi explained. "And sometimes she complains. Not really complains but still she says, 'Well, I have never had a peaceful day since I am with you together.'
"Which is true, which is totally true. Which doesn't mean that she wants to leave him or anything like that. She just wants to emphasise how difficult and under what hard conditions their love connection to each other has survived."
Even when Liu Xiaobo was out of prison, the couple was rarely left alone for long.
"Because he has written so many socially critical articles, a lot of underprivileged people would go to his house," Tienchi Liao remembers.
"He doesn't even know them. They just knock at his door and ring the bell at his house and say, 'please help me, some injustice has happened to me'. And mostly, he would help those people."
Liu Xiaobo once recalled that even the pleasures of a birthday party were sometimes impossible.
He once told a Hong Kong newspaper, "at Liu Xia's birthday, her best friend brought two bottles of wine but they were blocked by the police from my home. I ordered a cake and the police also rejected the man who delivered the cake to us. I quarrelled with them and the police said, "it is for your security. Bomb attacks are common these days."
But Xiaobo didn't ever decide to stop his work, even when it interfered with his home life with Xia. And some of that drive he blamed on his concern for her future.
"Liu Xiaobo frankly explained that he wanted to take advantage of the energy that he still has," his biographer and close friend, the writer Yu Jie, wrote.
"So he could save up more money for Liu Xia, just in case one day something happened to him. At least Liu Xia would still be able to live without worrying about food and clothing."
Some intellectuals said he wrote too many articles, and some of them lacked polish.
Everything changed when Liu Xiaobo helped to draft and circulate Charter 08, the document calling for an end to China's one-party rule that would land him in prison.
Xia had always stayed away from Xiaobo's political commentary, but she told the filmmaker Ai Xiaoming that she knew Charter 08 heralded trouble.
"I saw it coming early on," she explained. "'From the time that the first draft of Charter 08 appeared in my home, to when Xiaobo threw himself into revising it, I just knew that something terrible was going to happen."
"Did you read it?" Ai asked her.
"I had no interest in doing so," she answered. "But I knew there'd be big trouble. I tried to tell Xiaobo, but it was no use. I could only do what I'd done in the past - patiently wait for calamity to descend."
Before Charter 08 was officially released, Xiaobo was taken away. At his trial almost a year later, he was found guilty of trying to overthrow the state.
His last public statement, made to the court in 2009, ended with an acknowledgement to his wife.
He said: "Throughout all these years that I have lived without freedom, our love was full of bitterness imposed by outside circumstances, but as I savour its aftertaste, it remains boundless.
"I am serving my sentence in a tangible prison, while you wait in the intangible prison of the heart. Your love is the sunlight that leaps over high walls and penetrates the iron bars of my prison window, stroking every inch of my skin, warming every cell of my body, allowing me to always keep peace, openness, and brightness in my heart, and filling every minute of my time in prison with meaning.
"My love for you, on the other hand, is so full of remorse and regret that it at times makes me stagger under its weight."
It's unclear how much Liu Xiaobo knew about Xia's living conditions after he began his final prison sentence.
Shortly after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 she was placed under strict house arrest, confined to her small apartment in Beijing.
When speaking with the BBC in 2010, Liu Xia said she couldn't give Xiaobo any detailed information about her house arrest. "We were not allowed to talk about these things. We couldn't talk about these things. Anyhow, I thought he could understand me. I just told him, 'I live a life similar to yours'."
"Originally I thought, when it just happened, that I would just be locked in for about a month or two. Time flies, now I've been locked for two years."
As the years under house arrest dragged on, Xia became clinically depressed.
She had intermittent access to a phone, but could only phone a few close family members. A group of police would take Xia to see Xiaobo on occasions, but those visits were closely watched by the authorities, who would halt conversations if too much was shared.
Liu Xiaobo was finally reunited with his wife only after it was clear that he was dying of liver cancer. After he received medical parole and was transferred to a hospital in northern China, he pushed to leave China for overseas treatment. For Xia's sake, sources told the BBC.
"He worries what will happen when he's gone," one friend explained. "He wants to take her out of China, and her brother too."
Tienchi's voice drops when asked about the future for Liu Xia after her beloved Xiaobo passes away. "We know that she is very ill, physically and psychologically. We are all worried he doesn't have much time to live and we are all worried afterwards what happens to her."
When Xiaobo is gone, Xia will have little left of him. In 2009, she admitted that even Xiaobo's poems and letters to her have all but gone.
"During Xiaobo's re-education through labour for three years from 8 October 1996 to 8 October 1999, I wrote him more than 300 letters and he wrote me 2-3 million words. After our home was raided several times, his writings generally disappeared.
"This is our life."
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The bid was rejected but Lovren said his "head is already at Liverpool".
Saints have seen Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw, plus coach Mauricio Pochettino, leave this summer.
"Look, I'd gladly stay in Southampton if the club had any ambitions, if they kept the key players," Lovren told Croatian paper Sportske Novosti.
The player, whose agent told the BBC the quotes were accurate, added that "not even the Liverpool bid" would have persuaded him to leave had England internationals Lambert, Lallana and Shaw stayed.
Striker Lambert and midfielder Lallana have already completed moves to Liverpool, while defender Shaw has joined Manchester United.
Pochettino has also left to take over at Tottenham, while chairman Nicola Cortese, who brought Lovren to St Mary's, left in January.
"When I decided to go to Southampton, many people were surprised, but I went because the people at the club had great ambition," said Lovren.
"It was because of that I'd agreed to sign for Southampton. When the chairman left, and Pochettino was going too as early as April, I realised things had fallen apart."
The defender said he was also upset by the way Southampton have handled the Liverpool bid.
"Liverpool sent the offer and the club haven't informed me," he said. "Not even about the subsequent Liverpool bids. That wasn't right.
"I found out about the bid from other people which disappointed me and I realised I've got no business staying at Southampton. Frankly, my head is already at Liverpool."
Lovren, who was part of the Croatia team that finished third in Group A at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil. joined the Saints from Lyon for £8.5m last summer. He is currently 12 months into a four-year contract.
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Southampton centre-back Dejan Lovren says he wants to move to Liverpool, who offered £20m for the 25-year-old Croatia defender earlier this week.
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Their application was unanimously approved, meaning they can now compete in the European Team Championships.
The Sarnians have followed in the footsteps of fellow islanders Jersey, who made their debut last year.
"It will inspire players to improve their game, get on court and train," Watts told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"It's very easy on an island to become a little bit stagnant and not have the interest from players, but if you have something for the top players to aim for that filters down through the system."
Guernsey will enter a men's and women's team into division three of the European tournament in April, where they could face the likes of Italy, Greece and Portugal.
Chris Simpson, the island's highest-ranked player, won division one with England in Romania this year and must now choose whether to represent them or Guernsey.
"Chris is a professional athlete so we've got his best interests at heart as well," added Watts.
"It's the next level down really, for the guys that are looking to possibly aspire to Chris' standard in the future.
"The reason we've done it is squash isn't always in the Island Games and it's becoming much harder for our players to get into the Commonwealth Games, so we need something for our elite players to aim for."
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Guernsey director of squash Martin Watts says being given membership of the European Squash Federation will reignite interest in the sport.
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They are adapting Fey's 2004 film which starred Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert as a cliquey gang of mean high-school girls.
The film also starred Lizzy Caplan, Amy Poehler and Fey herself as a teacher.
Richmond told Billboard: "We definitely want to see some kind of shape by the end of the summer."
But he said there would still be plenty of work to do once he, Fey and lyricist Nell Benjamin felt they had finished.
"We know that 60 or 70% of that will go away when we start bringing in real singers and actors. We'll do a lot of rewriting," he said.
He added: "The most difficult part of the process is determining what are your best song ideas, and what do you leave alone as dialogue?"
The musical is eagerly-awaited by fans of the film, which won several MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards in 2005 and has since gained cult status among many.
Some of the film's best lines - such as "fetch" and "you can't sit with us" - have also been adopted into many fans' everyday vocabulary.
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The Mean Girls musical by Tina Fey and her husband, composer Jeff Richmond, should be finished this summer, according to Richmond.
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Seamus Daly lived "under the radar" near the Irish border before he was arrested at a retail centre car park in Newry, County Down, prosecutors said.
It was confirmed charges were brought based on a review of available evidence rather than any new material.
Mr Daly was refused bail at a hearing on Wednesday.
The case against him centres on telephone analysis allegedly linking him to the outrage.
A former business associate who said he spoke to him on a mobile believed to have been used by the bomb team is a "pivotal" prosecution witness, a judge was told.
Mr Daly faces 29 counts of murder over the August 1998 Real IRA attack.
The 43-year-old bricklayer, originally from Culloville, County Monaghan, but now residing in Jonesborough, County Armagh, also faces counts of causing the explosion in Omagh and possession of a bomb in the County Tyrone market town with intent to endanger life or property.
He is further charged with conspiring to cause an explosion and having explosives with intent in connection with a separate dissident republican bomb plot in Lisburn, County Antrim, in April that year.
No one has ever been convicted in connection with the massacre at Omagh.
But Mr Daly, who has a previous conviction in the Republic of Ireland for IRA membership, has already been found liable for the bombing in a landmark civil action taken by victims' families.
The court heard that a man named Denis O'Connor claims Daly phoned him on the day of the attack using a mobile suspected of having travelled into Omagh on the bomb run.
Cell-site analysis also allegedly links him to the earlier bomb incident at Lisburn involving a similar modus operandi and warnings.
Asked by the judge if any of the information was new, prosecution counsel confirmed it was already known to police.
She contended, however, that there had been difficulties in locating Mr Daly before he was detained on 7 April.
He gave police a false name - believed to be that of his brother - and incorrect address.
Opposing bail, the lawyer said the chance to arrest him only emerged when he left his home.
"Police believe he has been residing in that address, almost keeping under the radar," she said.
Questioned on how long detectives had been looking for him, she replied: "Police would say in the region of five years."
Throughout four days of interviews Mr Daly made no comment to all questions.
In a pre-prepared statement, he denied being a member of the IRA or any involvement in either the Lisburn attempted bombing or the attack on Omagh, whose 29 victims included the mother of unborn twins.
Defence counsel argued that the case against his client is too weak for criminal charges.
"There's been no additional evidence in 14 years," he said.
"It has been undoubtedly analysed and undoubtedly conclusions reached (previously) that there was insufficient evidence. Nothing has changed from that."
Rejecting any suggestion that the accused had been evading the authorities, the barrister said he has been in Northern Ireland for nearly three years.
"He's just been living a normal family life at that location," he added.
However, the judge said the prosecution had established a reasonable suspicion against Mr Daly.
He said he was refusing bail due to the twin risks the accused may commit other serious offences or flee.
A survey of 2,042 people aged 18 to 24 conducted for the Money Advice Trust by YouGov found that they borrowed using credit cards, overdrafts and loans from family and friends.
Just over half said they regularly worried about money, with 32% feeling their debts were a "heavy burden".
Women were much more likely to worry about money than men, the survey found.
The average debt of £2,989 excludes student loans and mortgages. The average student loan balance is £25,505.
National Debtline, run by the trust, says that too few young people are seeking free advice from debt charities when they fall into financial difficulty.
It has published a new report called Borrowed Years, which outlines measures that could help under-25s to better manage their money and avoid financial problems. They include:
Joanna Elson, the trust's chief executive, said: "With many young people beginning to build up debts soon after they turn 18, we have a real battle on our hands as a society to make sure they receive the support they need.
"Worryingly, far too few under-25s are seeking advice when they fall into difficulty. If we let this situation continue, there is a real risk that young debts will become old debts, with the financial prospects and life chances of young adults being negatively affected as a result."
The research found that most young people try to manage their personal finances effectively.
More than two thirds (69%) of 18 to 24-year-olds have set a budget that they try to stick to and 71% check their account balance online at least once a week.
However, 37% of those in debt say they do not have a plan to repay what they owe, and 42% said they have found managing their money more difficult than expected.
Emma (not her real name), got a credit card after turning 18 and initially was able to make repayments, which led her provider to raise the credit limit.
But Emma became more reliant on her credit card and she began to spend more than she could afford. After losing her job at the age of 20, she could not afford the repayments and took out a loan in a bid to clear the £3,000 balance on her card.
After contacting National Debtline, its advisers explained the options open to Emma, which helped her get a better deal with her creditors and be "more sensible" with her money.
1. Draw up a budget
2. Get more money in
3. Spend less where you can
4. Take care with contracts
5. Choose your bank wisely
6. Save if you can
7. Plan! Plan! Plan!
8. If you borrow, borrow safely
9. Look after your student finances
10. Get free debt advice if you need it from National Debtline or 0808 808 4000.
The Money Advice Trust was founded in 1991 as an independent charity with the support of the government, creditors and the advice sector.
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The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said survey evidence suggested there had been more than two years of falling land prices.
It said this had also been partly caused by low commodity prices.
The evidence also suggested there were expectations of the declining market to continue for at least another year.
RICS called on the government to "rural-proof" policy, to protect the farming and forestry sectors against change.
Although the price slide began long before the European referendum, the survey evidence pointed to Brexit as a key source of uncertainty around land purchase.
The UK government has promised to sustain the Common Agriculture Policy payments one year after it plans to withdraw from the European Union, which is in 2019.
RICS called on that pledge to be extended.
Hew Edgar, of RICS in Scotland, said: "There is currently little belief amongst those likely to be impacted that current payment levels will be maintained post 2020.
"Furthermore, any loss of access to the single market and restrictions on freedom of movement of labour will also impact on land-based businesses.
"Imposition of tariffs, for example, on Scotland's beef and lamb exports will affect profitability of the sector."
However, Mr Edgar said that despite the uncertainty ahead, change also presented an opportunity to capitalise on Scotland's natural resources, heritage and landscape.
He said a targeted rural development policy to assist Scotland's land-based businesses to become multi-functional enterprises would be essential post Brexit.
It happened in the car park at Morrisons in King Street in Aberdeen at about 13:10 on Sunday.
The woman was loading her shopping into a car when the man grabbed her purse.
Det Insp Allen Shaw said: "This is an absolutely despicable robbery. Thankfully she has sustained fairly minor injuries but is understandably extremely upset."
The suspect is described as being in his 20s, about 5ft 7in tall, and was wearing light-coloured trousers and a hooded jacket with a light upper half and darker lower half.
The false claims began circulating on social media shortly after the attack.
A Facebook post by a man who claimed to know one of the survivors was shared more than 60,000 times.
Some US news outlets had also reported claims of multiple gunmen.
Their reports were subsequently updated to reflect statements from police that only one man, Omar Mateen, was behind the attack.
On Monday, a screen grab of the Facebook status, which continued to claim that multiple gunmen were "still out there", was shared thousands of times on Twitter, along with claims that "Facebook has deleted this post", because "the media didn't want to scare the public".
The author of the Facebook post, Cody Agnew, claimed that his "employee's sister" was caught up in the attack and that she "took 12 bullets, 11 were removed and one is in her liver and can't be taken out".
His post then described how the injured woman was "coherent" and also warned her friends and family that "there were two others in the club who were slaughtering people".
Orlando Police quickly denied the claims after Twitter users directed their attention to the post.
Despite their denial being re-tweeted about 500 times, the claim that multiple gunmen were involved has continued to circulate on social media, and has stirred debate on Facebook.
Some users have also investigated Cody Agnew's account and shared screen grabs of his other Facebook updates.
In these posts, he claimed to have a terminal illness in 2012, and asked various singers including Christina Milian, if they would be willing to "kiss a dying boy on the lips".
It is impossible to probe Cody Agnew's account further as he has now deleted his profile from Facebook.
Reports of multiple gun shots at the club have now been explained by the fact that an off-duty police officer, who was working there, engaged Mateen in a gun battle before other officers arrived.
This is not the first time that false reports have received attention on social media after mass shootings.
Following the Sandy Hook mass shooting in 2012, in which 26 people died, a YouTube video, which claimed the event had been faked, was watched by more than 8.6 million people. despite being debunked as a conspiracy theory.
Reporting by Hannah Henderson
The Swiss company said it had taken the decision with "immediate effect".
However, IAAF president Lord Coe said he was "angered" by the decision and would "not accept" it.
Last month, sportswear giant Adidas ended its sponsorship deal with the IAAF.
"We have decided to end our partnership with the IAAF Kids Athletics programme with immediate effect," Nestle said.
"This decision was taken in light of negative publicity associated with allegations of corruption and doping in sport made against the IAAF.
"We believe this could negatively impact our reputation and image and will therefore terminate our existing agreement with the IAAF, established in 2012.
"We have informed the IAAF of our decision and await a formal acknowledgment from them that our partnership has ended."
Lord Coe responded strongly, simply saying he was "angered and dismayed by today's kids' athletics announcement.
"We will not accept it. It's the kids who will suffer."
In a wider statement, the IAAF also emphasised the number of children that would be affected by Nestle's decision.
"In 2016, IAAF Kids' Athletics plans to reach a further 15 countries, training 360 lecturers, instructing 8,640 physical education teachers, with three million children participating by the end of the activation," the governing body said.
The IAAF is reeling in the face of widespread allegations of corruption and bribery. New president Lord Coe was brought in to clean up the organisation, and has been travelling the world trying to ease the concerns of corporate sponsors.
The loss of Nestle, coming so soon after Adidas, is a big blow to the body.
While Nestle was in the final year of its deal, Adidas' 11-year sponsorship deal, reportedly worth $33m (£23m), was due to run until 2019.
However, sources have told the BBC the figure was much higher and worth up to $8m a year.
Donegal produced an unconvincing display in their round 2A win over Longford on Saturday to progress to the next round of the series.
The ties will be played on 8 July, with three games involving Ulster counties in round 2B having already scheduled for this Saturday.
Wexford play Monaghan, Westmeath face Armagh and Cavan host Tipperary.
Mayo ensured their passage by beating Derry in extra-time as the Oak Leafers became the third Ulster county to exit this year's All-Ireland series, following earlier defeats for Antrim and Fermanagh.
Meath were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster SFC and edged past Sligo on Saturday, but they may prove a difficult obstacle in Navan for a seemingly out-of-sorts Donegal.
Monday's draw for the second round of the All-Ireland hurling qualifiers paired Dublin with Tipperary and Waterford with Kilkenny.
Researchers found bore-holes indicative of Osedax worms in the fossilised flipper of a plesiosaur, and the rib and shell of an ancient sea turtle.
This implies that these scavengers, also known as zombie worms, may have influenced which fossils remain today.
The research appears in the Royal Society's journal Biology Letters.
"Our discovery shows that these bone-eating worms did not co-evolve with whales, but that they also devoured the skeletons of large marine reptiles that dominated oceans in the age of the dinosaurs," said the study's co-author Dr Nicholas Higgs, a researcher at Plymouth University's Marine Institute.
"Osedax, therefore, prevented many skeletons from becoming fossilised, which might hamper our knowledge of these extinct leviathans."
This family of worms, first discovered by a deep-sea robot off the California coast in 2002, makes its living from corpses that fall onto the seafloor. They have been found at depths of up to 4km.
As adults, the finger-length worms have no mouth or digestive system. Instead they burrow into bones using root-like tendrils, which they use to drink up the fatty molecules they need to survive.
It was previously thought that they had co-evolved with whales, whose graveyards they often call home at the bottom of today's oceans.
But the new research suggests zombie worms must have been around much earlier - 100 million years ago, in fact, when huge plesiosaurs roamed the deep. Then when those huge reptiles died out, 66 million years ago, they made do with sea turtle corpses until whales emerged another 20 million years later.
The evidence that positions Osedax worms firmly inside the plesiosaur corpse is the cavities they left behind. Dr Higgs and his colleague Silvia Danise made detailed 3D scans of two bore-holes left in the plesiosaur's flipper bone, along with four from the sea turtle skeleton.
They closely match the borings left in modern whale bones.
As well as implying that these deep-sea zombie worms have a long and hungry history, the findings suggest that the scavengers may have consumed whole bones and skeletons before they became fossils - leaving holes not just in the bones that are left, but in our fossil record of the oceans.
"The increasing evidence for Osedax throughout the oceans past and present, combined with their propensity to rapidly consume a wide range of vertebrate skeletons, suggests that Osedax may have had a significant negative effect on the preservation of marine vertebrate skeletons in the fossil record," said Dr Danise, who has now moved from Plymouth to the University of Georgia in the US.
"By destroying vertebrate skeletons before they could be buried, Osedax may be responsible for the loss of data on marine vertebrate anatomy and carcass-fall communities on a global scale."
Moises Sanchez was abducted from his home in the eastern state of Veracruz by gunmen on 2 January.
He reported on corruption and violence for weekly newspaper La Union in the town of Medellin de Bravo.
Veracruz is among the most dangerous Mexican states for journalists to work in, according to Mexico's National Commission on Human Rights.
Veracruz state prosecutor Luis Angel Bravo said Mr Sanchez's body had been found on the outskirts of Medellin de Bravo on Saturday.
Mr Bravo said a former police officer confessed to taking part in Mr Sanchez's murder.
The prosecutor also told reporters that the suspect said he had acted on orders from local Mayor Omar Cruz.
Mr Cruz has not commented on the allegations.
As mayor he enjoys immunity from prosecution, but Mr Bravo said he would ask for it to be withdrawn so Mr Cruz could be charged.
Local media have compared the case to that of 43 students who went missing from the town of Iguala in south-western Guerrero state four months ago.
Investigators in the Iguala case said municipal police officers confessed to handing the students over to a gang which killed them.
Like the officer in the case of Moises Sanchez, the municipal police officers in Iguala alleged they were acting on the orders of the town's mayor, Jose Luis Abarca.
Mr Abarca, who denies the charges, is being held in a high-security jail in the capital, Mexico City.
The students' disappearance triggered a series of mass protests by Mexicans who say they are fed up with high levels of corruption and collusion between local authorities, the police and criminal gangs.
Relatives of the 43 are planning to march to Zocalo square in Mexico City on Monday to demand more be done to find them.
The remains of only one of the students have been identified so far.
The relatives of the 42 others say they will not give up their search until they have evidence of the students' deaths.
The Sanger Institute team estimate one in every four UK people is a carrier.
The gene's effect is comparable to two decades of sun exposure in terms of cancerous changes, they say.
While people with two copies of the gene will have ginger hair, freckles and pale skin and probably know to take extra care in the sun, those with one copy may not realise they are at risk.
Around 25% of UK adults have one version of the gene called MC1R which increases their risk of malignant melanoma.
These carriers may not always look like "easy burners", say the researchers - but they are.
Although not true redheads, they will have pale skin and some freckles and are prone to sun damage. Their natural hair colour can range from brown through to blond, sometimes with a hint of red.
The researchers looked at more than 400 tumour samples from patients who had been diagnosed with melanoma.
They found that the patients who had at least one copy of a genetic variant of MC1R had 42% more sun-associated mutations in their cancers than individuals without these variations - equivalent to the toll of an additional 21 years in the sun.
The findings, in Nature Communications, suggest that people with the red hair gene are naturally less able to protect themselves from the sun's damaging UV rays.
MC1R provides instructions for cells that produce a pigment called melanin, which is what makes skin go brown to protect it from UV damage.
The red hair gene version of MC1R does not offer much tanning or sun protection.
Type 1 - Often burns, rarely tans. Tends to have freckles, red or fair hair, blue or green eyes
Type 2 - Usually burns, sometimes tans. Tends to have light hair, blue or brown eyes
Type 3 - Sometimes burns, usually tans. Tends to have brown hair and eyes
Type 4 - Rarely burns, often tans. Tends to have dark brown eyes and hair
Type 5 - Naturally brown skin. Often has dark brown eyes and hair
Type 6 - Naturally black-brown skin. Usually has black-brown eyes and hair
Find out if your skin tone is at risk of sun damage
Lead researcher Dr David Adams, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, said the findings reinforced the message that people need to be sun aware.
"All people, not just pale redheads, should be careful in the sun.
"It has been known for a while that a person with red hair has an increased likelihood of developing skin cancer, but this is the first time that the gene has been proven to be associated with skin cancers with more mutations.
"Unexpectedly, we also showed that people with only a single copy of the gene variant still have a much higher number of tumour mutations than the rest of the population."
Dr Julie Sharp of Cancer Research UK said: "For all of us the best way to protect skin when the sun is strong is to spend time in the shade between 11am and 3pm and to cover up with a T-shirt, hat and sunglasses.
"Sunscreen helps protect the parts you can't cover - use one with at least SPF15 and four or more stars, put on plenty and reapply regularly."
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The 10m (33ft) tall pyramid was found within two other structures that comprise the 30m pyramid at the Mayan archaeological complex known as Chichen Itza in Yucatan state.
The discovery suggests that the pyramid was built in three phases.
The Mayan civilisation occupied Central America and had its peak around the 6th Century AD.
The recently-discovered smallest pyramid was constructed between the years 550-800, researchers say.
The middle structure was discovered in the 1930s and is estimated to date back to the years 800-1000, while the largest one is believed to have been finished between 1050-1300.
"It's like a Russian nesting doll. Under the large one we get another and another," researcher Rene Chavez Seguro told a news conference.
Pyramids were built within each other for various reasons, including deterioration of the structure or the arrival of new leadership, experts say.
They say the smallest pyramid was discovered using 3D Electrical Tomography, a non-invasive technique that measures the electrical signal caused by small injected currents to form a representation of the pyramid's interior without causing damage.
The discovery could provide new insights into the original Mayan culture before it intermingled with populations from central Mexico.
Last year, archaeologists discovered that the Kukulkan pyramid was built on top of a cenote, or underground river, which are common in the region and revered by the Maya.
Today Chichen Itza is a Unesco World Heritage Site, and receives more than a million visitors a year.
The 26-year-old powered to success in Dublin in a time of 7.83 seconds.
Newcastle and District's Kerry O'Flaherty was a convincing winner of the women's 1500m in 4:20.86.
City of Lisburn's Ellen McCartney took pole vault gold with a best of 3.40m with Ballymena and Antrim's Claire Wilkinson taking silver on count back.
Reynolds was delighted with is showing as he finished the sprint hurdles well clear of second-placed Ger O'Donnell.
It was his second race in two days, having finished fifth in the Birmingham Grand Prix on Saturday.
"The technique is coming together, so I am feeling confident," he said looking ahead to the 3-5 March Europeans.
"I am taking a nice and easy approach and letting it come together - today was a good confidence boost."
Meanwhile, O'Flaherty finished some five seconds clear of UCD's Ellie Hartnet in the women's 1500m.
"I'm delighted to win a senior championship" said the 2016 Olympian.
"I went out for a 70-second 400 metres and I was able to keep that pace.
"I am going to Belgrade full of confidence and will look to do my best."
Former GB athlete Leon Reid won the 60m in 6.74.
England-based Reid, who competed for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. is expected to soon declare that he wants to compete for Ireland.
City of Lisburn's Erin McIlveen landed 800m bronze in 2:08.59 just behind Fiona Kehoe who won in 2:08.17.
Lagan Valley's Mandy Gault took 400m bronze in 55.06 seconds behind the impressive Belgrade-bound Phil Healy in 53.49 seconds.
The 24-year-old had been released by Kilmarnock despite having signed a three-year contract in 2015.
"It gets me out there where people can see that I am fit enough to play, but my main objective is to do well and stay here," he told the Pars' website.
"If a contract is here to sign, I will be more than happy to sign it."
Robinson came through the youth ranks to become a first-team regular at Hearts but was released after their promotion to the Scottish Premiership last summer.
He was recruited by former Hearts manager Gary Locke at their top-flight rivals last summer but made only six starts and seven substitute appearances for Kilmarnock and played his last game as a late substitute against Motherwell in February.
"I left Kilmarnock through mutual consent - both parties were happy," said the former Scotland youth international.
"The manager that signed me unfortunately got the sack, which is really unfortunate for him, and it turned out that I wasn't wanted there either."
Dunfermline boss Allan Johnston had been impressed with Robertson's display in a development league win over Hamilton Academical.
"It just gives us a chance to look at him," he said. "He has played in the Premier League and at 24 he is still at a really good age as well."
A newspaper report had lined 17-year-old Dunfermline striker PJ Crossan with Celtic, Brighton and Nottingham Forest.
"Obviously agents put stuff in the press sometimes," said Johnston of the teenager who has only made two first-team appearances so ar.
"PJ is somebody that we want to keep. He is a good young player.
"He is still young and has still got a lot to learn, but we feel that this is the right place for him.
"You can see how much we like him and that is why he has been involved."
However, the 46-year-old seems to be something of an expert after comparing the number of unemployed managers to the likes of Tinder and eHarmony.
"There is a lot of short-term appointments - it's very difficult to not get bored these days because there's so much going on," he said.
"If you look at online dating for example, it just gives you an ocean of available partners and there are so many managers available to stimulate fans, a board or directors, players - I think it's modern day trend that you get bored so easily."
It is not the first time Hill has proved to know a thing or two about relationships.
In 2007, during his first spell in charge of Dale, he had this to say after a 2-1 home defeat by Stockport: "You can compare us at the moment to a bit of soft porn - there is an awful lot of foreplay and not a lot going on in the box."
So if you're after some advice on the opposite sex, it seems Hill could be the man to go to.
However, Hill is not the only manager to talk about the lure of women. Here are some other classic quotes from the past...
"To put it in gentleman's terms, if you've been out for a night and you're looking for a young lady and you pull one, you've done what you set out to do. We didn't look our best today but we've pulled. Some weeks the lady is good looking and some weeks they're not. Our performance today would have been not the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi. She may not have been the best looking lady we ended up taking home but it was still very pleasant and very nice, so thanks very much and let's have coffee."
QPR boss Ian Holloway on his team's performance against Chesterfield in 2003.
"One night, I went to a bar, I was with a woman. We talked all night. We laughed, we flirted, I paid for several drinks of hers. At around 5am, a guy came in, grabbed her by the arm and took her to the bathroom. He made love to her and she left with him. That doesn't matter, because I had most of the possession on that night."
Chile coach Jorge Sampaoli after his side were beaten 3-0 by Uruguay despite dominating possession in 2015.
"Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home."
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in response to Sir Alex Ferguson's claim that Manchester United had been the best side in the Premier League since Christmas in 2002.
"It was only a matter of time before they got fit and after that it's like riding a bike - or making love to a beautiful woman - you never forget."
Blackburn manager Graeme Souness talking about the form of strikers Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke in 2003.
The Pet Shop Boys are sprawled at opposite ends of a sofa in a perfectly white room on the top floor of their record company's London headquarters.
Neil Tennant, professor of pop and deadpan frontman is on the right, alert and well-groomed.
His partner in crime for the last 30 years, Chris Lowe, is on the left, slouched and sardonic in jeans and a sports T-shirt.
They are here, ostensibly, to discuss their 11th studio album, Elysium.
But, as is often the case with the polymath pop group, the conversation becomes a survey of the entire music scene.
Tennant holds forth on the state of US dance music: "It is the sound of a Las Vegas pool party. The music, and the things they sing, are so crass."
Then he argues in favour of rising concert ticket prices: "If the public were allowed to go through the accounting of the tour, they'd realise why the tickets were expensive."
Lowe, meanwhile, is mystified by the new host of Radio One's breakfast show.
"Nick Grimshaw? The middle-aged architect? What on earth's he doing on Radio One?
"Actually, what a great idea! Why not get a middle-aged architect to do the Radio One breakfast show?"
"And get Zaha Hadid for the morning show!" laughs Tennant, crediting the station's listeners with a fuller complement of cultural reference points than perhaps its controllers do.
But then, the Pet Shop Boys have never been ones to under-estimate their audience.
Their songs discuss capitalism (Opportunities), ID cards (Integral), and relationships of convenience - both personal (Rent) and political (I'm With Stupid).
Elysium is named after the Greek word for paradise and finds Tennant ruminating about ageing and death.
On Invisible, he discovers to his horror, that "after being for so many years the life and soul of the party... I'm invisible".
The closing track, Requiem In Denim and Leopardskin, is a first-hand account of a friend's funeral.
"It's always interesting when you write songs and realise what's going on in your subconscious," says the singer.
"In the past five years, my parents have both died, so I suppose that changes your relationship with the world.
"It makes you think about death, because when your parents die you've moved into the front line, as it were," he adds with a wry smile.
Surprisingly, then, Elysium is an uplifting listen, Tennant's vocals buoyed on a sea of warm electronics and supple strings.
The record's working title, the band confess, was HappySad.
"It's one of our trademarks," says Lowe. "Even when we're superficially sounding uplifting, there's quite often a morose underbelly."
If that suggests the band have followed a strict template for the last three decades, it's a charge they deny.
"We don't really think about the old stuff," says Tennant. "People think you're going to sit down and go, 'let's re-write It's A Sin'.
"It's much more haphazard than that. If we're going to be influenced by something, it's probably going to be a contemporary pop record."
One recent influence was Kanye West, specifically his searingly personal 808s And Heartbreaks album (written, coincidentally, in the wake of his mother's death).
The Pet Shop Boys hired West's producer for Elysium, hoping to harness some of that raw, soulful power.
Tennant describes the results as "luxurious", trading the "sturm und drang" of their mid-80s pomp for a more spacious, elegant brand of pop.
Fundamentally, though, their recording methods remain the same. You might not hear a cacophonous orchestral crescendo, as in Left To My Own Devices, but the Pet Shop Boys are still cramming instruments into every available cavity.
"There's a 20, 30, 40-piece orchestra on two-thirds of the album," says Tennant. "It's just that it's barely audible."
"The music hasn't got simpler, it's often the reverse," adds Lowe. "And sometimes, in order to achieve simplicity, it takes a surprising amount of musical parts."
The band's songwriting has undergone one revolution, however, thanks to Tennant's phone, which has become a repository for song sketches and lyrical ideas.
"I sing-song ideas onto it. And then, if I'm randomly playing my iPod, you hear some ghastly thing that's just street noise and me going [sings randomly] 'zaa shnaya, aaargh nnnneiieghah'.
"The problem is that, in your head, you hear the chord changes - but when you hear it two months later, you can't tell what the chord changes were. You just hear this incredibly derivative, awful melody and you think: 'Why did that seem so good I had to rush out of this shop and sing it round the corner to myself?!'"
One song that survived from a phone demo was Elysium's first single, Winner.
Released during the Olympics, its lyrics, "You're a winner / I'm a winner / Let's enjoy it all while it lasts," became something of an unofficial soundtrack to the games - played between every tennis match at Wimbledon.
But Tennant says it wasn't written specifically for the event. In fact, he originally wanted to give it away.
"We thought it sounded like a boy band song," he says. "It's even got the key change."
"And the bit where the fireworks can come down on X Factor," says Lowe.
"I was also thinking vaguely about Eurovision," Tennant discloses.
"The BBC have asked us a couple of times if we'd be interested in writing a song for Britain's entry. Our feeling about it was that if we had the right song then we wouldn't be embarrassed in giving it to them, and this felt a bit Eurovision-y."
Tennant is cagey on whether the band would have performed at Eurovision - but he believes he has an answer to the UK's poor showing at recent contests.
"British artists - Elton John or David Bowie - have not traditionally wanted to do it because they think it looks too crass. But now reality television is possibly even more crass than Eurovision.
"So I think the winner of X Factor should represent Britain. The timing is perfect. And you will get the A&R input, either good or bad, that goes with that."
But how would he resolve the inevitable tension of an ITV reality show star making their big debut on a BBC show?
"They should just give it to ITV," says Lowe. "I mean, no-one watches it, do they?"
Elysium is out on 10 September on Parlophone Records.
Kathryn Thomson said the funding crisis was caused by the "disconnect" of staff levels and money allocated by the NHS.
She said one option would be to move services from the £30m hospital, which only opened 20 years ago.
A Department of Health spokesperson said: "We expect all NHS trusts to have a strong grip on their finances."
After investing more than £1.4m in recruiting 25 extra midwives and 10 neonatal nurses last year, the hospital has been left with a £2.1m funding deficit.
Ms Thomson said: "There is a disconnect with the cost of staffing aligned with what we get paid for maternity services from the NHS national maternity tariff.
"The view we have taken as an organisation is that we're going to invest in those levels to make sure our staffing is safe."
The chief executive said the hospital was considering options, including moving to a new location, after being told the trust risks becoming "financially unviable".
"Location is important in terms of access for patients but what are more important are the services that people are offered," she added.
Ms Thomson said the hospital's future was safe and stressed that frontline clinical jobs were safe.
The decision on whether to relocate could be taken towards the end of the year, in line with wider plans for the city's healthcare from its NHS clinical care commissioning group.
Other options include pooling "back-office functions" with its partners in Liverpool, said Ms Thomson.
The Department of Health said: "We've increased the NHS budget by £16bn over this parliament and in certain cases provide financial support to some trusts, dependent on them developing strong recovery plans, to make sure they continue to deliver excellent and safe services for patients."
In front of almost 62,000 fans, in their home game, Bath trailed 21-13 with just 14 minutes left.
But Wales international Talupe Faletau set up Watson's first.
Leicester wing JP Pietersen was then yellow carded and, within a minute, Watson raced in for his second try.
Leicester had led 15-10 at the break after tries from Brendon O'Connor and Telusa Veainu, in response to a try by one of Bath's other England regulars, Jonathan Joseph.
Bath-bound Freddie Burns, who also landed one of his two conversion attempts, then added the second of his three penalties from inside his own half to stretch the Tigers' lead to two scores.
But, just when they seemed down and out, Bath rallied late on, Watson scoring either side of Pietersen's removal to the sin-bin for a deliberate knock-on.
A yellow card for Bath's Beno Obano evened up the numbers to 14-a-side for the final four minutes but, with England stand-off George Ford adding three conversions to his two penalties for a 10-point haul, the Blue, Black and Whites hung on.
Bath, who remain fifth, move level on points with fourth-placed Leicester, with three games left, although the Tigers appear to have the easier run-in.
Bath boss Todd Blackadder:
"We wanted to back up all the work off the field for this game with a really good performance, and we knew if we kept playing some really good rugby then we would give ourselves a good chance.
"I knew we would fire. Our preparation this week was one of the best we've had. Being on the back foot, we couldn't go into our shells, and there was real belief in the second half. Everyone played their part.
"George Ford was outstanding and really controlled the game, and I am just so pleased that our players passed the character test in that we hadn't come back from behind before in similar situations."
"Anthony has got some gas, hasn't he? He has got some absolute feet on him. He was outstanding. And Toby (Faletau) is back to his best. You need big-game players to really step up, and not only did he execute his role really well, he made a vital break when it really counted. That's what a real class player looks like."
Tigers assistant coach Geordan Murphy:
"The first 25 minutes, we played the way we wanted to, then we just switched off a little bit. We are disappointed with our lack of execution.
"We were in Bath's 22 seven times, and we only executed twice (in terms of points) and that kills you.
"In the last 15 or 20 minutes, we just forced things and made uncharacteristic mistakes. It is a lesson for us to learn.
"It is going to be a bit of a shoot-fight to see who can probably pick up bonus points and hopefully get three wins from their remaining games."
Bath: Watson; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Tapuai, Banahan; Ford (co-capt), Fotuali'i; Catt, Batty, Palma-Newport, Ewels, Stooke, Ellis, Louw (co-capt), Faletau
Replacements: Brooker, Obano, Knight, Denton, Mercer, Cook, Priestland, Homer.
Leicester: Veainu; Thompstone, Tait, Mermoz, Pietersen; Burns, B Youngs; Genge, T Youngs (c), Cole, Barrow, Kitchener, Fitzgerald, O'Connor, Hamilton.
Replacements: McGuigan, Rizzo, Balmain, Williams, Thacker, White, Williams, Roberts.
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Babur Karamat Raja, 41, repeatedly stabbed Natalie Queiroz in Sutton Coldfield town centre on 4 March.
A court heard the 40-year-old and her child were ultimately saved by the intervention of four passers-by.
Raja carried out the attack, his barrister said, because his mother "literally drove him mad" through her disapproval of the relationship.
Birmingham Crown Court was told that Raja stabbed Ms Queiroz, who was eight months pregnant, after being forced to choose between his conservative Muslim mother's faith and the "love of his life".
The court heard that Ms Queiroz's breast implants "were probably what saved her life" during the frenzied assault.
Prosecuting barrister Benjamin Aina QC also said that had Raja plunged his knife just 2mm further into the abdomen of his helpless victim "it would have killed the (unborn) baby".
The court heard the child was born unharmed and was doing well.
Jane Humphryes QC said in mitigation that Raja's family turmoil "tipped him over the edge", leading to a temporary mental illness or "adjustment disorder", leaving him with little memory of what he had done.
She said: "His mother had not been happy he was in a relationship with a white woman, and told him he must leave her or she would not be in contact."
Ms Humphryes added: "This man of impeccable character is driven literally to distraction, forced by his own mother to choose between her and his chosen partner and their unborn baby."
In a victim impact statement read to the court, Ms Queiroz said: "I am destroyed, I feel deceived and betrayed. I cry every single day.
She said there were "dark days", adding: "I find it difficult not to be in constant fear."
Raja apologised to his victim in a letter to the judge and to those he injured as they tried to help her.
Sentencing Raja for his "merciless" assault on Ms Queiroz, Judge Simon Drew QC said: "Once you chose your mother over your partner and child, you resolved not only to terminate your relationship, but to terminate them."
In a statement released following the sentencing, Ms Queiroz said: "As far as myself, our families and all our friends were concerned, Bobby and I had an exceptionally happy and loving relationship, living together and looking forward to the birth of our child - a child which he very much wanted right from the start of our relationship.
"The attack he committed on me was completely unprovoked and totally unexpected. Luckily I was saved and my baby was born alive.
"I want to take this opportunity to give my heartfelt thanks and pay tribute to the courageous people who came to the aid of myself and my unborn child, along with the West Midlands Police officers who were at the scene, the paramedics, the crew of the Midlands Air Ambulance and the staff at both the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Birmingham Women's Hospital, without all of whom (my child) and I would not have survived."
Raja pleaded guilty last month to attempted murder and also admitted a charge of attempted child destruction, possession of a knife in public and the wounding and assault of two passers-by.
Eight boring machines have been cutting their way through earth to create 26 miles (42km) of tunnels.
Services, which are due to start in 2018, will run as far west as Reading in Berkshire and as far east as Shenfield in Essex.
During a visit to the Crossrail site at Farringdon, David Cameron said the project was "an engineering triumph".
Boring machine Victoria's breakthrough at Farringdon on Wednesday night completed tunnelling through the capital.
The prime minister, London mayor Boris Johnson and transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin walked through the tunnel at Farringdon to take a closer look at the tunnelling machine.
Mr Johnson said the completion was "an historic day" and marked "a huge success for the whole of the UK economy".
Construction of Crossrail began at Canary Wharf in London Docklands on 15 May 2009, with tunnelling work starting in May 2012.
At the peak of construction machines were aiming to complete 100 metres of tunnelling a week.
The fastest day of tunnelling was on 16 April 2014 when boring machine Ellie completed 236ft (72m) between Pudding Mill Lane and Stepney Green.
Crossrail's tunnels are made up of more than 200,000 concrete tunnel segments, with each weighing 3.4 tonnes.
Millions of tonnes of excavated material is being shipped to Wallasea Island in Essex to create a nature reserve.
Ten new Crossrail stations are being built in central London, London Docklands and Abbey Wood, south London.
Crossrail is Europe's largest construction project with thousands of workers operating on dozens of sites.
It is estimated the scheme, which will serve 40 stations, will generate at least 75,000 business opportunities.
The Crossrail project is 65% complete and engineers will now continue upgrading existing stations and building new stations in central London and London Docklands.
Tries from Thomas Waldrom and Will Chudley, either side of Jimmy Gopperth touching down in the corner, gave 2015-16 finalists Chiefs a deserved lead.
After Henry Slade kicked Exeter into a 20-8 lead, the hosts responded, with Dan Robson and Tommy Taylor crossing.
Gopperth kicked the conversions and added a late penalty to ensure victory.
Hooker Taylor, making his Wasps debut, shone throughout and his decisive second-half try, coming from a driving maul, epitomised the hosts' superior strength in the pack in the latter stages.
Chiefs, who begin the season without inured England wing Jack Nowell, had enjoyed three victories over Wasps last term, including a semi-final victory on their way to Twickenham.
An industrious Slade helped them build a half-time lead, but Wasps - who were without eight injured first-team players - were worthy winners by the end.
Cipriani was the headline act at the Ricoh on his return to the club after four years at Sale and two years in Australia, and impressed with his skill with the ball in hand, but it was Gopperth's clinical kicking that secured the opening-weekend win.
Wasps director of rugby Dai Young: "Danny (Cipriani) was a little bit frustrated in the first half, because he didn't have the options.
"But for his first hit-up back in the Wasps jersey, I think he can be pretty pleased. He did pretty well.
"It was certainly a game of two halves. The first half, we were disappointed with our work-rate, and we kicked the ball away far too many times."
Exeter head coach Rob Baxter: "Overall, the way I would look at it is we have put in a pretty good base-line with our first performance.
"The guys needed a really tough game to get the legs and the lungs going. We are up and running now. Of course, I would have liked to have won. Am I hugely disappointed with the performance? No.
"There were a few frustrating elements there, but nothing that we can't put right very quickly."
Wasps: Miller; Wade, Daly, Gopperth, Bassett; Cipriani, Robson; Mullan, Taylor, Swainston, Launchbury (capt), Gaskell, Jones, Thompson, Hughes.
Replacements: Johnson, McIntyre, Moore, Symons, Rieder, Simpson, Macken, Halai.
Exeter Chiefs: Dollman; Woodburn, Devoto, Hill, Whitten; Slade, Chudley; Moon, Cowan-Dickie, Williams, Lees, Welch, Armand (capt), Salvi, Waldrom.
Replacements: Yeandle, Hepburn, Holmes, Parling, Dennis, Lewis, Steenson, Short.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said it was not just chocolate bars that have been subject to so-called "shrinkflation".
It said toilet rolls, coffee and fruit juice were also being sold in smaller packet sizes.
Andrex admitted its rolls were smaller, but said they were now better quality.
At the same time the ONS said 614 products had got larger between 2012 and 2017.
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The ONS said the phenomenon of shrinkflation had not had an impact on the overall inflation figures. However, in the category of sugar, jam, syrups chocolate and confectionery, the rate of inflation when adjusted for shrinking products was significantly higher.
Since 2012, the inflation rate for products such as chocolate was actually 1.22 percentage points higher, when the smaller size was taken into account.
Andrex toilet tissue, which used the catchline "Soft, strong and long" alongside the famous Labrador puppy, has shrunk its rolls from 280 sheets originally, first to 240 sheets, and more recently to 221 sheets, according to Which?
The company told the BBC that even though the roll was smaller, the product itself was better.
"Reducing the roll by a number of sheets has helped us make this multi-million pound investment in product performance possible," a spokesperson said.
"Consumer pricing is solely in the domain of the retailer."
Dozens of chocolate bars and sweets have already got smaller.
Packets of Maltesers have shrunk from 121g to 103g, a reduction of 15%. Makers Mars have said it was a way of helping consumers afford the product.
Toblerone has shrunk by 12%, with larger spaces between the triangular "mountains".
The manufacturers, Mondelez - formerly Kraft - said they changed the shape "to keep the product affordable". It said it was experiencing higher costs for "numerous" ingredients.
The ONS has cast doubt on whether raw material costs are really rising.
The European import price of sugar has been falling since the middle of 2014, and reached a record low in March 2017, the ONS said.
The price of cocoa, another major ingredient, reached a five-year high in December 2015, but has fallen sharply over the last year.
The ONS also dismissed Brexit as a reason for recent shrinkflation, even though it has contributed to an increase in the price of some imported goods.
"Our analysis doesn't show a noticeable change following the referendum that would point to a Brexit effect," the ONS said.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has suggested Scotland could stay in the EU and the UK, with SNP MPs asking if "remain means remain" for Scotland.
Prime Minister Theresa May said she was "willing to listen to options".
But Attorney General Jeremy Wright underlined that Holyrood has no "veto" and said "all of the UK" would leave.
Scottish voters backed remaining in the EU by a margin of 62% to 38% in June's referendum, while the UK as a whole voted by 52% to 48% to leave.
The Scottish government has set up an expert group to study Scotland's options for retaining links with the EU, with all options including a second independence referendum "on the table".
During a question session at Westminster, Mr Wright, the chief legal advisor to the UK government, was questioned by SNP MPs on whether Scotland should be allowed to remain in the EU while the UK leaves, and on whether Holyrood could wield a "veto".
Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss then queried whether the government had the legal authority to trigger Article 50, the formal process of leaving the EU, without the legislative consent of devolved administrations like Holyrood.
Mr Wright said: "I think it is perfectly right that all parts of the UK including the governments of the devolved administrations should be able to participate in the process of developing the UK's approach to these negotiations.
"But this does not mean that any of the parts of the UK have a veto over this process - so consultation most certainly, but veto I'm afraid not."
The attorney general also insisted that "all of the UK" will be leaving the EU.
David Nuttall, the Conservative MP for Bury North, had voiced his concerns that the UK could be "held to ransom by the Scottish nationalists".
Mr Wright replied: "I think the prime minister has been clear that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union, and that means all of the United Kingdom.
"But I think it's very important that in the process of leaving the EU, all parts of the UK have the opportunity to contribute to the negotiations that we will engage in, and that is the spirit in which the UK government will approach this process."
At her first session of questions to the prime minister on Wednesday, Ms May told the leader of the SNP group at Westminster, Angus Robertson, that "some of the ideas being put forward are impracticable, but I am willing to listen to options".
The German international midfielder, 23, has signed a new deal to keep him at the Bundesliga club until 2016.
He has not featured much in 2013-14 because of a back problem but had been linked with a move to other top teams.
"I am very grateful that my club gives me the opportunity to continue to be part of this special team and this very special environment," Gundogan said.
"I will do everything to be able to help my team-mates again soon and am very optimistic heading into the coming weeks and months."
Dortmund are working hard to keep hold of their best players, having last week bought Nuri Sahin from Real Madrid following a successful loan spell.
The club will lose star striker Robert Lewandowski to Bayern Munich in the summer.
A wooden vessel was seen about 200m (656ft) offshore early on Friday, eyewitnesses told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Various reports said the boat was escorted to Smith Point and its occupants transferred onto an Australian Navy ship.
The Immigration Department would not comment on the incident.
Under controversial policies, Australia sends all intercepted asylum seekers to Christmas Island, as well as Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
The last documented asylum seeker boat arrival to Australia was in 2014, when a group of 157 Tamil asylum seekers was intercepted north of Christmas Island.
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Domestically, asylum is a hot political issue. Polls have shown that a significant number of Australians approve of taking a tougher stance.
The two biggest rival political groupings adopted tough policies ahead of the September 2013 polls. The Liberal-National coalition, which won, had campaigned in part on a "stop the boats" platform.
The government says the journey the asylum seekers make is dangerous and controlled by criminal gangs, and they have a duty to stop it.
However, critics say opposition to asylum is often racially motivated and is damaging Australia's reputation.
Australia granted close to 13,800 refugee visas between 2013 and 2014. It granted about 20,000 visas between 2012 and 2013.
Jose Fonte's first goal for 18 months gave the hosts the lead, glancing in a header from Dusan Tadic's corner.
Virgil van Dijk earlier saw a header cleared off the line, but he doubled the lead with a close-range prod.
Vardy headed the Foxes back into the match, before blasting home his ninth of the season in injury time to keep the Foxes in fifth.
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Not judging by their second-half display.
The Foxes have scored in every Premier League match this season and, sparked into life by the half-time introduction of forwards Riyad Mahrez and Nathan Dyer, they earned an unlikely point with a stunning final 45 minutes.
Southampton were in complete control at half-time but, helped by the trickery of Mahrez and the clinical finishing of Vardy, the Foxes again showed they should never be ruled out.
The draw is the seventh point Leicester have earned from a losing position this season.
It would be very hard to leave the Leicester and England striker at home in the summer on this form.
The 28-year-old, who was playing for Fleetwood in League Two in 2012, became just the fourth Englishman to score in six consecutive Premier League matches this century when he headed home to give the Foxes hope after the break.
Before he hammered in a late equaliser, the striker shot over from close range and was a constant threat for Leicester after the break.
Vardy, already in the England squad, is playing with a double fracture to his wrist, but looks determined to push his international cause with the likes of Liverpool's Danny Ings and Daniel Sturridge struggling with injury.
He now has three more goals than any of his Premier League rivals.
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The introduction of Leicester substitutes Mahrez and Dyer at the start of the second half changed the pattern of the game.
Algerian Mahrez has been a key player for the Foxes this season and the forward proved so again, creating chance after chance playing just behind striker Vardy.
It was his pass that created the equaliser while Swansea City loanee Dyer also made a big impact on the wing, crossing for Vardy's opener.
Southampton should have had the game out of sight, with Sadio Mane delaying after rounding goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel when 2-0 up, but the hosts tired as the match wore on with all 10 of their starting outfield players involved in international duty in the past week.
Southampton boss Ronald Koeman on BBC Sport: "It was a difficult game. Defensively we did well in the first half and we scored from set pieces.
"But I expected a difficult second half because we know one of Leicester's strengths is unbelievable spirit and we have to be more clever.
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"They deserved at least one point. They did two good changes after half-time. Mahrez created difficulties for us."
Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri on BBC Sport: "We have fantastic spirit. We believe everything could be possible.
"We created a lot of chances. It is important to have good players on the bench and I have very good players who can change the match.
"Jamie Vardy is very important for us. I believe in this team. When we are desperate we make more, more and more."
It doesn't get any easier for Southampton as they face a trip to Liverpool for Jurgen Klopp's first home match in charge of the Reds. Leicester entertain Crystal Palace looking to maintain their top five spot.
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TfL wants all private-hire drivers to undergo reading, writing and listening tests from 1 October, which the High Court has accepted.
However, Uber has been permitted to challenge if exemptions can be put in place for some drivers.
TfL said it was making the changes "to enhance public safety".
It also wants to implement regulations which require Uber to provide a call centre service for passengers to contact during a journey if required, which the High Court has also agreed in principle.
However, the Ireland-based transport company will challenge whether that service has to be in London, before any form of that regulation can be introduced by TfL.
It will also challenge whether TfL must be notified of any changes to its operating model.
Tom Elvidge, general manager of Uber London, said: "We're pleased the judge has decided this case deserves a hearing.
"TfL's plans threaten the livelihoods of thousands of drivers in London, while also stifling tech companies like Uber."
Uber had initially supported the test, but now argues the requirement that drivers provide a certificate showing they have an intermediate level of reading and writing is unnecessary and costly.
It has more than 30,000 drivers in London and estimates thousands would be affected by the change.
TfL said: "We note that the court has refused permission for judicial review of the principle and standard of English language test, the requirement for hire and reward insurance and the ability for customers to speak to someone by telephone.
"We are determined to create a vibrant taxi and private hire market, with space for all providers to flourish.
"We look forward to the remaining issues being resolved in due course."
Ruffled residents in Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, placed an army of the bath time toys in rain-filled road fractures to highlight the issue.
They have accused officials of "ducking the issue", and claim the holes pose an injury risk.
Oxfordshire County Council denied they were a safety problem but acknowledged the road was "particularly poor".
Parish councillor Martin Lipson donated more than 100 ducks, which had previously been used in a charity event.
In colourful scenes on Wednesday, the banana-coloured bunch was put on display outside the Old White Lion pub, on South Side.
Fellow councillor Helen Wright said: "We all met and we had bags and bags of bright yellow rubber ducks and luckily it was raining so the potholes were filling up perfectly for these ducks to have a little swim.
"Neighbours came out to see what was going on... cars were slowing down and asking us what was going on, cheering, and giving us the thumbs up.
"It seems to have really struck a chord with people because everyone is getting fed up."
The county council's website says any pothole the "depth of a coke can or the size of a dinner plate on a quiet carriageway" may need urgent attention.
But Steeple Aston locals claim they have been ignored for some time.
John Adriaanse, 73, said a milk run to the local shop ended in a fall when he "misjudged the depth of a pothole".
"My foot hit the puddle and I sprawled and fell quite heavily on my thigh," he said.
"I would have broken my femur if I was fairly unfit. I had a bruise on my leg for three or four days.
"[The ducks] made people laugh but they also realised the seriousness of the problem."
Oxfordshire County Council said: "While the issues raised don't represent a safety problem we do recognise that the road there is in a particularly poor state.
"When we have determined the most appropriate method of repair we will be in touch with the parish council to let them know what we will do and when."
Raja Ali's car was rammed and then blocked in at the side by two vehicles in Dagenham on 25 September.
The 33-year-old initially escaped but was chased and stabbed to death.
Abubakar Bana, from Hornchurch, Essex, was jailed for 15 years. Jordon Archambie, 20, of Stratford, east London, was sentenced to 12 years in a young offenders institution.
Three other men, Daniel Welch, 34, of Winstead Gardens, Dagenham, Zakar Yunas, 22, of Rokeby Steret, Stratford, and Mussa Jalo, 21, from Norfolk Road, Dagenham, were jailed for violent disorder.
Jalo - who pleaded guilty to violent disorder at the start of the Old Bailey trial - and Welch were each sentenced to three years in prison. Yunas was jailed for four years
Bana, and Archambie were also both sentenced to three years each for violent disorder to run concurrently with their sentences for manslaughter.
Jurors in the trial heard that Mr Ali was sitting in his car along with two friends waiting for what they thought was a drugs deal.
A Mitsubishi Shogun 4x4 then rammed into Mr Ali's car, shunting it forward, while a red Renault Megane pulled up alongside and the occupants got out armed with weapons.
Mr Ali and two other men ran away but they were chased and the 33-year-old was stabbed to death in Braintree Road.
Det Ch Insp Dave Whellams called it a "pre-planned and orchestrated murder".
"Regardless of what Raja's intentions were that night, when he arranged to meet these men he should not have lost his life.
"I hope Raja's grieving family are able to move forward knowing his attackers have now been brought to justice."
Elvis Sidaway, 53, preyed on women - often students - in Birmingham's Selly Oak, Edgbaston and Quinton areas between 20 November and 29 January.
Some victims were threatened with a knife, West Midlands Police said.
At Birmingham Crown Court Sidaway, of Fountain Road, Edgbaston, was found guilty of rape and possessing a knife.
He had previously admitted sexually assaulting five students as well as three charges of threatening another with a knife.
Two female students reported being attacked by a suspect wearing a gorilla mask last November and one of the women managed to pull the mask covering off.
Sidaway, who worked as a paint mixer, was tracked down after his car was spotted in Selly Oak.
A search of the blue Peugeot 207 car revealed condoms and a black firelighter. At his address, officers found a craft knife, black gloves and another firelighter.
Det Sgt Laura Harrison said Sidaway had caused a whole community to question their safety.
"I hope this will reassure his victims and the wider student population that a dangerous man is no longer a threat to them," she said.
Jonathan Kelleher, senior crown prosecutor with the West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service said: "Elvis Sidaway is a dangerous sexual predator who targeted vulnerable lone females on their way home in the early hours of the morning."
Sidaway will remain on the sex offenders register indefinitely, the court said.
Christina Sethi, 26, of Woodville Road, Torquay, Devon, was jailed at Plymouth Crown Court for 10 years in August.
But after a reference to the Court of Appeal, three senior judges have increased the term to 15 years.
Sethi admitted three counts of sexual assault and two of assault by penetration in July.
Lady Justice Hallett said 15 years was the absolute minimum Sethi should have been given for such serious offences.
Barrister Diana Heer, representing solicitor general Robert Buckland, argued that the sentence was too short because of the serious aggravating features of Sethi's crimes.
She had deliberately targeted her victims because of their vulnerability, all of them dementia patients unable to complain about the abuse.
The offences took place overnight when Sethi was working alone as the sole carer looking after the residents.
The victims included a woman in her 80s, a blind man in his late 70s and another woman who was more than 100 years old.
Despite their vulnerabilities, all three were aware something untoward was happening to them.
Sethi was caught when her boyfriend sold his laptop and the new owner found the files in the computer's recycling bin.
But increasing the sentence, Lady Justice Hallett said the families of the victims had suffered too, "burdened with guilt" in having left their relatives in Sethi's hands.
She said: "The families found it hard to comprehend that anyone could treat elderly people in this fashion.
Sethi, appearing via a video link from Eastwood Park Prison in Gloucestershire, spoke only to confirm her name and said 'thank you' after her term was increased.
The case was referred to the Court of Appeal by Mr Buckland, who said: "I asked the Court of Appeal to look at this 10 year sentence under the unduly lenient sentence scheme because multiple sexual offences were committed against three victims.
"The attacks themselves involved a degree of planning and premeditation and Sethi had no regard to the vulnerability of her victims who she should have being caring for.
"I hope the increase in the custodial sentence to 15 years offers a degree of reassurance to the families of the victims."
The company behind Crossrail and the transformation of the former Olympic Stadium into West Ham's ground made an £8m profit, after a £199m loss in 2015.
Balfour said it had allowed its business to become too complex after a series of takeovers.
Chief executive Leo Quinn said the company's leadership, processes and controls had been upgraded.
"The transformation of Balfour Beatty is well under way," he said.
The company said that, by 2014, it had become overly complex following more than a decade of acquisition-led growth.
It added there had been an overall lack of leadership and strategic direction, and that its businesses had a tendency to compete with each other. However, Balfour says its business has now been simplified.
The company is involved in some of the country's highest profile building projects.
As well as Crossrail, which will link west and east London, it is upgrading motorways and working on the Thames Tideway Tunnel.
In the next few years it plans to be part of the country's three biggest infrastructure projects: High Speed 2 (HS2), the new nuclear power stations at Hinkley Point C and Wylfa, and the third runway at Heathrow airport.
Analysts have been encouraged by the company's progress.
"The self-help phase of the turnaround plan has restored the group to reasonable foundations, with the all-important construction division back in profit in the second half," said Nicholas Hyett, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"The strategy now calls for the group to rebuild margins towards something close to industry standard - at around 2% it's not an overly ambitious target on the face of it, but something Balfour have failed to achieve for some time," he said.
Balfour said it was upbeat about prospects as the "trading environment in the group's core UK and US markets remains positive".
"In the UK, government policy is helping to drive a strong pipeline of major infrastructure projects in transport and energy.
"In the US, the new administration has made infrastructure one of its key priorities."
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He said that a bailout programme was "all ready to go" for Greece, "with serious reforms and financial support".
"There will not be a 'Grexit'," said European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker, referring to the fear that Greece would have to leave the euro.
Greece is expected to pass reforms demanded by the eurozone by Wednesday.
Parliaments in several eurozone states also have to approve any new bailout.
Eurozone leaders had been meeting in Brussels for about 17 hours, with talks continuing through the night.
The Hibs boss also hit out at the "pathetic" decision to send him to the stand for challenging the ruling.
"We had a perfectly legitimate goal disallowed. It was a beautiful goal.
"I've remonstrated with the linesman and the next thing I know I'm sitting in the stand. It's pathetic, absolutely pathetic," Lennon told BBC Scotland.
Hibs fell behind after just 17 seconds of the second qualifying round first leg at Easter Road, goalkeeper Otso Virtanen fumbling the ball into the path of Kamil Wilczec to turn the ball home.
Cummings thought he had hauled Hibs level after finishing off a fine move, only to see the strike ruled out for offside.
"The linesman's not up with play so he can't make the decision," Lennon continued.
"We've seen it again about five times from different angles and Jason has actually checked his run to make sure he is onside."
Despite the defeat, Lennon believes his team can go to Denmark and win to go through to the next round.
"Yeah, no question. We've had a good look at them now. Maybe they got spooked a little bit the first five or 10 minutes which is natural when you concede a goal in the manner that we did, but the reaction after that was fantastic. So the tie is not over."
"It was a quality performance. There were some outstanding performances. The team as a whole were excellent. They gave me everything tonight I could have asked for really.
"A really top quality performance from a team that wasn't expected to produce that. I am surprised not only by the level of quality they have shown but their desire, which is very pleasing."
The former Celtic manager believes keeper Virtanen, 22, whose error proved so costly, had a decent game other than that horror moment.
"He's not had much opportunity, we've given him an opportunity tonight. Apart from obviously the important thing which is a goal, he handled the game pretty well.
"He's got to mentally strong now and get through that quickly."
Glenna Duram, 48, has been charged with murdering her husband, Martin, in front of the couple's pet in 2015.
Relatives of the victim believe that the pet African Grey, named Bud, overheard the couple arguing and has been repeating their final words.
The local prosecutor says it's unclear if the bird can be used as evidence.
"It is something we are going to be looking at to determine if it's reliable to use or if it's information we need," Newaygo Country prosecutor Robert Springstead told the Detroit Free Press.
Mrs Duram is accused of shooting her husband five times before turning the gun on herself in a failed suicide attempt.
Mr Duram's ex-wife, Christina Keller, now owns Bud. She believes that he has been repeating the conversation from the night of the murder, which she says ends in the phrase "Don't shoot!", with an expletive added.
His parents agree with her.
"I personally think he was there, and he remembers it and he was saying it", Mr Duram's father told local media.
His mother, Lillian Duram, added: "That bird picks up everything and anything, and it's got the filthiest mouth around."
Mr Springstead said it is unlikely the bird could be called to the stand to testify as a witness during a trial.
Robson-Kanu, who scored twice as Wales reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals, is a free agent after leaving Reading at the end of 2015-16.
The 27-year-old remains without a club with the domestic season now underway.
"The important thing is that Hal gets the right move," Roberts told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"There's no point rushing into something if he feels it's not the right one or if he's convinced it's not the right one for his career to progress.
"Everybody understands that's the most important thing but at the same time, he like us, hopes that happens sooner rather than later because everyone's back training and playing games regularly.
"It's important for him that he gets back in the swing of things."
He has been linked with Premier League sides Hull City and Crystal Palace and has said he has received offers from "around the world".
Robson-Kanu left Championship club Reading after nine years when his contract expired during a summer in which he played a key role for Wales.
He scored the winner in the opening game against Slovakia, but grabbed the headlines with a stunning goal in the 3-1 quarter-final win over Belgium.
Wales begin their World Cup qualifying campaign against Moldova at Cardiff City Stadium on 5 September.
Joseph Sheridan, 13, died of multiple injuries after the crash on the Southend-bound carriageway of the A127 near Basildon in February.
An inquest into his death earlier heard there were no issues found with the BMW involved.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded by Greater Essex Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray.
Joseph was hit by a car near the junction with Oak Lane, a private road which leads to the former Dale Farm travellers' site.
The following night about 30 people blocked the road in protest by parking cars across the lanes. The road was shut for about five hours.
Signs on the A127, which has a 70mph (112kmh) speed limit along the stretch involved in the crash, warn: "Do not cross. Fatal accident site."
The 31-year-old BMW driver was initially arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving but was released without charge.
Along with neighbouring and mainly Albanian-inhabited Kosovo, it has a Muslim majority - a legacy of its centuries of Ottoman rule. Approaching twenty per cent of the population are Christians, divided mainly between the Orthodox and smaller Catholic denominations.
After World War II, Albania became a Stalinist state under Enver Hoxha, and remained staunchly isolationist until its transition to democracy after 1990.
The 1992 elections ended 47 years of communist rule, but the latter half of the decade saw a quick turnover of presidents and prime ministers.
Many Albanians left the country in search of work; the money they send home remains an important source of revenue.
During the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, nearly 500,000 ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo spilled over the border, imposing a huge burden on Albania's already fragile economy.
While there have been signs of economic progress with inflation under tighter control and some growth, the country remains one of the poorest in Europe outside the former Soviet Union. By 2013, public debt stood at 60% of GDP.
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Unemployment remains stubbornly high, and the infrastructure and corruption continue to deter much foreign investment. According to a report published by graft watchdog Transparency International in 2012, Albania is currently the most corrupt country in Europe.
Albania made a formal application for membership of the European Union in 2009, on the basis of a 2006 Stabilisation and Association agreement. It was granted EU candidate status in June 2014.
The EU is keen to encourage further reform, particularly as regards stamping out organised crime and corruption and developing media freedom and property and minority rights.
Edi Rama, the Socialist Party leader who took over the reins of government in 2013, has vowed that Albania will achieve full EU membership within the next ten years.
Family members told local media that Vilma Trujillo had been attacked by four people led by a man who said he was an evangelical pastor.
Juan Rocha denied burning Mrs Trujillo, saying evil spirits had suspended her above the fire and then dropped her.
Relatives found Mrs Trujillo, 25, hours later with severe burns.
The police have arrested Mr Rocha and a number of other people allegedly involved in the attack.
The victim's husband, Reynaldo Peralta Rodriguez, said the mother-of-two was taken inside a church last week when members thought she was possessed after allegedly trying to attack people with a machete, the Associated Press reports.
"It's unforgiveable what they did to us," he was quoted as saying.
"They killed my wife, the mother of my two little ones. Now what am I going to tell them?"
Pablo Cuevas, a spokesman for Nicaragua's Human Rights Commission, called on the government for firmer control over religious sects in the country.
"It is incredible that these things can happen today, there has to be a review by the authorities into all the different denominations and religions," he said. "We can't have things like this happening."
Women's rights groups said the case was an example of fanaticism and misogyny.
Juanita Jimenez of the Autonomous Women's Movement (MAM) told local media that it was also the product of a lack of state presence in isolated parts of the country and an act of barbarity.
"Apart from the religious aspect, nothing justifies an act that is as cruel as burning a woman, putting her on a fire with the help of other people who you have used religion to manipulate," the activist said.
Acknowledging the scale of the problem the education ministry's permanent secretary Adamu Hussaini said it was "sad to note" that Nigeria had 10.5 million children out of school.
This is the first time senior officials have admitted the size of the problem.
Cultural factors have been blamed but critics point to a lack of money going to publicly funded schools.
The UN's children's agency, Unicef, has been campaigning on this issue as well as a number of other groups.
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On a visit to the country last week, education activist Malala Yousafzai met acting president Yemi Osinbajo and asked him to declare what she called "an education state of emergency in Nigeria".
Mr Hussaini said those most affected were girls, street children and the children of nomadic groups and added that economic prosperity can only be achieved with an "inclusive and functional education system".
But BBC Hausa editor Jimeh Saleh says the failure in the education system is due to a lack of government funding, rather than any cultural factors as suggested by the ministry.
"Government funded schools in Nigeria have practically collapsed over the years because of poor funding leaving children from poor homes with nowhere to go but the streets," he says.
Unicef estimates that 60% of Nigerian children not attending school live in the north of the country.
But what are the plans? What could they mean for the future of the longest form of the game? And what are some of the interested parties saying about it all?
BBC Sport, with the help of cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew, looks behind the news releases and official statements to bring you the facts and opinions.
Sweeping reforms to the way Test cricket operates, that's what. Based on a highly controversial 'position paper', containing the proposals and leaked to the media in the past fortnight, we know what some of those who control international cricket have come up with, including:
"The other countries have been ambushed by this. England, India and Australia have gone away quietly over the last six months and come up with this scheme. There are so many things to worry about here and, frankly, I can't see an awful lot of good for Test cricket to come out of it."
So, quite a seismic upheaval.
The short answer is that it's that time of year again - the ICC Dubai conference which features 10 Test-playing nations, three associate nation representatives and the organisation's own president, vice-president and chief executive.
But there's general agreement within the sport that Test cricket is in a vulnerable position, squeezed by the growing popularity of Twenty20, particularly in the southern hemisphere. In India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and even to a certain extent Australia, crowds for Test matches are falling. There are very real concerns that cricket's most traditional format could die out.
Until this past week, even ardent cricket fans had not heard of the ICC's Finance and Commercial Affairs committee (F&CA) chaired by England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke. Not any more. That group are behind these proposals and are seeking to make a persuasive case for themselves as likeliest custodians of the game.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is a truly heavyweight organisation, being in control of the most lucrative cricket-playing nation.
It has been suggested that, should the F&CA's proposals have cold water poured on them in Dubai, the BCCI could disassociate itself from the ICC altogether, effectively "going it alone" on the international cricket scene. India bring so much to the table in terms of broadcasting rights (more on that later) that they wield significant political influence.
India exiting the ICC is the nuclear option perhaps, but it's enough to force those in attendance in Dubai to take these revolutionary proposals all the more seriously.
"The other nations have been ambushed because they so desperately need in particular India's money," says BBC Sport's cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew.
"They need India to tour. The West Indies very recently had India playing a one-day tour there and, if you watched it on the telly, you'd think it was being played in Hyderabad or Mumbai because all the advertising logos, everything was Indian and yet it was being played in the West Indies. So, they all need India's money."
1. South Africa
2. India
3. Australia
4. England
5. Pakistan
6. Sri Lanka
7. West Indies
8. New Zealand
9. Zimbabwe
10. Bangladesh
As well as securing the future of Test cricket? Yes.
A leaked 21-page draft of the position paper makes repeated reference to fiscal matters and most proposals appear motivated by finances. It also features a remarkable statistic: 80% of the money Test cricket makes through the sale of global broadcasting rights come courtesy of India. The contribution of the remaining nine full Test-playing members ranges from 0.1% to 5%.
A case is made for "distribution based on relative contribution", effectively the most funding going to the countries that bring the most money to the sport.
Agnew adds: "The TV rights will be sold soon for the World Cups and so on, in which India will get $560m, England $170m and those other countries - West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka - will get $80m. That's the gulf."
That's the allegation, certainly. With the three most money-generating teams sat on the board and protected from relegation to the second division, won't the existing wealth gap simply widen? What have the smaller Test-playing nations got to aspire to?
Plenty, according to the the position paper: the argument hinges on self-sufficiency among all national cricket boards rather than reliance on centralised funding from the ICC. Financial independence, in other words, with all countries encouraged to find a way to stand on their own feet. The danger though, is that certain countries will play far fewer Tests.
As a result the paper calls for an end to an obligatory Future Tours Programme, ending "a large number of unviable matches". It also wants a Test Cricket Fund to be formed, with money to be directed to supporting the development of Test cricket in Sri Lanka, West Indies, New Zealand, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
"What's going to happen to those smaller countries?" ask Agnew. "What happens to those who aren't Test-playing countries, the associate members? Their funding has been slashed according to these plans and you need strong opposition for sport to thrive.
You bet. South Africa are the number one ranked Test team in the word but have been left off the top table in these proposals, with only occasional access to decision-making via a seat on the executive board on a rotating basis.
"The draft proposal is fundamentally flawed," Cricket South Africa president Chris Nenzani has said. "The proposal self-evidently is inextricably tied up with a fundamental restructuring of the ICC.
"We propose that the draft proposal be withdrawn immediately."
Others are unhappy too, including a sceptical Pakistan and a furious international players' union (Fica), whose executive chairman Paul Marsh said: "It is not in the best interests of the global game and we have real fears that it will only serve to strengthen the 'big three' countries while the rest are left to wither on the vine."
Agnew adds: "The other countries have been ambushed by this. England, India and Australia have gone away quietly over the last six months and come up with this scheme. There are so many things to worry about here and, frankly, I can't see an awful lot of good for Test cricket to come out of it."
The F&CA, and the ICC, have made it plain that they will not be remarking publically on the proposals until discussions have been concluded in Dubai.
But some have come out cautiously in favour of the plans, with New Zealand Cricket director Martin Snedden suggesting: "There's nothing wrong with India, Australia and England working together to produce something for everyone. Don't jump to the conclusion what they're doing is not good for world cricket."
Agnew adds: "Sport is cyclical. Those teams at the top at the moment - England, India and Australia - they may not be in 10 years' time."
The Dubai conference is under way. When might these significant, Test cricket-altering proposals be voted on? Potentially as soon as this week, so watch this space.
A statement from the service (NWAS) said the number of 999 calls it has received increased by 25% this year.
In 2015, the service was 6% below the national target for services to respond to an emergency within eight minutes.
Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside, Cumbria and Lancashire ambulance services merged in 2006.
"We were disappointed not to have hit the target at the end of the last year and are working hard to improve our performance," NWAS said in a statement.
"Because of the rise in life-threatening calls, it's highly likely people with less urgent injuries or illnesses will wait longer for an ambulance, as we must prioritise those who need our help more quickly."
The trust said it believes too many people are dialling 999 for minor ailments, which could easily be dealt with by visiting a pharmacy, a GP a walk-in centre or minor injuries unit.
"We would urge people to carefully consider whether their condition warrants an emergency response," said the trust.
The national expectation is that 75% of what are termed Red 1 and Red 2 calls should be responded to within eight minutes - in 2014-15 the figure for NWAS was 69%.
That figure was the third worst in the country, which Graham Curry, NWAS sector manager for South Lancashire, said was "not that bad", considering the service is the largest in the UK.
"Obviously, we want to hit every performance [target] because, if we do, we're giving the best performance possible," he said.
"We do do our best; however, the demand is so great at the moment, we're finding it virtually impossible to deliver that at this time."
Premier League Swansea City go to MK Dons, Cardiff City host Championship rivals Burton Albion and League Two Newport County are at Leeds United.
The games will be played in the week starting 21 August.
Newport were drawn at home, but a new pitch is being installed at their Rodney Parade home so they go to Elland Road to face the Championship side.
Newport tweeted: "We've drawn Leeds United at home but the fixture will be reversed."
Last season's losing finalists Southampton will host Championship club Wolves.
QPR v Brentford*
Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town*
Watford v Bristol City*
Norwich City v Charlton Athletic*
Cheltenham Town v West Ham United**
Brighton & Hove Albion v Barnet
Cardiff City v Burton Albion
Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham v Bristol Rovers
Milton Keynes Dons v Swansea City
Birmingham City v Bournemouth
Reading v Millwall
Carlisle United v Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday
Accrington Stanley v West Bromwich Albion
Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest
Leeds United v Newport County**
Stoke City v Rochdale
Huddersfield Town v Rotherham United
Middlesbrough v Scunthorpe United
Doncaster Rovers v Hull City
Blackburn Rovers v Burnley
Sheffield United v Leicester City
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic
Barnsley v Derby County or Grimsby Town
*These ties were initially announced with the other team at home
**West Ham and Newport County would not play at home, as per a pre-draw agreement
Police Scotland said the 16-year-old boy died at the scene of the crash involving a white Volkswagen Golf on the B9010 Forres to Kellas Road.
The road between Forres and Elgin was closed after the collision which happened just after 11:00 on Sunday,
The boy's family have been informed. No-one in the car was injured.
Officers have urged anyone who witnessed the crash to contact them.
Crews were called to the property on Stow Hill at about 04:10 GMT on Sunday.
The building was "severely damaged" and adjacent buildings also caught fire, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is under way, it added.
Emergency services were called to the scene, on the A71 Galston Road, near East Holmes Farm in Hurlford, at about 00:25 on Friday.
One of the vehicles, with three people inside, left the road and came to a halt at the bottom of an embankment. The other car remained on the road.
The casualties were taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock after fire crews cut them free from the vehicles.
Their is no information, as yet, on their conditions.
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The Team Sky rider lost almost a minute to his rivals after he was forced to swap his rear wheel with Polish team-mate Michal Kwiatkowski on Sunday.
However Froome, 32, recovered to rejoin the group of favourites and retain the leader's yellow jersey going into the final week of the Tour.
"That was a huge save," said Froome.
"I'm really grateful to have got through Sunday because it was touch and go if I was going to make it back."
Team Sky had been in control of the peloton before reaching the foot of the steep Col de Peyra Taillade climb inside the final 40km.
Third-placed rider Romain Bardet and his AG2R La Mondiale team then burst clear, distancing Froome and it was around this point the Briton encountered his wheel problem, initially reported as a puncture before the rider himself later said it was a broken spoke.
"There were a good five to 10 minutes where, knowing the pace that AG2R were setting going into the climb, I thought that was potentially game over for me," Froome told BBC Radio 5 live.
"If I hadn't had reached that front group by the top of that climb then I don't believe I would've made it to the finish line in yellow."
Following Monday's rest day, there are six further stages, including a summit finish on Thursday's stage 18 and a time trial on Saturday's stage 20, with the race ending in Paris on Sunday.
Froome, who is bidding to win his third straight Tour title, leads Italy's Fabio Aru (Astana) by 18 seconds, with Frenchman Bardet five seconds further behind.
Colombia's Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac) is 29 seconds behind Froome in fourth, with Ireland's Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors) at one minutes 12 seconds down in fifth, making it the closest Tour at this stage in history.
"We knew coming into this year's race that it would be the closest-fought Tour I've ever done and the biggest challenge of my career to date. And it's shaping up to be exactly that," said Froome.
The Kenya-born Briton added it was a "disappointment" to lose the yellow jersey to Aru when he cracked on the final climb of Thursday's stage 12 before reclaiming it on Saturday's stage 14, but was feeling "better and better" as the race enters its final week.
He added: "I came in really fresh and I hope that means going into the third week that'll put me in better shape than some of my rivals."
For years, they have been accused by their sternest critics of subverting democracy - by allowing bureaucratic procedures to ride roughshod over democratic institutions.
That was partly why the European Commission - under pressure from the member states - decided to allow all 38 national and regional parliaments across the EU to have their say on Ceta, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada.
But suddenly there is "too much democracy" - the Walloon parliament in southern Belgium, representing less than 1% of the EU's population, is holding up a deal that has been seven years in the making.
And many of those same critics are now scoffing at the dysfunctional way the EU tries to make big decisions.
The Walloonatics, they might say, have taken over the asylum.
But while regional Belgian politics is complex at the best of times, this is also an example of the EU as a whole having to listen to local concerns.
Mounting opposition to free trade deals in Europe has been a grass roots rebellion - part of the broader mood of anti-globalisation that is seeping across the EU and beyond.
And if that means that the trade deal with Canada has to be delayed, and amended, that might be better in the long term than failing to listen once again.
Ratification in every member state has always been a bit of a lottery but so be it - no-one ever said democracy was perfect.
Walloon intransigence may now mean there is greater public discussion of things like environmental safeguards, and the controversial court system for settling disputes between multinational investors and governments.
That sounds like a good thing.
But there will be a price to pay: the dysfunctional label will stick.
This agreement was supposed to be relatively uncontroversial - a deal with cuddly Canada, what's not to like? The fact that it has run into trouble does not bode well for other important EU projects.
The much larger set of negotiations with the United States on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has already stalled, under attack on both sides of the Atlantic.
And negotiations on a British exit from the European Union, and the nature of future trade links, have yet to begin.
Now the Commission does not have to recommend that all parliaments get a vote on such matters in every circumstance. More closely focused deals can be approved with fewer hurdles.
If Ceta falls, the EU's reputation as a reliable negotiating partner on trade issues will take a huge hit.
But in response to the Brexit referendum in the UK, the remaining 27 EU member states have acknowledged that they need to do more to reflect the practical concerns of their citizens.
And you cannot have it both ways.
The key in other words is patient diplomacy, and crafted compromise.
In the 24/7 social media world these can be underrated skills.
But - for better or worse - they have always been how the EU goes about its business.
Inzievar Primary in Oakley started up a so-called "walking bus" last year.
Many schools have schemes like this to promote road safety, health and exercise.
But Inzievar, which had relatively high absence levels, tried the idea to see if it might also improve attendance and in turn attainment.
The aim is to encourage children to walk to school together.
The primary's catchment area - in a village near Dunfermline which once housed many miners - includes places which are classed as disadvantaged.
Head teacher Jane Gray said the success of the initiative - which started last autumn - had vastly exceeded her expectations.
"The data tells us we have gone from an average of 25 children arriving late in a day to 10, sometimes less than that," she said.
"That's a huge improvement. It's not perfect but it's a huge improvement already."
She added: "We had a little boy who was almost never at school and he's here every day. In fact, he's a graduate of the walking bus as he now comes on his scooter."
Mrs Gray said the initiative had benefited students, parents, teachers and the school's relationship with the local community.
She said: "Teachers can get started in the morning first thing without thinking: am I going to have two or three people coming in late?
"The lollipop lady's happy as she's bringing people across the road in streams rather than in ones and twos. The office staff are delighted as they aren't having to sign so many people in late."
Three "buses" - led by teachers, support staff or parents who have volunteered - now make their way through the village each morning.
The way the scheme works is simple.
The "bus" starts off in a particular place at a certain time. Like a bus, it goes down particular streets at set times and children can join it at their nearest "stop". As the "journey" goes on, more youngsters join until eventually a big group arrive at school together just before 09:00.
Inzievar is expected to benefit from a government scheme to give £120m straight to head teachers to help raise attainment.
The scheme will give schools across the country around £1,200 for each pupil from P1 to S3 known to be eligible for free school meals.
However, there are few costs associated with starting a walking bus, other than high-visibility vests for safety and producing maps and timetables. Teachers or other responsible adults need to be available to lead the bus and chaperone the children.
One of the pupils who joins the "bus" regularly is Liam who uses a wheelchair.
Before, he had to get a taxi to school. Now he walks some of the way and the rest of the time other pupils help push his wheelchair.
The idea of "walking school buses" originated in Australia and the first scheme in Britain is thought to have been in St Albans nearly 20 years ago.
The scheme features in a new Education Scotland website for teachers which highlights various initiatives which could help raise attainment.
There may be other schools facing similar challenges to Inzievar which may find that a walking bus scheme works.
Mrs Gray makes the point that the scheme cost little to set up and virtually nothing to run. This means the money they are receiving from the government to help raise attainment can be spent on other projects.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) produces rankings of school performance - but it has now published an analysis of fair opportunities for pupils.
It shows that Shanghai in China, South Korea and Finland are among top performers in both results and equity.
The UK is successful in results, but weaker in fairness.
This OECD study compares the reading skills of teenagers against the levels of social equity.
The Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) tests published by the OECD show a strong link between social disadvantage and low achievement in school.
"On average across OECD countries, disadvantaged students are twice as likely to be among the poorest performers in reading compared to advantaged students," says the report, based on an analysis of tests taken in 2009.
But this study says there is nothing inevitable about this connection between social background and achievement.
Source: OECD. School systems with above average results in reading and higher equity levels
At the top end of the international spectrum, Shanghai, Finland, South Korea, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong and the Netherlands are among a select group of school systems with very high results and high levels of fairness, where pupils can succeed regardless of background.
Russia, Spain, Croatia and the Czech Republic are relatively strong on equal opportunities, but have low performance.
Bulgaria, Turkey and Kyrgyzstan perform poorly on both equity and results.
The UK belongs to a group of countries, including France, Germany and the United States, that are above average for results, but have lower levels of equity.
Andreas Schleicher, the OECD's special adviser on education, says a long-term characteristic of the UK's education system has been social division - with a polarisation between the results of rich and poor pupils.
But although the UK remains less equal than the OECD average, there has been an improvement.
Mr Schleicher says this is also a major problem for other Western economies, such as France and Germany. And the big challenge is to develop education systems that no longer accept widespread underachievement among poorer pupils.
"In the past, economies and school systems could tolerate these inequalities. But the life chances are deteriorating rapidly for those without qualifications. There are more severe penalties," he says.
A report from the OECD last year found that the UK's schools were among the most socially segregated of any industrialised country.
A Department for Education source said: "This OECD analysis is based on data from 2009 and clearly shows that despite record spending Labour failed the poorest children in England.
"This is unacceptable, and it is why we are raising standards by giving teachers stronger discipline powers, tackling underperforming schools, improving exams, and attracting the brightest graduates into teaching. The pupil premium, targeted specifically at the poorest children and worth £900 per pupil in 2013-14, will help schools raise attainment."
Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg said: "While independent research shows Labour narrowed the gap, this report shows the government are going in the wrong direction.
"The OECD says fairness means all young people gaining good skills and not dropping out early. But under this government the numbers staying on in education are down, and the number of children getting catch up tuition in the basics is falling."
Kings of Leon, Little Mix and Grime artist Stormzy are due to perform at the free event at Burton Constable Hall, near Hull, on 27 and 28 May.
The US rockers said it was "going to be a great show, can't wait".
Little Mix tweeted: "YAAAAS!!!! We're headlining the #R1BigWeekend in Hull on 28th May. Bring it on! We seriously cannot wait @BBCR1 ðŸ˜
Mr Obama ordered federal aid for three of the worst affected counties following a request by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin.
Residents will now receive grants for temporary housing and repairs.
More than 30,000 homes and businesses are without power.
Heavy rain on Thursday turned rivers and streams into torrents, cutting off several towns.
The floods are the worst in a century in some areas and hundreds of people have had to be rescued.
President Obama "ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides", a White House statement said.
Mr Tomblin said the federal help included medical support and housing to Kanawha, Greenbrier and Nicholas counties.
Officials were still assessing the damage in other areas and additional requests for aid could follow, he added.
West Virginia received a quarter of its annual rainfall in a single day, the US National Weather Service said.
A storm system dumped up to 10 inches (250mm) of rain on parts of the state, causing rivers and streams to overflow.
More than 100 homes were destroyed, some of them torn from their foundations and carried away, and an estimated 32,000 residences were still without power.
Teams removed people from upper-floor windows, tops of trees and cars.
Among those rescued were a 97-year-old woman and a family of five including an infant, officials said.
About 500 people were trapped in a shopping centre as crews scrambled to build a new gravel road to reach them.
Meanwhile, officials continued to try to reach others stranded in devastated areas.
States of emergency have been declared in 44 of the state's 55 counties, and up to 500 soldiers have been authorised to assist in the rescue operations.
In a blogpost, the site - known for its liberal attitude towards free speech and anonymity - said it was "unhappy with harassing behaviour".
Users who believe they are being bullied will be able to email Reddit and report it.
But some users complained that the policy is vague and not in keeping with Reddit's promotion of free speech.
The site announced the changes, for which it has been preparing for six months, in a blogpost on Thursday signed by Reddit co-founder and Executive Chair Alexis Ohanian, interim CEO Ellen Pao, and Jessica Moreno, Reddit's head of community.
"We've seen many conversations devolve into attacks against individuals," the San Francisco company wrote, adding that it is also seeing more and different types of harassment than in the past.
For example, some users are harassing people across platforms and posting links on Reddit to private information on other sites, it said.
It added that it defines harassment as "systematic and/or continued actions to torment or demean someone in a way that would make a reasonable person (1) conclude that Reddit is not a safe platform to express their ideas or participate in the conversation, or (2) fear for their safety or the safety of those around them".
But, in comments posted on the site, users expressed dissatisfaction with the plan.
"Don't 'keep everyone safe'. This isn't Facebook, Reddit is a free speech platform," said one, who added that it was not for moderators to "dictate to subreddits how they should handle their community".
Subreddits are individual communities within the larger site - usually focusing on a specific topic, such as news or technology.
"Censorship should be the subreddit's decision. If we feel that some subs should be silenced then we are no better than they are," said the user XPythagoras.
Another user AltLogin202 wrote: "They're pandering to advertisers. Reddit is (rightfully) earning a negative reputation for some of its content and users.
"Posting meaningless feel-good drivel like this makes companies feel better about making ad buys."
Reddit's interim CEO Ellen Pao this year lost a high-profile gender-discrimination lawsuit against a prominent venture capital firm. That case highlighted issues of gender imbalance and working conditions for women in Silicon Valley.
Earlier this year, the site said it would remove photos, videos and links with explicit content, if the person in the image has not given permission for it to be posted.
That change came about six months after hackers obtained nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities and posted them to social media sites, including Reddit and Twitter.
Correspondents say Mr Rafsanjani, 78, is virtually assured the support of reformers and could pose a real challenge to the country's conservative leadership.
Constitutionally, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cannot stand again.
But his choice of candidate registered minutes before Mr Rafsanjani.
Hardline nationalist Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, a close friend of Mr Ahmadinejad, is also seen as a threat to the clerical elite around Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, has also registered. He is seen as close to Ayatollah Khamenei.
More than 400 candidates in total have registered but Iran's Guardian Council - a body controlled by the supreme leader - decides who can stand.
The results of the last presidential elections, in 2009, were disputed by the reformist opposition, triggering mass street protests.
By Saeed BarzinBBC Persian
The return of the seasoned centrist politician to frontline politics is seen as a serious challenge by the conservative-dominated establishment.
Mr Rafsanjani, 78, has already served as the country's president, parliamentary speaker and the head of the Assembly of Experts which appoints, and theoretically has the authority to dismiss, the supreme leader.
Conservatives are unhappy that Mr Rafsanjani has, for the past four years, expressed support for the pro-reform movement. He has called for the release of political prisoners and greater political freedoms for parties prepared to work within the existing constitution.
However, those who seek to change the regime by gradual reforms see Mr Rafsanjani as the master manipulator who has a foot in the door of the establishment and a hand in the affairs of the opposition, and who could, theoretically, create a more open and predictable political climate.
Profile: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Seen as a moderate, Mr Rafsanjani is expected to gain support from reformers after supporting the protests.
Opinion polls suggest he is currently the most popular of the candidates.
The former president put his name forward in the last half hour before nominations closed.
His aides said he was waiting to see whether Iran's supreme leader would have any objections to his running as a candidate.
"I came to serve. It is the right of the people to choose me or not," Iranian media quoted him as saying as he registered.
Mr Rafsanjani has said in the past that in his view Ayatollah Khamenei no longer trusts him.
He has also said he does not want a set-up where the two top figures in the Islamic republic are at odds with each other.
But BBC Persian's Kasra Naji says he feels the country is going through a serious crisis and that he can help steer Iran to calmer waters.
Mr Rafsanjani, who was president from 1989 to 1997, leads the Expediency Council, a political arbitration body.
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Trott was left in a one-on-one contest for victory with Sarah Hammer and sprinted clear of the American to win with ease.
Having won the first event of the multi-discipline challenge, she goes into day two of the omnium tied on points with Hammer but in front thanks to her time from the "flying lap".
This followed Jason Kenny's victory in the men's sprint final and a dominant display by Victoria Pendleton in the quarter-finals of the women's sprint.
The 31-year-old Pendleton is retiring from the sport after these Games but has rarely looked in such imperious form.
Facing Olga Panarina of Belarus for a place in the semi-finals, the British star won the best-of-three contest 2-0. The "nil" flattered Panarina, it was not even that close.
Pendleton now faces Germany's Kristina Vogel, 21, in Tuesday's semi-final and, while this should be a much harder contest, nobody who has seen "Queen Victoria" in action in London is expecting anything other than another win there.
That will put her into a final against either her great Australian rival Anna Meares or the powerful Chinese sprinter Guo Shuang. A match-up with Meares would arguably be the race of track cycling programme, but Guo cannot be discounted.
Pendleton, the defending Olympic champion in the sprint, already has gold from the keirin last Friday, and was only deprived of a shot at team sprint gold when she and partner Jess Varnish were disqualified for a minor infringement of track cycling's sometimes mysterious rules.
Bowing out as a triple Olympic champion would be the most fitting send-off for a rider who is probably the greatest female track sprinter of all time.
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But if Pendleton is nearly the past for British track cycling, Trott is very much the present.
Already an Olympic champion from Saturday's team pursuit, the 20-year-old is firmly on course to add an Olympic omnium title to the world crown she picked up in Melbourne in April.
The omnium is the ultimate test of a rider's versatility, which makes Trott the sport's answer to Jessica Ennis.
She started the competition with a stunning display in the 250m flying lap, beating French specialist Clara Sanchez by just 0.001 of a second but taking nearly half a second off the time she set at the Worlds.
Trott then followed that with a 10th place finish in the highly tactical points race. Never her best event, she was closely watched by all the leading contenders and had to settle for picking up points on the intermediate sprints that punctuate the 80-lap race.
The really big points come if you can lap the rest of the field, but with so much attention on her, that was impossible. But she did win the final sprint to climb above Australian rival Annette Edmonson.
There was nothing her rivals could do about Trott in the elimination race, though. The aim of this particular game is to make sure you are not in last place when the pack crosses the line every other lap. If you are, you are eliminated.
As the best sprinter in the field, Trott repeatedly timed her efforts to surge past the stragglers and stay in the contest.
And when the field had been whittled down to Trott, Hammer and Edmonson, the crowd roared the young Brit home.
Tuesday's events are the individual pursuit, a scratch race and a two-lap time trial. Like teammate Ed Clancy, Trott prefers the timed events and should win the time trial, but consistency is the key, which means the scratch race (a straightforward race over 40 laps) will be crucial.
With three gold medals up for grabs, and strong GB hopes of winning all of them, Tuesday could be the greatest day in British track cycling history.
A new holiday and caravan park will be be opened at the attraction, that will include timber lodges, safari tents and showmen's wagons for visitors to stay in.
The safari enclosure will be extended in the development which is set to create up to 30 new jobs at the site.
Pembrokeshire Council has given its approval for the development to begin.
The venue was due to be announced on 26 August, but a press conference was cancelled at the last minute.
Organisers said they were "still discussing" candidates, but fans speculated Ukraine might pull out of the contest for financial reasons.
Eurovision said Kiev, the capital city, would prove to be a "worthy host".
"Kiev presented an excellent case and we are looking forward to working together to create the most electrifying show yet next May," said Jon Ola Sand, who oversees the contest for the European Broadcasting Union.
Hosting the contest costs millions of pounds. This years, Sweden is thought to have spent £12m on staging the three live shows, making it the lowest-budget production in years.
The city of Baku, in Azerbaijan, which hosted the contest in 2012, spent £48m after building the Baku Crystal Hall specifically for the event. In 2014, Denmark spent £36m and received £13m in tourism spending, while Austria paid £28m and received £22m in 2015.
Millions of viewers watched Ukrainian singer Jamala win the 2016 contest, held in Stockholm last May.
Her song, 1944, had been the target of criticism, as its lyrics referenced the deportation of Crimean Tatars under Josef Stalin, which some said broke Eurovision rules on songs that contain political messages.
However, it scored a resounding victory, winning 534 points, largely drawn from viewers' phone votes.
The 2017 contest will be held in Kiev's International Exhibition Centre, which has the capacity for 11,000 spectators.
The semi-finals will take place on Tuesday 9 and Thursday 11 May, with the grand final on Saturday 13 May.
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Wilson scored twice in the first half with first-time finishes, with left-back Aaron Cresswell at fault for both.
Mark Noble scored a penalty for West Ham and Cheikhou Kouyate levelled.
Marc Pugh put the Cherries ahead from 16 yards and Wilson scored a penalty, with Carl Jenkinson sent off, before Modibo Maiga ensured a tense finale.
Jenkinson's sending off, for a foul on the lively Max Gradel, was West Ham's fifth red card of the season.
Wilson was the undoubted star of the show at Upton Park with his first Premier League goal. And then his second. And then a third.
The former England Under-21 striker scored 23 goals last season following his £3m move from Coventry as the Cherries were promoted to the Premier League.
The 23-year-old, who only made his full Football League debut in 2013, opened the scoring from Simon Francis's cross which he met with a venomous effort. His second was another first-time punt, this time after some poor Cresswell control in the box.
He passed up the opportunity to complete his hat-trick late in the first half when he squared to Gradel but it came from the spot with 11 minutes left.
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West Ham have only themselves to blame for their disappointing start to the season.
A Europa League qualifying exit was followed by a 2-0 win over Arsenal, but back-to-back defeats by some of the Premier League's weaker teams could cause manager Slaven Bilic to worry about his side's mentality.
Cresswell was the club's player of the year in 2014 but was horribly caught out by Francis for Bournemouth's opener and then sloppily controlled the ball which gifted Wilson his second goal.
West Ham improved a bit after the break, leading to their comeback, but the game was beyond them when Gradel destroyed Jenkinson for pace, which led to the defender fouling him for a penalty and red card.
And yet again Bilic - who accepted Jenkinson was rightly sent off - will need to reshuffle his team as a result of suspension, with the Arsenal loanee picking up their fifth red card in nine games this season.
West Ham boss Slaven Bilic: "It went wrong from the start. We played a very bad first half. It is very hard to explain three of their four goals - you can't make errors like that at this level. They were more lively and more aggressive but you can't make those mistakes.
"It's not an alarming situation but we can't continue to play without more desire. We simply need a better mentality."
Bournemouth forward Callum Wilson: "It's a fantastic day on a personal note but the important thing is we got the three points.
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"In the first two games I think there were nerves, but today I felt we showed real confidence.
"There's a few things we need to brush up on but it's a fantastic result and instils confidence into the team."
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe: "It was a really strange game. We were in cruise control in the first half but that seemed to go out of the window after half-time when we made some strange decisions.
"The only disappointment at half-time was that we were not more than 2-0 up.
"We have been really heartened by the two previous games but when you don't win then naturally the players will question whether we are doing the right things."
Match ends, West Ham United 3, Bournemouth 4.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 3, Bournemouth 4.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Eunan O'Kane.
Foul by Adam Smith (Bournemouth).
Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Dan Gosling (Bournemouth) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Offside, West Ham United. Cheikhou Kouyaté tries a through ball, but Modibo Maiga is caught offside.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Adam Smith replaces Matt Ritchie.
Offside, West Ham United. Darren Randolph tries a through ball, but Modibo Maiga is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mark Noble.
Corner, Bournemouth. Conceded by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
Offside, West Ham United. Dimitri Payet tries a through ball, but Modibo Maiga is caught offside.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Dan Gosling replaces Max Gradel.
Foul by Callum Wilson (Bournemouth).
James Tomkins (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Andrew Surman (Bournemouth) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Ritchie.
Goal! West Ham United 3, Bournemouth 4. Modibo Maiga (West Ham United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell.
Goal! West Ham United 2, Bournemouth 4. Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Carl Jenkinson (West Ham United) is shown the red card.
Penalty Bournemouth. Max Gradel draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Carl Jenkinson (West Ham United) after a foul in the penalty area.
Attempt blocked. Mark Noble (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Marc Pugh.
Offside, Bournemouth. Max Gradel tries a through ball, but Tommy Elphick is caught offside.
Max Gradel (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Tomkins (West Ham United).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Pedro Obiang (West Ham United) because of an injury.
Artur Boruc (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card.
Eunan O'Kane (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Carl Jenkinson (West Ham United).
Substitution, West Ham United. Modibo Maiga replaces Diafra Sakho.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match (Bournemouth).
Goal! West Ham United 2, Bournemouth 3. Marc Pugh (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Max Gradel.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Marc Pugh (Bournemouth) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Max Gradel.
Charlie Daniels (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United).
He was unable to represent his native Kuwait at Rio 2016 after its Olympic body was suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Al-Deehani, 49, beat Italy's Marco Innocenti 26-24 in the final of the double trap shooting event.
The IOC banned Kuwait in October 2015 citing domestic laws that permit government interference in sports.
During the medal ceremony the Olympic flag was raised and the Olympic anthem played.
"That was for my country, for the people who don't want us to participate in the Olympics," he said. "I'm showing them that we are here and we got the medal."
Appearing in his sixth Olympics, Al-Deehani, an army officer and one of eight independent athletes at the Games, had turned down the chance to carry the IOC flag at the opening ceremony.
He won bronze in the event at the 2000 Sydney Games, and another bronze in single trap at London 2012 while competing for Kuwait.
It was the first medal for an independent athlete since the 1992 Barcelona Games.
Great Britain's Steven Scott beat compatriot Tim Kneale to win the bronze medal in the same event.
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Khadiza Begum was attacked with a machete at a college campus in Sylhet district in the north on Monday.
Hundreds of students held a protest on Tuesday, demanding better security at universities and colleges.
It is the fourth case of a woman being attacked after reportedly refusing a male suitor in recent months.
Ms Begum was attacked at Murari Chand University College as she left an exam hall.
Her uncle Jahid Ahmed told the BBC that the alleged attacker, Badrul Alam, had been pursuing Ms Begum and became violent after she rejected him.
Several students witnessed the attack, with some filming the incident on their mobile phones, but no one intervened to stop the attack.
An eyewitness, Abdul Kader, told the BBC: "I heard someone screaming... and saw a boy hacking at a girl indiscriminately.
"The attacker was so violent that we did not dare to rescue her."
Later, some students attempted to chase the attacker off the college grounds, and he was arrested by police as he attempted to flee the scene.
The incident has sparked an outcry, with hundreds of students rallying at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, where Mr Alam was a student leader, demanding punishment for him and tighter security at the campus.
Ms Begum has been taken to the capital, Dhaka, for hospital treatment.
Three other women have died in the last two months, after they were attacked for refusing a suitor.
Mr Alam was a senior member of a student group affiliated with the Awami League, the ruling political party. He has been suspended from the university.
Bangladesh's Home Minister, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, told reporters the attacker would be held to account whatever his political affiliation.
The Penygroes-based Express Motors coach went into a ditch on the A39 motorway at Lons-le-Saunier, near the Swiss border, on 23 July.
Its two drivers have been quizzed by French police and another probe is taking place in the UK.
The Gwynedd coach was carrying students from a school in Gloucestershire.
The driver behind the wheel at the time of the crash told investigators he came off the road while looking for his sunglasses.
But prosecutors said his explanation was not very convincing and believe the driver, who is now being formally investigated, fell asleep at the wheel.
Police said no other vehicles were involved. No charges have been brought.
There were 42 students on board - aged between 14 and 18 - and six staff from Bournside School in Cheltenham for their camping trip to Italy.
Alex Woods was found with stab wounds on Scott Road in Eastleigh on 6 July.
Andi Leigh Edwards, 36, of Scott Road, Eastleigh, pleaded not guilty to murder at Winchester Crown Court earlier.
His trail has been set for 4 December at the same court. A 51-year-old woman, also arrested on suspicion of murder, has been released from custody while inquiries continue.
On Tuesday, up to 10,000 prison officers in England and Wales stopped work over claims of a "surge in violence" among inmates.
Prison Officers Association members were ordered back to work after the government won a High Court injunction.
The Ministry of Justice said Ms Truss had now asked the POA to resume talks.
The National Offender Management Service, which is responsible for correctional services in England and Wales, said it had contacted the POA to offer a meeting with Ms Truss on Thursday.
A MoJ spokesman said the government welcomed the union's decision to end Tuesday's "unlawful industrial action".
"We are committed to improving safety across the prison estate and are already taking action.
"This includes tackling the use of drugs, mobile phones and drones while recruiting new staff and improving protection for staff.
"The justice secretary already met with the POA earlier this month but would not do so again until they called off their unlawful action.
"Now that prison officers are back at work she will meet the POA and invites them to resume talks with her team."
Earlier this month, Ms Truss unveiled a White Paper detailing £1.3bn investment in new prisons over the next five years, including plans for 2,100 extra prison officers, drug tests for inmates on entry and exit from prisons, and more autonomy for governors.
The POA ended Tuesday's protests by saying it had achieved its aim of securing a meeting with Ms Truss.
The protests began at midnight on Tuesday and came after multiple high-profile incidents at prisons across England.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of murder after Jamal Mahmoud died after being stabbed at Pentonville jail on 18 October in an attack which left two others injured.
Earlier this month prisoners caused almost £1m of damage during a riot at Bedford prison.
Days later at HMP Isle of Wight, an inmate cut a prison officer's throat with a razor blade on the way back to his cell.
It is illegal for officers to strike, but the POA had directed its members to stop working after talks with the government over health and safety concerns broke down.
Announcing the action, it said: "The POA has consistently raised the volatile and dangerous state of prisons, as chronic staff shortages and impoverished regimes has resulted in staff no longer being safe, a lack of discipline and prisoners taking control of areas."
The Supreme Court ruled in favour of Ricardo Adair by four votes to one.
Mr Adair said that Mexican legislation violated the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
It banned him from doing simple tasks by himself, such as applying for a passport, because of his condition.
A judge will be appointed to agree which decisions Mr Adair will be allowed to make without the consent of a parent or guardian.
The groundbreaking ruling is expected to have wider implications for the rights of people with autism in Latin America, says the BBC's Will Grant.
"I want to be allowed to decide what to do, where to go, where and with whom I want to live or travel, where to work or study," Mr Adair told the Mexican Supreme Court.
Mexican legislation makes straightforward tasks, such as buying a mobile phone, enrolling in university or applying for a driving licence, very difficult for people with Asperger's syndrome or other forms of autism.
Mr Adair said all papers had to be signed by his parents or legal guardians.
He began his battle two years ago and has been supported in his fight by a non-profit organisation.
"All we wanted was for Ricardo's own free will to come first, and now the court has recognised that," his lawyer, Andres Gomez Montt, told the BBC.
Mr Adair said he wanted to read the full court ruling before making further comments, but expressed his satisfaction at the decision.
"They have asserted our rights and I believe this is a great step forward," he said.
Mexican legislation on people with disabilities was drafted with the intention of protecting them, by taking away legal responsibility for their actions, but Mr Adair's mother says the law is out of date.
"Many children have different levels of disability. Some need more support, some need less. This should be about giving to each one what they need," Leticia Robles told BBC Mundo earlier this year.
The UN's World Health Organization describes autism spectrum disorders as "a group of complex brain development disorders".
It affects one in each 160 children around the world on average, the WHO says.
"These disorders [which include Asperger's syndrome] are characterized by difficulties in social interaction and communication and a restricted and repetitive repertoire of interests and activities."
Friday afternoon's incident near Kinlochleven is being investigated by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
Two men in the Piper Cub - the pilot and his passenger - were uninjured. The aircraft is understood to be stuck in a bog near Blackwater Reservoir.
Inverness Coastguard helicopter picked up the pair and flew them to Oban Airport.
The pilot's "pan-pan", an emergency call, was received by the Distress and Diversion Emergency Centre based at RAF Swanwick near Southampton.
It was picked up by air traffic controllers at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire.
The crew of an easyJet passenger plane was understood to have relayed the distress call to the Distress and Diversion Emergency Centre.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch confirmed the incident had been reported to it and it was investigating.
Meanwhile, the Mountain Bothies Association said it had received an inquiry about use of the bothy near to the scene by the plane's owner when attempts are made to remove the aircraft.
Since the first HebCelt 20 years ago, 202,000 people have attended the festival in Stornoway in Lewis.
Organisers calculated the economic impact by looking at takings at bars, restaurants and cafes and money spent on hotel bookings and transport.
The 20th anniversary festival will be held from 15 to 18 July.
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The Hebridean Celtic Festival has generated £20m for the Scottish economy over the last 20 years, the event's organisers have said.
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Gina Hauenstein, who came from a small village in northern Switzerland, had been listed as officially missing since 2000.
In January this year her son Marco, who spent his childhood with foster parents in another part of the country, posted a Facebook appeal for information about the mother he last saw as an infant.
His story captured attention across Europe, prompting new enquiries - until Swiss police confirmed that the remains of Gina Hauenstein had actually been found just across the border in Germany in 2013.
Marco did not have an easy start in life.
He knew very little about his birth family, but he did know that his mother had been a drug addict, and is believed to have spent time during the 1990s in Zurich's then-notorious Platzspitz drugs scene, where addicts bought heroin in a city centre park and injected it openly.
When Marco was born in 1997, he was already addicted, and had to spend the first months of his life in hospital withdrawing and recovering.
Although his mother visited him from time to time, he never lived with her, and when Marco was just three, she disappeared.
Although Marco describes his childhood with foster parents as happy, he says questions about his birth family were "always on my mind".
His search first started when he was around 16, and he began by asking local town councils in the region of Switzerland his mother had come from. He also made enquiries with the police.
No information was forthcoming. Police told him that despite a search both within Switzerland and across Europe, no trace of her had ever been found.
Only when an appeal Marco made on Facebook began to attract attention - it was shared thousands of times in just a few days - did Swiss police look again at their records.
They discovered that in 2013 they had been contacted by German police, with news that human bones had been found in a village just across the border from Gina Hauenstein's home town in Switzerland.
The results of a forensic examination by Swiss investigators confirmed the bones were Gina's.
Local police in her home town were informed in 2015, but inexplicably that information never reached either Gina's family or the German authorities investigating the remains.
This week, Swiss police visited Marco and broke the news, apologising for a mistake they admit should never have happened.
Marco, who patiently gave many interviews when he first launched his Facebook appeal just four weeks ago, is now taking time for himself to digest the news.
He has not posted on Facebook since January. While not quite the happy end he had hoped for, there was at least one positive development.
"Danke! Thank you! Merci!" he wrote. "Thanks to your help, on 20 January, I was able to meet my uncle and my grandmother for the first time. It was a very emotional moment.
"At last, I have part of my family back."
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A man who launched an online search for his missing birth mother discovered she died years ago in Germany - but bureaucratic errors led to the family never being informed.
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The 20-year-old has had spells on loan with Coventry City and Barnsley and has made 21 first-team appearances for the Magpies since his debut in 2014.
Armstrong scored 20 goals in 40 appearances for Coventry in 2015-16.
"He's a good young player with great potential. We look forward to working with him," manager Phil Parkinson said.
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Bolton Wanderers have signed striker Adam Armstrong from Premier League side Newcastle United on a loan deal until January 2018.
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The Rugby Football Union only allows players from overseas clubs to be picked in "exceptional circumstances".
"By not making their best players available they're not giving themselves the best opportunity," Abendanon said.
Reigning European player of the year Abendanon and his predecessor Steffon Armitage of Toulon were both left out of England's World Cup squad.
Host nation England were eliminated at the group stage after suffering a 33-13 defeat by Australia on Saturday.
"The most upsetting thing for me is the fact that England haven't given themselves the best opportunity to win the World Cup," Abendanon told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Lancaster had his reasons - I think he may have had his hands tied by the RFU. But for me the decision not to select these players is pretty criminal."
Australia revised their own selection policy before the World Cup to enable them to include some overseas players in their squad and Abendanon, who won two caps for England in 2007, believes England should have followed suit.
"The Australian coach [Michael Cheika] has run through walls to make sure he can select the best players at his disposal - to me that's someone who wants to win a World Cup.
"In moving to Clermont, my rugby has improved a huge amount. To be told that you can't go and play in another country - that's not good for English rugby."
The Eurogroup agreed to a series of measures, which include waiving an interest rate increase which was due to take place next year.
Other measures will also lighten the burden, without cutting the overall debt pile.
But ministers did not sign-off a second review of Greece's bailout programme, which could unlock further debt relief.
Greece has needed three bailouts since 2010 and relies on credit from international bodies to avoid bankruptcy.
Monday's measures to ease the debt burden are being seen as a reward for the progress that Greece has made in cutting spending and reforming its economy.
"This will start helping the Greek economy all at once," said Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos.
It's not the first time Greece has received debt relief from the eurozone. It probably won't be the last either.
It is not a reduction in the value of the outstanding debt - a "haircut" for the lenders.
That has been ruled out many times by the eurozone. It would be politically toxic back home for the likes of Germany.
The relief comes instead in the shape of lower interest rates and longer repayment periods.
That is still worth having. If you take this kind of thing far enough it gradually takes a loan closer to being a grant.
All the same, the pressure on the eurozone to do more for its biggest bailout customer will surely come back.
But eurozone ministers said there were still questions to be answered over reform efforts, which is why the latest review of the bailout process has still not been approved.
Differences also remain over Greece's 2018 budget plan.
A successful review would trigger further talks over debt relief.
They could even result in Greek bonds being approved for purchase by the European Central Bank, which would be an important breakthrough.
Talks over the bailout programme have been complicated by disagreement between the International Monetary Fund and European officials.
The IMF wants a reduction in the face value of Greek debt, but that is opposed by European ministers and, in particular, Germany.
Balin Hobbs, 52, was cycling on the hard shoulder of the M5 when police forced him from the road and into a service station near Cullompton, Devon.
He admitted riding a pedal cycle on a motorway and resisting arrest, at Exeter Magistrates' Court.
He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay a £20 victim surcharge.
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The court heard how Hobbs cycled to Devon from London to attend the court hearing because it was against his spiritual beliefs to be driven in petrol or diesel vehicles.
It took him three days and he slept on the courtroom steps the night before.
Hobbs was heading towards Bristol on the M5 on his bike during the afternoon of April 29 when police caught up with him.
He overtook the police car, and they forced him from the road after a further two miles when he went into a service station at Junction 28.
He wrestled with officers as he was arrested and put into a police van, the court heard.
Hobbs, whose address was given as Hennock, Devon, but who is living in London, said: "You are putting me in shackles for no reason."
Hobbs, who had no previous convictions, defended himself in court, and said: "I was definitely on the M5 on my bike."
But he claimed the police had "intimidated, harassed and harangued me" adding: "I did not intend to cycle on the M5 but I had to try and find my way to Bristol and then London."
Following the hearing, he mounted his bike to begin the journey back to London.
Residents of Hopeman fear someone could be seriously injured or killed by speeding drivers.
It follows concern about cars reaching speeds of up to 60mph as they travel through the area. There is a long straight leading out of the village.
Residents including children have now resorted to the hairdryers.
'Please slow down'
Moray councillor Dennis Slater, who lives in Hopeman, told BBC Scotland: "It's very dangerous, the speed that the traffic is doing through Hopeman is quite serious, especially when the kids are going to school in the morning - it's quite alarming.
"This is why some of the residents have resorted to taking out hairdryers and putting on hi-vis vests to try to slow the traffic down.
"We don't like to be seen standing with hairdryers and hi-vis vests, we are trying to emphasise to people the desperate situation.
"Please slow down going through our community."
'Aware of complaints'
Police Scotland said in a statement: "Road safety is a priority for Police Scotland, particularly for North East division.
"We are aware of complaints regarding speeding in Hopeman, which we are continuing to address.
"This aligns with one of our divisional priorities and supports Operation Cedar, which concentrates on reducing the number of serious and fatal road traffic incidents within the North East area."
Moray Council said it was a matter for Police Scotland.
Some of those due to take part in the Kennedy Center Honors had said they would boycott the White House reception held before the awards ceremony.
The honours recognise the lifetime contributions of performing artists.
Many artists have been angered by Mr Trump's plans to scrap funding.
In his budget outline in March, he pushed for the end of federal support for public broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts.
President Trump is also mired in controversy over his response to recent violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia.
Republicans and Democrats alike have criticised him for insisting that anti-racism protesters were equally to blame for the violence that ended in the death of a woman.
The White House said in a statement: "The president and first lady have decided not to participate in this year's [Kennedy Center Honors] activities to allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction.
"First Lady Melania Trump, along with her husband President Donald J Trump, extend their sincerest congratulations and well wishes to all of this year's award recipients for their many accomplishments."
Dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, who is due to be honoured at the December ceremony, said earlier this week that she would boycott the related White House reception for honourees.
"In light of the socially divisive and morally caustic narrative that our existing leadership is choosing to engage in, and in keeping with the principles that I and so many others have fought for, I will be declining the invitation to attend the reception at the White House," she said in a statement.
Singer Lionel Richie had also suggested he might not attend, telling the NBC Today programme: "I'm not really happy with what's going on right now with the controversies. They're weekly, daily, hourly."
TV producer Norman Lear, who is to receive a lifelong artistic achievement award, also said he would not attend the White House reception.
"It is more important now than ever that we stand up for artists, for artistic expression, and for the valiant fight that artists fight to reveal the wonder and oneness of the human spirit," he said.
O'Connor faces his fellow Leicester man in the first round, which starts in York on Tuesday, 24 November.
"I really wanted to play Mark," O'Connor, 20, told BBC Radio Leicester.
"Playing Neil was brilliant. Unfortunately I lost 6-0 but the crowd and the experience was amazing."
Former pool champion O'Connor is still an amateur and looking to win a place in the main tour.
And he knows facing 2014 world champion Selby is more about learning at this stage of his career.
"Coming up against Mark is very exciting." O Connor added. "Hopefully I can nick a couple of frames off him. If you get a good start then it can put pressure on.
"I've not done as well as I would have liked since playing Neil last year, but it's all experience.
"Neil is is a great player and it was just good to play someone of that level. I was very nervous. It was my first time in front of a big crowd and with the TV cameras there it was hard but it was still good.
"Since then I have also played Judd Trump on television so hopefully that will help against Mark."
The Smith Commission also said a share of VAT should be assigned to the parliament, and Air Passenger Duty fully devolved.
The commission was set up by Prime Minister David Cameron in the wake of the vote against Scottish independence.
Its findings will form the basis of legislation on more Scottish powers.
The UK government welcomed the report, but Scottish ministers said it fell short of what the nation needed to flourish.
The Smith Commission, which took forward its recommendations in consultation with the Scottish Parliament's five parties - The SNP, Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens - recommended that:
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael said a "stakeholder group" would now be set up to take forward the recommendations.
The Liberal Democrat MP said: "Having a more powerful Scottish parliament inside a strong United Kingdom will open the door to more constitutional change in the United Kingdom.
"We can achieve home rule all round."
The Scottish government said any new powers were to be welcomed, but First Minister Nicola Sturgeon argued the Smith Commission package was ultimately disappointing because many powers, like the personal tax allowance, corporate taxation and child and working tax credits, would remain with Westminster.
Speaking at Holyrood, she said: "70% of our taxes continue to be set at Westminster, 85% of social security controlled at Westminster - this parliament responsible for less than half of the money we will spend.
"It's not so much the home rule that was promised - in so many respects, it's continued Westminster rule."
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But shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran said the Smith report was, "a promise kept and an agreement delivered."
Speaking in Westminster, the Labour MP added: "Today's deal is, in fact, more radical and goes further than many had anticipated and on this side of the House we believe the principles we have worked for today - pushing power closer to people - is one that should be followed across Britain."
Mr Cameron said he was "delighted" with the report, adding: "We are keeping our promise to the Scottish people."
He added that proposals for English MPs to vote on English laws were to be published before Christmas.
Labour opposes the idea of only allowing English MPs to vote on matters that only affect England, claiming they would create two classes of MPs.
Instead, Labour wants more devolution within England. The Lib Dems also favour more regional devolution.
These new powers will deliver a stronger parliament, a more accountable parliament and a more autonomous parliament
Lord Smith, who chaired the commission, said: "Taken together, these new powers will deliver a stronger parliament, a more accountable parliament and a more autonomous Parliament."
"The recommendations, agreed between the parties, will result in the biggest transfer of powers to the parliament since its establishment."
Lord Smith's recommendations will form the basis of draft legislation due to be published by January 25, with the main parties at Westminster pledging to take it forward, regardless of who wins the UK election, in May 2015.
Detail, scrutiny, debate, discussion, bargaining, anger, leavening humour. But, as ever, the outcome is launched forth into the febrile soup that is the contest for public opinion.
The SNP strategy was to seek to maximise the gain from Smith - while simultaneously preparing to declare that the ultimate package is insufficient.
This is the tactical mirror of the approach adopted by the parties supporting the Union which is to argue that true Home Rule has been attained.
At Holyrood and in Scotland, the debate will be over whether the Smith report is a boon or a betrayal.
That will be a factor - a significant factor - in the Scottish facets of the UK General election in May.
If you think today's constitutional changes are only about Scotland, think again.
If you think they mark the end of a process of change, think again.
If you think they will end the debate about Scottish independence, think again.
The proposals to give the Scottish Parliament much more power will fuel calls for....
There are calls - from all sides - for greater devolution within England. The Chancellor, George Osborne, is already offering more control to what he calls the "power houses" of the north of England such as Manchester and Liverpool.
In Wales, too, assembly members want greater control over their affairs and already Stephen Crabb, the Welsh Secretary, is holding cross-party talks to discuss what this might entail.
And in Northern Ireland, Stormont is expecting to be given very soon - perhaps even next week - the power to vary corporation tax so it can compete with the Irish Republic.
But there are risks.
Some MPs believe that these demands for extra devolution outside Scotland will not - and cannot - be met in full. They fear expectations will be raised that cannot not be satisfied and this will fuel resentment towards Scotland.
There are lots of other important new powers being transferred to Holyrood, including the ability to lower the voting age, change speed limits, license frackers, influence the new BBC Charter, and - possibly - change abortion rules.
But it is the transfer of big tax and spending powers that creates significant fiscal and economic uncertainties - whose resolution may have serious political consequences.
The lynchpin of all this is what the Commission calls the fiscal framework for the new devolution, which includes a number of principles.
Perhaps the most important is that at the precise moment that the new powers are devolved, Scotland's budget and the UK's budget should neither be bigger or smaller as a result of this transfer to Holyrood of new spending and taxing powers.
Braden Collins, 10, wanted to raise money for the charity Diabetes UK.
After enjoying spending the night in his back garden last May following his mother's birthday party, he vowed to keep it up for a full 365 days.
Despite the harshness of the weather at his home on the banks of St Mary's Loch in the Scottish Borders, he will reach his goal this weekend.
Over the past year, Braden has gone with his family for holidays in the south of England - but he took his tent with him and camped out in their back gardens, accompanied by his pet dog Maisie.
On Saturday he will mark his "One Year Campaversary" with a special gathering of family and friends at his home in the heart of the Yarrow Valley.
Braden said: "I felt like camping for a whole year last May.
"I have slept outside every night through snow, gales and storms.
"One time, my tent blew down and I thought it was 7.30am so I went inside and started doing my homework. Then I realised it was only 3.30am."
Braden said he wanted to raise money for Diabetes UK "because my dad has diabetes and I wish he didn't".
His mother Claire Collins, 44, said she was proud of her son's feat of endurance, although she had reservations at first.
She said: "I had a party for my birthday on 27 May last year and we had quite a full house so Braden, who was nine at the time, and his older brother Eden thought it would be a good idea to pitch up their tent and camp out for the night in the garden.
"It was lovely summer weather and Braden slept so well and enjoyed the experience so much that he said he wanted to do it again the next night.
"After a week, he told us he was determined to spend a whole year camping out."
She said that both she and her husband Paul had been "naturally sceptical" but he had proved them wrong.
"Every bedtime, he goes out to his tent with his head torch, his hot water bottle, his toy dog Alan and his real dog - our young Border Terrier Maisie - who sleeps out with him," she said.
"In the morning he comes in for his breakfast and gets ready for school.
"He seems to take it all in his stride and has never once said he didn't want to camp out, even during the cold nights of winter."
To mark Braden's achievement - and Claire's 45th birthday - the family is holding a party on Saturday night.
"Paul and I are so proud of Braden," she said. "It shows great strength of character to endure something like this for so long, without any complaints.
"In our eyes he's a little superstar."
Jasem Emwazi met BBC journalist Mark Lowen briefly in Kuwait ahead of an interview with his lawyer.
Mr Emwazi's lawyer said he was in a "state of shock" after being questioned by officials for two to three hours and released without being named a suspect.
Videos have appeared to show his son carrying out Islamic State killings.
Mr Emwazi declined to give an interview about his son to Mark Lowen - the first journalist to meet him since his son was unmasked. His wife and daughter have not been questioned by the officials, his lawyer said.
Dressed in white, he appeared drawn, says our correspondent, who greeted him in Arabic.
The lawyer refuted recent media reports that Mr Emwazi had only recently returned to Kuwait from the UK, saying he had moved there in November.
The lawyer was asked when Mr Emwazi last spoke to his son, or if he recognised the voice from the murder videos, but said he would rather not comment on personal matters.
"Jihadi John" was unmasked as 26-year-old Emwazi last week, although British and US security services have reportedly known his identity for some time.
He has been seen in several videos showing the apparent murders of Islamic State captives, including British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning.
Emwazi's parents, who live in Kuwait, are said to have told the authorities there that they last spoke to their son in 2013 when he called them from Turkey.
They said he told them he was going to do humanitarian work in Syria.
Emwazi's mother is said to have told Kuwaiti officials she immediately recognised his voice when she heard him on a hostage video.
Those officials have told the BBC the family has been taken to a safe house.
Born in Kuwait in 1988, Emwazi came to the UK in 1994 when he was six years old.
He was educated at the Quintin Kynaston Community Academy in St John's Wood, north London, and then graduated from the University of Westminster in 2009 with a computing degree.
An audio recording has emerged in which Emwazi denied being an extremist and complained about UK security services.
When referee Paul Vanes blew the final whistle in Middlesbrough's 2-1 win over Luton Town, he brought to an end 92 years of football at Ayresome Park.
The victory on 30 April 1995 effectively won Bryan Robson's Boro the First Division championship and promotion to the Premier League.
And for their return to the top flight, Middlesbrough had a new home: the Riverside, built in the Middlehaven area on the south bank of the Tees.
The time was right for the move.
The Taylor Report - commissioned after the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at Hillsborough in 1989 - was making all-seater stadiums compulsory in the top two divisions.
Bringing Ayresome Park up to standard would have cut the ground's capacity by more than 6,000 to 20,000, upset the neighbours and been poor investment for a club which had narrowly avoided financial collapse just nine years earlier.
And the Teesside Development Corporation (TDC), which hoped to make the stadium the flagship of their docklands redevelopment, had secured government funding to install the roads, drainage and utilities, leaving the club to pay for just the stadium itself.
Ron Norman, chairman of Teesside Development Corporation said: "We saw it as morale for the area. We needed something to lift spirits and we saw relocation of the football as an opportunity to do that."
The Riverside, with a capacity of more than 30,000, was the first stadium to be built after the Taylor Report and took just 32 weeks to complete for a cost to the club of £16m.
Keith Lamb, chief executive of Middlesbrough from 1986 to 2011, said: "We knew all-seater stadiums were on the horizon and the cost of redeveloping Ayresome Park was just going to be too much for very little return.
"There was a lot of criticism of a proposed redevelopment of Ayresome Park, particularly from neighbours concerned with noisiness. We had a good relationship with residents but they were delighted to see us go."
But the decision was not popular with all.
Chairman Colin Henderson feared the deal would put the club back into debt.
And fans were also upset at the thought of leaving their much-loved ground, which had hosted three games in the 1966 World Cup.
Riverside Stadium
Ayresome Park
Address: Middlesbrough, TS3 6RS
Open: 1995 - present day
Capacity: 34,988
Address: Ayresome Park Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 6BF
Open 1903 - 1995
Capacity: 26,667
Rob Nichols, editor of Middlesbrough fanzine Fly me To The Moon, said: "It was tremendous sadness leaving the ground but we knew something had to happen because of the Taylor Report.
"As the plans developed people got excited, although they didn't believe the new ground would actually be open on time.
"The move was inevitable in the end. Putting seats in the Holgate End stand, for example, would have killed Ayresome in the way we remember it; the atmosphere would have changed."
The final match at Ayresome was a day of mixed emotions.
Mr Nichols, who now lives on the housing estate built on the site of the former stadium, said: "Everyone was wearing red. You had a carnival atmosphere with all the old players there.
"The match itself turned out to be a bit of a struggle. You worried if everything that had gone on had put them off."
Two goals from John Hendrie won the game and defeat for Bolton several days later ensured Middlesbrough won the title.
Hendrie said: "It was like a theatre. We had an opera singer come in and the old players were there.
"Because of all the hype there was more pressure on us to perform. It was a great day - you could see a sea of red around the ground."
He said Ayresome Park was an intimidating ground for visiting teams.
"As a home player, the pitch was brilliant but the ground was getting a bit run down and it was time to move on," he said.
Craig Hignett did not play in the last game at Ayresome but went on to write his name in the club's history books by scoring Boro's first goal at the Riverside.
He said: "Ayresome was really tight. You could hear people shouting at you - if you were having a bad game you would know about it.
"It needed updating; it would have cost a fortune, it wasn't in the best location. If we got in the Premier League it would have been chaos around there and residents wouldn't have taken kindly to it."
And 119 days later, Middlesbrough were kicking off their first game at the Riverside against Chelsea in the Premier League in front of 28,286 fans.
John Hendrie said: "We went at various times to see the ground taking shape. It was awesome.
"Going to a brand spanking new place with all mod cons was terrific. It had to be done, certainly the club wouldn't have blossomed as much at old Ayresome Park as it has at the Riverside."
Mr Nichols said walking into their new stadium and finding their new seats was a surreal experience for many fans.
He said: "The fans were all swan-necking. It was like walking into Wembley - our jaws were on the floor."
After 39 minutes at the new ground, Hignett scored from a Nick Barmby cross, Boro's first goal in a 2-0 win over Chelsea.
Hignett said: "We weren't sure it would be ready. We trained on it the day before. We still had to wear hard hats around the place and it still hadn't been signed off for its safety certificate.
"We were assured that, come Saturday, the game would go ahead.
"Coming out to see the stadium full was something I will never forget. It took on another level. I thought, 'If I've got to play in this every week I've got to bring my proper game.' I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of all those people.
"The club went massive in the space of six months."
Since their move, Middlesbrough have suffered two relegations from and one promotion to the Premier League, won the 2004 League Cup and finished runners-up in the 2006 UEFA Cup.
The stadium has also hosted England Under-21 internationals, the last of which - a 3-2 friendly win against Germany - saw a record attendance for a junior international away from Wembley, and Great Britain's warm-up matches ahead of the 2012 Olympics.
Mr Nichols said: "Some games we have seen at Riverside are beyond anything that I experienced at Ayresome Park."
A special hour-long documentary marking Middlesbrough's move has been created by BBC Tees.
What would have been a low point in any other presidential campaign may have worked to Mr Trump's advantage, and raised questions over whether conventional reporting can capture an unconventional candidate.
Here is what the US media said about Mr Trump's announcement.
US networks were expecting Mr Trump to comment on the birther row and several carried the event live as it began in Washington just after 1100 local time on Friday.
Twenty minutes later, there had been no comment from Mr Trump. Instead, viewers saw a succession of military figures voice support for the Republican, in what was effectively a campaign advert.
Then, after falsely accusing rival Hillary Clinton of starting the birther controversy, he said: "President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period."
"We all got Rick-rolled,'' said CNN's Jake Tapper, referring to the meme of replacing an expected link online to a video of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up.
For Townhall editor Katie Pavlich it was his "most brilliant campaign move yet".
In finally admitting that Barack Obama was indeed US-born, Mr Trump made "those desperately waiting for his statement look like fools" she wrote in an article approvingly re-tweeted by Mr Trump.
Margaret Sullivan turned her fire on TV news, saying it had played into Mr Trump's hands.
"Meanwhile, as if to illustrate in caricature the differences in the candidates' styles - and relative success with the media - the Democratic nominee was doing something unexciting, substantial and workmanlike: addressing the Black Women's Agenda Symposium," she wrote in the Washington Post.
"It got, of course, only a fraction of the media's attention."
She added: "With public trust in the media at an abysmal low, it's time - long past time - for TV news outlets to stop playing the stooge for Trump."
For Dan Gillmor, writing in the Atlantic, journalists need "stronger tactics to fight back against the war on truth that Trump and so many others have been waging this year".
He warns that the media are being "played for suckers by manipulators whose propaganda skills are vastly better than journalists' apparent ability to do their jobs".
When candidates lie, he says: "Don't publish the lie. Do explain what topic the candidate was addressing. Explain that the candidate was lying. Tell the truth about that topic. Or ignore it entirely."
In Vox, Libby Nelson attacks reporting of Mr Trump's renouncement, pointing to his lack of acknowledgement he has been pushing the birther theory and his attempt to blame Mrs Clinton.
"This is what people mean when they complain about how 'the media' has covered the Trump campaign," she wrote.
"By trying to avoid bias, some reporters and editors end up spreading the narrative that Trump wants voters to hear."
Frequently, she says, reporting has failed to adjust from when Mr Trump's campaign lays out an expectation - in this case that he would make a major announcement on President Obama's birthplace - to when Mr Trump delivers something different.
One problem for media is access: Mr Trump's campaign has previously blacklisted reporters from major news outlets for critical coverage, and tensions again emerged on Friday.
After his making his comments, Mr Trump invited TV networks' pool camera - which provides footage for multiple channels - to tour his hotel in Washington.
Reporters, however, were barred. The designated pool reporter, ABC News producer Candace Smith, said she was "blocked" from following the camera.
The networks collectively agreed not to use the pooled footage in protest.
"The TV pool traditionally doesn't participate in events that our reporters or producers are not allowed to attend,'' said Bryan Boughton, Fox News Washington bureau chief and current chairman of the TV pool.
Gareth Ellis and Mahe Fonua went over for Hull early on but Adam Swift and Jonny Lomax put Saints back into it.
Atelea Vea gave Saints the lead at the break but Carlos Tuimavave put Hull back in front in the second half.
Jack Ashworth set up a tense finale to bring St Helens to 26-24 but Danny Washbrook earned Hull victory late on.
Lee Radford's men were given a scare by two Saints' fightbacks but sealed a 13th win in the Super League as Washbrook crossed in the 77th minute.
Meanwhile, St Helens slipped to a seventh league defeat of the season but remain in fifth place in the table.
After going 12-0 down early on, Keiron Cunningham's side turned the game around to lead 18-12 but Marc Sneyd scored a penalty just after the half-time hooter to cut the deficit.
That could have proved costly as Tuimavave and Scott Taylor combined to help Hull to an eight-point buffer in the second half, prior to Ashworth's try, but Hull fought back to ensure victory.
Hull FC coach Lee Radford:
"I've got to give credit to Saints for hanging in. I was expecting a tough game, they're a quality side. After 20 minutes, we had all the momentum but we didn't capitalise.
"I'm disappointed we didn't put more points on the board. We got giddy and pushed too many passes and almost got punished. To see them come back at the end and close the game out very pleasing. They're getting good at being in the grind.
"The derby [against Hull KR] naturally takes a lot out of you and I sensed the tiredness in training in the week so I'm happy we just had enough to get a result."
St Helens coach Keiron Cunningham:
"My players were outstanding and were hard done to. They should have got more out of that. The level of effort went through the roof. Hull are on the crest of a wave and we just fell a little bit short in certain areas.
"But we lost our seven in minute one and the penalties were 10-2 in the first half. If anyone says they were eight penalties cleaner than us, I'll call them a liar. We couldn't build any pressure in the first half.
"We definitely deserved something out of the game. It's a bitter pill to swallow. I'd told my players they should be proud of what they've done. We fought really hard for each other and, if we can bring that fight and resilience every week, we're not going to be far short."
Hull FC: Shaul, Naughton, Fonua, Yeaman, Talanoa, Tuimavave, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Minichiello, Manu, Ellis.
Replacements: Thompson, Hadley, Bowden, Washbrook.
St Helens: Lomax, Owens, Dawson, Turner, Swift, Fages, Walsh, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Roby, Amor, Wilkin, Vea, Knowles.
Replacements: Walmsley, Tasi, Richards, Ashworth.
Attendance: 11,247.
Referee: G Hewer.
The supposedly sizeable strip of land, named Sandy Island on Google maps, was positioned midway between Australia and French-governed New Caledonia.
But when scientists from the University of Sydney went to the area, they found only the blue ocean of the Coral Sea.
The phantom island has featured in publications for at least a decade.
Scientist Maria Seton, who was on the ship, said that the team was expecting land, not 1,400m (4,620ft) of deep ocean.
"We wanted to check it out because the navigation charts on board the ship showed a water depth of 1,400m in that area - very deep," Dr Seton, from the University of Sydney, told the AFP news agency after the 25-day voyage.
"It's on Google Earth and other maps so we went to check and there was no island. We're really puzzled. It's quite bizarre.
"How did it find its way onto the maps? We just don't know, but we plan to follow up and find out."
Australian newspapers have reported that the invisible island would sit within French territorial waters if it existed - but does not feature on French government maps.
Australia's Hydrographic Service, which produces the country's nautical charts, says its appearance on some scientific maps and Google Earth could just be the result of human error, repeated down the years.
A spokesman from the service told Australian newspapers that while some map makers intentionally include phantom streets to prevent copyright infringements, that was was not usually the case with nautical charts because it would reduce confidence in them.
A spokesman for Google said they consult a variety of authoritative sources when making their maps.
"The world is a constantly changing place, the Google spokesman told AFP, "and keeping on top of these changes is a never-ending endeavour'.'
The BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Sydney says that while most explorers dream of discovering uncharted territory, the Australian team appears to have done the opposite - and cartographers everywhere are now rushing to undiscover Sandy Island for ever.
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A marine robot captured the first high-definition images of the US ships off the Devon coast.
The mission was conducted by US underwater robotics company, Hydroid, to collect data from the wreckage site.
The data showed both US vessels were about 50m (164ft) below the surface of the water.
Villa have lost eight successive matches and are 15 points from safety with five games of the season left.
"They're probably going to be relegated," Black said. "This could very easily implode. It could very easily turn into anarchy.
"I'm going to try and ensure that is not the case."
He added: "If they're all relegated I can only put certain parameters down to ensure that doesn't happen."
Villa will drop out of the top flight for the first time since 1987 if they fail to win at Manchester United on Saturday or if Norwich avoid defeat by Sunderland earlier in the day.
Black has told forward Gabriel Agbonlahor to undergo a personal fitness programme after deeming him unfit. He will not play for at least two weeks.
Black added: "The players are waiting to see what's going to happen here. They're all in limbo.
"They are not great elements to motivate yourself every single day.
"That's my responsibility and I will do my utmost to ensure that it continues to be done on an extremely professional basis."
The Portuguese coach, 53, was fined £50,000 by the Football Association for his comments prior to the 0-0 draw.
He said choosing Taylor put "pressure" on the Manchester-based official.
On Wednesday the FA said his remarks meant the referee "was damned if he did and damned if he didn't".
As well as a fine, Mourinho was also warned about his future conduct after an independent regulatory commission found he had brought the game into disrepute.
A document detailing the written reasons for Mourinho's punishment stated: "The referee's performance in the game appeared to have been unaffected by this additional pressure.
"Nonetheless, the regulatory commission judged Mr Mourinho's comments to have brought the game into disrepute."
Austria, Serbia and Macedonia have taken steps to restrict entry to migrants, angering Greece, which fears the controls will cause a bottleneck.
The rift places further strain on a common EU migration policy, already in disarray over the surge in migration.
More than 100,000 migrants have reached Europe this year, most via the Balkans.
European Council president Donald Tusk has warned that the failure to make progress towards resolving the crisis could increase the likelihood of the UK voting to leave the EU this year.
The EU interior ministers meeting in Brussels will hear plans drawn up by Austria and eight Balkan countries that seek to restrict the numbers entering their borders.
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The measures include fingerprinting all entrants and turning back anyone without a passport or holding fake documents.
The countries have also pledged to accept only those they deem to be in need of protection, which has already been interpreted by some governments as meaning only Syrians and Iraqis.
Macedonia enacted the measures at its border with Greece over the weekend, barring entry to Afghans, who make up many of the migrants.
Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner described the measures as a "chain reaction of reason" and warned that the crisis could threaten the EU's survival if it was not brought under control.
But the plans drew sharp criticism from Greece, which threatened to block all decisions at an upcoming EU migration summit if member states did not agree to take in quotas of migrants.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said his country was turning into a "permanent warehouse of souls" and should not be left to deal with the crisis alone.
"From now on, Greece will not agree to deals if we do not secure the mandatory sharing of the burden and responsibility proportionally among member states," Mr Tsipras said.
The air is thick with recrimination as ministers meet to try to save a common migration policy that is threatening to collapse in disarray. The situation is bad, said one senior diplomat, and getting worse.
A number of countries have followed Austria's example in imposing unilateral border measures to try to restrict the flow of migrants and refugees seeking asylum. Other countries want to shift the focus back onto common solutions, such as sharing the burden of hosting arriving refugees more widely.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has also criticised the measures. "The response is not closures, it is co-operation," said the agency's head, Filippo Grandi. "Everybody has to take a share of this burden."
An official from the current Dutch presidency of the EU told the AFP news agency that the purpose of Thursday's meetings would be "to allow us to avoid surprises - we have to avoid that one country is surprised by the measures taken by another."
In separate developments:
Last September, EU ministers agreed plans to relocate 120,000 migrants from Italy, Greece and Hungary to other EU countries.
But the majority vote decision was opposed by Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
On Wednesday Hungary announced it would hold a referendum on accepting mandatory EU migrant quotas.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stressed that the quotas "could redraw Europe's cultural and religious identity".
The referendum is expected to be held in the autumn, subject to parliamentary approval.
More than 100,000 migrants have arrived in Greece and Italy so far this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
More than 400 migrants died attempting to make the journey during the same period, the IOM said.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.
The broader S&P 500 index was up 9.86 points to 2175.03, nudging past the record set earlier in the week.
The Dow Jones climbed 53.62 points higher to 18570.85, while the Nasdaq rose 26.26 to 5100.16.
The gains came despite disappointing figures from General Electric and Boeing, although shares in both companies fell.
GE, seen by analysts as a bellwether for the US economy, dropped 1.7% after it reported weak demand for new oil, gas and transportation equipment.
Boeing shares fell early in the day but ended flat. The company announced a $2bn charge that would hit second quarter profits.
Andre Bakhos, managing director at Janlyn Capital, said: "The markets are biding time to see what the next set of earnings bring."
The weak results in the industrial sector were a concern, he added.
Shares of Verizon Communications rose 1.3% as rumours circulated that the company was nearing a deal to buy Yahoo's core internet business. Yahoo shares were up 1.4%.
Rival telecoms firm AT&T, which is also bidding for Yahoo's business, saw its shares climb 1.4%.
Paypal fell 6.8% to $37.27 following results after the bell on Thursday night, despite several brokers raising their price target to between $42 and $50.
Investors will remain focused on quarterly earnings next week. In the tech sector Apple, Facebook, Alphabet and Amazon all report.
Spurs, who needed to avoid defeat to secure third in Group E, went behind when Alan Dzagoev scored from Zoran Tosic's headed flick-on.
But Dele Alli, who had already missed two good chances, half-volleyed in Christian Eriksen's cross to level, before Harry Kane finished a stylish move to put Spurs in front.
CSKA keeper Igor Akinfeev gifted Spurs a third when he inadvertently guided Alli's header into his own net after making an initial save.
It means Tottenham will enter the Europa League for the sixth consecutive season after their first appearance in the Champions League for five years ended in disappointment.
But there were positive signs for Spurs as they created numerous chances in a performance inspired by Eriksen's creativity and range of passing.
Who can Tottenham face now?
Despite Spurs' hopes of progressing in the Champions League being extinguished by a defeat at Monaco two weeks ago, boss Mauricio Pochettino opted for a strong side. He made just one change from the 5-0 win over Swansea in the Premier League on Saturday, bringing in Harry Winks for Mousa Dembele.
And the Argentine was rewarded not only with a Europa League berth, but also a first win for Tottenham at Wembley in their last seven outings - including domestic competitions.
Spurs' decision to play this season's Champions League home games at Wembley - and their upcoming Europa League games - meant they were left playing a game with very little at stake in the grand surroundings of the national stadium.
Tottenham have the option to use Wembley for all of their home games next season and, despite losing their first two group games there, a club-record attendance of 85,512 against Bayer Leverkusen last month and this win over CSKA Moscow might make that prospect more appealing.
There was further good news for Spurs as defender Toby Alderweireld came off the bench after missing the last 10 games through injury, suggesting he could be fit for Sunday's league game against Manchester United.
Spurs finished as one of the four best third-placed teams in the Champions League groups, meaning they will be seeded for the last 32 of the Europa League when the draw is made on Monday.
The full line-up for the draw will be determined by Thursday's final Europa League group games - but Spurs will face an unseeded side and cannot be matched with a team from England, should Manchester United and Southampton progress.
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: "First of all, thank you to our supporters. We were all disappointed after Monaco.
"It was good, we started to show how we play against Chelsea and Swansea and today confirmed we've increased our level."
Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli speaking to BT Sport: "It's frustrating when you don't put away an early chance. I started getting frustrated but it was important I put a chance away.
"We have a belief in the squad. We felt we were dominating and knew the chances would come."
Tottenham striker Harry Kane speaking to BT Sport: "We've learned to be better at home. You have to win your home games - you can't rely on away results.
"We've finished the campaign well, there's a bit of pride to send the fans home happy."
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 3, CSKA Moscow 1.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 3, CSKA Moscow 1.
Attempt missed. Bibras Natcho (CSKA Moscow) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Georgi Milanov.
Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow).
Attempt missed. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Aleksei Berezutski.
Foul by Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur).
Georgi Milanov (CSKA Moscow) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Josh Onomah replaces Harry Kane.
Foul by Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur).
Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Georges-Kévin Nkoudou with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Vasili Berezutski.
Substitution, CSKA Moscow. Carlos Strandberg replaces Lacina Traoré.
Own Goal by Igor Akinfeev, CSKA Moscow. Tottenham Hotspur 3, CSKA Moscow 1.
Attempt saved. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane with a cross.
Attempt saved. Lacina Traoré (CSKA Moscow) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bibras Natcho.
Attempt missed. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Danny Rose.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Igor Akinfeev.
Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow).
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Georgy Schennikov (CSKA Moscow).
Corner, CSKA Moscow. Conceded by Kyle Walker.
Attempt missed. Fedor Chalov (CSKA Moscow) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Astemir Gordyushenko.
Substitution, CSKA Moscow. Astemir Gordyushenko replaces Zoran Tosic.
Attempt missed. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Danny Rose.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Toby Alderweireld replaces Victor Wanyama.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Kirill Nababkin.
Attempt missed. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Georges-Kévin Nkoudou with a cross.
Attempt missed. Georges-Kévin Nkoudou (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Harry Kane.
Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow).
Attempt missed. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kyle Walker with a cross.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Georges-Kévin Nkoudou replaces Son Heung-Min.
In one of his last interviews before stepping down, for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, he expressed sympathy with public frustration as slow growth takes its toll on living standards.
But the governor also cautioned that blaming individuals was a distraction.
Sir Mervyn said there were signs economic recovery was under way.
Canadian Mark Carney is to become the first foreign BoE governor when he takes over in July.
"In many ways, when the crisis hit in 2007-08 I was surprised that people weren't angry sooner," Sir Mervyn said, speaking to Kirsty Young for the programme.
"You can see it coming through now as the impact on standards of living becomes more obvious and they have every right to be angry.
"But this crisis wasn't caused by a few individuals, it was a crisis of the system of banking we had allowed to grow up.
There was a flurry of speculation about his musical tastes on Twitter. Using the hashtag #MervynSongGuesses, users suggested hits included Simply Red's Money's Too Tight to Mention and Abba's Money, Money, Money. His real selections were:
"It's very important we don't demonise the individuals but we do keep cracking on with changing the system."
The 65-year-old also called on the public and media to give politicians "space" instead of demanding "immediate solutions".
He rejected criticism that BoE failed to anticipate the country's financial woe.
"That's complete nonsense because many things happen in the future that no-one can foresee," he said.
"What you pay the Bank of England for is to understand the nature of the system and to respond in the right way - and we did."
Sir Mervyn, who now intends to take a "gap year", said the economic crisis would have some positive legacies.
They include a reformed, "safer" banking system and a different moral view about making money.
"I go to schools and speak to sixth-formers and others. I found before the crisis that a disturbingly high proportion of them, instead of wanting to become engineers or scientists or musicians, wanted to go and work in the city," he said.
"Why? Because they wanted to make a lot of money. Now I think they don't really want to go and earn money if it is being earned in a way that creates enormous damage to the rest of society. I think that's a very healthy thing."
Sir Mervyn advised his successor Mr Carney simply to "be himself," adding: "He's an outstanding person but the important thing is that he does it in his own way."
Referring to his own time at the BoE, which began with a role as non-executive director in 1990, Sir Mervyn indicated he would allow others to rate his performance.
"I don't want to join the chorus of people who write books with the subtitle: Why I was right and everyone else was wrong," he said.
"The historians will make their judgements in 20 years' time."
Listen to Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 at 11:45 BST on Sunday June 2 and 09:00 BST on Friday June 7, or afterwards on the BBC iPlayer.
The 31-year-old broke United's goalscoring record on 21 January at Stoke and made his 28th appearance of the season in their FA Cup fourth-round win over Wigan on Sunday.
But England's record goalscorer and skipper has been linked with a move to the lucrative Chinese Super League.
Mourinho also said winger Ashley Young will be staying at Old Trafford.
Following Sunday's win, Mourinho said Young was the only player who could leave this month and the 31-year-old has been linked with moves to Everton, West Brom, Watford and China.
But the United boss has selected the former England international for Wednesday's Premier League game against Hull.
"It's finished, he [Young] stays with me until the end of the season," said Mourinho.
The Portuguese also said that Rooney will be remaining at old Trafford for the rest of the campaign, adding: "We don't have players in, we don't have players out."
Hans Riegel, the son of the sweet maker's founder, died of heart failure in Bonn, the company said in a statement.
Mr Riegel was in charge of marketing and distribution for Haribo and invented its "kids and adults love it so" slogan.
Mr Riegel inherited the firm from his father in 1946 and built it up into a firm that now employs 6,000 people.
The company, which also makes sweets in the shape of cola bottles, jelly beans and milk bottles, has 20 factories across Europe and an annual turnover of about $2.5bn (£1.6bn).
Haribo is derived from the founder's name and the German city where it is based - HAns RIegel, BOnn.
Jason Barnard was speeding in his BMW 5 Series on the A46 in Lincolnshire when officers spotted him and checked his speed using a hand held device.
The 43-year-old, of Tudor Walk in Watford, admitted dangerous driving and was banned from driving for 15 months.
He was also fined £500 and ordered to pay costs adding up to £315.
Ch Insp Phil Vickers said the officers on patrol were "quite taken aback" when they realised how fast he was driving.
"It's certainly the fastest that we've seen in Lincolnshire, not one that we would want to repeat, and just highly, highly irresponsible," he said.
The fastest two drivers caught by speed cameras in England and Wales last year were both travelling at 146mph, according to figures compiled by the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
In 2013, a driver was caught on a speed camera travelling at 149mph.
Barnard pleaded guilty at Lincoln Magistrates Court.
He was caught speeding in the Swinderby area, where the A46 has a 70mph speed limit, at 21:57 BST on the evening of 28 April.
Ch Insp Vickers said even police officers who are trained to drive at high speed would not have driven at 157mph on this road.
"The A46 on that stretch has side turnings and obviously it's got the roundabout and slow moving traffic as well, and the stopping distances involved at that sort of speed are quite huge," he said.
"To drive at this speed is unbelievably dangerous and irresponsible."
The committee, which includes representatives of all Holyrood's parties, said there were "acute" risks for EU migrants living in Scotland and called for a "differentiated" solution.
The call follows similar one made by a cross-party group of Westminster MPs.
The UK government has pledged to discuss the devolution of additional powers as the country leaves the EU.
But ministers have previously said they are prioritising an immigration deal that works for the whole of the UK over any local visa arrangements.
The Scottish Parliament's culture, tourism, Europe and external relations committee has spent most of the parliamentary term so far focused on Brexit, and has already produced one report summarising views put forward.
Members on the committee said Brexit "poses a major challenge" for the 181,000 EU migrants living in Scotland, as well as the position of Scots living in Europe.
They said Scotland's economy could suffer if it no longer had access to European workers who are "a crucial part of our labour market".
The report reads: "The evidence that we have collected shows that the demographic risks for Scotland of a reduction in the number of EU migrants are more acute than for the UK as a whole.
"This leads us to conclude that there has to be a bespoke - or differentiated - solution for immigration policy in Scotland in the future. The committee also recognises that there may need to be a bespoke solution that can respond to skills or demographic needs in other parts of the UK."
Committee convener and SNP MSP Joan McAlpine said EU migrants had been left "effectively living in a state of limbo while they wait to hear what will happen to them after Brexit".
Speaking on the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme, she added: "In Scotland we need skilled workers and sectoral workers, but we also have this demographic challenge that you don't see in other parts of the UK.
"The migrants that have come here are of working age in the main, they have children here, and that helps address the fact that we need more working age population.
"It is really important going forward, because Scotland of course depends for a large part of its budget on the tax receipts of people earning money."
The committee's deputy convener, Labour's Lewis Macdonald, added that the report "presents strong evidence of the risks facing key sectors of our economy without the continued access to the vital source of labour that EU citizens currently provide".
Two Scottish Conservative members of the committee, Jackson Carlaw and Rachael Hamilton, said the report did not reflect their view on immigration policy in Scotland.
They said the Tories preferred a "sectoral approach to immigration - not a geographic one".
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told BBC Scotland that she believed more powers over immigration should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament, as some Leave campaigners suggested would the case during the EU referendum campaign.
She added: "I know there are real concerns about immigration, but the Scottish economy is heavily dependant on people who come to Scotland from other countries.
"If that was suddenly to stop, or be severely restricted, then the impact on our economy would be severe."
The UK government's white paper on Brexit notes that there could be fresh devolution in light of powers being "repatriated" from Brussels.
Highlighting agriculture, environment and transport as potential examples, the white paper says: "As the power to make these rules are repatriated to the UK from the EU, we have an opportunity to determine the level best placed to make new laws and policies on these issues, ensuring power sits closer to the people of the UK than ever before.
"We have already committed that no decisions currently taken by the devolved administrations will be removed from them, and we will use the opportunity of bringing decision making back to the UK to ensure that more decisions are devolved."
The paper says the UK government will "continue to champion devolution", but underlined that the final settlement will be one which "works for the whole of the UK".
In response to the Westminster group's call for devolved immigration powers, a UK government spokesman said: "As we leave the EU, we must face the future together as one United Kingdom.
"We're clear that we want protect the status of EU nationals already living here, and the only circumstances in which that wouldn't be possible is if UK citizens' rights in European member states were not protected in return."
The case, concerning Mr Ponta's work as a lawyer in 2007-2008, is being handled by the anti-corruption agency DNA.
He allegedly used forged invoices from a law firm to buy two luxury apartments and a Mitsubishi Lancer car, Romanian media report.
The DNA has arrested several well-known politicians in recent months.
Former government ministers, media moguls, judges and prosecutors are all under investigation.
They include Elena Udrea, a former minister of tourism and former presidential candidate.
The DNA investigation has also spread to Mr Ponta's mother, sister, brother-in-law Iulian Hertanu and senator Ilie Sarbu, who is his father-in-law.
Mr Ponta took office in 2012, leading the centre-left Social Democratic Party (PSD). It is the largest group in parliament, and emerged out of the old Communist Party.
The 33-year-old forward, who spent the bulk of his playing career at West Ham, signed a one-year deal before the start of the new Liga 1 season.
"I never thought my career would bring me to Indonesia, but this is a great club," said Cole.
Ghana midfielder Essien, 34, signed for Persib Bandung earlier in March.
Based in West Java, Persib are one of the best supported teams in Indonesia and regularly draw in crowds in excess of 20,000.
Inter Milan president Erick Thohir and Salim Group - a company owned by the country's second richest man, Anthoni Salim - are both affiliated with the club.
Persib were third in the recent domestic cup competition and finished fifth in last year's Indonesian league competition.
At least three attackers were involved, some of them female, witnesses said. More than 30 people were injured.
It is not yet known who was behind the attack.
But suspicion is likely to fall on militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group, who abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in 2014.
A town elder warned that the death toll could rise.
"The situation is now tense and there's so much confusion. It will take some time before we can be able to have a clearer picture of the casualties," Ayuba Chibok told the AFP news agency.
One of the attackers struck at a security checkpoint, while another managed to reach the busy market. A third was identified by residents before detonating explosives close to the market, the reports said.
"People I spoke to are in shock, some of them are still crying," a former town resident Malam Ayouba told the BBC Hausa service.
On Monday at least 25 people died in suicide bombings in the northern Cameroonian town of Bodo.
Earlier this month, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a new investigation into the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok by Boko Haram.
The militants stormed a boarding school, abducting the girls from their dormitories.
Although the Nigerian military has freed hundreds of people held by Boko Haram in recent months, they did not include any of the Chibok girls.
Why Boko Haram remains a threat
Private letters from the UK's former US ambassador David Ormsby-Gore, Lord Harlech, proposed "a secret marriage" between him and Jackie Kennedy.
Lord Harlech's wife Sylvia died in a car crash four years after the death of his close friend JFK in 1963.
It was sold at an auction at Bonhams in London on Wednesday.
The "Kennedy Harlech Papers" - which had a guide price of £100,000 to £150,000 - also say how much JFK "appreciated" his advice.
Lord Harlech, a close advisor of JFK during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, travelled to the temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia on a much-publicised trip with Mrs Kennedy just after the death of his wife in 1967.
At the time, there was huge speculation about their romantic connection.
And letters uncovered in locked red British Government dispatch boxes at the family home in north Wales have revealed the truth.
"You and I have shared so many lives and deaths and hopes and pain - we will share them forever and be forever bound together by them," Mrs Kennedy wrote on stationery that belonged to Onassis' yacht.
"If ever I can find some healing and some comfort - it has to be with somebody who is not part of all my world of past and pain. I can find that now - if the world will let us."
She also wrote: "You are like my beloved, beloved brother - and mentor - and the only original spirit I know - as you were to Jack."
President Kennedy is said to have asked the then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan that his old friend from his London School of Economics days became Britain's US ambassador in 1961 after Lord Harlech stood down as MP for Oswestry.
He was Britain's top diplomat in Washington between 1961 and 1965 and played a key role in the Kennedy administration as foreign policy adviser and helped in discussions of Vietnam and nuclear disarmament.
"Kennedy said he admired his wisdom and abilities," said auctioneer Antony Bennett. "He said he was an immensely intelligent man."
Years after both he and Mrs Kennedy suffered tragedy, Lord Harlech proposed to her.
But she married Aristotle Onassis in 1968 and wrote that Onassis was "lonely and wants to protect me from being lonely.
"And he is wise and kind. Only I can decide if he can, and I decided. I know it comes as a surprise to so many people. But they see things for me that I never wanted for myself."
The 18 letters were sold as part of a collection by the current Lord Harlech Jasset Ormsby-Gore, the grandson of David Ormsby-Gore, and the entire 531-item lot sold for a total of £2.6m in a 10-hour auction in London
It also includes a draft Lord Harlech wrote in response to Mrs Kennedy's rejection.
"All the pathetic plans I had brought with me for visits to Cyrenaica, holidays near one another and a whole variety of solutions to our marriage problem, including one for a secret marriage this summer," he wrote.
"Plans which I saw us eagerly discussing, calmly and with complete frankness as we did at the Cape and in Cambodia for the next wonderful ten days - all had become irrelevant trash to be thrown away within a few hours of my landing in New York.
"As for your photograph I weep when I look at it. Why do such agonizing things have to happen? Where was the need for it?"
Mrs Kennedy attended Lord Harlech's funeral in Oswestry in 1985 after he died in a car crash aged 66.
The box of letters between Lord Harlech and members of the Kennedy family, including JFK's brothers Robert and Edward, were included in the lot which went under the hammer at Bonhams auction house.
The collection is among a selection of more than 400 "treasures" to be sold including regency furniture, paintings, works of art and old cars.
The current Lord Harlech inherited the possessions from his father Francis Ormsby-Gore following his death aged 61 in February 2016.
Money from the sale will be used to restore Glyn Cywarch, the Grade II-listed family estate of more than 400 years on the outskirts of Harlech in Gwynedd.
Kier Ashby tagged Harlow MP Robert Halfon in the tweet on 23 June - the night of the EU Referendum.
Ashby - who was told to take his hands out of his pockets - pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Magistrates Court to sending the tweet.
The 21-year-old from Harlow was given a four week prison sentence suspended for one year.
He was also ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid community work and pay £500 in compensation to Mr Halfon.
The court heard Ashby, who sent the tweet whilst watching a comedy programme, had wanted to become a teacher.
In a statement read to the court, Mr Halfon said he felt "threatened and freaked out" when he read the message.
Denise Holland, prosecuting, said the Conservative MP "checked his doors were locked" and "felt vulnerable".
The tweet came a week after Labour MP Jo Cox was fatally shot and stabbed in Birstall, West Yorkshire.
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Mike Hookem, a UKIP MEP and ex-soldier, has urged the monarch to "intervene" on behalf of the 3.8 million people who voted for the party in May's election.
He said the UK's third largest party must be represented at national events.
Ministers said a 30-year old agreement stipulated that only leaders of parties with more than six MPs could take part.
UKIP won almost 12% of the national vote in May but only had one MP elected to Westminster.
Ahead of this Sunday's remembrance service, the party has written to Buckingham Palace appealing for UKIP's non-participation to be reviewed.
In his letter, Mr Hookem wrote: "I write to you as our Queen, asking for you to intervene on the part of over 3.8 million of your people to allow UKIP to have representation at the Cenotaph on 8 November as is right for the third most popular political party in the country."
Mr Hookem, who represents Yorkshire and the Humber in the European Parliament, has also demanded an explanation from Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, whose department is responsible for co-ordinating the invitations to the ceremony, as to why party leader Nigel Farage has not been asked to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph.
"It seems convenient the government can so easily dismiss the largest group of UK MEPs when it comes to including us in national events," he said.
In reply, Mr Whittingdale wrote: "The laying of wreaths by Parliamentary leaders is governed by a formula put in place in 1984 with the agreement of The Queen and the Speaker of the House of Commons following discussion with party leaders based on the number of Westminster parliamentary seats.
"This stipulates that only the leaders at Westminster of parties which had won and taken up six or more seats at the preceding general election should lay wreaths."
Under the formula, Plaid Cymru - which has three MPs - and the Green Party, which has a sole MP, are also excluded.
Mr Hookem, who served in both the RAF and the Army before being elected as an MEP, told the BBC he was unsatisfied with the explanation.
"This is wholly unfair and undemocratic," he said. "To say you need six MPs is ridiculous. We have every right to be there and stand shoulder to shoulder with the other party leaders."
When asked to provide documentary evidence of the 1984 agreement, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport was unable to do so.
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Last month it emerged that this year's service would be shortened slightly to limit the time the Queen and veterans have to stand. However, plans for opposition party leaders to lay wreaths together, which had been mooted, were dropped.
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Daniel Miller, 45, had been riding the machine at his remote property 300km (180 miles) north of Sydney.
When the edge of the dam gave way, the farmer was pinned down by a bar on the three-tonne excavator.
Mr Miller said he adopted a yoga pose - arching his back for air - until a neighbour 500m away heard him shouting.
"I was trapped and had to keep my head up above water using my arms, I guess it was the cobra position," he told Sydney's Daily Telegraph.
"I'm not a yogi but I guess you could say yoga saved my life. That and the will to live."
Rescue crews said the ordeal on Tuesday lasted two hours, but Mr Miller's wife, Saimaa, wrote on Facebook it was five hours.
Mr Miller said he spent "the whole time" thinking about returning to his wife and their two young children.
Police chief inspector Neil Stephens said only Mr Miller's nose and forehead were above the water.
"He's been extremely lucky to survive," he told Nine News.
Firefighters drained some mud and water before wading in to free Mr Miller.
"How he kept his back arched with his nose above the waterline was quite incredible for that amount of time," said Fire and Rescue New South Wales deputy captain Steve Howard.
Mr Miller was taken by helicopter to a hospital in the nearby city of Newcastle, where he was treated for hypothermia and minor back injuries.
"Dan is OK!" Ms Miller wrote online.
"He was trapped... with the weight of his excavator on his back, and with the boggy dam ground below him slowly slipping away.
"It was literally sheer mental strength and determination to survive that got him through. As well as being fit, strong and healthy. Nothing to do with luck.
"Legendary effort from a legendary man."
Jutkiewicz's first goal for Blues - and first since May 2014 - came moments after Adthe Nuhiu had headed against the crossbar for visitors Wednesday.
Gary Hooper had given them the lead going in to the closing stages from Steven Fletcher's clever back heel.
Clayton Donaldson then levelled soon after from the penalty spot after he was brought down by Keiren Westwood.
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The game at St Andrew's suddenly came to life in the closing 15 minutes after the main talking point had been Birmingham's appeals for a penalty in the first half.
Former Owls winger Jacques Maghoma appeared to have been tripped by Tom Lees on the edge of the area after he squared the ball.
Birmingham's protests went unanswered and their hopes of taking any points from the game appeared dashed when Wednesday led through substitute Hooper.
They were behind for just five minutes as Donaldson picked himself up to send Westwood the wrong way from 12 yards, having been clipped by the goalkeeper rushing off his line.
It was another substitute who had the final say as Jutkiewicz, on loan from Burnley, suddenly found space to loop his header over Westwood moments after Nuhiu headed Liam Palmer's cross against the bar at the other end.
Birmingham boss Gary Rowett:
"The way we worked hard when we were not playing well certainly gave us the opportunity to do what we did late in the game.
"The changes we made in terms of tactics gave us the chance to get back into the game. Against a team like Sheffield Wednesday you always have to ride out 15 to 20 minutes which I thought we did really well."
Sheffield Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhal:
"I am very happy with our form. We are playing fantastic but not scoring. We again had five good chances against Birmingham.
"If we were not playing well I would be concerned. We play to win but we need to improve our finishing."
Match ends, Birmingham City 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1.
Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Adam Reach (Sheffield Wednesday).
Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
William Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City).
Foul by William Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday).
Che Adams (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Birmingham City 2, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jacques Maghoma.
Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Liam Palmer with a cross.
Foul by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Sheffield Wednesday. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
Attempt blocked. William Buckley (Sheffield Wednesday) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Forestieri.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. William Buckley replaces Ross Wallace.
Foul by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz tries a through ball, but Clayton Donaldson is caught offside.
Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City).
Foul by Atdhe Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday).
Michael Morrison (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal! Birmingham City 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Penalty conceded by Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Birmingham City. Clayton Donaldson draws a foul in the penalty area.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Stephen Gleeson.
Substitution, Sheffield Wednesday. Atdhe Nuhiu replaces Steven Fletcher.
Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
Goal! Birmingham City 0, Sheffield Wednesday 1. Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Fletcher following a set piece situation.
Gary Hooper (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonathan Spector (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Adam Legzdins.
Foul by Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday).
Jacques Maghoma (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ross Wallace (Sheffield Wednesday) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Reece Brown (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Greg Stewart (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gyflwyno cynllun gweithredu ar gyfer ffermwyr ifanc a newydd ddyfodiaid mae Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru ar ail ddiwrnod y Sioe Frenhinol yn Llanelwedd.
Dywedodd llywydd yr undeb, Glyn Roberts, wrth BBC Cymru y byddai angen cyflwyno ysgogiad ariannol yn ogystal â chymorth i ffermwyr oedrannus allu ymddeol a rhyddhau tir.
Ond mae'r Ysgrifennydd dros Gefn Gwlad, Lesley Griffiths, yn mynnu ei bod hi wedi blaenoriaethu ffermwyr ifanc ers dechrau yn ei swydd.
Bydd dadl yn cael ei chynnal ar faes y sioe yn ddiweddarach i drafod yr heriau sy'n wynebu'r genhedlaeth ifanc wrth geisio gyrfa ym myd amaeth.
Mae ystadegau diweddara' Llywodraeth Cymru yn awgrymu bod y gweithlu'n heneiddio. Ar gyfartaledd 60 yw oed perchennog fferm yng Nghymru erbyn hyn, gydag ond 3% dan 35.
Dywedodd Mr Roberts bod angen mynd i'r afael â "thair elfen bwysig".
"Mae angen tir, mae'n rhaid bod ffermydd ar gael i'w rhentu gan nad yw rhywun newydd sy'n dod i mewn i'r diwydiant yn mynd i fedru fforddio prynu," meddai.
"Felly mae'n hollbwysig bod daliadau cyngor sir yn cael eu cadw."
Gyda'u cyllidebau dan bwysau mae sawl awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru wedi bod yn gwerthu tir amaethyddol yn eu meddiant, cam sydd wedi cythruddo undebau ffermio.
Dywedodd: "Fe gefais i'r cyfle pan oeddwn i'n ifanc i ddechrau allan fel amaethwr drwy fod yn denant.
"Mae'n drist bod lot o ddaliadau'r cyngor sir yn cael eu gwerthu heddiw, dydy hynny ddim yn rhoi cyfle i bobl ifanc.
"Ac os 'na allwn ni ddod â phobl ifanc i mewn 'da chi'n colli agweddau gwahanol a syniadau ffres."
Dywedodd hefyd bod angen "ysgogiad ariannol" i helpu ffermwyr ifanc, a chymorth i ffermwyr oedrannus sy'n "methu fforddio ymddeol".
"Maen nhw angen ysgogiad hefyd i fynd o'r ffermydd fel bod lle i bobl newydd ddod drwyddo."
Yn 26 oed, mae Caryl Hughes newydd ddechrau ffermio 300 erw ger Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Wrecsam.
Mae'n dod o gefndir amaethyddol ac roedd angen cymorth y busnes teuluol i fedru dechrau ffermio ar ei phen ei hun.
"Roedd rhaid i fi ddod yn bartner yn y busnes er mwyn i fi allu cael y pres tu cefn i fi oedd angen er mwyn siarad â banc," meddai.
"Dwi 'di bod yn lwcus iawn, iawn achos bod gen i'r fferm deuluol y tu nôl i mi a bod fy rhieni yn gefnogol.
"Ond i'r sawl sydd heb hynny mae'n anodd iawn. Mae rheolwyr banc yn gyndyn iawn o fenthyg arian i ffermydd newydd.
"Her arall hefyd yw gorfod ffeindio'r costau i brynu pethau ar y dechrau, prynu stoc a phethau syml fel ci a quad bike, maen nhw gyd yn hanfodol ond yn costio llawer iawn o arian ar y dechrau."
Dywedodd y byddai'n hoffi gweld Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei gwneud hi'n anoddach i dirfeddianwyr a busnesau mawr brynu tir amaeth allai gael ei gynnig i bobl ifanc.
Mae hefyd am weld cynllun 'match-making' yn cael ei gyflwyno ar gyfer ffermwyr hen ac ifanc, syniad sy'n cael ei dreialu gan Ffederasiwn Cenedlaethol Clybiau Ffermwyr Ifanc Prydain.
"Ry'ch chi'n cymryd ffermwr sydd eisiau ymddeol ac yn ei lincio fo neu hi gyda ffermwr ifanc. Y syniad yw bod y ffermwr ifanc wedyn yn dysgu gan y ffermwr hŷn.
"Gobeithio bydd hyn yn rhywbeth y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei weld ac yn sylweddoli ei fod yn syniad da."
Dywedodd yr Ysgrifennydd dros Gefn Gwlad Lesley Griffiths wrth BBC Cymru fod y llywodraeth yn "gwneud darn o waith gydag awdurdodau lleol i geisio sicrhau bod daliadau amaethyddol cynghorau sir yn cael eu cadw fel ffermydd ac ar gyfer defnydd y sector amaeth".
"Ers i fi gael fy mhenodi dwi wedi gwneud ffermwyr ifanc a newydd ddyfodiaid i'r diwydiant yn flaenoriaeth," meddai.
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) said all services would be suspended from 2 July. They are due to resume on 1 August.
A replacement bus service is being provided for passengers during the closure.
It will follow the subway route, with additional direct services to the city centre operating from key stations.
'Life-expired'
SPT said the work was essential to ensure a reliable service in the future, and comes ahead of the introduction of driverless trains in 2020.
Strategic project manager at SPT Stuart McMillan said: "We need to replace the concrete and the rails in this section in order to maintain the on-going reliability of the service.
"This part of the system was installed in the 1970s modernisation and it's now life-expired and we need to take this work in advance of us bringing new trains into the system."
Park and ride facilities will be available at Bridge Street, Kelvinbridge and Shields Road. Services will run every five minutes at peak times and every 10 minutes during off-peak.
All passengers will pay £1 for a single journey, £2 for a return and £2.50 for an all-day ticket. Child fares will be 50p for a single and £1 for a return.
The Glasgow subway is the third oldest underground system in the world and is 120 years old this year.
It is currently undergoing a £288m modernisation plan to upgrade or replace trains, signalling, platforms and stations.
All the information on the subway suspension and the replacement bus service is available on the SPT website.
The vigilantes had earlier been locked in a stand-off with security forces, who have been monitoring the conflict.
Activists from the Baptist church-connected Pat Jasan group said three people were injured in an ambush, and farmers were holding about 30 others.
Myanmar is the world's second largest producer of opium.
Over the past week at least 3,000 activists with the militia-inspired Pat Jasan have been camped out at an army checkpoint in Kachin state demanding to be let through.
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Burmese media report that the stand-off ended when authorities finally allowed the activists to clear some poppy fields on Wednesday. The BBC understands the Kachin state government negotiated their passage.
The vigilantes then engaged in skirmishes with farmers who have vowed to protect their fields.
Myanmar has promised to eradicate opium production, but growing and smuggling the drug remains a key source of income for farmers, rebel groups, militia and the Burmese army.
Myanmar launched a 15-year plan to stamp out cultivation in 1999 - a deadline since extended to 2019.
In recent years, Myanmar's army has clashed with ethnic minority rebels in Shan and Kachin states where poppy production is widespread.
The army, rebels and militias have been accused of taking a poppy tax from farmers.
Opium has traditionally been used as a medicine to treat diarrhoea, dysentery and other ailments.
But over the last decade commercial poppy production has taken hold in Myanmar, with demand from China, but also Australia and Japan, helping to fuel this trend.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in its Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2015 that the opium poppy grown in Myanmar and Laos had been refined into about 73.1 tonnes to 82.3 tonnes of street-quality heroin. It noted that transnational organised crime groups were making huge profits from the product.
Until the end of the 20th Century, Myanmar, which was part of the so-called "Golden Triangle" with neighbouring Laos and Thailand, was the largest supplier of opium. The region was then overtaken by Afghanistan.
They had attended the event at Gloucester Leisure Centre - known as GL1 - and used the inflatable balls that people climb inside.
The centre said it was aware a "group of children have been taken ill" and the zorb balls had been destroyed.
One parent, Natalie Oakley, said her daughter developed a "severe rash".
She said her daughter's experience, at the end of January, has been "horrendous...simply because of inadequate cleaning".
"What should have been a brilliant two hours of her life at the party has turned out to be now 12 days of misery," she added.
In a statement GL1 said abnormal levels of bacteria had been found in the balls.
It said: "We are co-operating with an investigation being undertaken with the local authority environmental health team and have decommissioned the equipment in use as part of the relevant activity."
Forwards Marvin Emnes and Lucas Joao both joined on loan, while Celtic defender Efe Ambrose could arrive pending a work permit decision.
They were the only deals done by Rovers, who are in the relegation zone.
"The investment is always there for the right player who becomes available at the right price," said Senior.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "It was never a case of 'we can't have any money' as there is money and resources there."
Owen Coyle's side have won just one of their last 10 games in the Championship and were beaten at home by Leeds United on Wednesday.
"I had a ridiculous amount of players made available to me during January," added Senior. "It is an expensive month to try and do business and you can make a lot of mistakes if you don't get the right players in.
"Part of my job is also keeping the wrong type of players out of the squad because it would be very easy to say yes, yes, yes, but you end up paying for those mistakes for along time in the future."
She pointed out that a white working-class boy is currently less likely than anyone else to go to university, and that the privately educated dominated the "top professions".
Her cabinet has the highest proportion of state-educated ministers since Clement Attlee was prime minister in 1945.
Justine Greening is the first education secretary to have been wholly educated at a comprehensive school.
However, promising social mobility and delivering it are different things, as previous governments have learned.
For decades now, the charity the Sutton Trust has been the standard-bearer for social mobility in Britain, developing schemes to help pupils from less advantaged backgrounds gain access to elite universities, and helping them into the professions.
The trust's chief executive, Lee Elliot Major, said the Brexit vote underlines the need for a broader policy now, as it exposed a divided country.
Many areas which voted Leave are those same areas where opportunities are fewest.
Mr Elliot Major said: "The political vote that we saw was a direct consequence of social immobility."
One of the Sutton Trust's newest schemes, in partnership with the Fulbright Commission, helps teenagers to apply to American universities and win scholarships to pay the fees.
It is very competitive. There are 10 applicants for every place.
Just 61 British students are going to the US on the scheme this year.
Ben Hopkins, aged 18, from the village of Wheaton Aston in Staffordshire, will soon be heading for Bowdoin in Maine, where he has won a scholarship. It is one of the most highly rated liberal arts colleges in the US, with fees of $62,000 (£48,000) a year.
Ben does not come from a privileged background. His father is a machinist, his mother a teaching assistant.
Neither went to university. The family live in a modest, though immaculate, home, on the outskirts of the village.
South Staffordshire is one of the more affluent parts of the Midlands, with a lower rate of unemployment than the national average.
It is a Conservative area. Nearly 65% voted Leave on 23 June. Those I spoke to cited fears over immigration.
Ben's mother, Tracy, told me he had always been very committed to his schoolwork, and he perseveres until he gets something right: "He's a perfectionist."
She said she wasn't a "tiger mother". Ben had always set his own pace. Both parents are very supportive of their son and proud of his achievement.
Ben told me his teachers had helped him greatly. Some gave up their own free time to give him extra lessons.
He was a pupil at the local comprehensive, Wolgarston High, in the nearby market town of Penkridge. It is rated "good" by Ofsted, and improving. It currently gets some of the best A-level results in South Staffordshire.
Every year, some pupils go to Russell Group universities, and sometimes students go to Oxford or Cambridge.
However, Ben told me that when he visited Oxford he wondered whether he would fit in, as so many students seemed to have gone to private school.
Adam Simmons, head of sixth form at Wolgarston High, said others occasionally felt the same, as there is a strong sense of community in this part of South Staffordshire, and some 18-year-olds do not want to leave.
"Sometimes it's a powerful draw, their experiences in this locality, and they don't want to give that up to go to, well any university, actually," he said.
"We've had students with three As at A-level who've decided to stay at home because they like staying at home."
Though Stafford is just over an hour from London by train, Ben had only visited the capital once before he went for the Sutton Trust assessment.
The school headteacher, Phil Tap, said he was working to arrange more trips for all students. He said there was very little in the local area to inspire and raise aspirations.
So what made Ben such an exception? His family, his teachers and ultimately, himself. No-one told him about the Sutton Trust: he discovered it online.
Adam Simmons described Ben, outgoing head boy, as an "elder statesman" of the school whom everyone respected and felt they could talk to.
Lee Eliot Major, chief executive of the Sutton Trust, urged the new government to consider how to extend social mobility to help more people.
He said; "We can pick talent and then catapult it into opportunity, as with our US programme where you have amazing young people who are going to the Ivy League and other leading universities.
"But what about those areas that are left behind? What about the children who don't go on those programmes? And I think no-one at the moment has got the answer to that."
The new government is considering reversing the ban on new grammar schools, as a way of promoting social mobility. But that's controversial - many argue it will not work.
David Skelton, of the conservative think tank Renewal, said he thought a more sophisticated and complex approach was needed now. He said: "1950s England should not be our model."
He suggested more streaming in schools could be effective, and he endorsed the comments of the new minister for skills, Robert Halfon, who has said apprenticeships should be more highly valued and more could be done to improve vocational and technical training, such as that provided by university technical colleges.
The vaccine, given to Ugandan and American volunteers, appeared to generate the desired immune response - although not enough to make it a good candidate for wider use.
Scientists say although it will not beat Ebola, it is a crucial step.
This trial has stopped but other vaccines are in development.
The Ebola virus has killed more than 7,000 people in the worst-affected countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
No proven vaccine exists to prevent people from getting the disease, though several trials are underway.
The aim of a successful vaccine is to train the immune systems of healthy people to produce antibodies - proteins capable of fighting off any future infections.
In 2009, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) tested their experimental vaccine on healthy adults in Uganda, having first trialled it in the US.
Dr Julie Ledgerwood, the lead researcher of the trial that has been written up and published in The Lancet, said: "This is the first study to show comparable safety and immune response of an experimental Ebola vaccine in an African population.
"This is particularly encouraging because those at greatest risk of Ebola live primarily in Africa and diminished vaccine protection in African populations has been seen for other diseases."
According to the study some 57% of people in Uganda who received the Ebola vaccine alone developed antibodies against Ebola in their blood.
Dr Sridhar of the University of Oxford, commenting on the research, said the data provided insights into Ebola vaccine development.
Vaccines currently being tested against Ebola are made in a different way to the NIH one.
Several women held a silent protest in red robes and white bonnets - like the characters in the dystopian novel and TV series where fertile women are captured and forced to have children.
The proposed state legislation would ban a method of abortion commonly carried out in the second trimester.
Critics call the bill unconstitutional.
Senate Bill 145 is sponsored by members of Ohio's Republican party who say they want to end what they describe as inhumane and brutal dismemberment abortions.
The bill makes an exception where the mother's life is in danger.
However, opponents say the ban against dilation and evacuation is an attempt to block access to a common and safe abortion method.
They also argue it would particularly affect women who already struggle to obtain access to an abortion.
The Handmaid's Tale has inspired several protests against anti-abortion bills this year, including in Texas and Missouri.
The novel, by Margaret Atwood, is set in a future, dystopian America, where a violent dictatorship has been imposed and women have been stripped of all their rights.
In the novel, much of the population has become sterile, so the few remaining fertile women are captured and given to society's highest-ranking men as "handmaids", to bear the children.
Speaking to the BBC in October, Atwood said the book still had resonance, and had become a meme, because "the religious right in the United States has not faded away".
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Anti-abortion activists have been energised by the Republicans gaining control over the White House and Senate in November's election.
President Trump has in the past expressed support for a woman's right to have an abortion, but during the campaign announced that his views on the subject "have evolved".
He told an interviewer that he favoured "some form of punishment" for women who have abortions, but changed his position only hours later to say only the person performing the abortion should be punished.
The club received £1m in transfer income after the sales of Nadir Ciftci, John Souttar and Ryan McGowan.
But United's revenue fell by 21% to £4.61m through reduced prize money and match-day attendance income.
The club say they expect to make £1.5m in cost-savings this season as they bid for promotion from Championship.
Administrative costs rose during the period by more than a third to £1.8m. The board say these were mostly football-related as the club took steps to avoid relegation.
United sacked two managers in that time, parting company with Jackie McNamara and Mixu Paatelainen respectively.
The Terrors are currently second in the Championship table, seven points behind league leaders Hibernian.
A club statement read: "The latest annual accounts show the adverse economic effect of a season of poor football results which led to eventual relegation.
"Revenue dropped by 21% to £4.61m through reduced prize money and the associated drop in match attendance income related to sitting at the foot of the Premiership from October 2015 through to the season end in May 2016.
"Broadcast revenue was also down as the club featured in fewer live televised cup games."
An RNLI lifeboat from Porthdinllaen and the RAF Valley rescue helicopter were called out on Sunday at 03:15 BST.
The lifeboat towed the fishing boat back in to Morfa Nefyn.
The man was named as Gareth Jones of Morfa Nefyn by the north Wales coroner on Monday morning and a post-mortem examination is being carried out.
The family has been informed and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch is working with North Wales Police to establish what happened.
The incident is not believed to be suspicious, a police spokesperson said.
Visually impaired Knight, 18, and guide Brett Wild added silver to the downhill gold and super combined silver she had already won in Italy.
Welsh competitor Fitzpatrick and her guide Jennifer Kehoe were third.
The 18-year-old was returning to action after recovering from a broken hand suffered at the end of 2016.
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And that may be no bad thing given the difficulty players have found in winning Grand Slams in their thirties.
Only four men have managed to do so this century: Pete Sampras at the US Open of 2002; Andre Agassi, twice in three years, at the Australian Open; Stan Wawrinka at the 2015 French Open and last year's US Open; and Roger Federer, who won his 7th Wimbledon title at the age of 30 and then so memorably walked away with this year's Australian Open at the age of 35.
The incomparable Serena Williams has won 10 in her 30s, but women too have traditionally struggled to make an impact in their fourth decade.
Since the start of tennis' Open Era in 1968, just 10% of Grand Slam titles have been won by players over the age of 30. It is a percentage I think likely to increase over the next couple of years, as Murray's principal rivals remain the other members of the top five, who have triumphed in all bar two of the Grand Slams contested since the French Open of 2005.
And with the exception of Novak Djokovic, who is seven days younger than Murray, Federer, Wawrinka and Rafael Nadal are all further advanced in years.
My sense is that Murray's motivation and desire remain strong - even though he has already won three Grand Slam titles, two Olympic gold medals, the Davis Cup and been world number one, and has a wife and young daughter with whom he would love to spend more time.
With the exception of a bout of shingles and an elbow injury, which have contributed to a 2017 season which is yet to get out of first gear, Murray has been predominantly fit and healthy since undergoing successful keyhole back surgery in September 2013.
The physical nature of his style, and the reliance on exceptional defensive skills which have broken the spirit of so many opponents, will in time take their toll on his body. So while I am not putting money on him to win the 2023 Australian Open at the age of 35, I do think his prospects remain bright for at least the next two years.
Murray himself speaks openly about the prospect of remaining on tour, and thus remaining competitive, for a good few years yet. Although there may be times when his wife and team need to confiscate his racquet and balls and force him to switch off and relax - which may prove easier said than done.
Winning a Grand Slam title will remain incredibly challenging: just witness what Federer is still able to do at 35, and what a threat Nadal proved on hard courts even before there was a sniff of clay in his nostrils.
Wawrinka is likely to remain a major threat in a Slam if, having survived the first week, he hits his straps in the second, and it would be very unwise to rule Djokovic out of the equation even though he has been far from his best for 10 months now.
The 25-30 age group is headed by Milos Raonic, Kei Nishikori, Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin and two US Open champions in Juan Martin del Potro and Marin Cilic.
Raonic and Del Potro seem most likely to pose a threat to the established order if they can steer clear of injury, but all of the above have had to soak up a lot of punishment from those serial Grand Slam winners over the years.
Which leaves the under-25s, who are an emerging threat. Dominic Thiem looks a French Open champion in the making: the 23-year-old is at a career high ranking of seven after finishing runner-up to Nadal in both Barcelona and Madrid.
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France's Lucas Pouille beat Del Potro and Nadal en route to the quarter-finals of both Wimbledon and the US Open last year. Alex Zverev, at 20 and a career high ranking of 17, has won his first three titles in the past eight months.
And then there is Nick Kyrgios, who is yet to present evidence he can keep it together to win seven matches over a two-week Grand Slam, but has been far more consistent this year and beat Djokovic twice in the space of two weeks in Acapulco and Indian Wells.
So the threat to Murray from the next generation should not be underestimated. Thirty is a significant landmark in many people's lives, but the world number one says he expects to be relaxed about it as he spends the day practising at the Foro Italico before this week's Rome Masters.
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"I think the last time I was at home on my birthday and around my friends and family was when I was 13 or 14," Murray told BBC Sport.
"I didn't even know what day [of the week] it was until I was told [last week]. Maybe on the day that will be a little bit different.
"A lot of people put huge emphasis on birthdays and I am sure it will be chatted about a lot, but I haven't thought about it too much."
Chair of Belfast's Tall Ships board, Dr Gerard O'Hare, said the Irish government would part-fund the project.
"We have a project under way, it's a cross-border project, for a new sail training tall ship for Ireland," he told the Good Morning Ulster programme.
"We hope at least part of the ship will be built at Harland and Wolff in Belfast."
Mr O'Hare added: "Since the loss of the Asgard and the Lord Rank, in theory Ireland doesn't have a sail training ship for young people.
"A new project is under way and we hope that over the next few years, Ireland will have its own sail training tall ship.
"It's being funded partly by the Irish government and we are hoping for public and private sector investment."
Mr O'Hare said the project would need a £12m (16m euro) budget.
"We hope to take part of the ship - maybe the finishing out of the ship - back to Belfast, to make sure it's a Belfast-built tall ship," he added.
Meanwhile, the Tall Ships festival is in its second day in Belfast.
The organisers estimate 500,000 people will attend the four-day festival.
Belfast is the home port for the start of the Tall Ships Races this year.
About 50 vessels will be on show from 15 different countries until Sunday.
BBC Northern Ireland is bringing you full coverage of the tall ships across TV, radio and online.
The four-time Super League champions were placed in administration for the third time on Monday.
The club's membership of the Rugby Football League has also been terminated and the club could face a points deduction or relegation.
Joint administrator Gary Pettit said: "We are excited by the interest shown."
He added: "We consider that several of the parties appear to have sufficient resources and experience to take Bradford Bulls forward.
"A lot of hard work is going on behind the scenes to safeguard the Bulls' heritage and legacy."
The Bulls entered administration in both 2012 and 2014 and finished fifth in the Championship last season.
They are scheduled to start the 2017 season at Hull KR on Sunday, 5 February.
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) held the consultative ballot amid claims of a lack of progress in discussions over the agreement.
When it closed earlier, 97% of lecturers backed industrial action, on a turnout of 64%.
Colleges Scotland Employers Association said the strike threat was "disappointing".
They added that it was "totally inappropriate" to threaten industrial action while "constructive talks" were ongoing.
Members of the EIS Further Education Lecturers' Association (EIS-FELA) took part in the ballot.
The EIS-FELA executive has now asked the EIS to authorise a statutory industrial action ballot of its members. The full EIS executive will process this request next week.
Larry Flanagan, EIS general secretary, said: "Scotland's further education lecturers have been extremely patient in waiting for college management to deliver on their pay commitments, but that patience is now exhausted.
"After a year of dragging their feet, it is time for Scotland's colleges to make good their promises to lecturers on fair and equal pay."
EIS-FELA president John Kelly added: "This is an outstanding ballot result which clearly demonstrates the strong feelings held by Scotland's FE lecturers.
"While no lecturer wants to take strike action, we feel our hand has been forced by the actions of Scotland's college managers.
"We are now requesting a full statutory ballot for industrial action, and would urge all members to continue to support our campaign for full delivery of the pay agreement that was promised to us."
Shona Struthers, chief executive of the Colleges Scotland Employers' Association, said it held negotiations with the EIS on Thursday and agreed to continue talks this month.
She said: "Given yesterday's progress, it is disappointing and totally inappropriate that the EIS is threatening disruptive strike action while constructive talks are ongoing.
"Lecturing staff have already received a pay increase for 2016/17 which was above public sector pay policy recommendations, and we are fully committed to honouring the terms of agreement reached last March, including paying the top of the salary scale of £40,000 for lecturers.
"A national pay scale and migration plan has already been jointly developed with the EIS which will give lecturers on average a 9% pay increase over the next two years.
"We came to the negotiating table on Thursday in good faith, open to compromise, and hoping to secure agreement on the implementation of the total package agreed in March 2016, which included bringing pay and conditions together."
Stephen Yip, 57, was selected for the honour because of his work as founder of the charity Kind (Kids In Need and Distress).
The charity, which he started 37 years ago, works with disadvantaged children across the region and is funded entirely by donations.
He is the first local person from an ethnic minority group to be granted the freedom, which is one of the highest honours Liverpool can award an individual.
Mr Yip said: "It is an amazing award and its an amazing honour because I think there is no higher award than one that is given by people that you live, work and socialise with.
"I've lived here all my life so to be awarded the highest honour that our city can give me - I'm absolutely gobsmacked."
The son of a Chinese seaman, Mr Yip said he has always been a "proud Scouser".
He said: "My dad came to Liverpool as a merchant seaman and met Mum who was a Liverpool girl - they got married and had 10 kids.
"I am the son of an immigrant and I think this honour is a recognition of their contribution to Liverpool life - Liverpool is a melting pot of culture.
"I am a very proud Scouser, I was born here and have lived here all my life."
Mr Yip was brought up in the centre of Liverpool and says he has fond memories of urban life.
He said: "We lived in the last of the back to backs in Duke Terrace which was an amazing place to live because it was like having a secret garden, except there was no green - it was all concrete.
"We were in the heart of the city. Our playground was the docks and Chinatown - we were city kids."
Mr Yip was inspired to start his charity while still a student at Quarry Bank High School in the 1970s.
He said: "I was the chair of the community action group and we did a lot of fundraising. I also did a lot of volunteering for the NSPCC.
"We took some of the kids on a trip to Wales and it was so good for them, getting them into the countryside and out of their normal environment. That's when I decided this is something I'd really like to do."
He registered his charity Kind in 1975 to help children and young people "overcome their disadvantages and reach their full potential".
In 2011 he was made Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside for his role within the community and in 2002 he received an MBE for his charitable works.
Mr Yip is the 63rd person to receive the freedom of the city honour which dates from 1886.
He will receive that award at a special presentation ceremony later this year.
He said: "I'm accepting it on behalf of all the voluntary sector. I've done this for 37 years but there are lots of organisations and lots of individuals that give so much to the city in the voluntary sector.
"Also I'd like to accept it on behalf of all the sons and daughters of immigrants, of all the people who came from all over the world to make Liverpool their home.
"I hope that all young Scousers will look up and think, here's a lad who used to live in the back to backs in Liverpool one is being honoured by the city.
"If I can do it then anyone can do it."
NHS Borders warned earlier this month that it was facing "exceptional" pressure on beds at the Borders General Hospital.
An update issued on the situation said the facility near Melrose remained busy.
It stressed that staff were continuing to work hard to ensure that patients were "kept safe and well cared for".
NHS Borders reminded the public that community pharmacists were available to provide advice and treatment for a range of common illnesses and ailments, and to give advice about medicines.
"If you have an illness or injury that won't go away and that isn't an emergency, contact your GP to make an appointment," a statement added.
"When your GP surgery is closed and you're too ill to wait, you can access medical care by calling NHS 24 on the free phone number 111.
"If the condition is immediately life-threatening, dial 999 for an emergency ambulance."
Ralph Hasenhuttl's side suffered their first defeat of the season away to struggling Ingolstadt last weekend but responded on Saturday.
Striker Timo Werner put Leipzig ahead with his ninth goal of the season when he coolly finished after fine work by midfielder Naby Keita.
Defender Will Orban added a second when he headed in Emil Forsberg's corner.
RB Leipzig, who were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time last season, are now three points clear of Bayern Munich at the summit.
Defending champions Bayern travel to bottom side Darmstadt on Sunday.
In the day's other games, Hamburg's struggles continued as they lost 3-1 to Mainz while Augsburg claimed a 1-0 home win over Borussia Monchengladbach.
Werder Bremen drew 1-1 with Cologne while Schalke were held by the same scoreline at home to Freiburg. In the day's late kick-off Wolfsburg beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 to record their first home win of the season.
Match ends, RB Leipzig 2, Hertha Berlin 0.
Second Half ends, RB Leipzig 2, Hertha Berlin 0.
Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Peter Pekarík.
Offside, RB Leipzig. Diego Demme tries a through ball, but Davie Selke is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Dominik Kaiser (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin).
Davie Selke (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jens Hegeler (Hertha Berlin).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Stefan Ilsanker (RB Leipzig) because of an injury.
Foul by Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig).
Allan (Hertha Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, RB Leipzig. Davie Selke replaces Timo Werner.
Attempt missed. Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bernardo.
Vladimir Darida (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Benno Schmitz (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vladimir Darida (Hertha Berlin).
Attempt missed. Alexander Esswein (Hertha Berlin) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Corner, Hertha Berlin. Conceded by Dominik Kaiser.
Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Alexander Esswein replaces Genki Haraguchi.
Offside, RB Leipzig. Yussuf Poulsen tries a through ball, but Willi Orban is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Benno Schmitz with a headed pass.
Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin).
Dominik Kaiser (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vedad Ibisevic (Hertha Berlin).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Diego Demme (RB Leipzig) because of an injury.
Niklas Stark (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Diego Demme (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Niklas Stark (Hertha Berlin).
Dangerous play by Bernardo (RB Leipzig).
Niklas Stark (Hertha Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Fabian Lustenberger.
Attempt blocked. Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Emil Forsberg.
Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha Berlin).
Corner, RB Leipzig. Conceded by Peter Pekarík.
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The fourth busiest station in the capital is preparing for part-closure as part of the Thameslink programme.
BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards speaks to Simon Blanchflower from Network Rail and David Statham from Southeastern Railway.
The 25-year-old brother of England international Steve was released by Durham at the end of last season.
He has averaged 34.66 with the ball in 37 first-class matches, and 26.10 with the bat.
He told the club website: "I am delighted to have signed for Kent. I cannot wait to get down to Kent and start training with the squad."
The former England Under-19 player continued: "I am looking forward to an exciting 2012 season. This is a great opportunity and I look forward to continuing my career with a county hungry for success."
Kent chairman of cricket Graham Johnson said: "I am delighted that we have signed Ben - he offers a lot with both bat and ball, and he was a target for us during the recent recruitment process.
"He has a point to prove about making the best of his undoubted ability and we look forward to helping him do that. I am sure that all involved with Kent Cricket will make him very welcome."
Researchers found that these species compensate for their poor flapping skills by seeking out turbulence at low altitudes.
The researchers say this explains their awkward, wobbling flying style near tree-tops.
The study is published in the journal The Auk: Ornithological Advances.
Sometimes called buzzards, Turkey vultures are the most widespread of these species in North America
They are unique among these birds as they use their sense of smell to find carrion.
For this study researchers in this study observed both Turkey and Black vultures in south eastern Virginia in the US.
According to the study's lead author Julie Mallon, then at the University of West Virginia, these particular vultures have evolved a different style of flying, skirting low along the edge of forests.
"It's an energetic thing," she told BBC News.
"They don't have the muscular power other raptors like eagles have to give chase, vultures don't pursue their prey and they've lost a lot of those adaptations that allowed them to do that and one of those is sustained flapping flight."
In the place of sustained flapping, they've developed the ability to tap into the small scale turbulence that occurs when horizontal air currents hit the edge of a forest or a similar barrier.
The disturbance usually produces a small uplift that the vultures utilise to stay aloft. Researchers have termed this manoeuvre "contorted soaring".
"They are very close to the trees, often only a metre above them, they look like they are going to crash but they stay aloft, its really amazing to see," said Julie Mallon.
"They are generally following a straight line, but they will move suddenly to one side or bump up and down like a roller coaster."
"It's not a very smooth flight, but at the same time it's very graceful, the way they can keep catching air."
The scientists believe that by staying low, Turkey vultures increase their chances of sniffing carrion while avoiding the notice of higher flying birds that use visual cues to spot food.
The researchers made the discovery by the rather old fashioned method of observation - Scientists used binoculars to watch the vultures over long periods of time and record their altitudes and different types of flight.
"This paper is a real step forward in the study of vultures and other birds that use soaring flight for efficient movement across large areas," said USDA scientist Travis DeVault, an expert on the ecology of scavengers.
"Kudos to them for recognizing and describing this behaviour, which is probably used by many species worldwide."
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The Dragons led 12-4 at the break after scores from Tony Gigot and Eloi Pelissier either side of George Griffin's unconverted try for Salford.
After the first of Dave Taylor's two tries, home winger Greg Johnson then crossed twice in six minutes.
But they too went unconverted, while Pat Richards improved Taylor's second late try for his fifth kick of the day.
On top of the former Wigan Man of Steel winner's strike rate of three out of four conversions, his two penalties helped the Dragons stretch clear to win by a 16-point margin.
Pelissier needed a dislocated finger put back in place early in the second half but did not allow the injury to stop his all-action display, capped by his 26th-minute try when he strolled over to take advantage of casual marking at dummy-half.
After starting the season with a narrow defeat at Wigan, the Catalans' first win at Salford for five years - with former Reds scrum-half Richie Myler in the team - was this season's third straight away victory.
That is a marked improvement on last season's record when they won just once across the English Channel.
Salford's second home defeat of the campaign, on winter signing Gareth O'Brien's 100th career appearance, is their fourth loss in five matches.
Salford coach Ian Watson:
"We made a lot of fundamental errors and there were a lot of silly things out there. If we had completed our sets we could easily have won that game.
"We missed the jump on certain things and our organisation wasn't great. We did not get the opportunity to get to the right points and play the right system. We fell off what we have been doing.
"We conceded a couple of soft tries and that's a concentration thing."
Catalans coach Laurent Frayssinous:
"Our attitude and commitment were very good.
"It seems we have now found a way to win away from home.
"Eloi Pelissier, Greg Mounis and Remi Casty carried off from where they left off at Huddersfield five days ago."
Salford: O'Brien; Carney, Sau, J Griffin, Johnson; Lee, Dobson; Kopczak, Tomkins, G Griffin, Murdoch, Jones, Forster.
Interchanges: Flanagan, A Walne, Sarsfield, Joseph.
Catalans Dragons: Gigot; Broughton, Horo, Duport, Richards; Carney, Myler; Taylor, Pelissier, Bousquet, Anderson, Stewart, Mounis.
Interchanges: Aiton, Casty, Maria, W Mason.
Referee: Richard Silverwood (RFL).
Robin Rhodes, 57, is accused of saying "Trump... will get rid of all of you." and blocking the woman from leaving her office in the Delta Sky Lounge.
Assault and unlawful imprisonment are among the hate crimes charges he faces, the Queens District Attorney said.
He faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
Hate crime 'surge' after Trump win
The Delta airlines employee, who wears a heard scarf or hijab, was sitting in her office on Wednesday evening when Mr Rhodes is alleged to have come up to the door, sworn at her, punched the door, blocked the doorway and kicked her in the right leg.
When another individual intervened and she then left the office, he is alleged to have followed her and got down on his knees in an imitation of Muslim prayer.
"[Expletive deleted] Islam, [Expletive deleted] ISIS, Trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you. You can ask Germany, Belgium and France about these kind of people. You will see what happens," he is accused of shouting.
They say an "unusual amount" of people online have put money on Her Majesty giving up the throne and handing it down to a younger generation.
Six people - within 10 minutes - waged a bet on it today.
There have been similar bets placed before but it's the fact these recent ones were made in "quick succession" which "set alarm bells ringing".
Buckingham Palace told Newsbeat: "We would not directly comment on a bookmaker's work."
But Newsbeat has been told the chances of a Christmas day abdication are unlikely - here's why:
The Palace suggested that we take a look at some of the speeches the Queen has given.
On her 21st birthday when she was still a princess she gave a radio broadcast to the Commonwealth.
She said: "I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong."
Then during the Coronation in 1953 she made a promise to God to govern the countries she's head of state for - a promise which she said she would "perform and keep. So help me God."
Sorry to spoil it for you but the Queen's Christmas speech isn't live and will have been recorded in front of other people.
It's unlikely that the Royal Household would risk including something as big as an abdication within the speech for fear that the information may be leaked before it is officially announced to the public.
Grant Harold, former butler to Prince Charles and the Royal Household, doesn't believe she'll do it.
Speaking to Newsbeat he says: "She's very much the old school - she's taken on this responsibility and I think she means what she's said in her speeches.
"I wouldn't have thought she would change her mind. She's got no reason to change. She's still got the support of the Duke of Edinburgh backing her all the way.
"I know she's cutting back in duties but I think she'll stay until the sad day when her life comes to an end. She sees it as her duty to carry on to the day she dies."
There's only been one occasion that a British monarch has abdicated and that was the Queen's uncle in 1936.
He wanted to marry Wallis Simpson but because she was a divorcee he wasn't allowed.
As the British monarch he was also head of the Church of England and they didn't permit the remarriage of divorced people until 2002.
He chose love over being King Edward VIII. The throne then passed to his younger brother, the Queen's dad, King George VI.
It caused a lot of controversy at the time and the country went into a state of panic.
Other monarchies in Europe have abdicated the throne without much of a fuss.
Earlier this year, King Juan Carlos of Spain stood down for personal reasons. He's been suffering ill-health for the past couple of years.
His son, the now King Felipe, took over his duties. It was the third time in 18 months that a king or queen in Europe stepped down.
It's become a bit of a tradition in the Netherlands to abdicate when you feel you've had enough.
The past three Dutch monarchs - all queens - have all chosen to step down from the job.
Last year Queen Beatrix handed over the ceremonial power to her son - Willem-Alexander.
Her mother Juliana resigned the throne in 1980 on her 71st birthday, and her grandmother Wilhelmina abdicated in 1948 at the age of 68.
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World football's governing body turned down a request by both teams to wear the symbol to mark Armistice Day.
Fifa said it had not "banned" the move but "reiterated" rules on displaying "political" statements on shirts.
England and Scotland could now face a points deduction, a fine, or both.
England won the Group F match 3-0 thanks to goals from Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana and Gary Cahill.
Northern Ireland's players wore plain black armbands during their 4-0 World Cup qualifying Group C victory against Azerbaijan in Belfast on Friday.
Wales will wear plain black armbands when they face Serbia on Saturday.
The Football Association of Wales says it does not want to risk a financial penalty or points deduction by going against Fifa's rules.
The poppy is a symbol of remembrance for those who have died in conflict and is traditionally worn on and in the days before and after 11 November, which is also known as Armistice Day.
According to the rule-making International Football Association Board, which includes members of the four British FAs, players cannot wear "political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images".
Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura said last week: "We have to apply uniformly and across the 211 member associations the laws of the game.
"Britain is not the only country that has been suffering from the result of war."
Fifa's match commissioner at Wembley will decide whether to mention the armbands in their official report.
If they do, the case would then go to Fifa's disciplinary committee.
The English Football Association has already said it will contest any fine and believes its "legal position is right and our moral position is right".
But former England right-back Danny Mills believes the FA "has picked the wrong fight" and is "likely to get a fine".
The former Leeds player told BBC Breakfast: "Surely all of the money that has been spent on arguments, lawyers and the fine it may get from Fifa would have been much better being donated to the Royal British Legion.
"It would have done far more good than this needless argument."
The Scottish Football Association believes Fifa is "misinterpreting the rules" and claims the poppy "is not a political statement".
He was riding a black Suzuki in Halfway Road at about 10:00 BST when he crashed with a Ford Fiesta.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene and his next of kin have been informed, Kent Police said.
A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and is in custody.
Newlywed Michaela McAreavey was murdered in her hotel room on the island of Mauritius.
John McAreavey, her husband of less than two weeks, said "my life ended as well" that day.
The McAreaveys were on honeymoon at the Legends Hotel when John found 27-year-old Michaela dead in the bathtub of their room.
Michaela, daughter of Mickey Harte, one of Ireland's leading sports figures had gone back to their room from a poolside restaurant to get biscuits.
When she did not return her husband went back to their room and found her body in the bath. She had been strangled.
The police and prosecution said she had been murdered after disturbing thieves in her room.
Five hotel workers would later be arrested over the murder before two - floor supervisor Sandip Moneea, 43, and cleaner Avinash Treebhoowoon, 32, were charged.
Both denied the murder.
The trial at the island's Supreme Court in the capital city of Port Louis was expected to last around two weeks. It would instead take more than six weeks.
Some of the most harrowing testimony came from Michaela's widower John.
He recalled finding their hotel room door open, then seeing his wife in the bath with the water still running.
"I ran to the bathroom, dropped my bag and grabbed Michaela," he said.
He said he did not know what was going on, but she was cold and he noticed marks on her neck.
He said he pulled Mrs McAreavey from the bathtub, and although he did not know CPR he attempted to resuscitate her.
"I was holding her in my arms, telling her to wake up - 'Michaela, Michaela, come on, wake up'," he told the jury.
Mr McAreavey said he then screamed for help.
The McAreavey and Harte families were often upset by some of the proceedings, which had to be adjourned on 15 June after heated exchanges between the defence and prosecution.
In the early days of the trial, the family were also clearly upset at occasional bursts of laughter from the public gallery.
They were prompted by the extrovert style of defence barrister Ravi Rutnah.
He later withdrew as defence counsel, claiming his professional integrity had been questioned by a prosecution witness.
In May, there were angry scenes over what the defence claimed was a sex guide found in the McAreaveys' room.
A family friend told the BBC the booklet was an insert from a women's magazine.
John McAreavey said on the day of the murder he had offered to go up to the room instead of Michaela.
"Obviously I wish I had gone," he told the court.
He said he and Michaela had never got the chance to spend one night in the house they planned to start married life in.
"It was very important to us that we would only ever live together when we were married," he said.
"We felt by waiting it would make the experience more new and magical and something to look forward to after we returned from honeymoon."
Speaking to USA Today, the 21-year-old said his new material would be more mature after a few years of making the wrong sort of headlines.
"I don't want to say it's different because that's what everyone says," he said.
"But it is different, it's a grown-up version of Justin and I think people will be shocked."
The Canadian pop star said he was turning his life around, echoing comments he made at the filming of his Comedy Central Roast last month.
"My whole direction has changed," he said.
"What you are thinking about all the time is what you write, and now that I'm thinking about more positive things, it completely changes my music."
Bieber has worked with Kanye West before on the rapper's track, Yeezus.
His manager Scooter Braun tweeted news that he was working with Slayer and Jay Z producer Rick Rubin in January.
Bieber told USA Today that he had to re-record some of the music on his new album because it didn't sound right.
"[The album] was done but it didn't match up to where I am now and where my head's at," he said.
"I want to tell my story, but I also want to give people hope. I lost hope for a while, I was in a dark place, but it's about getting out of that rut.
"It's about knowing there's sunshine on the other side."
In June last year Justin Bieber said sorry after footage of him leaked using the n-word while telling a joke about the Ku Klux Klan.
He was charged with assault and dangerous driving after crashing his quad bike into a minivan near his hometown of Stratford, Ontario.
He's also serving two years probation for throwing eggs at his neighbour's house in LA.
Bieber says the lyrics on the follow-up to 2012's Believe are about growing up, life experience and faith.
"You're around some people sometimes and it might taint what you believe," he said.
"I think that's what happened with me, I lowered my beliefs."
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In fact, they are destined to be much more slithery.
"We try to get people to move away from the word snake because it's seen as kind of scary but even I find myself all the time calling it a snake," says Richard Mills from marine tech firm Kongsberg.
If the idea of a swimming robot snake doesn't appeal, you might want to skip the next few paragraphs.
I first mentioned Eelume to a friend who asked me whether I would be allowed to have a swim with it.
I was secretly relieved that the answer was no.
What started as a university robotics research project in Norway 10 years ago, has become a commercial prototype - and it is unavoidably snake-like.
It's designed to inspect structures on the sea bed and carry out repairs, and is currently being tested on oil rigs.
The flexible, self-propelling, tubular device has a camera at each end and is kitted out with sensors.
Because it has a modular design, its parts can be switched to suit different tasks, with swappable tools including a grabber and cleaning brush.
The design allows the robot to work in confined spaces that might be inaccessible to other vehicles, as well as to wriggle its body to stay in place in strong currents.
And because it is designed to connect itself to a seabed dock when not in use, it can be deployed at any time whatever the surface conditions.
It isn't yet on the market, but was recently on show at the Southampton's Ocean Business trade fair.
Future plans already include a cheap 3D-printed model and another which can operate in very deep water.
"Something like going inside the Titanic, where divers can't, is a great opportunity that we could look at in the future," said Mr Mills.
"We are only limited by imagination in where we can take this vehicle."
Just as driverless cars are causing excitement on land, autonomous boats are also making a splash.
"Unmanned systems allow you to focus on the data," said Dan Hook from UK firm ASV Global, which was also at the Southampton expo.
"You stay on board your ship in a warm, dry location, you can focus on the data and where to send the unmanned system next."
The firm's two autonomous vessels - which can also be operated via remote control - currently run on diesel generators rather than battery power.
"We're seeing increasing regulation on the types of engines we can use - it's a good thing to force you into the cleaner engines," he said.
"They are quieter and more efficient... but the future is electric, we're seeing it in cars, it's happening in our industry as well."
Batteries from the specialist battery-maker Steatite's have to function at low temperatures and high pressure, and power deep-sea devices for days at a time.
Lithium-sulfur battery tech, already in the sights of electric car makers, is set to be trialled on board the famous autosub trio collectively known as Boaty McBoatface later this year - and it will be a Steatite creation.
"Lithium-sulfur is the next generation from lithium-ion," said the firm's Paul Edwards.
"It's got a better energy density, so you get more energy for the amount of weight you are carrying."
But if you think that it is battery life that holds marine tech back, then think again.
It is more likely to be your concentration span, said Sam McDonald, president of a Canadian firm called Deep Trekker.
The firm was demonstrating two remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) - the larger of which was about the size of a small child.
Ms McDonald said that the operator would become tired before the ROV did.
"I need to take a break after three or four hours of running it," she said.
"You're looking at a screen the whole time, it takes a great deal of concentration.
"You're trying to hold position under the water, looking at infrastructure or watching tools or divers work, you're constantly moving your hands and eyes," she explained.
If that sounds exhausting imagine being in charge of a whole load of them at once.
Planet Ocean was showing off the ecosub - a small, thigh-sized device that looks a bit like an old shell casing and is designed to "swim" in shoals, with each individual sub packed with different sensors to build up collectively a strong picture of the group's watery environment.
One "pilot" can oversee many simultaneously, and they are so small that each individual sub can only carry four or five sensors, said managing director Terry Sloane.
"If they bump into each other it's not a big disaster," he said.
"They only weigh 5kg [11lb] on land".
Keen to encourage recycling, Mr Sloane is prepared to offer a bounty for washed-up ecosubs that find their way to the beach - there's a hotline number on the casing for eagle-eyed beachcombers to call.
"We don't want to leave things floating around in the ocean, but it doesn't take many hours of searching for one to make it uneconomical to recover," he said.
"We expect people to recover them and claim a reward."
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Orient took the lead in the third minute through Gavin Massey but Waters responded with 14 minutes left to earn a 1-1 draw.
Massey, on his debut, turned in Sandro Semedo's cross at the far post to give the visitors the perfect start to the campaign.
Cheltenham were unsettled by the early setback and Orient continued to dominate, with Semedo firing wide after a clever set-piece routine flummoxed the home defence.
A shot from Danny Whitehead was easily saved by Alex Cisak as Cheltenham improved as the half wore on.
On-loan Everton goalkeeper Russell Griffiths saved well from Massey in the 54th minute but Cheltenham then had some pressure of their own, with Dan Holman missing from close range after Harry Pell flicked on a long throw from Daniel O'Shaughnessy.
O'Shaughnessy forced a good save from Cisak after Whitehead's free-kick, but Orient kept Cheltenham out until the 76th minute.
Amari Morgan-Smith fed Whitehead on the left and his cross was touched in by Waters.
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Match ends, Cheltenham Town 1, Leyton Orient 1.
Second Half ends, Cheltenham Town 1, Leyton Orient 1.
Harry Cornick (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Harry Cornick (Leyton Orient).
Danny Parslow (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Sandro Semedo.
Foul by Ollie Palmer (Leyton Orient).
Russell Griffiths (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nigel Atangana (Leyton Orient).
Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Amari Morgan-Smith.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Danny Whitehead.
Attempt saved. Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Ollie Palmer (Leyton Orient).
Jordan Cranston (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) because of an injury.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Armand Gnanduillet replaces Jordan Bowery.
Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Harry Pell.
Attempt blocked. Ollie Palmer (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Goal! Cheltenham Town 1, Leyton Orient 1. Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel O'Shaughnessy.
Attempt missed. Danny Whitehead (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt saved. Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Cheltenham Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Liam Kelly replaces Robbie Weir.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Billy Waters replaces James Rowe.
Foul by Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient).
Jack Barthram (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Robbie Weir (Leyton Orient).
Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Dan Holman (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jordan Cranston replaces James Jennings.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jack Barthram replaces Easah Suliman.
Attempt saved. Harry Cornick (Leyton Orient) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Nigel Atangana (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town).
Attempt missed. Jordan Bowery (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Jordan Bowery (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Parslow (Cheltenham Town).
He was one of the pioneers of a rhythmic jazz style known as hard bop.
Silver began his career as a tenor saxophonist in clubs in Connecticut. But after he moved to New York in the 1950s, he switched to piano and began performing at the Blue Note Jazz Club.
Many of his compositions became jazz standards, including Sister Sadie, The Preacher and Filthy McNasty.
His family came from Cape Verde, and Silver was influenced by the folk music from the Portuguese-speaking islands off of Africa.
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"He was not only prolific, he was a unique composer," said Phil Pastras, editor of Silver's 2006 book, Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty, told the Chicago Tribune. "Even an ordinary 12-bar blues in his hands turned into something magical."
One of his earliest musical influence was his father, who played multiple instruments, including the violin, guitar and mandolin, according to NPR.
His first album is regarded as a milestone in the development of hard bop - a style Silver continued to explore during his 25-year relationship with Blue Note records.
"Silver's piano style - terse, imaginative, and utterly funky - became a model for subsequent mainstream pianists to emulate," said Blue Note in a profile of the artist on its website.
Horace Silver also performed with many jazz greats such as Lester Young, Miles Davis and Art Blakey.
His bands have consistently been a training ground for great soloists, and his sidemen have included a host of subsequently famous names.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s he experimented with larger groups and a different style, but from midway through the 1980s he returned to hard bop, and in the 1990s created some worthy successors to the many classic albums he made during his 28 years at Blue Note.
His piano style has been described as "involving sharply defined, bluesy right hand phrasing, over a grumbling left-hand bass unlike the style of any other player".
Shares have also been hit. The FTSE 100 index began the day by falling more than 8%, then regained some ground to stand 2.5% lower.
The more UK-focused FTSE 250 fared even worse, down 8% in early afternoon trading.
Banks were hard hit, with Barclays and RBS falling about 30%, although they later pared losses to below 20%.
The FTSE 100 ended the day 3.15% or 199.41 points lower.
The pound's dramatic fall started overnight as the outcome of the referendum became clear. At one stage, it hit $1.3236, a fall of more than 10%.
By early afternoon, it had partially recovered, but was still nearly 8% down on the day.
As well as the banks, the housebuilding sector was also badly hit, with shares in Bovis Homes down more than 20% in afternoon trading.
"Financials and housebuilders are bearing the brunt of the pain, with Lloyds Bank being one of the biggest fallers," said Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, highlighting Lloyds' 21% slump.
"It's probably safe to say the public sale of the bank is now firmly in the long grass, and the return to full private ownership of both Lloyds and RBS has been knocked off course."
The Bank of England said it was "monitoring developments closely" and would take "all necessary steps" to support monetary stability.
In New York, the Dow Jones fell 2.6%, more than 400 points, in the opening minutes.
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"This is simply unprecedented, the pound has fallen off a cliff and the FTSE is now following suit," said Dennis de Jong, managing director of UFX.com.
"Britain's EU referendum has been a cloud hanging over the global economy for the past few months and that cloud has got very dark this morning.
"The markets despise uncertainty, yet that is exactly what they're faced with this morning. The shockwaves are likely to reverberate for some time and the warning lights are flashing brighter now than ever."
The FTSE 100's initial slump was its biggest one-day fall since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in October 2008.
UK government bond yields hit a new record low, with 10-year yields down more than 30 basis points to 1.018%, according to Reuters data.
Two-year yields fell more than 20 basis points to their lowest levels since mid-2013, at 0.233%.
The impact of the vote was also felt in other European countries. The Frankfurt and Paris indexes were both down more than 7% and 8% respectively, while the Swiss central bank intervened on the money markets to steady the Swiss franc after it appreciated in value.
Oil prices have also fallen sharply in the wake of the referendum outcome, with Brent crude down 4.6%.
The price of Brent crude fell by $2.34 to $48.57 a barrel, its biggest fall since February. At the same time, US crude was down 4.4%, or $2.22, to $47.89 a barrel.
Before the results started to come in, the pound had risen as high as $1.50, as traders bet on a Remain victory.
But following early strong Leave votes in north-east England, it tumbled to $1.43 and then took another dive after 03:00 BST as Leave maintained its lead.
The move in sterling is the biggest one-day fall ever seen.
A weaker pound buys fewer dollars or other foreign currencies, which makes it more expensive to buy products from abroad. However, it should benefit exporters as it makes their goods cheaper abroad.
Against the euro, the pound dropped 7% to about €1.2085. By Friday lunchtime, it had risen again but was still 5.3% down on the day.
At one point, the euro was 3.3% lower against the dollar, its biggest one-day fall since the currency's inception.
Currency traders say these moves are more extreme than those seen during the financial crisis of 2008.
"Leave's victory has delivered one of the biggest market shocks of all time," said Joe Rundle, head of trading at ETX Capital.
"The pound has collapsed to its lowest level in over 30 years, suffering its biggest one-day fall in living memory.
"Panic may not be too strong a word - the pound could have further to go over the next couple of days as markets digest the news.
"It's fair to say we've never seen anything like it and the chances are markets will remain highly volatile over the coming hours and days."
IAG, which owns British Airways and Iberia, issued a statement saying the result of the vote would hit its profits.
"Following the outcome of the referendum, and given current market volatility, while IAG continues to expect a significant increase in operating profit this year, it no longer expects to generate an absolute operating profit increase similar to 2015," it said.
David Tinsley at UBS said there would be "a significant rise in economic uncertainty" and that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was expected to take action, including interest rate cuts and an extension of its quantitative easing programme.
"We expect the MPC will cut policy rates to zero and make further asset purchases, in the first instance of £50-75bn, not later than February 2017," he said.
In a statement, Bank of England governor Mark Carney said the Bank would "pursue relentlessly" its responsibilities for monetary and financial stability, which were unchanged.
He said the Bank had put in place "extensive contingency plans" to mitigate the risks associated with the referendum, adding that it stood ready to provide more than £250bn of additional funds to banks through its normal facilities.
"In the coming weeks, the Bank will assess economic conditions and will consider any additional policy responses," he said.
The European Central Bank (ECB) also issued a statement saying it was closely monitoring financial markets and was in close contact with other central banks.
"The ECB stands ready to provide additional liquidity, if needed, in euro and foreign currencies," it added.
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, said the Fund had taken note of the referendum decision.
"We urge the authorities in the UK and Europe to work collaboratively to ensure a smooth transition to a new economic relationship between the UK and the EU, including by clarifying the procedures and broad objectives that will guide the process," she added.
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The new super-prison will eventually house up to 2,100 inmates and cost £250m to build.
The majority will be Category C, meaning they have been assessed as having a lower likelihood of escaping though some Category B prisoners could also be accommodated.
Its governor Russ Trent said his emphasis was on rehabilitation.
He added staff will refer to the prisoners as "men" and they will have "rooms" rather than cells.
The location was selected in September 2013, with people living near the former Firestone tyre factory site expressing worries about the effect on property prices and safety concerns.
The Howard League for Penal Reform and other campaign groups have remained critical of so-called super prisons.
They say the high number of suicides and cases of self-harm among inmates show they do not work.
The construction of HMP Berwyn began in May 2015 and work is still under way on part of the site.
The prison is made up of three blocks, each housing 700 men, which will be opened in phases.
Detectives recovered new evidence from the strap of a bag found close to the bus stop where the 18-year-old A-level student was stabbed to death.
Improvements in forensic testing led to the breakthrough, the Met said.
Stephen Lawrence was murdered by a group of six white youths in an unprovoked attack in Eltham in 1993.
Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty of his murder and sentenced to minimum terms of 15 years and two months and 14 years and three months in January 2012.
The investigation into Mr Lawrence's death remains open, with around 13 officers still working on the case led by Det Ch Insp Chris Le Pere.
The black leather strap, which did not belong to Mr Lawrence, is believed to have been left in Dickson Road, by the junction with Well Hall Road close to the scene of the murder on 22 April.
The BBC understands there is no suggestion that a woman was at the scene of the attack but officers are seeking to establish who the bag belonged to, and why it was at the spot where Stephen was attacked.
A reconstruction and appeal for information will be shown on BBC's Crimewatch at 21:00 BST on Monday, on the eve of what would have been Stephen Lawrence's 42nd birthday.
His father, Neville Lawrence, will also appeal for further information about the murder.
Officers have spoken to around 110 people in connection with this line of inquiry, and gathered 50 DNA samples.
Police are still trying to trace a man reportedly seen in a distinctive green jacket with a V emblem near Well Hall Road Roundabout at about the time Mr Lawrence was attacked.
CCTV footage, recently digitally enhanced using techniques not available in 1993, showed him in a nearby off-licence hours before the murder took place.
In a sketch by a police artist, based on their accounts, the wearer of the jacket has light reddish hair. However the man in the CCTV pictures is dark-haired.
Police say he could be a witness.
The UK Airprox Board said the two aircraft came within 100ft of each other and one of the pilots had been forced to "duck under" the other jet.
A report said the controller was "relatively inexperienced".
The incident happened on 26 November last year.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) says they use chat rooms and gaming websites where they create indecent content.
It's thought much of the material is then being "harvested" - or stolen - and shared by strangers.
The research also suggests some children are then being blackmailed into performing more indecent acts.
The IWF searches for explicit images and videos of children and young people and works to remove them from the internet.
It also acts on tip-offs from the public.
In research seen by Newsbeat, the IWF found 3,808 images of children and young people online.
Of those, 82% were of young people thought to be aged between 16 and 20 years old.
However, 17% featured children aged 15 and under - something not found in the IWF's previous report, in 2012.
The research also suggests the time between young children logging on and performing indecent acts is often very short - in some cases less than a minute.
The IWF says it is also concerned at the level of information younger children are giving out online.
In one case, a 10-year-old girl gave out a range of personal details.
The report said: "The content is labelled with her username for the service originally used to transmit the content, and this is also her real name.
"Using just that information via a search engine, further sexually explicit self-generated content of this child was located, together with current profiles on a number of social networking sites, which revealed her age, school, current location and details of her family including siblings' names and ages."
The IWF report says that, in some cases, the children depicted were aware of what they were doing and intended the content they were creating to appear on public sites.
Emma Hardy from the IWF says the figures should be "a wake-up call" for parents and those working with children.
"When we did this study previously, all of the children were 14, 15, 16, plus.
"However, we are now seeing with this study children aged 13, 12, 11, 10. So it is actually some very young children taking part in this."
She says it is never too late to tell someone you trust if you feel you are being coerced into doing something you don't want to online.
"We can see that younger children are taking part in this kind of activity.
"So we need to be thinking about what we're telling those children, what their parents understand, what their teachers understand. I mean, it's a lesson for everybody."
Newsbeat's spoken to one 16-year-old, who we're not naming, who has first hand experience of this issue.
"When I was nine, that was the first time I went online. The site I used, it was kind of just one where you couldn't see anyone's faces.
"It was any name you wanted it to be.
"So I went on and I would lie about my age and say I was 14, and straight away there would be men of any age, like from 40 to 20.
"They would come up to me and it didn't matter that I said I was 14.
"They'd still all be in there asking to see, obviously, parts of my body."
Claire Lilley, head of child online safety at the NSPCC, said: "The truly worrying problem is the number of very young children who are being coerced into providing material which is almost certainly finishing up in the hands of sex offenders.
"Many of them are primary school age and are being forced to commit acts which are at the most serious end of sexual abuse.
"It's apparent some are being directed to do things they find extremely distressing by strangers sitting at the other end of a webcam who will then no doubt pass on the material.
"Some older children may be willingly taking part in making sexually explicit videos because it might seem edgy or exciting.
"But they should be aware they are also likely to have no control over the final destination of such images.
"They could be shared countless times and remain in existence for many years to come, with consequences they will live to deeply regret."
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The assault on a hotel in the capital, Ouagadougou, was claimed by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
The death toll has risen to 30 after a French-Moroccan photographer died from her injuries.
Three gunmen were killed in Friday's operation, Mr Valls said. AQIM on Monday released their photos and names.
AQIM said the assault was carried out by the al-Murabitoun battalion led by Algerian jihadi Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
Six gunmen opened fire on unarmed patrons at the Cappucino cafe before taking refuge at the nearby Splendid Hotel where they held several hostages, the French PM told parliament.
Both places were popular with UN workers and foreign residents.
"Three were killed and three others were being sought," Mr Valls said.
Among the 30 killed were three French nationals, he added.
French special forces based in West Africa were involved in the operation to end the hotel siege in its former colony.
The others who are known to have died include:
The House of Commons Culture Media and Sport select committee has published previously unseen material submitted to it by the Sunday Times newspaper.
It draws on claims by senior sources that officials connected to England's bid for the 2018 World Cup ran an intelligence-gathering operation against rival nations.
Russia and Qatar won the bids.
This submission by the Sunday Times outlines how England 2018 executives compiled a database of rumours and intelligence - gathered by private companies and, significantly, British embassies.
There is, however, no clear evidence supplied by the paper.
Instead, its submission provides detailed accounts of how votes were allegedly bought and sold in the build-up to the December 2010 poll - and how Fifa's opaque rules for bidding nations were exploited.
The paper claims Russia's President Vladimir Putin played a major role in his country's winning bid, even, it says, enlisting Fifa's president Sepp Blatter to help lobby for votes.
Another claim suggests the Russia bid had lobbied for the support of Michel Platini - the Uefa president and voter - by giving him a painting believed to have been a Picasso.
There are also allegations about Qatar, and how its dominance in the natural gas industry helped it secure votes through bilateral trade deals.
Russia, the 2018 World Cup hosts, and Qatar, who will hold the 2022 tournament, have always denied any wrongdoing, and a recent, albeit disputed, summary of a Fifa inquiry cleared them.
The Football Association said in a statement: "The Fifa Ethics Committee made specific requests and responding to these requests involved searching in excess of 500,000 documents.
"The search parameters were established with Mr Garcia's office. The documents searched included intelligence gathered by the bid team. All documents within the search parameters were disclosed.
"In addition Andy Anson has confirmed that any intelligence that he believed could be substantiated was shared with Mr Garcia in his interview and that everything else was hearsay, gossip and rumour."
Culture Media and Sport select committee chairman John Whittingdale MP has told BBC Sport that, in light of the Sunday Times submission, he would like to hear from FA executives to ascertain if the 'database' exists and, if so, for them to outline its contents.
Dublin-based Allergan said no agreement had been reached and there was "no certainty that these discussions will lead to a transaction".
Allergan shares were up more than 6% in afternoon trading in New York.
Analysts said Pfizer needed to boost profits and may be looking to escape relatively high US corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Dublin.
"Allergan today confirmed that it has been approached by Pfizer Inc. and is in preliminary friendly discussions regarding a potential business combination transaction," the company said in a statement.
"The company will not comment on speculation regarding the terms of a potential transaction."
The talks were first reported in the media late on Wednesday.
"Pfizer desperately needs a large acquisition and the resulting synergies to reinvigorate its tepid earnings growth rate," said Maxim Jacobs at Edison Investment Research.
"Also, Allergan would help Pfizer escape the uncompetitive US corporate tax rate, which has led company after company to domicile away from its shores."
Last year, Pfizer made an offer to buy UK drugs group AstraZeneca, but Astra rejected the offer, arguing it undervalued the company.
William McCann is accused of killing James McFall, who was found dead in the close of a block of flats in Argyle Street on 22 April.
The 37 year old is also charged with the attempted murder of Robert Seetul, 37.
He made no plea at Paisley Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody. He is due back in court next week.
He has been named as special counsel to oversee the inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the November 2016 presidential election, including possible co-ordination between Russia and members of the Trump campaign.
He has also been instructed to look into any obstruction of the probe itself.
Robert Mueller III - to use the full name that has earned him the moniker "Bobby Three Sticks" - served as FBI director for 12 years under Presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama, making him the longest-serving bureau chief since J Edgar Hoover (director from 1935 to 1972).
He took over the bureau in 2001, just a week before the 9/11 attacks, and found himself tasked with restoring the agency's reputation after it and the CIA were found to have failed to share information on the threat.
Described as "no-nonsense" and "straitlaced", Mr Mueller has stood his ground in a showdown with a previous US president.
In 2004, George W Bush tried to reinstate a post 9/11 programme that allowed wiretapping without a court warrant, which the justice department had determined was not legal.
Mr Mueller, the then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey (Mr Mueller's successor at the FBI until he was sacked by President Trump in May 2017), and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft are widely reported to have threatened to resign en masse, backing down only when Mr Bush made changes to the programme.
Mr Mueller and Mr Comey - who was leading the FBI inquiry into alleged Russia interference in last year's election until his sacking - were close allies at the time, according to author Garrett Graf, who has written a biography of Mr Mueller.
The 72-year-old Princeton graduate was no stranger to high-stakes cases even before he took the helm of the FBI.
During a stint heading the justice department's criminal division from 1990 to 1993, he oversaw the investigation into the 1988 Pan Am airline bombing over Lockerbie in Scotland and the drug case against former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega.
He is also known for leading the probe into the 1991 collapse of the Luxembourg-registered Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI).
Mr Mueller joined the Marines in 1968, leading a platoon in the Vietnam War, before completing a law degree at the University of Virginia in 1973.
He began his law career at a private firm in San Francisco in 1973, before entering public service in 1976 as an assistant US attorney in San Francisco.
Although he has mainly been appointed into posts by Republican administrations, he enjoys strong bipartisan support, and was kept on as FBI director for an extra two years by President Barack Obama.
Long-time colleague David Kris has described him as "experienced, knowledgeable, capable" and "utterly incorruptible".
"He cannot be intimidated. At this stage in his career, he has nothing to prove, no reputation to burnish, no axe to grind. He is ramrod straight in his integrity," he wrote on the Brookings Institute's Lawfare blog.
More recently Mr Mueller has worked for the private firm WilmerHale, which is reported to have counted Mr Trump's daughter Ivanka, his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort among its clients.
The firm said Mr Mueller would step down immediately and told Politico that Mr Mueller had not been involved with any of those representations.
While at the firm, he has played a lead role in the settlement of US litigation stemming from the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal.
He is known as "very straight and narrow," Mr Graf told NPR.
"He was famous in the FBI for always wearing a white shirt, dark suit and red or blue tie and would question any of his staff who showed up in the office not wearing a white shirt just like him."
NTS has appealed to its members for donations to pay for almost £250,000-worth of upgrades to a path, bridge and visitor centre at Glencoe and Dalness.
The trust said that in 2013-14 it expected to spend £600,000 in total looking after its areas in Glencoe.
Scenes with actors Dame Judi Dench and Daniel Craig were shot in the area.
Anna Preuss, NTS's filming manager, said last month that the film's crew were "absolutely blown away" by the landscape and red deer stags that appeared during the shoot.
The upgrades are planned for the next two years.
NTS said it had planned to spend £140,000 on a replacement boiler for the visitor centre, but a cheaper repair had been done instead.
Hundreds of firefighters are battling major blazes that were reportedly sparked by lightning over the weekend.
The worst of the blazes are north of the coastal town of Esperance, 720km south-east of Perth.
Strong winds with gusts up to 90km/h (56mph) have hampered efforts to bring the fires under control.
They are the first serious bushfires of the Australian summer.
Authorities said they did not believe the fires were deliberately lit.
"During last night, four people were located deceased in the fire area of Grass Patch, Salmon Gums and surrounding areas in the Shire of Esperance," police said via Facebook.
But for the thousands of Britons gathered around the imposing white stone memorial of Menin Gate, it may be the first time they have heard a melody that has sounded at that spot almost every night for 90 years.
The Last Post is played each evening by Belgian buglers - volunteers who play the call to remember British and Commonwealth soldiers who defended their town.
But Sunday night was different.
Standing under the vast stone arch were British and Belgian royals, the UK prime minister, members of the armed forces and faith leaders, many carrying flowers and wreaths of red poppies.
They had gathered for a special service to mark a century since the start of the Battle of Passchendaele.
And lining the road leading to the gate were thousands more - many with a personal connection to the battle.
Robert Lloyd-Rees, 75, has been camped outside a coffee shop by the gate since Sunday morning.
"What this town does, to commemorate those soldiers, is remarkable," he says.
It is 60 years since Robert has heard the Last Post, he says, having first visited Ypres with his father Tom, who served at Passchendaele in the Welsh Regiment's Machine Gun Corps.
Robert, who comes from Bristol and now lives in Ottawa, Canada, says the trip has been "tearful".
Earlier that day, he had visited Tyne Cot, a large war cemetery a few miles from Ypres, which he first walked around with his father.
"I remember him stopping at two gravestones and I had asked, 'Dad, what is it?' and he said 'These are my friends'.
"He told me that he had spent two days and two nights behind his machine gun, while two of his comrades lay dead on the sandbags," Robert says.
He does not know how his father, who was just 17 when he signed up in 1914 and had lied about his age, could "withstand such horror", but recalls that he rarely spoke of his wartime experiences.
Menin Gate may be on foreign soil but bears the names of more than 54,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who fought at Passchendaele, and whose graves are not known.
Father and son Phil and Luke Seeley were also outside the gate, to remember their relative - Sgt Herbert Seeley.
Herbert was injured and sent back to the frontline four times during the war - eventually being sent to Passchendaele in 1917 - but miraculously survived the war.
"My dad says he remembers him sitting in the corner of the room and he would not say anything," says Phil.
"He was bayoneted and sent home to recover, but each time went back knowing what it would be like."
"I've got goosebumps," Phil adds, who says Herbert, from Colchester in Essex, began the war as a private and was by 1918 promoted to a warrant officer.
"We're here to find out more about what it must have been like."
For three months from 31 July 1917, the battle for a number of ridges south and east of the Belgian town of Ypres resulted in massive loss on both sides, with nearly half a million soldiers thought to be killed, wounded or missing.
Phil and 16-year-old Luke travelled from Colchester through the night to reach Ypres.
"We arrived at around three in the morning, and had to wait outside our campsite for five hours," says Phil.
"We were so tired and hungry and barely able to move, and thought what must it have been like feeling like this and living in total fear for three months."
There was near silence among the crowd as the bugles began playing at 20:00 (19:00 BST). After readings and more music, poppies were released from the arch of the gate to mark the climax of the ceremony.
A short walk away from the gate was Ypres' medieval Cloth Hall, which was rebuilt from ruins after the war. For this occasion it was illuminated, and was the focus of much of the sense of excitement in the city, as well as quiet contemplation .
The events continue on Monday, where a commemoration service is expected to strike a more sombre tone.
At Tyne Cot cemetery - the site of 11,000 graves and a memorial to more than 35,000 missing soldiers - royals and relatives will attend an afternoon of song and remembrance.
Tyne Cot's rows of immaculately maintained, white graves are a reminder of the battle's death toll.
One hundred years on, Passchendaele is still synonymous with the blood and horror of the First World War.
"It's ensuring that we don't forget," says Robert, who has a firm plan to ensure that younger relatives know all about and can take pride in what one member of the Lloyd-Rees family did at Passchendale 100 years ago.
He says: "I'll be showing my grandson my father's medals."
Monza has signed a new contract until 2019 with Formula 1's commercial arm worth a total of 68m Euros (£60.5m).
F1 will receive €22m in 2017 and 2018 and €24m in 2019, according to a source close to the deal.
The move ends a period of uncertainty over the future of Monza, which is the oldest race on the calendar. It first held the Italian GP in 1921.
The F1 group will also receive an additional figure - said by sources to be in the region of €3-4m - to exploit a space outside the back of the paddock formerly occupied by a museum and the rights to some of the merchandise shops at the track.
The deal is one of the final pieces to fall into place before the publication of the official 2017 calendar later this week following a meeting of the world council of governing body the FIA on Wednesday.
There are expected to be 20 races next season, one less than in 2016 because Germany has failed to agree a commercial deal for the race to be held at Hockenheim instead of the financially-troubled Nurburgring, whose turn it is.
There have also been question marks over the Brazilian and Canadian Grands Prix.
The mayor of Montreal announced last week that the Canadian race was safe but the future of Interlagos in Sao Paulo remains in doubt as a result of a contractual dispute with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
The season is expected to take a very similar shape to this year, with the opening race in Melbourne, Australia on 26 March.
The cancellation of Germany is likely to lead to Hungary being moved back a week, creating a three-week gap between the British Grand Prix on 9 July and the Hungaroring on 30 July.
Sources say there may be some shuffling of the end-of-season races since the publication of the provisional calendar in September, with the races in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, USA and Mexico reverting to this year's positions.
The arrest of Sik, who has been jailed previously, came shortly before writer Asli Erdogan and linguist Necmiye Alpay appeared in a Turkish court.
The court later released the pair pending their trial.
Many Turkish writers and journalists have been arrested since the July plot against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The conservative ruling AK Party, which has Islamist roots, launched a massive purge of the police, judiciary, media, schools and universities after the abortive coup attempt by military officers.
Free speech campaigners Pen say the authorities have detained almost 150 writers and journalists.
Sik, 46, tweeted: "I am being detained. I will be taken to the prosecutor's office regarding a tweet."
He has been accused of spreading "terrorist propaganda", reports say.
He and journalist Nedim Sener were previously jailed in 2011-2012. The authorities banned Sik's book The Imam's Army, which examined the life and work of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based cleric blamed by the Turkish government for the July coup attempt.
A version of the book was however published in November 2011.
Asli Erdogan, 49, and Necmiye Alpay, 70, are among nine suspects charged over their links to the pro-Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem, which was shut down in August.
The authorities regard Ozgur Gundem as a mouthpiece for the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an armed group fighting for more Kurdish autonomy. Turkey and its Western allies regard the PKK as a terrorist organisation.
Asli Erdogan and Alpay - a prominent linguist and translator - both pleaded not guilty.
Asli Erdogan said she was on the paper's advisory board, but "it hasn't had a meeting in five years and hasn't taken one single decision".
One of her novels has been published in English, titled The City in Crimson Cloak.
The move follows two deadly attacks on tourism sites - a beach and hotel at Sousse in June and the Bardo Museum in Tunis in March.
Under the new law, those convicted of terrorism could face the death penalty and expressions of support for terrorism are a jailable offence.
However, rights groups have criticised the new measures as draconian.
MPs passed the law overwhelmingly after three days of debate.
Mohamed Ennaceur, president of the assembly, called it a "historic" moment and said the new law would "reassure" Tunisians.
The law will also make it easier for investigators to tap suspects' phones.
Advocacy groups have warned that the law's definition of terrorist crimes is too vague and they say it fails to safeguard the rights of defendants.
The new powers allow authorities to detain suspects for 15 days without access to a lawyer or appearance before a judge.
Critics have also condemned the return of capital punishment after a lengthy moratorium on executions.
A gunman killed 38 people in Sousse on 26 June in an attack claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
In March, 21 tourists died when gunmen stormed the Bardo museum in the capital, Tunis.
IS later said it was behind the raid.
The Attenborough Wildlife Reserve near Nottingham, run by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, is home to one of the UK's largest heronries.
Conservationists have worked to restore reed beds in the hope of providing bitterns and herons with a safer place to breed.
The reserve was opened by Sir David Attenborough in 1966.
Wildlife ranger Tim Sexton took on a challenge in 2015 to identify more than 1,000 different organisms at the reserve within one year.
Mr Sexton said although there were many successes over the past years, the reserve was still in danger of losing some species, such as cuckoos, skylark, meadow pipits and common blue butterflies.
Nottinghamshire wildlife artist Michael Warren will be exhibiting artwork at the nature centre during the anniversary, including 14 commissioned pieces featuring Attenborough and other Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust reserves.
A dawn chorus walk is planned for the anniversary weekend along with a nature walk.
The Serb's mixed form this year means Murray, 29, has a chance to claim top spot for the first time in his career.
On Wednesday, Djokovic pulled out of next week's China Open in Beijing with an elbow injury.
"Trying to reach number one is a goal," said Murray, who plays Italy's world number 94 Andreas Seppi in round one.
"I've never been [top]. It's something I would like to do for the first time, which is maybe more of a motivation for me than some of the guys that have been there before.
"But I want to just try and finish this year strong from a personal point of view. It's been my best season to date, and I want to try to finish it as best as I can."
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World number two Murray, who is 4,695 points behind Djokovic in the current world rankings, has had to overcome a thigh strain - picked up on Davis Cup duty last month - but will look for only his fourth ATP title of the season when he faces Seppi on Tuesday.
"I needed to take quite a few days off after the Davis Cup to try and let my injury heal and to rest," added the Scot. "I needed a break anyway.
"I haven't been able to practise as much as usual coming into an event like this. But I feel healthy. My leg feels good."
While Murray has triumphed at Wimbledon and the Olympics this year, Djokovic's form has dipped since beating his rival to the French Open title.
The Serb exited Wimbledon and Rio 2016 in the early rounds, and though he reached the US Open final earlier this month, he was beaten by Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka.
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A total of five gold, one silver and three bronze left Britain fourth in the medals table in Kazan, Russia.
The men's and women's 4x100m medley relay teams both missed out on medals on Sunday, each finishing fourth.
Meanwhile, seven-time world champion Sun Yang of China failed to show for the 1500m freestyle final.
"A no show for Sun Yang! Shocking! He has won the last seven world titles in Men's 400-800-1500," tweeted Fina.
Sun is the Olympic champion and world-record holder for the event and, earlier in the championships, won gold in the 400m and 800m freestyle and silver in the 200m.
There was no immediate explanation given for his withdrawal and, in his absence, Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy won gold, with Briton Stephen Milne fifth.
There was speculation Sun was involved in an altercation with a female Brazilian swimmer in the warm-up, but a Chinese official refused to comment at a news conference.
"I felt uncomfortable in my heart," said Sun. "I made the decision by myself so I didn't talk to the coaches."
Great Britain won only one medal at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona and head coach Bill Furniss admitted the team's performance in Russia went "better than planned".
Adam Peaty won gold in the 50m and 100m breaststroke, James Guy took the 200m freestyle, along with success for both the men's 200m freestyle relay and the mixed 4x100m relays teams.
"We had a good year last year at the Commonwealths and Europeans but my challenge to the team was 'that's at that level but can we do it at a World Championships or Olympics?'" said Furniss.
"It's a belief and cultural thing. I've got guys finishing fourth at a World Championships who are absolutely devastated and that's music to my ears. We're about trying to get to the podium.
"We've raised the bar. We don't reward anyone who is not a performer. That's not in a bad way, it's a tough regime but I suppose it's tough love in that we look after them as well.
"This is a stepping stone and we have to do better."
Under current laws a logbook loan is attached to the vehicle, not the person who has taken out the credit.
Citizens Advice says the number being taken out rose by 35% between 2011 and 2013.
Even if you didn't take out the cash yourself, you could still get into trouble for not repaying it.
Newsbeat has been given exclusive figures which show nearly two thirds of young people who called Citizens Advice "in serious debt" had turned to a form of high-cost credit.
Paul Brewin, 25, bought his car for £1,000.
"As soon as I saw it I fell in love instantly," he told Newsbeat. "It was exactly what I was looking for."
He took out a vehicle history check which can identify if there is any outstanding finance, or if the car has ever been stolen, written off or clocked.
Some, like the HPI Check, include a guarantee, valuation and mileage information too.
"I did a check that cost around £3," he said. "It said the car was clear."
There are different types of vehicle history checks you can make. Some are cheaper than others and don't always pick up on all types of finance.
Paul says a few weeks after buying the car a logbook loan company got in touch.
He said: "I got a few letters come through the door saying, 'We've come today looking for this vehicle or payment'.
"I was seeing red. I had steam coming out of my ears.
"I've gone and paid for a car and I'm now being told it's not mine."
The car wasn't his because the previous owner had taken out a logbook loan, which allows drivers to borrow money against the value of their vehicle.
A logbook loan is similar to a payday loan and both are advertised online offering fast cash, with few credit checks.
A logbook loan has a typical APR of around 400%.
A Freedom of Information request to the HM Courts and Tribunals Service in 2011 by The Citizens Advice Bureau found there were 36,829 Logbook loans sold.
In 2013 this went up to 49,745.
The Bureau says it expects this to go up further in 2014.
James Plunkett is head of consumer research and campaigns for Citizens Advice.
"One of the worries about these forms of credit is you get locked into a cycle," he said. "People are taking out more loans to pay off their old ones.
"Over time because the interest is so high on these loans they really add up."
These logbook loans are just one of a number of different high-cost credit loans citizens advice are warning people about.
They say young people are particularly drawn to high-cost credit.
They analysed 3,000 calls they received from 17 to 24-year-olds between July and September 2013.
Each was classed as in "serious debt" because they had more than one loan.
Of these, two-thirds said they needed help after taking out high interest credit.
More than one-in-three people in this age group asking for help were in full-time work.
James Plunkett believes young people are more likely to take out high-cost credit.
"They're very accessible," he said. "You can even get them through your mobile phones."
The law commission is carrying out a consultation on "bills of sale" which include logbook loans.
Recommendations aimed at giving consumers better protection will be published in 2016.
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No team has won the competition more than once since its inception in 2007.
India, Pakistan, England, West Indies and Sri Lanka have all won the title.
England lost to West Indies in their first group match but have since won four in a row, while the Windies lost to Afghanistan having qualified for the semi-finals, where they beat India.
Australia face West Indies in the women's final.
England's Eoin Morgan: "We know it's not going to be a normal game. Even in the semi-final, there was quite a lot of hype around the expectation of playing in a final.
"I want all of our players to embrace it. Everything's going to feel a little bit rushed to start with. It's important that we're in a really good frame of mind to slow things down when needed and more importantly execute our skills.
"Given the strides we have made in the last 12 months in white-ball cricket, I think this would be a great reward for the mindset we've shown, the dedication and the hard work we've put in."
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West Indies skipper Darren Sammy: "England is a team we respect. We know the calibre of players they have in the dressing room - they have a lot of match-winners as well.
"But we tend to focus on what we can do on the cricket field and as a group we believe that once we do what we know we can it is going to be difficult to defeat us.
"Since that loss to us, England have moved in leaps and bounds - that's why they are in the final. I always want cricket to be the winner and hope the fans are entertained and it will be a very exciting match, but at the end I just want West Indies to be victorious."
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Eden Gardens has been staging international cricket since 1934 and hosted its first T20 international in 2011.
The highest score made there in a T20 was the 201-5 Pakistan posted against Bangladesh in this event. Bangladesh hold the unwanted lowest-score record, with their 70 against New Zealand last month.
Neither finalist has yet played at the ground in this tournament, England playing all their games to date in Mumbai and Delhi, West Indies playing at Mumbai, Bangalore and Nagpur.
Temperatures are expected to be around 31C for the final, which is a night game, beginning at 19:00 local time, with a capacity crowd of 66,000 expected.
BBC Weather's Alex Deakin has prepared a special forecast, which you can see here.
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew:
"England have managed to peak at just the right time - their bruising defeat by the West Indies in their opening match seems years ago.
"They've won and won well from difficult positions all the way, gaining the confidence that retains calmness under pressure.
"Root, Buttler, Stokes and Roy have all enhanced their credentials, while Jordan's bowling at the end has improved dramatically.
"West Indies have proved they are far more than a one-man, Chris Gayle show and their confidence and enthusiasm is sky-high.
"If both teams play to their potential, it should be quite a final."
ENGLAND
lost to West Indies by six wickets, Mumbai: Eng 182-6; WI 183-4 (18.1 overs)
beat South Africa by two wickets, Mumbai: SA 229-4; Eng 230-8 (19.4 overs)
beat Afghanistan by 15 runs, Delhi: Eng 142-7; Afg 127-9 (20 overs)
beat Sri Lanka by 10 runs, Delhi: Eng 171-4; SL 161-8 (20 overs)
Semi-final:
beat New Zealand by seven wickets, Delhi: NZ 153-8; Eng 159-3 (17.1 overs)
WEST INDIES
beat England by six wickets, Mumbai
beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets, Bangalore: SL 122-9; WI 127-3 (18.2 overs)
beat South Africa by three wickets, Nagpur: SA 122-8; WI 123-7 (19.4 overs)
lost to Afghanistan by six runs, Nagpur: Afg 123-7; WI 117-8 (20 overs)
Semi-final:
beat India by six wickets, Mumbai: Ind 192-2; WI 196-3 (19.4 overs)
England (probable): A Hales, J Roy, J Root, E Morgan (capt), J Buttler (wkt), B Stokes, M Ali, C Jordan, D Willey, A Rashid, L Plunkett.
West Indies (probable): J Charles, C Gayle, M Samuels, L Simmons, A Russell, D Bravo, D Ramdin (wkt), D Sammy (capt), C Brathwaite, S Badree, S Benn.
Umpires: R Tucker (Aus), K Dharmasena (SL).
Third umpire: M Erasmus (SA)
Match referee: R Madugalle (Ind).
Australia will seek a fourth successive title in the women's final, which precedes the men's final and begins at 14:30 local time.
The Australians, who beat England by five runs in the semi-final in Delhi, have yet to lose against the Windies, having won all eight of their previous T20 internationals.
Stefanie Taylor's Windies are the first team other than Australia, England and New Zealand to qualify for a women's World T20 final.
Taylor has proven an inspiration with both bat and ball - her 187 runs in the tournament are bettered only behind England captain Charlotte Edwards and she has taken eight wickets.
Australia (from): M Lanning (capt), K Beams, A Blackwell, N Carey, L Cheatle, S Coyte, R Farrell, H Ferling, A Healy (wkt), J Jonassen, B Mooney, E Osborne, E Perry, M Schutt, E Villani.
West Indies (from): S Taylor (capt), M Aguilleira (wkt), S Campbelle, S Connell, B Cooper, D Dottin, A Fletcher, S-A King, Kyshona Knight, Kycia Knight, H Matthews, A Mohammed, S Quintyne, S Selman, T Smartt.
Gordon McKay, 37, is accused of killing five-month old Hayley Davidson.
It is claimed on various occasions between the day Hayley was born on 9 September 2015 and 14 February 2016 Mr McKay assaulted her in Buckhaven.
It includes allegations he did "bend and compress" the baby's body and bite her. He pleaded not guilty during a hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.
It is further said Mr McKay repeatedly shook Hayley and "by means to the prosecutor unknown" inflicted trauma and violence on her head and body.
The murder accusation states the child was left so severely injured that she died in hospital on 17 February.
Mr McKay, also of Buckhaven, faces a second charge of possessing cannabis.
Ronnie Renucci, defending, lodged a special defence of incrimination in connection with the murder charge.
The advocate said he was not ready for a trial to be set.
Judge Lord Beckett instead set a further hearing due to take place in June. Mr McKay was bailed.
That defeat - their 27th successive loss across two seasons - means they are now on the longest losing streak in NBA history.
Not only that, it is the longest run of defeats across all the country's major professional sports, from major league baseball to American football, from ice hockey's NHL to soccer's MLS.
And more records may yet fall. While the 27-game run includes the tail end of last season, their 0-17 record this time round is now just one short of the worst start to an NBA season.
The 76ers looked like they might end the sequence when they recovered from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to lead by five points approaching the half-way point of that final quarter but then, in a dramatic finish, threw it away.
They have now overtaken their own joint record losing run from two seasons ago, which they held with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers and NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Writing rather happier history are Golden State Warriors, who extended their record for the longest unbeaten start to an NBA season with victory over the Phoenix Suns.
Their 135-116 win on Friday took their perfect start to 17 straight wins.
In the six months after the levy was brought in last October, 640 million plastic bags were used in seven major supermarkets in England, it says.
In 2014, the waste reduction charity Wrap estimated the same shops had used 7.64 billion bags over the full year.
If that trend were to continue over the year this would be a drop of 83%.
It follows the pattern seen in the rest of the UK since the introduction of charges for bags.
Wales introduced a levy in 2011, followed by Northern Ireland in 2013 and Scotland in 2014. They saw reductions in bag use of 76%, 71% and 80%, respectively, in the first year after the fee was established.
The charge means all retailers with more than 250 full-time employees are required to charge a minimum of 5p to customers for single-use, plastic carrier bags, but paper bags are exempt.
Over the six months since the charge was introduced, the government said:
Environment Minister Therese Coffey said the reduction in the number of bags being used was "fantastic news".
"It will mean our precious marine life is safer, our communities are cleaner and future generations won't be saddled with mountains of plastic taking hundreds of years to break down in landfill sites."
This reduction in plastic could benefit the environment, especially the oceans.
A report published in the journal Science in 2015 estimated that about eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in global waters each year.
Dr Sue Kinsey, from the UK's Marine Conservation Society, said: "Every year we survey our beaches, and last year we found over 5,000 bags over one weekend."
She said that birds and marine mammals ate plastic, and bags were also breaking down into smaller pieces and being consumed by tiny marine organisms.
However she said that England could do more to further reduce plastic pollution.
She said she wanted to see the exemption for small businesses on charging the levy removed.
"There's no exemption in Scotland and Wales, for instance," she told BBC News.
"If that exemption was removed, we'd see even more plastic bags removed from the environment, which has only got to be good news."
But extending the 5p charge would be too much of an administrative burden for smaller businesses, the government has previously said.
Meanwhile, Andrew Pendleton from climate change action group Friends of the Earth said plastic bags were only part of the problem.
He said that attention should now turn to the "millions of non-recyclable coffee cups that go to landfill, and to oversized boxes and excess packaging as a by-product of online shopping".
The final episode of the current series drew an average audience of 7.5 million on Tuesday.
The BBC has yet to confirm if the Yorkshire-based show will return, but Wainwright she wanted "time to go away and really come up with stories".
She would hate to make a series which "people say wasn't as good", she added.
Wainwright, who created the series, told BBC Breakfast she was "so busy with other projects at the moment, I haven't got time to sit down and come up with stories", agreeing there "might be a wait" for a third series.
The drama, which stars Sarah Lancashire and James Norton, has been praised by critics, with the first series winning best drama at the Bafta awards in 2015.
However, the second series has received criticism for poor sound quality and mumbling, a problem which Wainwright said had "mystified" the production team.
"When it leaves the [editing suite], the episode is perfect - it has to be," she said.
Wainwright - who has also worked on the BBC's Last Tango In Halifax and ITV's Scott & Bailey - added that producers listened to the episodes on regular televisions before transmission to ensure the sound was clear.
"As the series went on, we became more conscious of listening really carefully... we all brought a very ordinary telly in to listen to it on that," she said.
"I do find it bemusing that for every person that said 'I can't hear it', there were as many people saying 'I can hear it'," she added.
The limit per transaction for the wave and pay cards, which do not require a PIN or a signature to authorise payment, was previously £20.
The move follows a huge rise in the number of people using contactless cards in the UK.
Transactions for the first half of this year totalled £2.5bn, already higher than the £2.32bn spent in 2014.
The UK Cards Association, the trade body for the card payments industry, said the increase meant that the average supermarket spend of £25 would now be covered.
"The growth in contactless payments shows people want to use contactless cards, and increasing the limit gives customers even more opportunities to pay in this way," said chief executive Graham Peacop.
In July, consumer group Which? warned that data from contactless cards could be easily stolen by determined fraudsters.
But the trade body said fraud via the cards was "extremely low", at less than one penny for every £100 spent.
The increase also comes after technology giant Apple allowed users of its latest devices to make contactless payments.
Kevin Jenkins, managing director UK and Ireland at Visa Europe, said contactless payments were becoming the "new normal".
"We've seen unprecedented growth in this area, with the number of Visa contactless transactions more than trebling in the past year in the UK," he added.
The increase was first announced in February.
A pair of two-mile long tunnels, drilled by custom-built machines, will connect the Tube line to Battersea, south London.
New stations at Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station are due to open in 2020.
The extension, which will run west from Kennington, will be the first major expansion of the Tube since the Jubilee line in the late 1990s.
Named Helen and Amy, the two 650-tonne boring machines - built by NFM Technologies in Le Creusot, France - were unveiled earlier.
The 106m-long machines were named by local school children in honour of Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut, and British aviation pioneer Amy Johnson.
Each machine is capable of tunnelling up to 30 metres a day with teams of about 50 people needed to operate them.
The work is expected to take about six months to complete.
According to tunnelling tradition, the machines cannot start work until given a name.
Transport for London said the extension, funded entirely through contributions from the developments in the area, will support 25,000 new jobs and more than 20,000 new homes
Mayor of London Mr Khan said the extension would be "a real boost to south London".
"I'm also delighted that local schoolchildren have chosen two such inspirational British women as the names for these tunnelling machines," he added.
With five tower blocks being evacuated, the streets were teeming with neighbours, children, and cameramen.
Camden Council employees wearing hi-viz vests stood outside the Taplow tower, speaking to residents.
Some of them only realised their homes were being evacuated after hearing news reports.
Emmanuel, 18, said they had "not been told anything".
"I'm angry to an extent that they didn't tell us sooner."
During live broadcasts, one woman shouted angrily at a TV cameraman: "Can you tell me what's going on?"
There was a steady trickle of families walking out of Taplow with an array of suitcases, satchels and bags for life.
An elderly man called George, wearing a suit and carrying a small duffle bag, was trying to re-enter the complex.
His neighbour shouted: "They'll only kick you out again George. Your best bet is to go back to the leisure centre."
George - like many other residents - did not want to speak to the media.
Many residents were sent to the Swiss Cottage leisure centre, to learn where their temporary accommodation would be.
Some people said that - despite the evacuation - they wanted to stay at home.
By 21:00 BST, council employees were going floor-by-floor to tell residents who did not know about the evacuation.
Brian, who lives on the fifth floor of Taplow tower, said: "It's a weird time to kick people out, especially as it's most children's bedtime."
Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq said: "I realise it's disruptive to people's lives but constituents safety comes first.
"If it's not safe then people need to go."
The Labour MP said it was a "tough decision" for Camden Council to make, but added: "This building is not safe for our residents.
"Our council could not let residents stay overnight."
Edward Strange was travelling to Salisbury with his family when news broke on the radio. They turned back immediately to find out what was going on.
He said that the evacuation was a "complete overreaction", adding that two previous fires in Taplow were "easily contained".
He intended to stay with friends for the first night, but said he could not impose his family on them for much longer.
Camden Council has said the works could take up to four weeks.
The number of residents being evacuated from the 800 homes is unknown, but it could be in the thousands.
Ms Siddiq said that the council had block-booked hotel rooms and were offering them to all residents.
Four miles from the Chalcots estate stands the charred remains of Grenfell Tower.
At least 79 people are feared dead after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building earlier this month.
Camden Council leader Georgia Gould said: "I know it's difficult, but Grenfell changes everything."
Louise Simons, who lives in nearby Primrose Hill, came to the tower blocks to offer any displaced residents a spare bed for the evening.
"We live locally and have been impacted by the events of Grenfell," she said. "Obviously we wanted to help."
Penicuik House was built in the 1760s for Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet of Penicuik. In 1899, it was devastated by a fire and remains a ruin today.
To mark the 25th national Doors Open Day, the Scottish Civic Trust commissioned both complete and ruined versions of the house in Minecraft.
The video game involves breaking and placing blocks to create structures.
Games-based educational consultancy ImmersiveMinds used hundreds of thousands of blocks to make scale models of Penicuik House, which is owned by the Clerk family.
John Pelan, Scottish Civic Trust director, said: "Doors Open Days appeals to our natural nosiness to get in and look around all the wonderful buildings that make up our towns and cities.
"We are delighted that Sir Robert and Lady Clerk agreed to the mad idea to Minecraft the amazing Penicuik House and are astonished by the work that ImmersiveMinds have achieved."
Stephen Reid. of ImmersiveMinds, said hours of work went into creating exteriors and interiors of the property.
He said: "The build has taken 86 hours to complete and includes a topographically accurate, 1:1.5 scale landscape and structure comprising over 350,000 blocks, most of which have been retextured to match the look and feel of both incarnations of Penicuik House."
Historic Scotland and Aberdeen Asset Management supported the project.
Colbert, 49, is host of Comedy Central's acclaimed late-night satire programme The Colbert Report.
Letterman, 66, said last week he was retiring after 21 years hosting the CBS show and 11 years on NBC's Late Night.
On his show, Colbert plays a satirical version of himself to mock right-wing pundits. He has suggested he will retire the character for the new show.
"Stephen Colbert is one of the most inventive and respected forces on television," CBS president Leslie Moonves wrote in a statement following the announcement.
"David Letterman's legacy and accomplishments are an incredible source of pride for all of us here, and today's announcement speaks to our commitment of upholding what he established for CBS in late night."
On his popular and influential Emmy-winning Comedy Central programme, Colbert's biting brand of satire has drawn critical acclaim as well as provoking ire, often from the Republicans and conservatives he skewers.
Recently he was attacked on social media for a joke some viewed as disparaging toward Asian Americans but which he meant as a satirical jab at the owner of the Washington Redskins American football team.
Of his hiring to the Late Show top spot, Colbert said, "simply being a guest on David Letterman's show has been a highlight of my career."
"I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave's lead."
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Gerard Quinn, 24, was assaulted at Milldale Crescent in Currynierin on Saturday night. He was taken to Altnagelvin hospital but later died.
On Monday, police were granted an extra 24 hours to question a 16-year-old boy in connection with the murder.
Paul Sharkey ran out with towels as Mr Quinn was slumped by a wall.
"I was holding his neck, keeping pressure on. I still had a pulse," he said.
"We rolled him over, lost the pulse straight away and I started CPR.
"I managed to get a small pulse back again and then the ambulance turned up and took over from there.
"He went up to the hospital with a pulse and he was fighting for his life.... I'm really glad that he did not die on the street."
Mr Sharkey said that when he arrived at the scene, there were crowds of people screaming.
"I haven't slept, every time I close my eyes I can just see the young fella. This is something I'm never going to get over," he said.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place later on Mr Quinn's body. His twin brother, Michael, was also treated for injuries sustained in the attack.
Mr Quinn has been described by those who knew him as "fun loving".
Jimmy McAlister is the manager of Nierin football club, for whom Gerard played.
"He was fun loving, he played football with a smile on his face you know? He was one of the characters in the changing room that everybody liked.
"It's devastating, heartbreaking, he's got a young kid of his own and it's just a complete shock to everybody.
"Everybody round here knows everybody else so the whole estate will be feeling it today and for a long time to come," Mr McAlister said.
Fr Michael Canny from Waterside parish visited the Quinn family on Sunday.
"It's another tragedy in the city. I was horrified to hear of the murder and yesterday afternoon I went to visit the family and I have to say it's a scene of complete and total devastation," he said.
"The parents and the extended family are really struggling to come to terms with the enormity of actually what has happened.
"That somebody who was young, someone who was very special and important to them, their life has been snuffed out in such a terrible manner," he said.
Dermot Chambers knew Gerard from a young age through Ardmore Gaelic club.
"I would have trained him from he was five or six years of age. Any time you saw him he had a ball with him, he was one of those types of fellas you know, always wanting to be involved in sport," he said.
"It's a terrible loss and a very sad day for the community of Ardmore and our prayers are with the family.
"There was that much police activity we knew that there was something serious wrong and then we heard that news, devastating."
Kane Williamson's side have won all four games at the tournament but lost to England in a warm-up match, as well as in ODI and T20 series last summer.
They are yet to play in Delhi, while Wednesday's match will be England's third straight game at the venue.
"We know the conditions more than New Zealand will," said all-rounder Stokes.
"Probably we do have a slight mental advantage over them. We beat them in the warm-up game and we beat them in the summer as well. But we're not going to take too much from those two games."
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Stokes praised England's fighting spirit after they lost their first game against West Indies and conceded 229 runs to South Africa in their second - before going on to chase down that total and then beat Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
"The way we bounced back from the first three innings of our tournament - since then we've come on leaps and bounds," he said.
"That just proves the character that we've got, the never-say-die attitude - I think that comes from youth as well. The way we've played has been the best thing - we've all played the way that we've done for our counties."
New Zealand are ranked second in the world in T20, two places above England, and having reached last year's World Cup final, have won 12 of their past 13 matches at global limited-overs tournaments.
"We're not going to be going into this game thinking we've won it already, because we know New Zealand are the form team and they're hard to beat, especially in this format at the moment," Stokes said.
"It's going to be tough to get out into the middle and try and perform our skills against the form team. But if we can perform anything like we have done over these last two games, we should do well."
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the most interesting statistics from Saturday's Premier League action.
It was only in September that Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew said managing England was the "pinnacle for any Englishman's career", and with no permanent manager in place for the Three Lions, 'Pards' may still get a call.
But only if they ignore his numbers in 2016.
The Londoners were nine minutes away from winning the FA Cup at Wembley in May, prompting a touchline jig from Pardew, before Manchester United turned the game around to win in extra time.
Decent in the cup, but dreadful in the league. Palace have played 31 Premier League games this year, claiming just 22 points, which works out at 0.71 points per game.
So how bad is the run? Palace fans - look away now. It is the worst of all 92 professional teams in English football.
The Eagles have also gone 17 league games without keeping a clean sheet, although this run is still a long way off West Brom's record of conceding in 34 straight games.
"Alan Pardew is saying he's not worried about relegation but he's going to have to start worrying about it soon," former Palace striker Ian Wright told Match of the Day.
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud may have scored a late equaliser for Arsenal against Manchester United, but the draw meant Red Devils boss Jose Mourinho is now 12 games unbeaten against counterpart Arsene Wenger.
That streak is not too far off the record, held (jointly) by...?
Sir Alex Ferguson, of course. The Scot enjoyed 17 games without defeat against his former defender Steve Bruce, but here's a top, top surprise.
Ex-West Ham, Spurs and Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp also went 17 Premier League matches without being on the losing side against Martin O'Neill.
A 'triffic' performance.
Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham remain unbeaten after 12 games, yet still manage to find themselves behind north London rivals Arsenal in the league.
In fact, they went all of October without winning a game - in any competition - but are just three points adrift of Liverpool and Manchester City, who lead the way.
For that, they owe plenty of gratitude to striker Harry Kane, who scored twice in the weekend's comeback win over West Ham, and netted to claim a point against the Gunners in their previous match.
How about this? His record in London derbies stacks up as the best of any player to have played 10 or more capital fixtures, with 18 goals scored in 22 games.
And since the start of last season, Spurs have picked up 20 points in London derby games in the league - the most of any side involved.
Kane's tally of 19 strikes in 2016 also makes him the leading Englishman, but Sunderland's Jermain Defoe - who last earned an England cap in 2013 - follows closely on 18.
Defoe's goal in the thumping win over Hull not only helped take the Black Cats off the bottom of the table, but the 34-year-old also chalked up his 150th Premier League goal in the process.
"Lump it to the big man." English football's much-maligned style of play and one Andy Carroll would thrive off, if he managed to stay off the treatment table.
But it is a tactic that is working wonders for his West Ham team-mate Michail Antonio.
The big winger opened the scoring at White Hart Lane with his sixth headed goal of the campaign and 11th of the year in total.
It takes him level alongside former Everton midfielder Tim Cahill for headers in a calendar year - the Australian notching the same number in 2010.
Can Antonio nod his way to the top of the pile? He has got seven games to achieve it.
Meanwhile, Leicester centre-back Robert Huth, who has headed a fair few balls in English football, became the first German to play 300 times in the Premier League.
No Italian, Spanish or Brazilian player has reached the landmark, while Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer leads the way for overseas players with 514 appearances.
For those who arrived late at Vicarage Road on Saturday, they would have missed midfielder Etienne Capoue's opening goal for Watford against champions Leicester.
The Frenchman's volley found the net after just 33 seconds which - you may think - is some sort of rapid goal record.
Incorrect. It is not even the fastest goal scored this season, an accolade that goes to Chelsea's Pedro, who sneaked in to score against Manchester United after just 30 seconds.
Former defender Ledley King still reigns supreme as having netted the quickest goal in Premier League history, clocking in at 10 seconds for Tottenham against Bradford.
After his fifth game as Swansea boss, American Bob Bradley is still in search of his first victory. The Welsh outfit have now dropped to the bottom of the Premier League.
But Bradley - if given time - will need to go on a shocking run if he is to catch Mick McCarthy, who went 15 without victory in the Premier League with Sunderland.
McCarthy's winless streak is matched by John Gorman, who started his first 15 games for Swindon in 1993 without winning. They promptly got relegated, which remains their only season in the top flight.
Great 'tache though.
Their relationship - captured in the famed 2015 photo above - has been described as a "rollercoaster romance".
But Mrs Merkel refused to let Mr Obama speak at the Brandenburg Gate when he visited Germany as a presidential hopeful back in 2008. He had to content himself with the Victory Column in the Tiergarten.
Relations in the early part of his presidency were overshadowed by differing views on the global financial crisis, a key issue at the 2009 G20 in London. An email to Hillary Clinton from one of her advisers, written five months later, said Mrs Merkel disliked "the atmospherics surrounding the Obama phenomenon".
And yet a warm relationship began to develop. Some commentators suggest the two - a lawyer and a chemist by training - found common ground in an analytical, pragmatic approach to policy.
Relations came under further pressure in April 2011 when Germany vetoed a plan for Nato intervention in Libya. But in June 2011, Mrs Merkel visited the White House and Mr Obama presented her with the US Medal of Freedom, lauding her as "a good friend and one of my closest global partners". The German media reacted cautiously, with one editorial questioning Mr Obama's "excessive hospitality".
Chancellor Merkel has said Mr Obama is "fun" to work with. She welcomed him on his first visit to Berlin as president in 2013. This time he did get to speak at the Brandenburg Gate.
But the relationship was tested again in October 2013, when leaked documents revealed that the US had spied on friendly foreign leaders, including monitoring the German Chancellor's personal mobile phone. At Mrs Merkel's next White House visit, the US media described the press conference as "frosty". Mrs Merkel faced problems with the translation equipment. Mr Obama said he was "pained" by the "strains in the relationship" caused by the revelations.
More recently, US-German relations have been warmer. The two have worked together on a wide range of issues, including an EU-US trade deal, Ukraine and the refugee crisis - on which Mr Obama has lauded Mrs Merkel for being "on the right side of history".
"For me, the future with the president is much more important than the past right now," Mrs Merkel declared in April 2016, according to CNN. Mr Obama said: "This is as important a relationship as I've had during the course of my presidency. Chancellor Merkel has been consistent. She has been steady. She is trustworthy. She has a really good sense of humour that she doesn't show all the time at press conferences."
The ceremony, in the Sicilian capital Palermo, marks the penultimate step on the path to being made a saint.
He was shot by a hitman in front of the church where he used to urge his congregation to disobey mafia bosses.
He will be the first victim of organised crime to be declared a martyr by the Catholic Church.
Six men are currently serving life sentences for the murder, which took place on his 56th birthday.
Forty bishops and a cardinal representing Pope Francis attended the ceremony, as well as government ministers from Rome.
Born in Palermo, Father Puglisi was the son of a shoemaker and seamstress, and was ordained at the age of 22.
He taught mathematics and religion in several schools, served as the chaplain in an institute for orphans, and went on to work in run-down areas of Palermo.
But he became a target as he grew increasingly outspoken in denouncing crime and alleging collusion between politicians and mafia figures.
Don Giuseppe Puglisi has been declared a martyr of the church, murdered "in hatred of the faith".
He was famous for a rhetorical question, which he used as a catch phrase in order to encourage Sicilians to stand up and fight organised crime: "And what if somebody did something?"
The BBC's David Willey in Rome says the Catholic Church has been accused in the past of an ambiguous relationship towards Cosa Nostra, the men who for decades have controlled organised crime on the Mediterranean island.
By beatifying Father Puglisi, the Church is making a strong stand against mafia crime - which has been protected by a code of silence - our correspondent says.
Earlier this month, Pope Francis proclaimed the first saints of his pontificate in a ceremony at the Vatican - a list which includes 800 victims of an atrocity carried out by Ottoman soldiers in 1480.
These meant that, within two months of taking office, he had proclaimed more saints than any previous Pope, although his predecessor Pope Benedict had given the go ahead for their canonisations.
The circumstances of their moves could not be more contrasting and reflect careers that are travelling in opposite directions.
Both have moved down a division. But, while Fletcher has been picked from the list of summer free agents by Sheffield Wednesday, Ritchie will no doubt argue that his £12m switch from Bournemouth to Newcastle United is indicative of a step up in club stature if not in league position.
Ritchie, having been schooled in the lower leagues with Dagenham & Redbridge, Notts County and Swindon Town, has come a long way since being plucked from relative Championship obscurity to make his debut for a country he admits he had never visited until being called up by Gordon Strachan two years ago.
The Gosport-born 26-year-old helped the unfashionable south coast club win promotion to the Premier League, where they - and perhaps he - held their own against the odds.
Scotland missed out on another major finals as the likes of Northern Ireland, Wales, Albania and Iceland have done themselves proud at Euro 2016.
And the bottom has fallen out of the domestic transfer scene since the heady, some would say crazy, days of Tore Andre Flo's £12.5m move from Chelsea to Rangers in 2000.
But, while the inflated prices in the English market - and inflation itself - must be taken into account, Scottish players still manage to command sizeable fees.
After Ritchie, who are the top five most valuable Scotland internationals?
It is eight years since Craig Gordon, already a Scotland regular, moved from Hearts to Sunderland for the highest fee ever paid by a British club for a goalkeeper. Early praise was followed by injury woes interspersed with loss of form and he spent two years out of the game and contemplating retiring before resurrecting his career with Celtic on his return to fitness.
The fee paid was surpassed in 2011, when Manchester United paid £17m for David de Gea, while Fraser Forster took over from the 33-year-old as the most expensive goalkeeper to move from Scotland when Southampton paid £10m for the Englishman in 2014.
Great things were expected of Alan Hutton as he starred for Rangers in the Champions League. It led to a determined pursuit of the right-back by Tottenham Hotspur, but amid competition from Croatia's Vedran Corluka and England's Kyle Walker, he fell out of favour under manager Harry Redknapp and eventually moved to Aston Villa.
Signed by Alex McLeish, he also fell out of favour under Paul Lambert and spent time on loan to Nottingham Forest, Mallorca and Bolton Wanderers, but the 31-year-old was back as regular starter as Villa were relegated last season.
Until now, Steven Fletcher's career has been one of steadily increasing big-money moves. First from Hibernian to Burnley for £3m, then to Wolves for £6.5m and ultimately to Sunderland for that record £12m figure.
However, still only 29, he finds himself freed for the first time having first fallen out of favour under Sam Allardyce then loaned out to Marseille for the second half of last season. His time in the French top flight was again a long way short of a goal-fest and it will be Championship football with Sheffield Wednesday for the Shrewsbury-born striker this season.
Ross McCormack has emerged as a much-wanted man since playing in the Champions League for Rangers as a teenager. He never became a regular at Ibrox and a loan move to Doncaster Rovers then permanent move to Motherwell followed. A modest transfer to Cardiff City then Leeds United, and a reasonable scoring record in England's second tier, led to an £8.9m switch to Championship rivals Fulham.
Now there is talk of yet another summer move, with reports of Sheffield Wednesday launching a £11.5m bid that would team up the 29-year-old with Scotland team-mate Fletcher. All that money changing hands and he still cannot get a regular game for Scotland.
The Oldham-born son of former goalkeeper Andy is another Scot to have clubs reaching for the cheque book yet leaving his national manager unconvinced. Having started his career with Ipswich Town, it was with Huddersfield Town that he started to hit the net regularly and it led Blackburn Rovers to pay £7.6m for his services in 2012.
In February, Middlesbrough paid out £8.9m to bolster their eventually successful bid for promotion to the English top flight. There has been much speculation about whether Rhodes has the quality to make the step up to the Premier League and now the 26-year-old has a chance to prove his doubters wrong - unless Boro decide to bring in an even more high-profile striker.
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Champions Glasgow led 5-3 at the break through Lee Jones' early try and Ruan Pienaar replying with a penalty.
Callum Black, making his 100th appearance for Ulster, scored his first try for the province after 53 minutes.
Paddy Jackson's conversion and penalty put Ulster 13-5 ahead before Taqele Naiyaravoro's injury-time try gave the visitors a losing bonus point.
Glasgow finished with 14 players after number eight Ryan Wilson was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle in the 71st minute.
In a fast-paced game, Ulster dominated territory in the first half but coughed up seven turnovers, several in the red zone with the try-line beckoning.
Ruan Pienaar shanked an easy chance to put Ulster ahead, missing a seventh minute penalty in what was his first kick at goal in this season's Pro12 campaign.
After their well-worked try, Glasgow spent long spells on the back foot with the pace of Craig Gilroy and Paul Marshall causing problems.
Gilroy made a great outside break after Stuart Olding carved the visitors open from inside his own 22 before Ali Price made a try-saving tackle.
Paul Marshall, an early replacement for Pienaar who was forced off with suspected concussion, thought he scored five minutes before the interval but was judged to not have grounded the ball.
The defending champions, who won the title on this ground last year, were missing 10 frontline players away on Six Nations duty with Scotland and had only won once away from home this season in all competitions.
Both teams started with inexperienced players at fly-half and Gregor Hunter missed a chance to extend Glasgow's lead with a missed penalty in the 48th minute.
Sam Windsor made his first start for Ulster at 10, but Paddy Jackson was introduced at the break having been released from the Ireland training squad on Thursday and controlled the shape of Ulster's play in the second half.
There were lots of opportunities for the backs to get their hands on the ball in a fast-paced game and yet another break and off-load by Gilroy carved out the all-important try for Ulster.
In the 10th phase after Gilroy's initial break, Black bundled over from close range and Jackson added the extras, and later added a penalty to stretch Ulster's lead.
Glasgow grabbed an all-important losing bonus point when Taqele Naiyaravoro gathered a crossfield kick to score in the corner.
Ulster: S Olding; C Gilroy, D Cave, S McCloskey, J Stockdale; S Windsor, R Pienaar; C Black, R Herring (capt), R Lutton; A O'Connor, F van der Merwe; R Diack, S Reidy, N Williams.
Replacements: P Marshall for Pienaar (30), P Jackson for Windsor (HT). J Andrew for Herring (43), C Henry for Reidy (53), K McCall for Black (57), R Wilson for Williams (63), B Ross for Lutton (76)
Glasgow Warriors: P Murchie; L Jones, G Bryce, S Johnson, R Hughes; G Hunter, Ali Price; R Grant, P MacArthur, S Puafisi; G Peterson, L Nakarawa; R Harley, S Favaro, R Wilson (capt).
Replacements: C Fusaro for Favaro (39), J Malcolm for McArthur (35), P Horne for Hunter (53), A Allan for Grant (58), J Strauss for Nakarawa (58), G Hart for Price (63), T Naiyaravoro for Jones (63), D Rae for Peterson (68).
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy).
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU).
Witnesses said the two-storey house in Derwent Avenue, Kingston Vale crashed down shortly after 01:00 BST.
Emergency services were called and fire crews carried out an "extensive search" but nobody was in the property at the time.
Kingston Police said basement renovations had been taking place at the property.
Neighbour Sharon Gouhar said she "heard a big boom, my dog started barking and my children ran from their bedrooms saying their rooms had shook."
She said they called the police who "asked us to vacate... It was a bit distressing".
The average price paid for homes in Derwent Avenue is £1,375,000, according to property website Zoopla.
Kingston Council said a building application for work at the property had been submitted two days previously.
An investigation into why it collapsed will now be carried out, the local authority added.
Groups of 15 ordinary women and men are selected at random to uphold justice in their local community. It is a civic duty they are obliged to perform.
Potential jurors must be at least 18 years old and they should be listed on the electoral roll.
They must also have lived in the UK for more than five years since they were 13 years old.
However people in some jobs - for example solicitors and police constables - cannot be cited to appear on a jury.
Others who have committed crimes and served time in prison are likely to be disqualified.
MPs, MSPs, religious ministers, full-time serving members of the armed forces and people who are over 70 can legitimately apply to be excused.
There is a full list of exemptions here.
BBC Radio 4's More or Less asked Deirdre Toher, a statistics lecturer at the University of the West of England, to calculate the probability of an eligible person being asked to serve on a jury.
She used figures obtained from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
She told the programme: "The chance of being called for jury service, as in receiving a citation for jury service, in Scotland is approximately 95% across the 53 years of typical eligibility."
Although many people will receive a letter asking them to serve on a jury, far fewer will actually be selected to sit on the jurors' benches.
About 30 men and women will be invited to court and 15 will be selected to be part of a jury.
In fact, the chance of actually serving on a Scottish jury is about 30%, according to Ms Toher.
The probability of being asked to be part of a jury more than once is about 40%, she added.
South of the border, juries are made up of 12 people, and the odds of being selected for the job are far lower than in Scotland.
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Justice, there is about a 35% chance of people in England and Wales being summoned for jury service over the course of their lifetime.
Only about half of those cited spend any time in court.
Listen to the analysis on BBC Radio 4's More or Less on the BBC Radio iPlayer here.
The minutes showed members were concerned that the incoming president would adopt policies designed to increase economic growth that would require faster interest-rate increases.
But they also urged caution over the "uncertain" outlook.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.30% at 19,942.16 points.
The S&P 500 gained 0.57%, rising to 2,270.75. The Nasdaq Composite added 0.88%, finishing at 5,477.00.
Chris Low of FTN Financial in New York said: "the market was right in thinking the minutes would tilt hawkish, but they tilted less than expected".
The minutes said that policymakers discussed "the uncertainty about how federal spending, tax, and regulatory policies might unfold and how global economic and financial conditions will evolve."
President-elect Mr Trump takes office later this month and investors are waiting details of his policies, which are expected to include cuts in taxes and increases in infrastructure spending.
US shares have rallied since Mr Trump's election victory as a result.
Shares in carmakers also helped the market move higher on Wednesday, following better than expected December sales figures. General Motors shares rose 5.5%. Ford shares rose 4.6%.
Tech giant Apple has confirmed plans to invest $1bn in a tech fund being set up by Japan's SoftBank.
SoftBank has said it is investing at least $25bn in the fund and has been in talks with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund for an investment that may reach $45bn.
Dan Bull spends 10 weeks a year on a cherrypicker trying to tame this 55ft (17 metre) hedge at Powis Castle, Welshpool, Powys.
He admitted it was "a bit scary" initially, but considers himself lucky.
Back in the day, the 300-year-old yew took a team of 10 with huge ladders to clip the bushes using just hand shears and scythes.
Head gardener David Swanton added: "It's a huge task for us to get all the trimming done.
"Two gardeners spend six weeks trimming the box hedge and two more spend 12 weeks working on the yew.
"One gardener spends about 10 weeks in the air on this hydraulic cherry-picker getting all the high trimming done."
The German sportswear giant is in the second season of a 10-year, £750m deal.
After announcing a fall in first-quarter revenue, United said the annual payment will reduce by 30% if they do not reach Europe's flagship competition for a second successive season.
United are sixth in the Premier League, six points off the top four.
"There is a clause in the Adidas contract that applies if we are missing from the Champions League for two years in a row," said United's chief financial officer Cliff Baty.
"An example would be if we [were due to receive] £70m [in a given year], we would not receive £21m."
The sum is taken off each year of the contract, with the first payment covering the years for which the deal - which came into force in 2015 - has been active.
Baty said a failure by United to get out of the Europa League group stage this season would cost the club "single digit millions".
United's failure to qualify for this season's Champions League has already had an impact on their 2016-17 finances.
First-quarter revenue - to 30 September - was down £3.4m (2.8%) to £120.2m, with matchday income down 32.3% to £16.8m. Profit was £6.2m.
The reduction in income is largely down to United playing three fewer home games than in the same period in 2015.
Debt has risen 18% to £337.7m, due to the fall in the pound against the dollar since the Brexit vote.
Executive director Ed Woodward said: "Our financial results for this quarter reflect the impact of our non-participation in the Uefa Champions League."
The club's commercial revenue rose 4.4% to £74.3m, with overall revenue for the year expected to be between £530m and £540m.
United made four signings in the summer transfer window, including France midfielder Paul Pogba for a world record £89m and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
They are sixth in the Premier League and through to the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup but outside the qualification places for the knockout phase of the Europa League with two games remaining.
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Masrour Barzani told the BBC that the Islamic State group (IS) could be defeated within months if the world community became fully engaged.
He was speaking after Kurdish forces drove IS out of the strategic Iraqi town of Sinjar.
IS still controls large areas of Syria and Iraq.
Speaking at a command headquarters near the Sinjar front, Mr Barzani told the BBC's Jim Muir that despite setbacks, IS had not been significantly weakened.
And he said he hoped that the attacks in Paris, in which 129 people died, would be a game changer, spurring Western powers to become more involved in fighting the militants.
"It's very difficult to say that Isis (IS) has weakened. They might be losing some ground here and there, but to terrorise of course they are using different methods," he said.
"I think this is probably a change of tactics. They might try to do more of this if they are not stopped and they are not kept under pressure."
Mr Barzani said that if Western countries were unwilling to send in ground troops, they should give greater support to forces such as the Kurdish fighters in both Iraq and Syria who were succeeding against the militants.
However, he conceded that the Kurds were reluctant to push into territory that they don't regard as their own.
Our correspondent says the US-led coalition, which has been bombing IS in Syria and Iraq for more than a year, has had problems finding reliable ground forces to partner with.
Russia, which is an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, recently launched its own air campaign against militants.
Since the attacks in Paris, which were claimed by Islamic State, France and Russia have intensified air strikes against IS targets in Syria.
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is expected to arrive in the region this week.
A man was walking on High Street in Cheadle towards Ashfield Road when he was struck by a silver A-Class Mercedes at about 19:50 GMT on Boxing Day.
Greater Manchester Police said the injured man was in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
A 32-year-old man from Cheadle Hulme is due to appear at Stockport Magistrates Court later.
Last month, the organisers of the 14th Nairn Book and Arts Festival said they had to generate the money in just four weeks to save September's event.
They said they were left with the funding gap after not getting grant assistance from national arts body Creative Scotland.
Almost 100 events are planned as part of this year's festival.
However, organisers said that while this year's event had been saved, future festivals could still be in doubt.
David Godden, chairman of the Nairn Book and Arts Festival committee, said: "We're immensely relieved to be able to safeguard the festival for this year, and hugely grateful to everyone across the Highlands and beyond who has supported us and given so generously.
"We have an even stronger sense, now, of how valued the festival is by our community and regular festival visitors.
"The fundraising campaign was very definitely a one-off, though, and we'll be working hard to ensure that we get the support we need from all possible funding sources for future festivals.
"In the meantime, we can now get on with the business of delivering the best possible festival come September."
Ezequiel Lavezzi was photographed pulling the corner of his eyes in pictures taken for the Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune.
The club has since said they were meant to be "light-hearted" and "wacky".
But instead they have caused huge offence in China, with people accusing him of racism.
"This is an extremely abominable gesture that discriminates against Chinese people. Get him out of here!" one person wrote on social media platform Weibo.
In a statement released on Sunday, Lavezzi said he had "no intention of insulting the Chinese people", and was simply making funny faces at the request of the photographer.
"I'm very happy to be here as part of the Hebei club," he added. "I have had great time here with my team mates and it has been a great journey. Every Chinese person around me is friendly and I love my life here.
"I deeply apologise if this photo has offended the Chinese public and fans. I will be more careful in the future."
The club has also apologised.
Lavezzi, 32, moved to the Chinese side last year from Paris St -Germain. The two-year deal was reported to be worth £23.5m ($30.3m).
Sixteen of the shark species were discovered by a man walking his dog on Herne Bay seafront, between the Neptune car park and Beltinge.
Tom Hawkins, from Canterbury City Council's foreshore team, examined the fish and said they had probably been discarded out at sea by fishermen.
He added that the ones he had seen had been dead for some time and were likely to have been washed ashore by a breeze.
After 113 results out of 124 councils, UKIP has 55 seats so far, a gain of 26.
It won six seats on Thurrock Council and just missed out on being the largest party by a single vote.
Ex-Tory MPs Neil Hamilton and Mark Reckless were among seven gains on the Welsh Assembly, and UKIP came second in two Westminster by-elections.
It was beaten by Labour in Ogmore, in South Wales, and Sheffield Brightside, in South Yorkshire.
Mr Farage told Sky his party was "really biting hard" into Labour's vote and was "the third biggest party now in the United Kingdom by a country mile".
He added: "There will be many people who see Jeremy Corbyn's Labour as more extreme than UKIP by a country mile."
Mr Hamilton, who was a Conservative MP for Tatton from 1983 until being voted out in 1997 after becoming embroiled in the cash for questions controversy, admitted Mr Farage had opposed him standing for UKIP.
"Well, there's no secret about that, but Nigel is a democrat and I was selected by the overwhelming vote of the party members in Wales for a winnable place on the Assembly list," he told BBC Radio 4's World At One.
"We will all work together as a team regardless of things that have divided us hitherto."
Labour's shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry acknowledged UKIP was hitting her party's vote.
"I think it has been recognised that UKIP are challenging us," she said. "I think that is a deep worry."
Mr Farage also tweeted that UKIP's progress in Wales justified the amount of money he had spent travelling there to campaign in the Welsh Assembly elections.
Polling expert Professor John Curtice said UKIP's vote in Wales was simply maintaining the level that the party achieved in 2015.
Among its other gains around the country, the Eurosceptic party gained two seats in Bolton, where its total reached five.
In Havant, the party gained seats from Labour in wards that the party has not previously contested at all.
In Derby, UKIP gained Alvaston from Labour, defeating deputy mayor Mark Titley.
Paul and Samantha Jackson and their two children briefly stopped in a private car park at Exeter Airport before catching a flight.
The family said they drove away as soon as they were told it was the wrong car park but were later charged.
Premier Park of Exeter which operates the "Park 2 Fly" car park said it has to deter people abusing the site.
Mr Jackson said he pulled into the car park at 05:51 BST because he "did not want to stop the car on the main road" with two children in the back to get his car park paperwork from the boot.
He said: "I went to see the security guard in the car park to inquire if we were in the correct car park, and he told me I was in the wrong place and gave me directions to the correct car park."
The family, from St Austell, pulled out of the car park six minutes after arriving.
Mr Jackson said: "The parking charges for Park 2 Fly is £15 per day, this works out 0.0625 for the 6 minutes we were in the car park."
The Jacksons have written to the company to explain why they stopped and have the option of making an appeal.
A spokesperson for Premier Park said: "The car park does not have a security guard as it is an unmanned site, so we are unsure who Mr Jackson spoke to on arrival.
"There is a massive sign at the entrance and other signs around the car park stating what the charges are.
"We allow time for people to quickly read these signs and leave. We have so far not received an appeal from the family, but any appeal will be looked at if it is submitted."
One protester was killed last night in the northern town of Chirirbandar in protests ahead of Tuesday's shutdown.
A special court is trying senior leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami for allegedly carrying out atrocities during the 1971 independence war.
The party says the charges are politically motivated.
Protesters are out on the streets across the country in support of Jamaat-e-Islami's strike and there are reports of sporadic clashes.
In some areas demonstrators have set vehicles and tyres on fire as well as pelting police vehicles with stones.
Schools and businesses in many parts of the country have been shut. Thousands of police officers have been deployed.
"We have sufficient police force now on the streets... Many vehicles are moving on the street and we are giving them protection and also activists are suddenly attacking, coming out on the street and trying to disturb, we are also looking into that," one police officer in Dhaka told the Reuters news agency.
The strike came a day after the authorities refused permission for the party to hold a rally. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has also extended its support for the strike.
The BBC's Ethirajan Anbarasan in Dhaka says that many people are staying indoors fearing violence, with most private vehicles off the roads.
As some of the cases at the special tribunal into war crimes have reached their final stages, there are concerns that Jamaat-e-Islami may intensify its protest.
Analysts believe this could be the beginning of a series of general strikes, with Jamaat-e-Islami determined to show its opposition the war crimes trials and the BNP opposition also threatening to call general strikes over a dispute on restoring the country's caretaker administration for parliamentary polls.
Our correspondent says that most people in Bangladesh are fed up of such strike action, and many fear the country may be in for a prolonged period of instability.
Their UK trade body says it will work with government to reduce the number of bottles ending in the sea.
It follows research from Greenpeace suggesting the top six global firms sell plastic bottles weighing more than two million tonnes a year.
The biggest brand Coca-Cola is under fire for refusing to disclose how much plastic it produces.
A study estimated that more than five trillion plastic pieces weighing more than 250,000 tonnes were afloat at sea, and a recent paper showed that even marine organisms 10km deep had ingested plastic fragments.
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Plastic bottle litter on beaches up 43%, conservationists say
Gavin Partington, from the British Soft Drinks Association, said: “We should all be concerned about the problem of marine litter.
“All plastic bottles are 100% recyclable so it is important that consumers are encouraged to dispose of bottles responsibly.
“However, we recognise more needs to be done to increase recycling and reduce littering.”
The Greenpeace study found the six companies surveyed use a combined average of 6.6% recycled plastic in their bottles, and none have commitments to reduce the amount of single-use plastic bottles they use.
Louise Edge, from Greenpeace, said UK drinks makers have until recently been resisting efforts to reduce marine litter through bottle recycling schemes.
She said: “It’s clear that if we’re going to protect our oceans we need to end the age of throwaway plastic. These companies need to take drastic action now.”
After decades of concern, policy on plastic waste in the UK is starting to move. The plastic bags charge has drastically reduced the purchase of throw-away bags, and plastic bottles are now a target.
Scotland has trialled a scheme in which people are rewarded at stores with cash back or discount vouchers when they return plastic bottles. Coca Cola reversed its previous opposition to the trials.
In Germany a 25-cent refundable charge is imposed on plastic bottles.
In some US states a similar charge on aluminium cans prompts children to scour the streets looking for discarded cans to claim the cash back.
The UK government is devising a new litter policy.
The issues aren't straightforward. Minister are keen not to alienate people who already put their used bottles into their own recycling bin. Under a deposit scheme they would be obliged to return bottles to a special recycling point to get their money back.
But it does seem that public support for a deposit scheme is growing.
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Officials say the nurse had treated a man who arrived from Guinea at the Pasteur Clinic in Bamako, and the clinic was now in quarantine.
The latest case is unrelated to the first, when a two-year-old girl died from the disease in late October.
Nearly 5,000 people have been killed in the West African outbreak, mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak a global health emergency.
The new case in Mali comes a day after the WHO confirmed the release from quarantine of 25 of 100 people who were thought to have come into contact with the two-year-old girl who died on 24 October.
The toddler's case alarmed the authorities in Mali after it was found she had displayed symptoms whilst travelling through the country by bus, including the capital Bamako, on her return from neighbouring Guinea.
Ebola was first identified in Guinea in March, before it spread to neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone. The WHO says there are now more than 13,240 confirmed, suspected and probable cases, almost all in these countries.
Cases have also emerged, though on a much smaller scale, in Nigeria, Senegal, Spain and the US, as well as in Mali.
Separately on Tuesday, it was confirmed that Morocco would no longer host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations because of its fears over the Ebola outbreak.
In other developments:
Mali launched an emergency response in conjunction with the WHO when the girl's situation came to light. Her family were among those released from quarantine on Monday.
Health department spokesman Markatie Daou said around 50 people were still under observation in Kayes, western Mali, and would be released in a week if they continued to display no symptoms.
Meanwhile, the virus is continuing to spread in Sierra Leone, with almost 300 new infections recorded in the last three days .
Midfielder Jem Karacan settled any nerves by volleying the hosts in front from Dorian Dervite's curling cross.
Tom Nichols had a goal-bound effort blocked by David Wheater as Posh pushed forward in search of a reply.
Wheater headed the second after the break and Adam le Fondre rifled home to confirm automatic promotion.
Phil Parkinson's side have enjoyed a consistent season in which they have not been lower than eighth in the table and in the top four continuously since 3 October.
They went into the game two points clear of rivals Fleetwood and with a superior goal difference.
And it was the hosts who were the first to threaten as Karacan shot wide after Peterborough failed to properly clear Josh Vela's ball in.
The midfielder made no mistake with the second opportunity that came his way, showing superb technique to give keeper Luke McGee no chance as he found the bottom corner.
McGee saved with his legs from Gary Madine to restrict Bolton to a single-goal lead at the interval, but Wheater headed in from two yards after Le Fondre nodded the ball back across goal following a corner.
The second appeared to sap Peterborough's belief and McGee was again in action to beat away a ferocious drive by Mark Beevers, who was part of the Millwall side beaten by Barnsley in last season's League One play-off final.
Urged on by the majority of a 22,590 crowd, Bolton opened up the Posh defence again and Vela cleverly beat two men before playing in Le Fondre, who fired past McGee into the top corner to spark the promotion celebrations.
Bolton were relegated to League One 12 months ago following a 4-1 defeat by Derby County after a difficult season on and off the pitch, with the paperwork on the club's takeover by Dean Holdsworth and Ken Anderson signed minutes before a High Court winding-up hearing in March 2016.
Despite the change in ownership, the Trotters have had to deal with further difficulties this term, including a public dispute between Holdsworth and Anderson.
Holdsworth eventually agreed the sale of his stake in March, which appeared to put the club back on a stable footing, but Bolton remained under a transfer embargo, imposed in December 2015 for failing to submit accounts, which meant they could not pay fees for new players.
And there were further reports last week of the club being served with a winding-up petition over a £5m debt, with a High Court date set for 22 May, although Bolton say it is a matter for Holdsworth's Sports Shield group.
Amid all the off-field issues, Bolton made a shrewd choice when Parkinson was lured from Bradford City to become their new manager last June.
The 49-year-old guided Colchester United to promotion from League One as runners-up in 2006, his first managerial job, and brought Bradford City up from League Two via the play-offs in 2013.
Victories in their first four games and a seven-match unbeaten run set the tone for the season and Parkinson has built the division's meanest defence, conceding only 36 goals in 46 games.
Bolton sold striker Zach Clough to Nottingham Forest in January and, perhaps unusually for a team challenging for promotion, did not have a prolific scorer, with goals this season shared among 19 different players.
However, two of the men Parkinson was able to bring in, Karacan and Le Fondre - one a former free agent on a short-term contract and one on loan - both found the net as Wanderers returned to the second tier along with champions Sheffield United.
Bolton boss Phil Parkinson told BBC Radio Manchester: "I'm absolutely delighted, and to do it in the manner we did with a very good, solid performance, I'm just so pleased.
"Last week we were a minute away from promotion and it knocked us a little bit, but we regrouped in training this week, and to play as well as we did when the pressure's on is a great tribute to all the players.
"For every footballer, when the big games come, you've got to perform, that's what it's all about, and the lads performed when it mattered most.
"There's been some tough times at the club over the last few years. Ken Anderson took on a tough job when he and Dean Holdsworth bought the club, because there were a lot of obstacles in the way. I'm just so proud for everyone connected to the club today."
Defender Mark Beevers: "Words can't describe how good it feels. From day one the lads have mucked in - we've had fixtures when we've had to dig deep and thankfully, most of them we've come out on top in.
"It's been a collective effort, the fans, the whole of the squad, the staff and we've been rewarded with promotion today.
"I've been promoted with Sheffield Wednesday before, but I didn't play that many games. With Bolton, I've played the majority of the season and it's massive for me and my family as well.
"It's been a while since Bolton had something to cheer about. It's not easy getting out League One, it takes a massive collective effort."
Match ends, Bolton Wanderers 3, Peterborough United 0.
Second Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 3, Peterborough United 0.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Conor Wilkinson replaces Gary Madine.
Attempt missed. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Foul by Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers).
Ryan Tafazolli (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Gwion Edwards.
Foul by David Wheater (Bolton Wanderers).
(Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United).
Goal! Bolton Wanderers 3, Peterborough United 0. Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josh Vela.
Attempt missed. Filipe Morais (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Andrea Borg replaces Leonardo Da Silva Lopes.
Hand ball by Craig Mackail-Smith (Peterborough United).
Attempt saved. Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Leonardo Da Silva Lopes.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Ryan Tafazolli.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Darren Pratley replaces Jem Karacan.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Ryan Tafazolli replaces Andrew Hughes.
Foul by Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers).
Callum Chettle (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Gwion Edwards replaces Tom Nichols.
Attempt missed. Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Lewis Freestone.
Attempt missed. Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Goal! Bolton Wanderers 2, Peterborough United 0. David Wheater (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Le Fondre following a set piece situation.
Corner, Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Lewis Freestone.
Attempt saved. Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Second Half begins Bolton Wanderers 1, Peterborough United 0.
First Half ends, Bolton Wanderers 1, Peterborough United 0.
Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by David Wheater.
Attempt blocked. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Filipe Morais (Bolton Wanderers).
Tom Nichols (Peterborough United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Tom Nichols (Peterborough United) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Tom Nichols (Peterborough United).
The economics think tank found that in many countries wealthy and poor pupils spent similar amounts of time online.
But richer youngsters were much more likely to use the internet for learning rather than games.
The study argues that even with equal access to technology a "digital divide" persists in how the internet is used.
The OECD report, based on data from more than 40 countries mostly in Europe, Asia and South America, looked at how teenagers used online technology at home.
Access to the internet and digital technology are seen as important to educational achievement.
But this study shows significant differences in how teenagers spend their time online - and suggests that new technology does not stop old social divisions.
It also suggests that encouraging strong reading skills is the key to making the most of the internet.
The researchers found online activity was directly linked to "socio-economic status", with wealthier students more likely to use the internet for educationally advantageous activities such as gathering information and reading news.
Poorer students were more likely to use the internet for games or chatting online.
The information was gathered as part of the international Pisa tests and it shows how teenagers might be using the internet to help their studies.
The research suggests that inequality emerges, even in countries with near-universal internet access.
"Equal access does not imply equal opportunities," says the report, and a lack of familiarity with using the internet for information will have a negative impact in areas such as studying or looking for jobs.
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This happens within countries, but the study also reveals big differences between countries - with teenagers in wealthier northern European countries more likely to use the internet for getting information, rather than playing or socialising.
Finland and Iceland have the highest levels of teenagers using the internet for information, followed by Estonia, Norway and Slovenia.
There were also higher-than-average educational uses of the internet in Denmark, Hong Kong, Poland, Germany and Singapore.
In Mexico, Jordan and Turkey young people were much more likely to go online to play games and much less for news or information.
Those spending the longest time online were also from Nordic countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. And in a number of more affluent European countries, including Belgium, Finland, Denmark and Germany, poorer families spent longer online than wealthy ones.
The UK did not take part in the section of the survey comparing types of computer use, but it did provide data for overall internet access.
This showed very high levels of online access in the UK for both rich and poor.
It was among a group of countries including the Nordic nations, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Hong Kong, where the wealthiest and poorest quarter of the young population almost all had the internet at home.
This was in contrast to countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, Mexico and Peru where poorer families were much less likely to have internet access.
In such countries, the report says school plays a much more important role in ensuring that young people have access to information and communications equipment.
The report says that there have been efforts to narrow such gaps in access, but a more valuable response might be to focus on making sure that all young people have strong literacy skills.
"Ensuring that every child attains a baseline level of proficiency in reading will do more to create equal opportunities in a digital world than will expanding or subsidising access to high-tech devices and services."
But the findings were criticised as "simplistic" by Mark Chambers, chief executive of Naace, the UK body supporting the use of computers in schools.
He rejected the idea that it should be a choice between either improving reading or focusing on digital skills, as both were mutually beneficial.
Mr Chambers said it was no surprise that the wealthy would have the most confidence and take the most advantage of new technology.
And he questioned whether internet access at home was really the same for rich and poor, suggesting that it did not mean that all young people had equal access to broadband and their own computer.
"In the UK, homes of students from a low economic, social and cultural background often don't have landline phones and internet access through them, relying instead on mobiles," he said.
Schools should work to reduce social divisions, he said, rather than "retrenching to Victorian approaches".
Mr Hemingway, his wife Gerardine, and the HemingwayDesign team will create the overall scheme and branding for the disused Dreamland site in Margate.
It is hoped that stage one of the project to turn the site into a £10m heritage park will open in 2014.
Mr Hemingway said he was "excited about bringing a new vibrant life to an iconic British seaside institution".
"Having visited Margate over the past few months and seen the grassroots creative revolution that is taking place, we are thrilled, nay cock a hoop, at the potential of the place and can't wait to get stuck in," he said.
"We fully understand the scale of the task but with the creative community of Margate and environs we can deliver something of international significance."
The park will be run by the Dreamland Trust, which will be given the site by Thanet District Council for a peppercorn rent.
Chairman Nick Laister said he had no doubt HemingwayDesign would bring the trust's proposals for the site to life, exceeding its expectations.
"Wayne and Gerardine and their team have a genuine passion for the British seaside and for the Dreamland Margate project," he said.
"I am delighted to welcome them on to our team."
The heritage amusement park is seen as vital in the regeneration of Margate, along with the Turner Contemporary art gallery which opened further along the seafront last year.
A statement announcing the decision on behalf of President Thein Sein was broadcast on state television.
He said that the move would enable the military to help restore order in the riot-hit town, south of Mandalay.
At least 20 people are reported to have been killed since the violence began, but exact figures are unclear.
A BBC reporter who has just returned from the town said he saw about 20 Muslim bodies, which local men were trying to destroy by burning.
Meiktila MP Win Thein told the BBC Burmese service that scores of mostly Buddhist people accused of being involved in the violence had been arrested by police.
He said that he saw the bodies of eight people who had been killed in violence in the town on Friday morning. Many Muslims had fled gangs of Buddhist youths, he said, while other Muslims were in hiding.
Mr Win said that that violence that recurred on Friday morning has now receded, although the atmosphere in Meiktila remains tense.
Police say that at least 15 Buddhist monks on Friday burnt down a house belonging to a Muslim family on the outskirts of the town. There are no reports of any injuries.
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The disturbances began on Wednesday when an argument in a gold shop escalated quickly, with mobs setting mainly Muslim buildings alight, including some mosques.
Fighting in the streets between men from rival communities later broke out.
Meanwhile people in the town have told the BBC of food shortages because the main market in the town has been closed for the last five days.
Hundreds of riot police have been sent into Meiktila. They have been seen hurriedly evacuating crowds of men and women from their burning homes.
However they have been accused of doing little to stop the razing of entire neighbourhoods and the accumulation of casualties from both communities.
The BBC's south-east Asia correspondent Jonathan Head says that the eruption of communal anger uncomfortably echoes what happened in Rakhine state last year, where nearly 200 people were killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes.
The conflict that erupted in Rakhine involved Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, who are not recognised as Burmese citizens. Scores of Rohingyas have fled what they say is persecution in Burma in recent months.
The government has yet to present any long-term proposals to resolve that conflict, our correspondent says, and simmering fear and mistrust between Buddhists and the country's Muslim minorities has boiled over in the more open political climate prevailing since the first elected government in half a century took office two years ago.
Meanwhile residents in Meiktila have complained that police have struggled to control groups of people on the streets armed with knives and sticks.
Most of these men are Buddhists, police say, angered over the death of a Buddhist monk who suffered severe burns on Wednesday.
A survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors found price growth across the UK fell from 7% to 1%.
It said Scotland's Land and Building Transaction Tax bands created a "bottleneck", discouraging some sales.
The Scottish government insists LBTT is "more progressive" than stamp duty and "benefits the vast majority" of buyers.
The transaction tax was introduced in April 2015 as a replacement for stamp duty north of the border.
Holyrood's finance committee declared the introduction "operationally successful", but concerns have been aired about the top end of the market.
The latest residential survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) found the lowest levels of price growth around the UK since 2013.
Estate agents said may people considering moves in Scotland were instead making improvements in their existing homes, due to a limited choice of properties for sale.
Rics believes LBTT bands are part of the problem, with policy manager Hew Edgar saying: "This latest survey merely reinforces what we have been saying for some time - that the current LBTT bandings are creating a bottleneck in certain areas of the market, and encouraging property powers to eschew moving in favour of improving their current properties.
"The Scottish government must address this problem by reviewing the LBTT framework and putting in place a structure that would inject some much-needed fluidity into the market."
The group's chief economist Simon Rubinsohn said sales activity across the UK had been slipping in recent months, and said the latest surveys suggested "this could continue for some time to come".
A Scottish government spokesman said the Rics survey was "not backed up by the latest property data", arguing that the Scottish housing market had outperformed other parts of the UK in the first half of 2017.
He said: "Since the introduction of LBTT, 93% of taxpayers have paid either less tax compared to SDLT (stamp duty land tax) or no tax at all.
"We will continue to monitor all parts of the market closely. More generally, we have committed continuing with our shared equity programmes which will enable more people to realise their dreams of home ownership."
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Hundreds of people were evacuated from the campus building when firefighters were called to the third floor blaze at about 10:30 BST.
The fire service is now working with UEA staff to establish what chemicals were in the laboratory.
Twelve engines were dispatched to the incident. Nobody was injured.
Roy Harold, from Norfolk Fire and Rescue, said: "We understand two members of staff were working on some chemicals and there was a small fire in a fume cupboard.
"We've now sealed the area off... but we've got breathing apparatus crews taking gas monitoring equipment to check there no leakage of chemicals from the lab.
"The risk in a lab like this is there's a whole host of chemicals in the lab and it's taking a little while to compile a full list of what's up there.
"We'll need to make sure we work carefully in that making one chemical safe, we don't cause a risk with one of the others."
The rest of the university is running as normal.
More than 500 delegates from more than 50 unions will take part in the four-day event in Liverpool, held by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
It comes as unions prepare to step-up their campaign over pay .
A TUC poll has suggested a majority of workers have seen their pay fall behind inflation in recent years.
Commissioned for the conference, the poll found half the work force think their employer could afford better pay rises than staff have been given.
"We've seen the economy recovering, prices going up, profit margins going up," said the TUC's general secretary Frances O'Grady.
"The only thing that isn't going up is people's wages and people feel pretty determined that now is the time that Britain needs that pay rise."
Ms O'Grady told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show many workers were "not sharing" in the benefits of the economic recovery and predicted both industrial action and protests would take place in future months.
The national minimum wage for workers over 21 is set to rise to £6.50 next month, the first real-term cash increase since 2008.
But she urged Chancellor George Osborne to commit to the TUC's call for fresh increases in the minimum wage, and for employers to begin paying the "living wage", a measure pegged to actual living costs in specific areas.
This week unions representing about six million members across the public and private sectors will debate issues including jobs, the economy, public services and TTIP - a planned EU/US trade deal.
A series of motions will call for unions to step-up their campaigns for better pay including taking co-ordinated industrial action.
Following a one-day strike in July, public sector unions are planning further action in October, according to Dave Prentis, general secretary of one of the largest trade unions, Unison.
"There is no doubt whatsoever that in the week starting the 13 October we will be taking action, not only in local government but also in the health service and other public services," he said.
Local government workers are expected to strike on 14 October.
Health workers are also likely to take industrial action that week as hundreds of thousands of NHS staff are currently being balloted. Unions claim that 60% of NHS staff were denied a pay award this year.
The TUC is also organising a march and rally in London on 18 October on the issue of pay.
At the conference, Ms O'Grady will also highlight the Conservative Party's plans to curb industrial action with higher thresholds in strike ballots.
She is expected to describe the plans as a "fundamental attack on human rights that takes the UK towards the kind of regimes seen in undemocratic authoritarian states".
The 10-team table incorporates results from all formats of the game - one-day internationals, Twenty20 and Tests.
Australia are the ODI and T20 world champions, and beat England in this summer's multi-format Ashes series.
"These are undoubtedly exciting and historic times for women's cricket," former England captain and ICC women's committee chair Clare Connor said.
The ICC rankings will be updated at the end of each series.
Richard Beech, 33, was convicted of the physical abuse over a six-year period, but cleared of four rape charges.
Beech, of Dundee, will be monitored in the community for two years following his release from prison.
The trial heard the offences were committed in Dundee and Forfar.
Beech attacked one of his victims to the danger of her life by putting a pillow over her face and his hands round her throat at a house in Forfar.
The woman told the trial: "I actually thought he was going to kill me."
She told the High Court in Glasgow she eventually managed to push him off "with force", but was "really petrified" following the attack.
Another woman, who met Beech through a dating website, told the trial he seemed "like a nice guy" at first, but that he later got "really angry" and told her he knew how to build bombs.
Beech, who has previously been convicted of going Awol from the army, was found guilty of nine charges against six women committed between 2007 and 2013.
Defence QC Edward Targowski told the court that Beech continues to deny the offences.
Jailing Beech, judge Lady Scott told him: "You subjected one of your partners to regular violence, slapping her and pouring hot liquid over her and head-butting her, often accompanied by threats.
"You compressed the throats of three of your victims.
"One said this happened a number of times and she said she thought she was going to die.
"This was a sustained and serious course of conduct of significant violence against female partners."
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Aamir Siddiqi, 17, was attacked at his Cardiff home by Jason Richards, 38, and Ben Hope, 39, in April 2010.
The pair were paid £1,000 each to kill a different man on a nearby street.
Sentencing them to life for murder at Swansea Crown Court, the judge said few would shed a tear if they died in jail.
The pair were found guilty of Aamir's murder and the attempted murder of his parents last Friday, 1 February, after a four-and-a-half month trial.
The Siddiqi family said in a statement that they believed the sentences were "appropriate".
The judge, Mr Justice Royce, said he had no choice but to "significantly increase" the minimum term of 30 years the prosecution had asked for.
"He (Aamir) was awaiting the arrival of his Koran teacher when he rushed past his parents to open the door," he said.
"You two (Hope and Richards) came in, wearing balaclavas and making a terrible wailing sound.
"Your attack on him was brutal, savage, callous and cruel."
He said Aamir was "hacked" to death in front of his parents who were fortunate not to have been killed too as they fought in vain to save him.
"If you die in jail, few will shed a tear and many will say it will be more than deserved," the judge told Hope and Richards.
The judge went on to say the statements from the Siddiqi family were the most poignant he had come across.
The judge described Aamir as a "bright, gentle and courteous boy who was much loved by his family".
"He had secured a place to study law at Cardiff and his future was brimming with promise," he said.
After sentencing, Umbareen Siddiqi, Aamir's sister, said: "On behalf of the family, we're delighted. We feel this sentence is appropriate.
"Our brother won't return to us but this will go some way to achieving peace for all of us.
"I would like to once again thank South Wales Police, the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service), friends and family and the wider Cardiff community and Victim Support."
Aamir's sister Nishat Siddiqi later tweeted: "Am amazed and humbled by the kindness, love and support shown to my family and me in the aftermath of Aamir's murder. I will never forget."
Hope and Richards both denied murdering Aamir and the attempted murder of his parents but were convicted unanimously of all charges.
During their trial, the court heard how Aamir had run down the stairs of the family home at Ninian Road in Roath, expecting to see his imam for a Koran lesson.
Instead, he was confronted by Richards and Hope, high on heroin and wearing masks.
They wielded daggers over their heads and howled as they set upon the helpless A-level student.
Aamir's parents frantically tried to help their only son. His mother, Parveen, leapt on the back of one of the attackers as he pursued Aamir in the dining room of their home.
His father, 68-year-old Sheikh Iqbal Ahmad, tried to pin the other against a wall using his head. Both were stabbed in the process.
During the trial, the truth emerged that Aamir's killers had carried out a contract killing on the wrong victim, in the wrong house.
Richards and Hope had been paid by a businessman, angry over a collapsed property deal, to kill a father-of-four who lived in a neighbouring street.
After the murder, a huge manhunt began, and the killers' stolen Volvo car used in the crime was later found abandoned. Traces of Aamir's blood were found in the car's footwell, as were Hope's fingerprints and Richards' DNA.
After the killing the men were each paid £1,000 cash. Hope bought a pair of trainers and a laptop computer with the money.
Detectives pieced together the movements of both men before and after the killing by using the city's CCTV network and mobile phone evidence was also gathered.
Both men were arrested within days and immediately blamed each other for the killing. Hope told police he would not "take the rap" for something he did not do and drug addict Richards denied the killing.
But on the second day of deliberations last Friday, the jury rejected the killers' claims and convicted both men of the murder and attempted murders.
After sentencing, Det Supt Paul Hurley, of South Wales Police, said: "This is a substantial custodial sentence reflecting the horrific and brutal murder of young Aamir Siddiqi in his own home.
"South Wales Police would like to thank the communities of Cardiff for their continued support, all the prosecution witnesses who've played an important role in this investigation and importantly the family of Aamir Siddiqi who've shown the utmost dignity and respect throughout this process."
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He added that he had donated 300 cattle from his herd, and other Zimbabweans doubled the number as they wanted to contribute towards a "noble cause".
Mr Mugabe handed the $1m cheque to the AU at its leaders' summit in Ethiopia.
The donation comes amid a severe cash and food crisis in Zimbabwe.
Last year, more than four million people were in need of food aid in the southern African state after rains failed.
However, there has been a bumper harvest this year, with the country expected to be self-sufficient for the first time in years.
The opposition blames the government for food shortages, saying its controversial land reform programme has ruined the farming sector.
Zimbabwe has also been forced to introduce so-called bond notes after running out of the US dollar, the main currency people use.
Hyperinflation forced the government to abandon the Zimbabwe dollar in 2009.
Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said the cattle had been donated mostly by farmers who had benefited from the land reform programme, the state-run Herald newspaper reported.
Their donation was an "expansion" of a 2015 pledge by Mr Mugabe to donate 300 cattle, he added.
Speaking at the summit, Mr Mugabe said it was a "modest contribution" and a "symbolic step" towards helping to end the "donor dependency syndrome" in Africa.
"As an African and a farmer, the donation of cattle came naturally to me, given that our continent is rich in cattle and cattle are held as a store of wealth," Mr Mugabe said.
On its website, the AU Foundation says it focuses on development programmes for youth and women, and promoting gender equality.
Mr Mumbengegwi said the donation was significant as it showed that the AU could find innovative ways to raise money for its projects.
Mr Mugabe, during his term as AU chairman in 2015 and 2016, campaigned for the AU to be self-financed as about 60% of its budget came from foreign donors, the Herald reported.
Rashford showed his precocious skill at 18 years and 141 days with a demonstration of lightning pace and skill to skate past City defender Martin Demichelis before showing composure to slide a 16th-minute finish past keeper Joe Hart.
It was a calamitous day for City and manager Manuel Pellegrini. Not only did they slump to a loss that leaves them fighting off Sunday's opponents and West Ham for a top-four place, they had England goalkeeper Hart carried off early in the second half as he rescued his side from a desperate Demichelis back pass.
City, as well as England manager Roy Hodgson, will hope the injury is not serious, with captain Vincent Kompany already out for the foreseeable future after a recurrence of the Belgium defender's calf problem.
Raheem Sterling also went off injured early, a worry for City with a Champions League quarter-final against Paris St-Germain on the horizon.
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Sergio Aguero headed against the post when City finally applied late pressure, while United should have had a first-half penalty when the panicking Demichelis stepped across Rashford as he closed in on goal.
In contrast, the under-pressure United boss Louis van Gaal greeted his celebrating players at the final whistle as their fans enjoyed a superb recovery from the Europa League elimination at the hands of Liverpool - and the revival of their Champions League aspirations.
Van Gaal has been living with speculation about his future since before Christmas - and he awoke to more headlines before this game, with reports from Spain claiming an agreement was in place between United and ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.
And yet, once more, he managed to grind out an important win which not only gives United and their fans the pleasure of a victory over their arch-rivals but keeps them right in the hunt for a top-four finish.
Van Gaal has been criticised this season but one area where he deserves great credit is his willingness to have faith in young players - and Rashford delivered for him with a wonderful piece of skill and initiative that brought his goal.
He also made the wise decision to go without Marouane Fellaini against City. This meant United's temptation to play long balls towards the Belgium midfielder, awful in recent weeks, meant they could use the pace and width provided by Rashford and Anthony Martial.
It gave United extra fluency, as well as speed, without Fellaini clogging things up and slowing moves down - perhaps this will be a lesson Van Gaal will now learn.
The Dutchman may go at the end of the season - indeed the likelihood is that he will - but with United in the race for a Champions League place and still in the FA Cup, he may yet leave Old Trafford with something to remember him by.
When Manchester City announced that Pep Guardiola, perhaps the world's most coveted coach, would be replacing Manuel Pellegrini in the summer, the notion he would take over a club in the Europa League would not have crossed the minds of anyone at Etihad Stadium.
And yet, after this, City are now in a serious battle to stay in the top four - and to make matters worse their form is deserting them and injuries are starting to mount.
Kompany already faced another spell on the sidelines, while Sterling and, more crucially, keeper Hart also sustained injuries here.
City will be hoping Hart's injury is not too serious because they need all the help they can get behind a central defensive pairing of Demichelis and Eliaquim Mangala, who looked shot to pieces and an accident waiting to happen against the speed and mobility of Rashford and Martial.
They have now won only three out of 11 games since Guardiola's appointment was announced - and with rivals such as their Old Trafford neighbours and West Ham applying pressure, they need to rediscover their best form quickly.
The clamour will grow for the teenager after the flash of brilliance that led to the winner, accompanied by a selfless display of running that saw him take the ball into the corner to see the game out deep into the sixth minute of stoppage time.
Rashford's time will come but he also looked out on his feet, despite that late surge, after a run of eight successive starts.
He is undoubtedly a precocious talent but it may be too soon for Hodgson to be tempted into calling him up. One thing is certain - if it does not happen now it will happen before too long.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini: "We did not deserve to lose. We dominated the game from the first minute and we were the only team who wanted to play during the whole game - but we missed three or four chance to score.
"We are still in fourth place and we missed clear chances to score. We have another 24 points to play for and every game is different. It was a mistake for our goal and I don't remember a lot of options for Manchester United other than that."
On a difficult match for defender Demichelis, who was substituted, he added: "Every player has bad days. Demichelis was nervous and it was not good for him to continue. We didn't score goals but that is not his fault."
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Manchester United boss Louis Van Gaal: "I am a very proud manager.
"We played a very good first half with a goal and also had more chances and we didn't receive a lot of chances against us.
"This victory was necessary. The gap was four points and now it is one point, plus we are equal with West Ham, which is important. What is possible? I cannot say."
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After the international break, Manchester City travel to Bournemouth for a 15:00 GMT Premier League fixture on Saturday, 2 April, while Manchester United host Everton the next day in a 16:00 GMT kick-off.
Match ends, Manchester City 0, Manchester United 1.
Second Half ends, Manchester City 0, Manchester United 1.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Eliaquim Mangala.
Foul by Wilfried Bony (Manchester City).
Chris Smalling (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Daley Blind.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gaël Clichy with a cross.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by David Silva.
Foul by Jesús Navas (Manchester City).
Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Fernandinho (Manchester City) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Foul by Fernandinho (Manchester City).
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Manchester United. Timothy Fosu-Mensah replaces Matteo Darmian because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Fernando (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a set piece situation.
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City).
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Jesús Navas (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Yaya Touré.
Attempt blocked. Fernando (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Matteo Darmian.
Attempt missed. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jesús Navas with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Antonio Valencia.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesús Navas.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Michael Carrick.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva with a cross.
Substitution, Manchester United. Bastian Schweinsteiger replaces Juan Mata.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by David Silva.
Foul by Chris Smalling (Manchester United).
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Gaël Clichy (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sergio Agüero.
Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Gaël Clichy.
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) hits the right post with a header from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Yaya Touré with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Wilfried Bony (Manchester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Bacary Sagna with a cross.
Clint Eastwood's American Sniper, Steve Carell thriller Foxcatcher and David Fincher's Gone Girl have been nominated for the guild's Darryl F Zanuck Award.
Into the Woods and Selma are notably missing from the 10 films, one of which will collect the prize on 24 January.
Last year saw a dead heat between space drama Gravity and 12 Years a Slave.
The latter went on to be named best picture at the Oscars, while Gravity took home the best director prize.
The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Theory of Everything and Whiplash also make the shortlist for the PGA's award.
So does Jake Gyllenhaal's photojournalism drama Nightcrawler, a surprise nominee according to trade paper Variety.
Five more titles make the cut for the PGA's animated film producer prize, among them The Lego Movie, Big Hero 6 and How to Train Your Dragon 2.
Brad Pitt's production company Plan B will receive a special award at this year's ceremony, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
Tom Sylvester and Julie Baum were married at the Rothera Research Station on Adelaide Island to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Ms Baum's dress had orange fabric from an old tent and wedding pictures were taken in temperatures of -9C (15F).
Mr Sylvester said: "Antarctica is an incredibly beautiful place and we have made such great friends here."
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He said the setting "couldn't be better".
"We have always wanted to have a small personal wedding, but never imagined we'd be able to get married in one of the most remote places on Earth."
Ms Baum added: "Over the last 10 years, Tom and I have been working and travelling around the world. Getting married in Antarctica feels like it was meant to be."
Mr Sylvester had to make the brass wedding rings on the lathe in the metal workshop at the research station.
There were 20 guests from the station at the ceremony, which was performed by station leader and BAT magistrate Paul Samways.
The couple have been together for 11 years having first met at an outdoor centre in Wales.
Both are experienced mountaineers, instructors and expedition leaders and have been engaged for three years.
Mr Sylvester is from Sheffield and Ms Baum was born in Birmingham but lives in Yoxall, Staffordshire.
Their wedding was registered with the BAT Government, based in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the marriage is valid in the UK.
It is the first marriage since the BAT marriage law was reformed to make it easier for marriages to be arranged in the territory.
Rothera is the largest facility for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) that the couple both joined in 2016.
It is a centre for biological research and a support hub for operations.
The Prison Service said Alex Kelly had been identified as being at risk of suicide or self-harm, but did not give details of the boy's condition when he was found.
Kelly was taken to hospital from HMP Cookham Wood, near Rochester, but he later died, a spokeswoman said.
He had been serving a 10-month sentence for burglary and theft from a vehicle.
The teenager was found in his cell at about 20:30 GMT on Tuesday.
Staff tried to resuscitate him and paramedics attended before he was taken to hospital, but he was pronounced dead at 19:30 GMT on Wednesday.
Kelly is the second young offender to die within a week at young offenders institutions in the UK.
Jake Hardy was found at Hindley young offenders institution in Wigan on Friday and taken to hospital, where he died on Tuesday.
The Prison Service spokeswoman said: "Every death in custody or the community is a tragedy for families and has a profound effect on staff and other offenders.
"The National Offender Management Service (Noms) is committed to reducing the numbers of deaths in custody.
"Each death is subject to an investigation and, since 2004, these have been undertaken by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.
"Additionally, for young people who die in custody there will be a serious case review, commissioned by the local safeguarding board."
A spokeswoman for the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) said investigators would try to answer any questions Kelly's friends and family may have, and would also involve them in the investigation if they wished.
She said: "Our independent investigation will aim to identify the full circumstances of the death and whether there were any failings in Alex Kelly's care.
"Where possible we will identify lessons to be learned and make recommendations to the Prison Service to help prevent similar deaths in future."
Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust campaign group, said: "Lessons must be learnt from the tragic deaths within one week of two children in prison.
"Above all, we need to become 'wise before the event' and avoid locking up our most vulnerable young people in our bleakest institutions."
She also said that low staffing levels and lack of resources made it very difficult for staff to respond to youngsters in extreme distress.
Andrew Neilson, director of campaigns at the Howard League for Penal Reform, said the prison had a "chequered past".
"The last inspection report found the prison to be unsafe. So why do we continue to send children there, and places like it?," he said.
"The truth is that warehousing children in large prisons is completely inappropriate and ignores the fact that young people in conflict with the law often present many complex needs that a prison simply cannot provide for."
The South Korean company said profit fell 60% to 4.1tn won ($3.8bn; £2.5bn) in the three months to September.
The results were in line with the firm's preliminary estimates released earlier this month.
Shares of the world's biggest smartphone-maker have lost nearly 20% of their value this year.
Samsung's mobile division, its biggest business, has been struggling to maintain its dominance against rivals such as Apple, which recently released the new iPhone 6.
Its flagship Galaxy smartphone line has been losing market share to Chinese smartphone-makers Xiaomi and Lenovo, which sell cheaper models that also have large screens and multiple features.
Samsung said market competition is "expected to further intensify".
"Although the company anticipates a demand growth for the recently launched Galaxy Note 4 and new middle-end smartphone models, uncertainty remains," the firm said in a statement.
It said the year-end surge in competitor smartphone launches "may require a potential increase in marketing expenses associated with year-end promotions".
Solas Cymru said the lack of provision means these young people are not getting the help they need.
It stressed there was an "urgent" need for suitable accommodation.
The Welsh Government said it was working towards ending the use of B&Bs for 16 and 17 year olds.
Eight children living at a special homeless accommodation in Newport all have complex needs such as mental health issues or a drug dependency.
Some will be considered a danger to themselves or others and will be extremely violent, or have exhibited inappropriate sexual behaviour. All will have experienced traumatic events in their childhood.
Lily, 17, who lives in the accommodation, said some of her previous placements have been difficult.
"I've been in all different foster carers' homes, people I did like and people I didn't like," she said.
"They took me out of a foster placement and put me into a residential children's home. When I was in the foster placements, I was seeing other families being happy but me being the one left out.
"I'd sit there and think, 'you're calling her mum, but where's my mum?'"
Lily said she had to move out of her main foster home after an incident with another resident.
She tracked her mother down via social media when she was 12, and said they have since been able to form a mother-daughter relationship.
Official figures show there are 5,660 looked-after children in Wales and Solas believes about 5% - some 280 children - will have complex needs.
The eight beds at the centre serve seven councils, but the charity said it has to turn away about 90% of young people referred to them, meaning some of those children will then be housed in inappropriate accommodation, including bed and breakfasts, even though they could exhibit "risky or dangerous behaviour".
The most recent official figures - based on data from the Welsh councils - show there are 45 young people aged 16-17 and 66 care leavers aged 18-21 living in B&Bs. Only six councils had figures large enough to publish.
Charlotte Waite, director of Young People, Children and Families at Solas Cymru, said: "It's really not appropriate when you've run out of options for these young people to put them in an adult scheme or bed and breakfast.
"Some of these young people are risky yes, because of the way they've been traumatised perhaps in their early life, it makes them a risk to themselves or others."
However, the charity does recognise the number of children being housed in B&Bs is falling.
A Welsh Local Government Association spokesman said: "As the corporate parent for looked-after children in their care, local authorities aim to take a holistic view of their needs and to commission and provide services, including accommodation, accordingly."
A Welsh Government spokesman said in "exceptional circumstances" councils could use B&B accommodation "for very short periods while more suitable accommodation is found".
"Ensuring all teenagers have a safe place to stay is of upmost importance to us and we are working towards ending the use of B&Bs for 16 and 17 year olds," he added.
Recruitment is underway to find an independent chair to investigate why 17 schools were closed amid building safety fears.
Council leader Andrew Burns said it is important the chair commands respect within the construction industry.
He wants lessons to be learned not just in Edinburgh, but across Scotland.
The schools, built under the same public private partnership project between 2002 and 2005, closed in April after investigations found structural defects centring on missing wall ties.
Alternative arrangements were put in place for 7,600 pupils and 740 nursery children.
Three schools are expected to reopen next week, when declared safe, five more in June and a further nine after the summer holidays.
A report put before members of the council's corporate policy and strategy committee on Tuesday gave an update on the situation and plans for an inquiry.
The report said: "Early indications are that this remains a construction quality matter as opposed to one relating to a design defect or the operating model employed."
Mr Burns said: "It is important that we have an independent chair for this inquiry - one who commands respect within the construction industry.
"The terms of reference will be thorough and we want the report to get to the heart of this issue and see what lessons can be learnt, not just here in Edinburgh, but across Scotland.
"When the issue came to light, our first priority was safety of pupils and staff, the second was getting pupils back into education, the third is getting the schools reopened, and it is not until this has happened that the inquiry will begin.
"Naturally, we want the report to come back as quickly as possible and I would expect it to be complete in a matter of months.
"We want and deserve answers as to how this has happened - as do parents across the city."
The specific terms of reference for the inquiry will be discussed with political group leaders later this week and agreed with the chairperson before the inquiry starts.
The Heed struggled early on, with Anthony Acheampong and Kevin Lokko both going close as the hosts started with purpose.
Johnson had Gateshead's only real shot on goal during this period, hitting a post from George Smith's 12th-minute cross, but he went one better just before the break by successfully nodding home Manny Smith's flick-on from close range.
Johnson's second of the afternoon after 70 minutes gave the visitors the breathing room they deserved and Maidstone have now lost four on the trot.
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Match ends, Maidstone United 0, Gateshead 2.
Second Half ends, Maidstone United 0, Gateshead 2.
Mitch Brundle (Gateshead) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Gateshead. Reece Styche replaces Wes York.
Goal! Maidstone United 0, Gateshead 2. Danny Johnson (Gateshead).
Substitution, Maidstone United. Tom Murphy replaces Alex Flisher.
Anthony Acheampong (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Liam Enver-Marum replaces Yemi Odubade.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Bobby-Joe Taylor replaces James Rogers.
Second Half begins Maidstone United 0, Gateshead 1.
First Half ends, Maidstone United 0, Gateshead 1.
Goal! Maidstone United 0, Gateshead 1. Danny Johnson (Gateshead).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
In 2013 and 2014, about 10 senior figures spent close to €100,000 (£85,000; $112,000) per year on taxis alone, it says.
New managers at the Opera say they are cutting costs.
But the criticism comes amid wider claims of abuse of expenses in the Paris art world.
With its gilded gods and crystal chandeliers, the Paris Opera takes spectators back to a time of opulence and the pleasures of high society.
But its image of extravagant aristocracy chimes awkwardly with the French government's struggle to reduce the public deficit. The audit report's revelations have been called "tragic" and "embarrassing" by the French press.
The report also criticises choreographer Benjamin Millepied for having a car and a chauffeur, an expense the auditors deemed "not justified". Mr Millepied, who is married to Hollywood actor Nathalie Portman, has since left the organisation.
Paris Opera did not respond to requests for an interview. In an interview with Le Parisien, deputy director Jean-Philippe Thiellay, who arrived in August 2014, stopped short of criticising his predecessors but insisted the new management had "drawn the right conclusions and turned the screw" on improper practices.
Paris Opera also said it had cut taxi expenses by 30% and restaurant bills by 10% in 2015.
But even the new management - under Mr Thiellay and director Stephane Lissner - were reprimanded for spending €59,900 on the lavish renovation of four offices.
The work included a new carpet, paintwork and furniture, according to the audit.
"We moved a partition wall and I don't think it's wrong to want to change the carpet," Mr Thiellay told Le Parisien.
The kerfuffle over expenses at the Paris Opera - which runs two venues, Opera Garnier and Opera Bastille - comes after several other expenses scandals in the French capital:
The report said the financial situation of the Opera was "quite fragile" despite receiving €96,751,005 in public subsidies this year, over half of the Opera's total budget.
Dozens remain missing and their distraught families are waiting anxiously as rescue efforts continue.
Two men were rescued alive but there were at least 60 working in the Lalmatia open cast mine in Godda district when its wall collapsed.
Three workers died in a similar incident at the site in 2012.
Eastern Coalfields Limited closed the government-owned mine after that incident but later re-opened it, according to reports.
Rescue workers say poor safety standards are responsible, and officials say there may be prosecutions.
"This is not a natural collapse. It is manmade. There are no measures for safety here," Jai Prakash of the National Disaster Response Force told Kolkata's Telegraph newspaper.
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Dense fog has inhibited the work of rescuers, who were only able to enter the mine early on Friday.
Around 29% of India's coal deposits are situated in Jharkand, one of the country's poorest areas and the site of a Maoist insurgency.
In 2015, 38 deaths were recorded across 570 mines in India.
Like the other attacker, Adel Kermiche, he was known to the security services.
The teenagers were shot dead by police outside the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray where they had killed Father Jacques Hamel, 86, and taken hostages.
So-called Islamic State (IS) released a video of what it said were the two men pledging allegiance to the group.
"Following DNA tests, it emerged that the terrorist has been identified as Abdel Malik Nabil Petitjean," a source in the Paris prosecutor's office said.
Petitjean, from a town in eastern France, had been on a watch list as a potential security threat since June after trying to enter Syria from Turkey.
He had been harder than Kermiche to identify because his body was badly disfigured in the police shooting, but officers found an ID card belonging to him in Kermiche's home and confirmed his identity in a DNA match with his mother.
After Petitjean was named, his mother, Yamina, denied he could have been the killer.
"I know my kid, he is kind. I did not produce a devil. He never talked about IS," she told BFM television.
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Amaq news agency, the media arm of IS, later released a second video of Petitjean, this time speaking alone and threatening France.
French media have reported sources close to the investigation as saying anti-terrorism police had been searching for a man in the days before the attack who "strongly resembled" Petitjean, after receiving a tip-off from a foreign intelligence agency about an imminent attack.
A photograph of the man said to be planning the attack had been supplied but not his name.
Kermiche, also 19, was being monitored by police and was wearing a surveillance tag at the time of the attack.
He was arrested twice last year trying to reach Syria and was awaiting trial for alleged membership of a terrorist organisation.
It is being reported that Kermiche sent out audio messages on social media proclaiming his intention of carrying out an attack, days before the pair struck.
Sent to about 200 followers on the messaging service Telegram, the messages were encrypted and never reached the eyes or ears of French intelligence, the BBC's Hugh Schofield reports.
The French government has faced strong criticism from political opponents over perceived security failings since the Bastille Day lorry attack in Nice two weeks ago in which more than 80 people died.
President Francois Hollande has said France will form a National Guard from reserve forces, in an attempt to prevent further attacks.
He has urged "patriots" to sign up to become reservists and has said parliamentary consultations on forming the Guard will take place in September "so this force can be created as fast as possible to protect the French".
The comments came two days after Kermiche and Petitjean stormed the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen, during morning Mass.
They slit the throat of the elderly priest before being killed by police.
One of four people taken hostage - said to be an elderly parishioner - suffered severe knife wounds.
Prosecutor Francois Molins said the attackers had been carrying a "fake explosive device covered in aluminium foil" along with hand-held weapons when they entered the Catholic church.
The Divergent star was arrested at a construction site as she was broadcasting the protest, which involved about 200 people, on Facebook.
Police say she was one of 27 people arrested on charges of criminal trespass and engaging in a riot.
The Dakota Access pipeline project has drawn huge protests.
Native Americans have halted its construction in North Dakota, saying it will desecrate sacred land and damage the environment.
In the Facebook Live footage, Ms Woodley, 24, said she had been walking peacefully back to her vehicle when "they grabbed me by my jacket and said that I wasn't allowed to continue... and they have giant guns and batons and zip ties and they are not letting me go".
As she was led away with her hands cuffed, she said she had been singled out from hundreds of other protesters "because I'm well known, because I have 40,000 people watching".
The video spread quickly on social media and by early evening had been viewed more than 2.4 million times.
Ms Woodley, a star of The Divergent Series and the movie Snowden, has previously joined members of North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protest against the $3.7bn (£2.8bn) pipeline.
The protest on Monday took place at a construction site about two miles (3.2 km) south of the town of St Anthony.
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Ms Woodley, a star of The Divergent Series and the movie Snowden, has previously joined members of North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protest against the $3.7bn (£2.8bn) pipeline.
The protest on Monday took place at a construction site about two miles (3.2 km) south of the town of St Anthony.
The pipeline will run 1,168 miles through North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois.
Energy Transport Partners, the company behind the project, has said it will boost local economies and is safer than transporting oil by rail or road.
But environmental protesters believe the transporting of up to 570,000 barrels of crude oil a day will imperil local waterways.
Native American tribes believe the pipeline would also damage historic sites.
Andrew Johnston, 21, from Lurgan, was hailed as a "brave gentleman" for his efforts.
He entered the water and helped to free the woman before the emergency services arrived at the scene at Porthall in County Donegal on Saturday evening.
An Garda Síochána (Irish police) said other members of the public helped him.
Mr Johnston said it took a number of attempts to free the woman and praised the contribution of her partner.
"The two of us pulled her out and the water was up to chest height and I was holding her up with my hands under her arms, giving her chest compressions," he said.
"As soon as we got her out and she had surfaced, someone threw out a garden hose which we used to pull her into the bank.
"The bank was a metre above the water level, it was wet and mucky and tricky to get her out.
"I haven't had any training, it was all instinct - it was just a one track mind getting everyone that was there above the water, getting them resurfaced.
"At the end of the day, I am an able-bodied male, the man that did most of the work in my eyes was the 65-year-old man who has three broken bones in his back."
Fire services from both sides of the Irish border helped with the rescue and a coastguard helicopter was also called to the scene of the incident, which happened at about 18:30 local time.
The woman was taken to Altnagelvin Area Hospital in Londonderry in Northern Ireland by the helicopter, while her partner was taken by ambulance.
The woman has since been moved to Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal, where she is in a serious condition. The couple's pet dog was also rescued from the car.
Eyewitness Stephen McNulty, from St Johnston in County Donegal, described Mr Johnston as "a hero" and said that the only thing in the student's head was "to get the woman out".
He said that the four wheels of the car were visible at the time, but not the doors.
"I ran up to the bridge and I saw the car overturned in the water and the male (the woman's husband) was just out of the car at that time," he added.
"I shouted to him was he okay and he said his wife was still trapped in the car. He asked could I swim and by that time there was another young fella had landed, he could swim and he just jumped straight in.
"He managed to get the door open and get her out and get her into the banking.
"She wasn't breathing and another young lad gave her CPR at the scene."
Mr McNulty said Mr Johnston was still present when the emergency services arrived and that he had borrowed his coat.
"I was talking to him before I left and he gave me my jacket back," he said.
"I shook his hand and said 'well done sir, because if it was not for you that woman would still be in the car'."
David Doherty, from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, said the people in the car were "both submerged under water and were suspended by their seatbelts" after the crash.
"A gentleman very selflessly entered the water - this water would've been up to his chest," the Strabane station commander said.
"He had performed the rescue of one casualty and helped to free the other casualty.
"We have to give that man a big pat on the back for his early intervention.
"Undoubtedly, his actions were very brave and he did help save these people's lives."
Garda Insp Michael Harrison said the river was deep at the time of the incident and he praised passers-by who helped to rescue the couple.
"It was very perilous what they did, very risky, but they did it and it was just one of those situations where a number of intelligent people came along at the right time," he said.
"There was even a hose used at one stage to assist in the rescue.
"They definitely did something which no ordinary person would do, and if that's what you need to be a hero then that's what they should be called."
Fire service medics performed CPR and first aid on the couple after they were taken from the water.
"One of the casualties was unresponsive but they were able to re-establish [her] breathing and stabilise her," Mr Doherty said.
"This was down a riverbank and it was quite challenging terrain, so we had to get the casualties up from the bank on to the roadway."
Mr Doherty added that emergency services on both sides of the border worked well together on a regular basis.
"When it comes to rescuing people there are no borders."
Insp Harrison also appealed for the first man on the scene after the crash to come forward to tell police what he had seen.
Both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 closed at new record highs after US tech firms reported strong first-quarter profits.
The price of iron ore also gained 6% on Friday to $57 (£37) a tonne, its highest price since mid-March.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 1.33% to 28,433.59, while the Shanghai Composite jumped 3.04% to 4,527.40.
Chinese shares continued their bull run, with state-owned firms leading the gains, after state media reported that the government would cut the number of conglomerates it controls through mergers and acquisitions.
Investors also ignored data that showed profits at Chinese industrial firms fell 0.4% in March from a year ago, while profits declined 2.7% in the first quarter.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.2% to 19,983.32.
The dollar bought 119 yen, up from 118.99 yen in New York.
In Australia, shares were higher, with the resources sector taking the lead.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.8% to 5,982.7 - closer to the key 6,000 level.
The index has failed to break the psychological barrier of 6,000 since hitting 5,996.9 in early March.
Shares of heavyweight miner BHP Billiton were up 1.6% in early trade, thanks to the higher iron ore prices.
Shares in Australian internet service provider iiNet jumped 13% after rival M2 Group said it had made an indicative offer to buy the firm for $1.6bn Australian dollars ($1.25bn; £825m), topping an approach from TPG Telecom.
South Korea's Kospi index ended down 0.1% at 2,157.54.
The benchmark index has fallen for two consecutive sessions after hitting a near four-year high on Thursday.
Cromarty Firth Port Authority has applied for permission to carry out such operations off the Ross-shire coast.
Its application said it expected to make the transfers no more than four times each calendar month.
The campaigners said they fear the plan could cause an environmental disaster.
The port authorities have to be granted permission from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to allow the transfer of crude oil.
The application states that a maximum of 8,640,000 tonnes of crude oil would be transferred each year.
Ahead of a public meeting in the village of Cromarty, environmentalists have said the plan would pose a much greater risk than ship-to-ship transfers at the nearby Nigg oil terminal, which are already licensed.
They said they are concerned about the coastline and marine wildlife, including the dolphin population in the Moray Firth.
Ship-to-ship transfers are carried out within Scapa Flow in Orkney.
But an application to allow similar operations in the Firth of Forth was dropped eight years ago after a vigorous campaign of opposition.
Manager Chris Coleman had urged his bosses to keep games at the venue used in the Euro 2016 qualifiers.
FAW chief executive Jonathan Ford said the 72,500-capacity Principality Stadium was an option.
But qualifiers against Moldova, Georgia and Serbia will all be held at Cardiff City's home, which holds 33,000.
Wales will start their 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Moldova on 5 September. They face Georgia on 9 October and Serbia on 12 November.
The FAW have not announced where the qualifiers against Austria and the Republic of Ireland in 2017 will be staged.
Ford has stated Wales will play a football match at the Principality Stadium before it hosts the 2017 Champions League final, but conceded it might be a friendly.
Wales last played at the home of Welsh rugby in a 2-0 Euro 2012 qualifier defeat by England in March 2011.
Coleman guided Wales to the finals of Euro 2016, their first appearance at a major tournament since 1958.
Gatland masterminded a historic win over England at Twickenham in the World Cup, with Wales reaching the quarter-finals.
Rowing coach Robin Williams has also been shortlisted for the award.
Williams led rowing duo Heather Stanning and Helen Glover to a second World Championship gold medal in the women's pair event, capping a four-year unbeaten run for Glover, including an Olympic gold and two world titles.
"These are three very special coaches, championed within their sports, and they rightly deserve their place at the very pinnacle of Welsh sporting excellence," chair of Sport Wales Professor Laura McAllister said.
The winner will be announced at the Wales Sport Awards 2015 on Monday, 7 December at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff.
The winner of the BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2015 will also be revealed in a programme available to watch live on the BBC Wales Sport website and on BBC iPlayer (UK only) from 20:00 GMT. Further coverage will be on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru.
Giorgos Bikas' house in northern Greece suffered major damage following a fire early on Wednesday.
Neither Bikas nor his family were at the property at the time.
The Hellenic Football Federation said league and cup competitions would be suspended until after an investigation into the cause of the fire.
Steve Cooper's under-17s squad cruised to an 8-1 victory over Germany in the Croatia Cup on Monday.
The Young Lions took a 6-1 lead within the first 40 minutes of the game.
Manchester United's Angel Gomes found the net after four minutes, followed by goals from six different players.
Jadon Sancho of Manchester City got the second four minutes later, followed by two goals from Liverpool's Rhian Brewster. Phil Foden (Manchester City), George McEachran, Callum Hudson-Odoi (both Chelsea) and Danny Loader (Reading) all added to the scoreline.
Germany, with the score already 2-0, pulled one back through Luca Schlax in the 12th minute.
The match had to be contested at a local training ground after torrential rainfall rendered the pitch at Pula's Aldo Drosina Stadium unplayable.
It is the team's third victory in the competition, after beating hosts Croatia 5-0 and Greece 3-0 last week.
The squad are preparing for the first qualifying round of the 2017 European Championship in Croatia.
There are two qualifying rounds, with England due to play Romania, Azerbaijan and Austria later in October. All of England's matches in the first qualifying group will be held in Romania.
An Israeli police spokesman told AFP news agency that security forces were searching for at least one person over a "confirmed terrorist attack".
The attack is the latest in a two-month long wave of similar assaults.
Fifteen Israelis and more than 80 Palestinians - many of them attackers - have been killed in the violence.
Israeli police say at least 50 of the Palestinians killed were attackers. More than 30 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces.
The surge in violence began in September when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over, amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex.
Israel has repeatedly denied such claims.
Algeria would have qualified for the tournament had they beaten Ethiopia, who they had thrashed 7-1 in Blida in their first group meeting on Friday.
This time Ethiopia took the lead three times but a late penalty by Faouzi Ghoulam secured a point for Algeria.
Algeria are top of Group J with 10 points, five points clear of Ethiopia with two matches left to play.
The 13 group winners are guaranteed a place at the finals in Gabon, with the two best-placed runners-up also going through. Gabon qualify automatically as hosts.
Getaneh Kebede scored either side of Islam Slimani's equaliser to put Ethiopia 2-1 up on Tuesday.
Aissa Mandi levelled again and Dawit Fikadu restored Ethiopia's advantage only for Ghoulam to slot home from the spot with five minutes remaining.
In the other match in the group Lesotho were surprise victors over Seychelles.
Tumelo Khutlang struck the winning goal for the hosts, avenging the 2-0 away defeat Lesotho suffered in Seychelles four days ago and giving Lesotho their first points of the group stage.
The results mean Algeria will qualify for the finals if they avoid defeat against Seychelles in June.
Senegal also had a chance of booking their place in Gabon following their 2-1 win in Niger - but they needed a draw between Burundi and Namibia.
Instead, Burundi secured a 3-1 away to sustain the competition in Group K.
However, leaders Senegal need only to avoid defeat against Burundi in June to ensure their qualification.
Guinea came back from a goal down to win 2-1 in Malawi in Group L.
Idrissa Sylla's 60th-minute winner lifts Guinea from bottom spot to second place in the table, above Swaziland on goal difference and three points behind group leaders Zimbabwe with two games remaining.
Reigning champions Ivory Coast drew 1-1 with Sudan in Group I.
It effectively keeps Ivory Coast in pole position to qualify with six points, two points clear of Sudan and three ahead of Sierra Leone.
The fourth team in the group, Gabon, lead the group with seven points but as 2017 hosts their matches do not count towards qualification.
In Group B DR Congo regained top spot with a 2-0 win over Angola.
Joel Kimuaki Mpela and Jonathan Bolingi scored the goals for DR Congo who now have nine points, two more than Central African Republic.
Rwanda thumped Mauritius 5-0 with Ernest Sugira scoring a rapid-fire brace in their Group H tie in Kigali.
It gave Northern Irishman Johnny McKinstry's side sweet revenge for their 1-0 defeat in Mauritius three days ago. Rwanda move up to second in the table on six points, four points behind Ghana.
Liberia also romped to a 5-0 win, which included a hat-trick by William Jebor, as they made short work of pointless Djibouti in Group A. The win lifted Liberia to nine points and top spot in the group, two points clear of Togo and Tunisia who drew 0-0.
Group D has tightened up after a 0-0 daw between Uganda and Burkina Faso, who had Charles Kabore sent off.
Uganda and Burkina Faso have seven points and Botswana, who beat Comoros on Sunday, have six points with only two rounds of games remaining.
There were no goals in the Group M games between The Gambia and Mauritania and South Africa and Cameroon.
Cameroon have eight points and lead the group by a point from Mauritania.
Together with the rising price of fuel and food, it is one reason why inflation could reach its highest level for two-and-a-half years when official figures are released later on Tuesday.
The City expects the UK's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) to reach 1.9% in the year to January.
It has risen steadily from -0.1% in October 2015 to 1.6% in December 2016.
According to research by What Car? magazine, prices of cars sold in the UK have risen as a result of a fall in the value of sterling, as well as fewer discounts on offer.
It said the price of some larger people-carriers had gone up by as much as 12.3%, although some other luxury cars were actually cheaper.
In 2016, 86% of the cars sold in the UK were imported from abroad, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The pound has fallen by about 10% against the euro since the end of June 2016, prompting some manufacturers to raise prices.
"We knew average prices were going up, but rather than a gradual rise, our research has shown that there has been a perfect storm of elements that has conspired to create a big bang in price hikes," said What Car? editor Steve Huntingford.
Other factors that could push up CPI inflation include:
The Bank of England expects inflation to continue rising towards 2.8% in 2018, before falling back to 2.4% in three years' time.
Plaid's Dafydd Llywelyn beat the incumbent Tory commissioner Christopher Salmon in Dyfed-Powys.
His colleague Arfon Jones won in North Wales, where independent Winston Roddick did not seek re-election.
Jeff Cuthbert took Gwent for Labour, replacing independent Ian Johnston who also stood down. Labour's Alun Michael was re-elected in South Wales.
Mr Michael said he was "very pleased to have secured over double the votes of my nearest rival" and he saw the results as "an endorsement of the positive policies on policing and community safety that have come out of the first three years of this role".
Mr Llywelyn, who previously worked for the Dyfed-Powys force, called his election an "honour and a privilege".
"It's a police service that I served for 13-and-a-half years as their head of intelligence analysis, and I am looking forward to the challenges ahead as the new police commissioner for the force," he said.
Congratulating his successor, Mr Salmon said: "Securing a second term was always going to be hard, this was a tough fight.
"I am privileged to have worked with many dedicated officers and staff who are so committed to their duty, I hope people will feel that I have done mine."
Mr Jones said he was "totally overwhelmed" by the support he had received.
"I'm very grateful to the people of north Wales who voted and supported me, on both the first and second preferences," he said.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said her party had "secured strong results" in all four force areas.
"Whilst each of the other main parties in the assembly lost ground, more and more people voted for Plaid Cymru because they trust us to always stand up for Wales and do what is right for our communities," she said.
Plaid Cymru did not put up any candidates in the police and crime commissioner elections in 2012.
Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones praised Mr Michael and Mr Cuthbert for their "superb victories".
"I know they will be brilliant representatives for their areas and they will work hard to keep their communities safe and secure," he said.
Turnout compared to the first elections in 2012 was boosted by holding the polls on the same day as the Welsh Assembly election, last Thursday.
Based on a count of valid votes, turnout ranged from 49.1% in Dyfed-Powys to 38.3% in Gwent, compared to figures of about 14-16% in each of the four force areas in 2012.
Voters were asked to choose their first and second favourite candidates.
All four contests went to a count of second preference votes, after no candidate won at least 50% of the first preference votes.
Across England, the Conservatives and Labour almost swept the board, winning 33 of the 36 contests.
The 12 independent commissioners elected in 2012 were reduced to three.
Turnouts in England - where some areas also held local elections - ranged from 33.2% in West Yorkshire to 17.4% in Durham.
Although turnouts in Wales were higher, returning officers reported large numbers of spoilt or blank ballot papers.
Monmouth MP David Davies said there had been "widespread confusion" about the use of the second preference vote, with many people wrongly assuming it was mandatory.
Meanwhile Mr Michael said: "The number of spoilt ballots is not the issue. It's the fact that people feel they have not had enough information about this election.
"It's a disgrace that the home secretary will not back down and allow a free postal communication from candidates."
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Derek Johnston, of Carrickasticken Road, Forkhill, was fined £3,400.
Inspectors from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency visited a site owned by him five times between October 2012 and July 2014.
They saw areas being burned, sprayed and vegetation being removed with machinery.
This took place within the Slieve Gullion Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) and the Slieve Gullion Special Area of Conservation (SAC).
In total, 30 acres of priority dry heath habitat was destroyed.
Mr Johnston was fined for five breaches of the Environment Order.
It is an offence to carry out such works in a protected area without notification or permission.
Slieve Gullion is one of the largest expanses of European dry heath in Northern Ireland.
An ASSI is a national designation of an area of special significance. An SAC is a European designation.
Criminal lawyer Emma Simoes told magistrates there was "a big problem" in the area as she defended a man who admitted being under its influence on three occasions in the town centre.
A blanket ban on so-called legal highs came into force in the UK last May.
Carl Williams, 44, admitted breaching a town centre public spaces protection order to curb anti-social behaviour.
The legal order, which gives police and council officials powers to disperse anyone causing a nuisance in Wrexham town centre, was imposed last August.
Magistrates fined him £90 with a further £100 fine for two offences of failing to turn up in court.
Miss Simoes said: "There is a big problem with Mamba, especially in the Wrexham area."
North Wales Police has been asked to comment.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders told media there had been an "erosion of confidence" in Mr Comey over the last year.
The administration maintains he was removed on Tuesday for his handling of the Hillary Clinton emails inquiry.
But US media report Mr Comey recently asked the Justice Department for more resources for his Trump-Russia inquiry.
The US Senate Intelligence Committee has invited Mr Comey to testify next week.
The White House is rejecting calls to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin in last year's US presidential election.
"We don't think it's necessary," Ms Huckabee Sanders said on Wednesday. "No one wants this to be finished and completed more than us."
If Donald Trump is trying to avoid comparisons with Richard Nixon's scandal-plagued presidency, welcoming Henry Kissinger - the man probably most closely connected with the former president - in the Oval Office probably isn't the best move.
The whole group meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak was a bit strange, starting with the fact that it happened at all. Given the allegations that Mr Trump fired James Comey because of the FBI investigation into Russia ties to the Trump campaign, meeting Moscow's envoy the very next day isn't exactly good optics, as they say.
Neither is keeping US media out of the room and having Russian state photographers provide the only public images of the event - images that are sure to feature in Democratic campaign adverts in the not-too-distant future.
During the campaign, Mr Trump famously joked that he could shoot somebody, and his supporters would stick by him. Smiling with the Russian ambassador in the midst of a growing Russian hacking controversy is the diplomatic equivalent - a brazen move sans firearms.
Many in Washington will howl, but there's no guarantee it will move the needle among the president's legions.
The White House insists it was because of how he handled the investigation into Mrs Clinton's use of private email while she was secretary of state.
But many are sceptical that the FBI director would be fired because of actions that have been widely attributed for Mr Trump's shock election victory.
The White House spokeswoman said Mr Comey had committed "atrocities, circumventing the chain of command" within the Justice Department.
The White House said the "final catalyst" was Tuesday's letter from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein recommending Mr Comey be fired for "serious mistakes".
Mr Rosenstein faulted Mr Comey's decision last July to announce the Clinton emails case was closed, and for revealing in October - 11 days before the election - that the inquiry had reopened.
The deputy attorney general said Mr Comey's conduct had "usurped" the then-attorney general.
Unnamed White House officials briefed Reuters news agency that Mr Trump finally lost patience with the FBI director last week over a perceived act of insubordination.
They said Mr Comey had refused to preview for top presidential aides his planned testimony to a 3 May Senate hearing on the Clinton email issue.
Critics accuse the Republican president of firing the nation's top law enforcement official because he was leading an inquiry into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians in last year's election.
On Wednesday, Democratic senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Durbin told US media that Mr Comey had asked the deputy attorney general for more resources - mainly staff - for the FBI investigation.
Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores called those reports "totally false".
Either way, Republicans and Democrats vowed the House and Senate Intelligence Committees' investigations into the Russia claims would continue.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said if Mr Trump believed replacing Mr Comey would halt the inquiries "he made a big mistake".
The president stood by his actions on Wednesday during a surprise meeting with Nixon-era Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Mr Trump said Mr Comey was fired "because he was not doing a good job".
His remarks preceded a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak - his first with any Russian official since taking power.
Mr Trump later tweeted: "Dems have been complaining for months & months about Dir. Comey. Now that he has been fired they PRETEND to be aggrieved. Phony hypocrites!"
Michael Tighe, 17, was shot dead and 19-year-old Martin McCauley was seriously injured when RUC officers opened fire on a hayshed at Ballynerry Road North, Lurgan.
It emerged that MI5 had a listening device hidden inside the hayshed.
The tape was destroyed by the RUC 24 hours after the shooting.
The information did not come to light until many years later.
A copy made by MI5, which also recorded what happened, was destroyed two and a half years later.
Mr McCauley was later convicted of possession of three antique rifles found inside the hayshed. His conviction was subsequently quashed.
In January 2015, The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland, Barra McGrory QC, had asked the PSNI and the Police Ombudsman to investigate the actions of the former RUC officers and security service personnel who were involved.
In a statement issued by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on Wednesday, it was confirmed Police Scotland would investigate "the actions of security service personnel in relation to the withholding, concealment and destruction of surveillance evidence concerning an operation at a hayshed at Ballynerry Road North, Lurgan on November 24 1982".
ACC Mark Hamilton said: "This follows a referral under Section 35(5) of the Justice Act 2002 from the Director of Public Prosecutions in January 2015 requesting that the chief constable undertook an investigation into this.
"In the interests of transparency and public confidence, the chief constable decided that the police investigation should be conducted by an external police service and asked Her Majesty's Chief Inspectorate to identify a service to undertake the investigation on behalf of the PSNI," ACC Hamilton said.
Police Scotland will conduct the investigation in relation to the actions of individuals who are not police officers. The police ombudsman for Northern Ireland will carry out an investigation in relation to the conduct of a number of former RUC officers involved in the same investigation.
At the conclusion of the investigation, the chief officer will then report to the chief constable for onward transmission to the director of public prosecutions.
"Any matters which come to the attention of the Police Scotland investigation team which indicate, or appear to indicate, any sort of criminality or misconduct by current or former police officers will be referred to Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland," ACC Hamilton added.
SDLP Deputy Leader Dolores Kelly welcomed the announcement that Police Scotland would be conducting the investigation.
"The chief constable has made a clear and correct decision in trying to establish transparency in the Michael Tighe and Martin McCauley case," she added.
"The move to involve Police Scotland is an important step in assuring the independence and impartiality of the ongoing investigation."
Howe saw his Cherries side beaten 3-1 at home in Jose Mourinho's first league game as United manager.
"There were some very good aspects of play," Howe told BBC Radio Solent.
"I'm certainly not all doom and gloom as we're not going to be judged against the top four this season, it's going to be against other teams."
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Goals from Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic put United 3-0 up, with Adam Smith's effort after 69 minutes coming as a consolation goal for the hosts.
"We have to take these games in isolation, like you need to against all of the top four sides," Howe said.
"It's important that we don't go negative and everyone stays very strong in the belief that we will come back from this."
Howe also handed debuts to summer signings Jordon Ibe and Lewis Cook in midfield, with the pair encouraging Howe with their performances.
"It's difficult to come into this team quickly because of how we play," he said. "But, both players did very well and I think showed glimpses of what they will bring."
Former England Under-19 midfielder Tynan died in August aged 18.
After sealing top spot in WSL 2 on what would have been her 19th birthday, Everton wore number 19 'Tynan' shirts, bearing the message: "For you Zoe."
"Everyone who has been at Everton will always be part of Everton," manager Andy Spence told BBC Sport.
"The family know they've got the support of us as a football club and this is just a little thank you to the family and a message to say this was really for Zoe.
"Not many days pass where we don't think of her or her family and what they've been through. They know they've got the love and support of Everton Football Club."
Tynan, who also played for Manchester City and Fylde Ladies, spent six years at Everton's centre of excellence.
Lock Alun Wyn Jones has taken over from Warburton as Wales skipper for the 2017 Six Nations.
Williams believes his former Wales and Cardiff Blues team-mate Warburton may struggle to retain his starting place.
"If you're going on the autumn and the past 12 months then probably Sam would be on the bench," he said.
Speaking to BBC Radio Wales Sport, Williams added: "The two flankers in [open-side Justin] Tipuric and [blind-side Ross] Moriarty have been superb for the last 12 months.
"Because of injuries Sam hasn't really had a run of games in the Welsh jersey or the Blues jersey."
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Warburton, 28, first captained Wales in 2011, and became the youngest player to lead them at a World Cup later that year.
He has won 69 caps for Wales, a record 49 as captain, but his six-year tenure ended as coach Rob Howley named his Six Nations squad on Tuesday.
Howley said he has spoken to Warburton about him switching from open to blind-side of the back-row and highlighted the strength of back-row competition he faced.
Warburton missed Wales' last match, November's win over South Africa, because of injury, with Dan Lydiate, Justin Tipuric and Ross Moriarty starting in the back row in his absence.
Ospreys blind-side Lydiate will miss the Six Nations because of injury but, with number eight Taulupe Faletau fit again, Williams thinks Warburton may have to settle for a place on the bench.
"I think if you're brutally honest it depends on Faletau's fitness," the former British and Irish Lions open-side added.
"You would go with a back-row of Tipuric, Moriarty and Faletau. We're always saying Alun Wyn is the first name of the team-sheet but for me Taulupe must be very very close to that, so if he's fit he plays.
"You're looking at it, we're all trying to read it to see what Rob Howley's saying. It looks like he [Warburton] probably will not start that first game against Italy if Toby Faletau is fit."
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The Reds failed to get clearance from Fifa on whether he could play for his club during the African Cup of Nations.
Matip, 25, 'refused to play' for Cameroon after being named in their preliminary squad.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hinted he would select Matip regardless but chose not to after taking legal advice.
Klopp says he has been told that world governing body Fifa will decide by Friday whether an investigation into Matip's situation is necessary.
Matip, who signed from Schalke last summer, has not played for Cameroon since 2015 and was not included in their final 23-man squad for the Cup of Nations.
But Fifa regulations state a player may be blocked from playing for his club if he refuses to play for his country.
The player could miss six to eight games for Liverpool if he is not made available until the end of the competition.
Should Cameroon make it to the final on 5 February, Matip would not be available until Liverpool host title-chasing Tottenham in the Premier League on 11 February.
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Marking the 10th anniversary at a conference in the capital Belgrade, President Boris Tadic said Serbia was closer to joining the European Union.
But commemorations of the event, in which crowds backed by a bulldozer stormed parliament, were muted.
There was little sign of any public gathering in Belgrade.
Both the EU and US sent congratulations, Brussels welcoming Serbia's democratic reforms and economic progress.
The EU would continue to support Serbia on its EU path, in both the political and economic sense, the office of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Baroness Ashton was quoted as saying by Serbia's B92 news website.
US Ambassador Mary Warlick said Serbia was "on the road towards integration into European and Western institutions in order to take the place it deserves among other democratic and progressive nations of the world".
"We see the day when Serbia will be a force of stability in the Balkans and the leader of regional co-operation," she said in an article published in the Belgrade daily Politika.
Hundreds of thousands gathered in Belgrade in October 2000 after what was widely believed to be a stolen presidential election, to oust a man who had led his people into wars, diplomatic isolation and economic meltdown, the BBC's Mark Lowen reports from Belgrade.
Mr Milosevic had presided over a disastrous decade, brutally repressing dissenting voices and leading his people into wars in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo as Yugoslavia collapsed, which provoked harsh economic sanctions from the West.
The crowds called for his resignation and then, spontaneously, they stormed parliament, setting the building ablaze.
The October Revolution, as it became known, forced Mr Milosevic to admit defeat and step down just a few hours later.
Ten years on, Serbia has changed but its development was halted when reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was assassinated in 2003, our correspondent says.
Political analyst Ivan Vejvoda told the BBC that Serbia's aim of EU membership was now finally moving the country forward.
"I think there's a sense that with the movement towards the European Union, with the calming down of relations in the region, with the constructive approach vis-a-vis Bosnia and Croatia, there's a sense that we're definitely now picking up again," he said.
Slobodan Milosevic died in 2006 while standing trial in The Hague for war crimes.
Ten years on from the October revolution he is etched into the memory of this nation as it tries to move on and show a democratic, European face to the world, our correspondent says.
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Clare Hughes stole the books while working at the Magnus Church of England Academy in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
She took the books, some of which had a value of up to £80, over three years and sold some for as little as 8p.
Hughes, who earned £58,000 a year, had blamed stress but the judge said she "abused the trust placed in her".
Hughes, 41, from Crown Street, Newark, had taught history at the school for 10 years and admitted five counts of theft.
At Nottingham Crown Court defence barrister, Andrea Parnham, said Hughes had been given responsibility for improving the school and the thefts were "a cry for help".
Hughes was only caught when a colleague replaced a stolen book and realised she had repurchased the missing book which Hughes was selling online.
In a statement, head teacher Gill Barker, said: "At a time of tight budgets the books had been expensive to replace and teaching and learning had suffered at the school.
"Colleagues who trusted Clare Hughes had been left feeling devastated, in disbelief and betrayed."
Recorder Shaun Smith said Hughes had "abused the trust placed in her".
He said given how much she earned she did not need the money and her reasons for selling the books were "hard to fathom".
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An assistant head teacher who stole textbooks worth more than £27,000 and sold them online has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence.
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The first phase closes at the end of Monday, a week later than planned after the airport was forced to apologise for losing almost 200 responses.
The airspace above Edinburgh Airport has not been modernised since the 1970s.
At the time it handled about one million passengers - it now handles more than 11 million.
Airport officials said it was delighted with the response it had had from members of the public and interested parties to the first phase of its modernisation consultation.
It will now use the responses to help design new flight path options that should be set out by the end of the year.
However, some residents said they were already affected by noise pollution from changes in the flight paths and accused the airport of pushing ahead with airspace expansion without considering other ways to increase capacity.
The airport said it lost responses during a planned upgrade of the consultation website and extended the consultation period by a week.
Campaigners against the new flight path said it was "shocking incompetence".
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Edinburgh Airport said it has received thousands of responses to its public consultation on changing flight paths.
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The US computer programmer came up with the idea of electronic messages that could be sent from one network to another in 1971.
His invention included the ground-breaking use of the @ symbol in email addresses, which is now standard.
Tomlinson died of an apparent heart attack on Saturday, according to reports.
He sent what is now regarded as the first email while working in Boston as an engineer for research company Bolt, Beranek and Newman.
The firm played a big role in developing an early version of the internet, known as Arpanet.
However, Tomlinson later said he could not remember what was in that first test message, describing it as "completely forgettable".
His work was recognised by his peers in 2012, when he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.
Mr Tomlinson is credited as sending the first email as we know it today - and commandeering the @ symbol as a way to simplify how it works.
For something so groundbreaking, the first email was adorably anti-climatic. Just read how he described it during an interview in 2009.
"Every time you test you have to generate some sort of message.
"You might drag your fingers across the keyboard or just type the opening phrase from Lincoln's Gettysburg address or something else - so technically the first email is completely forgettable and therefore forgotten."
Yes there's spam. Yes there's phishing attacks. Yes there's work mailing lists that ding constantly, or "reply all" fiascos.
But email itself has never been the problem, just the people that use it.
That said, one hopes email is replaced one day. It's widely accepted that it's not an efficient communication method, and it disrupts the focus of anyone trying to get things done.
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Kyle McVey headed the hosts into a 10th-minute lead and Tony Kane made it 2-0 with a penalty after Marc Smyth had pulled the shirt of Allan Jenkins.
Jay Donnelly volleyed past home keeper Alan Blayney and just before half-time Ballymena's Gavin Taggart was sent off after a clash with James Knowles.
A cool finish by Daniel Hughes brought Cliftonville level in the 82nd minute.
It was his first goal since joining the Belfast club from Warrenpoint Town in January.
New Sky Blues boss David Jeffrey remains undefeated since taking over from Glenn Ferguson with two draws and a win in the Premiership.
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Cliftonville fought back from two goals down to draw with 10-man Ballymena United at the Showgrounds.
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Bill Hawkes, 54, and 14-year-old Ciaran Hawkes were killed after their Mazda MX5 was involved in a collision with a Kia Optima on the A91 near Auchtermuchty.
Mr Hawkes and his son, who were from the Falkirk area, were travelling home from a classic car show.
Inquiries into the crash are continuing and police have asked any further witnesses to contact them.
A statement from the Hawkes family said: "Bill and Ciaran sadly died in a vehicle accident after attending a classic car show on Sunday. Their deaths are such a tragic loss.
"During their lives, both Bill and Ciaran touched so many people with their kindness, friendliness, thoughtfulness and generosity of spirit.
"They will be hugely missed by family and friends. The family is finding it extremely difficult to come to terms with this tragic sudden loss."
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The report released on Monday stated the star may have taken cocaine three days before she fell ill on a flight on 23 December, US media reported.
Traces of heroin and MDMA, popularly known as ecstasy, were also found in the Star Wars actress's system.
But investigators could not determine what impact the cocaine and other drugs had on her death.
The findings were based on toxicology samples taken when Fisher arrived at a Los Angeles hospital.
Investigators could not say when the actress had taken the MDMA or heroin.
The star, who played Princess Leia in the film series, died on 27 December.
On Friday, a statement from the Los Angeles coroner said the exact cause of death was unknown but cited factors including sleep apnoea, heart disease and drug use.
Sleep apnoea is a common condition in which a person stops breathing during sleep, either for a few seconds or minutes.
In a statement released to People magazine after the coroner's ruling, Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd said: "My mum battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life. She ultimately died of it.
"She was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases."
Her manner of death will be listed as undetermined, the coroner's statement said.
Fisher's death certificate, issued in January, stated that the cause of death was "cardiac arrest/deferred".
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The animal welfare charity hopes Wales will join 15 European countries which have implemented a ban.
Last year, it received more calls about primates in Wales than in any of the previous 11 years.
RSPCA's senior scientific officer, Ros Clubb said: "All primates, hand-reared or not, are wild animals.
"It doesn't matter how well intentioned the owner is, primates are not suitable pets."
"We fear there are hundreds more that are suffering behind closed doors because people do not know how to look after these animals properly."
It is estimated that there are around 120 privately-kept primates in Wales, with marmosets, capuchins and squirrel monkeys being the most common.
In a survey, RSPCA Cymru found that 72% of those polled in Wales support a ban of keeping primates as pets.
Former Assembly Member Lorraine Barrett re-homed a monkey from a pet shop in the 1980s after feeling "desperately sorry for him."
"The minute I walked in the house with the monkey I realised how out of my depth I was," she said.
"One time he was on the top of the cupboard and jumped on my son's head. I went to grab him and he bit me all around my arm. We were all just screaming."
"The only advice people need is that primates should never be kept as pets."
Back in 2002, consultants in England rejected the terms on offer and British Medical Association negotiators went back into talks with the government. A year later, a deal was agreed second time round and the contract was brought in.
But history is not going to repeat itself this time. Government sources have already indicated they are "minded" to impose the contract that they agreed with union leaders in May. We can expect confirmation of this in a couple of days I'm told.
The truth is the dispute has lasted too long and caused too much damage and bad will to see the two sides return to the table. And even if it hadn't, ministers feel hospitals have gone too far down the road implementing it to row back now.
New rotas are due to be introduced next month for 6,000 newly qualified junior doctors, with changes to pay to follow later in the year. Much of the rest of the profession is expected to follow over the course of the next 12 months. It is why on Monday I suggested the result of the vote may well end up being academic.
And regardless of all this the BMA is hardly in a position to fight its corner. It's in disarray.
The union's junior doctor leader Dr Johann Malawana has resigned (after spending the past two months arguing it was a good deal) and its senior leadership have no stomach to carry on fighting given the current situation facing the country over Brexit.
Ahead of the vote result being announced, they, in effect, ruled out sanctioning further industrial action in the short term.
In theory, that could all change when a new junior doctor leader is appointed, but the vote is not binding on the BMA and momentum has been lost anyway.
But that does not mean this is the end of this sorry saga. Far from it.
It's stating the obvious to say the profession is angry. It is furious. Throughout the dispute, the government had tried to paint BMA leaders as militant firebrands - unwilling to listen and politically motivated.
But when it came to it, the wider membership has ended up even more militant.
That, as the influential junior doctor blogger Rachel Clarke points out, has as much to do with the wider pressures in the system as it does with the details of the contract.
The risk now is that a whole generation of junior doctors feels disenfranchised, upset and undervalued. That is a disaster.
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The officers, known as bailiffs in the US, provide security for courthouses.
The inmate, who was due in court, grabbed an officer's gun during a scuffle and opened fire, Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said.
People in the courthouse took shelter before other officers shot and killed the inmate, Mr Bailey said.
A deputy sheriff and another person were also wounded and were taken to hospital, where they are in a stable condition.
The inmate was not identified, and Mr Bailey did not say what charges he was facing.
The shooting occurred is in the resort town of St Joseph - about 100 miles (160km) northeast of Chicago.
Mr Bailey called the deaths of his colleagues "terrible".
"Our hearts are torn apart. ... I have known them for over 30 years. It's a sad day," he said.
Rescue officials say a boy and a girl are now being treated in a hospital.
A woman who was also pulled alive from the wreckage in the eastern Kware Pipeline Ebakasi area later died.
Kenya Red Cross says another person was killed after the building collapsed on Monday night. Several more people have been reported missing.
A search and rescue operation is continuing.
The Star newspaper said dozens of people had been evacuated moments before the collapse.
Witnesses told the paper that the building had been condemned after cracks appeared in its walls.
The co-ordinator of the rescue efforts, Pius Masai, said that 128 tenants had been accounted for by midday on Tuesday.
Earlier reports said that 15 people were missing, but this figure has not been confirmed.
The National Disaster Management Unit said that most families acted when ordered to leave the building prior to its collapse.
Local media reports that some people re-entered the building apparently to collect their belongings when it caved in, possibly trapping them.
Building collapses are a problem in Kenya with many people in Nairobi living in low-income areas or slums. Housing is in high demand, and developers often bypass regulations.
In April 2017, 49 people died after a building collapsed in heavy rain in Nairobi.
At the height of Kenya's rainy season in April 2016, a six-storey building collapsed killing 52 people in Nairobi's Huruma district.
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Joshua Reece Coppinger, 25, from Castle Vale, Birmingham, was riding a Suzuki GSX-R motorcycle which was in a collision with a Citroen Relay van.
Mr Coppinger's family described him as a "lovable rogue who's infectious laugh and cheeky grin was adored by many".
The accident took place on Salts Lane, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, on 19 July.
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They said he would be "cherished forever and never forgotten".
"Our beloved, one of a kind, treasured son, brother, uncle and family member who was lucky enough to have two families. One he was born into and the other family of friends that he chose," the statement said.
An investigation into the collision is continuing and anyone who saw either vehicle before or during the incident was urged to call Staffordshire Police.
She said the coalition had made changes to the system and had further plans for the next Parliament.
Labour's Yvette Cooper said the Tory pledge from 2010 was in "tatters" but did not identify a target herself.
They were taking part in a Daily Politics debate on BBC Two.
Lib Dem Norman Baker said the target of tens of thousands was "non-deliverable", while UKIP's Steve Woolfe said his party was in favour of a "fair, ethical, non-discriminatory" system.
Plaid Cymru's Simon Thomas, meanwhile, said his party would not allow immigrants to be "scapegoated".
The Conservatives said at the last election that they wanted to reduce net migration - the difference between the numbers of people moving to live in the UK and the numbers of people leaving - to the "tens of thousands" by May 2015.
But figures earlier this year showed annual net migration had risen to 298,000.
Ms May said: "We've accepted that we have failed to meet that particular target."
Asked why people should trust her party this time, she said: "We've actually shown that we have made some changes to the immigration system.
"And crucially we have set out a credible plan for what we would do for the future, in terms of tightening up, not just on EU immigration but also on people from outside the EU."
Ms Cooper, quizzed about her party's reluctance to identify a target, said Labour was proposing "practical things we believe should change".
She said she wanted to see the net migration figure "come down".
And she said part of the problem was agencies and employers "driving low-skilled migration" to undercut local pay.
Mr Baker said his party had a strong record in government. Asked why the Lib Dems had not supported the Conservative target, he said: "You can't have a target for the number of days it's going to rain each year. It's a non-deliverable target."
But he said the most recent migration figure was "probably too much".
UKIP's Mr Woolfe said leaving the European Union was the only way to reduce the figure.
He said: "It's absolutely clear - Plaid Cymru and their leader Leanne Wood said in the debates between the leaders - that you cannot reduce migration in this country, net or otherwise, unless you are outside of the European Union."
His party wants immigration to return to "normal" levels, leader Nigel Farage has said.
Mr Thomas, meanwhile, said the Welsh economy needed migrants.
He added: "We want the voice of Wales to be heard."
Ms May also said during the debate that currently one person was on a Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measure, or TPim.
The home secretary can consider imposing a TPim if MI5 "reasonably believes" someone is involved in terrorism-related activities.
Ms Cooper questioned why more people were not subject to the orders, given the number of Britons known to have taken part in the conflict in Syria.
"Despite all the people coming back from Syria and despite all the concerns that have been raised about terror suspects and so on, they've only got one person under a TPim and that is because they weakened the powers and removed the relocation powers," she said.
Ms May said it was up to the security services to identify people who should be subject to TPims and denied they had not identified those who had travelled to Syria.
"We do know people coming back," she said.
Dubliner John Edwards volunteered to lie in a coffin which was then sealed and buried in the grounds of an east Belfast church.
But he's not alone down there - the coffin has been specially adapted so he can broadcast live on social media.
His aim is to reach out to those in despair.
Mr Edwards, 61, is former drug addict and alcoholic who has been sober for more than two decades.
After experiencing what he described as an "incredible encounter with God 27 years ago", he set up a number of Christian rehabilitation centre and homeless shelters.
Having lost more than 20 of his friends to addiction and suicide, Mr Edwards now counsels and prays with people in distress or despair.
For the next three days, his message of "hope" is coming from beyond the grave in the grounds of Willowfield church in east Belfast.
He has been taking calls, texts and emails from members of the public who are seeking help.
"My plan is to speak to them from the grave before they get there and show them hope," he told the Belfast Telegraph.
Mr Edwards said he is not claustrophobic but was still a little apprehensive about being buried alive.
"When the lid is closed and you're underground, and you hear the soil getting thrown on top of the coffin... it is freaky," he admitted.
The wooden structure is more spacious than the average coffin, being 8ft long, 3.5ft high and 4ft wide (2.4m x 1m x 1.3m).
It is equipped with a caravan toilet and access to air, food and water supplies are maintained through pipes.
It is not the first time Mr Edwards has been early for his own funeral.
He spent three days buried underground in his adopted town of Halifax in England last year.
The Dubliner has also been physically close to death on several occasions.
Having experienced sexual abuse, mental illness and homelessness, the former drug addict said he overdosed a number of times.
He also underwent a liver transplant after developing Hepatitis C from a dirty needle, and has survived cancer twice.
He admitted his habit of being buried alive is a "bit of a gimmick" but said it was one with a serious message.
"I'm desperate to reach as many people as possible."
Kylie Minogue, Lulu, Deacon Blue and more than 2,000 performers brought the curtain down on what has been praised as the "best Games ever".
Team England topped the medals table with 174, while Scotland ended up with a record 53.
Comedian Des Clarke opened the show promising to say "cheerio with the biggest party in Scotland's history".
Lulu, wearing a tartan scarf, then performed a rousing rendition of her first hit Shout on a huge shooting star-shaped stage in the centre of the pitch.
The athletes who took part in the Games emerged from almost 700 tents dotted throughout the stadium to a thunderous Glasgow welcome from the 40,000-strong crowd.
The behind-the-scenes workers who kept Glasgow going for the duration of the Games were then celebrated.
Deacon Blue, who formed in the city in 1985 and went on to become one of its most famous and successful bands, paid tribute to them with a rendition of their anthem, Dignity.
All in all, some 220 members of the emergency services and various council services took centre stage during the ceremony.
The workers - some on foot and some in the vehicles they use day-to-day - were led into the arena by police outriders who had taken part in the baton relay and held aloft a "Let Glasgow Flourish" banner.
Local synthpop band Prides introduced the Games volunteers - known as Clydesiders - and performed their song Messiah.
Next up were representatives of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
The 240 massed pipes and drums from 12 international territories played ear-piercing renditions of Wi' a Hundred Pipers and The Bloody Fields of Flanders to herald the arrival of various Commonwealth dignitaries.
Glasgow 2014 chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin paid tribute to the athletes who "gave it their all" and the Clyde-siders, whom he described as the "lifeblood" of the Games.
He said: "We've welcomed the world to our dear green place and it has been an experience we will never forget. Thank you Glasgow and thank you Scotland. You've done us proud."
Prince Imran, of Malaysia, president of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), presented an award which recognises an outstanding athlete of the Commonwealth Games.
The 2014 David Dixon Award was handed to Welsh rhythmic gymnast Frankie Jones.
Prince Imran went on to describe Glasgow 2014 as "the best Games ever", adding: "Glasgow - you were Pure, Dead Brilliant."
He told the crowd: "The Commonwealth Games are known as the Friendly Games. Glasgow has succeeded in making them even more than that. These have truly been the People's Games."
The CGF flag was lowered by two military representatives to the backdrop of Robert Burns' Ae Fond Kiss, sung by Scottish folk singer Karen Matheson, lead singer with Capercaillie.
Michael Cavanagh, chairman of Commonwealth Games Scotland said: "As a Games family, I believe we have entertained and inspired the watching world in the last 11 days."
Receiving the flag, Tom Tate, mayor of city of Gold Coast, said: "I am honoured to receive this flag on behalf of the people of City of Gold Coast, Australia.
"We accept this responsibility with great pride and in the spirit of the Commonwealth Games."
Vice patron of the CGF, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex formally declared the Games closed.
Pop icon Kylie, then took to the stage to begin a seven-song set, starting with Spinning Around.
The ceremony rounded off with Scots singer songwriter Dougie MacLean performing his classic ballad "Caledonia" as ceremony host Des Clarke urged everyone "haste ye back" to Glasgow.
A mass performance of Auld Lang Syne featuring all of the ceremony's performers and the thousands in the audience followed.
A Lone Piper on the stadium's roof introduced the song, before Maclean, Lulu and Kylie joined in as the crowds crossed arms in traditional style.
The celebrations were then completed with the finale fireworks.
Closing ceremony parties were also held at the Glasgow Green and Kelvingrove Bandstand live sites - with music and entertainment and the ceremony being shown on the big screens.
The closing ceremony marks the end of an almost seven-year journey for Glasgow that began on 9 November 2007 when the city was awarded the Games.
When the dust settles on Monday, the focus will begin to turn to what legacy the sporting extravaganza has left behind and whether it was worth the time, effort and huge amount of public money spent.
The Masters champion is in a nine-way tie for fifth after finishing with an eagle in Switzerland.
Fellow Englishman Daniel Brooks shares a four-way tie for the lead.
Willett will play in the Ryder Cup on 30 September and European team-mates Andy Sullivan and Matt Fitzpatrick struggled at Crans-sur-Sierre.
Sullivan finished on four-over with Fitzpatrick a shot back, while fellow Englishmen James Morrison and Andrew Johnston are tied for second with Willett.
Willett, 28, has struggled since winning his first major at Augusta in April. finishing no higher than 37th place at the US Open, The Open Championship, the US PGA Championship and the Rio Olympics.
The European Masters is one of a handful of tournaments before the Ryder Cup begins at Hazeltine in the United States.
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Honiton-based Bale Group, which runs 55 lorries and employs 120 people, said it would save £25,000 a year in fuel.
Widening the road would provide an alternative route to using the M5 and M4 but campaigners say the plan would be devastating for the environment.
The views of businesses will be presented to the government later in September.
The A303 is one of the most direct routes from London and the South East to Devon and Cornwall, but single carriageway sections, including around Stonehenge, suffer from bottlenecks.
Traffic also builds up after accidents on the alternative M5 route into the South West.
Tony Bale, managing director of Bale Group, said: "We get two or three miles per gallon better fuel consumption by going on a dual carriageway than we do by going on the normal A roads, especially the A303 because you have traffic jams and everything else that goes with it.
"The cost to us is about £25,000 a year extra if we go that way.
"That's not very good for the environment, your carbon footprint or anything."
Environmental campaigner Andrew Bell said rail should be improved and a wider road would threaten the Blackdown Hills.
He said: "It's utter madness. This is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and to put a dual carriageway through it would be devastating for the environment."
Conservative MEP Giles Chichester is backing proposals by Somerset County Council to dual the road.
He said: "Dualling the A303 all the way to Cornwall would improve the environment. If you make traffic smooth running there are less fumes."
The A303 is 92 miles (148km) long and runs through five counties.
The proposals, which also include upgrades to the A358 and A30, are being developed by a multi-agency task group consisting of Highways Agency representatives and county council officials from Wiltshire, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.
The pair, aged 16 and 17, are in custody in connection with an alleged serious assault.
The incident happened near a children's play area in Ballantay Terrace in Castlemilk at about 20:00 on Saturday.
The men are expected to appear in court on Friday.
Earlier police launched a murder inquiry after Jamie Lee, 22, was shot and killed during the incident.
Striker Jonathan Walters put Stoke ahead with an exquisite finish, guiding home a volley from Mame Biram Diouf's teasing cross.
Spanish defender Muniesa made it 2-0 before half-time thanks to a crisp low volley following clever play on the left flank by Marko Arnautovic.
Burnley went close late on when Andre Gray's angled shot was parried by goalkeeper Lee Grant.
Stoke withdrew Arnautovic in the second half after he was on the receiving end of a strong tackle from on-loan Liverpool full-back Jon Flanagan.
Potters defender Bruno Martins Indi was also floored by an elbow from Ashley Barnes, although he recovered to complete the game.
Stoke's fifth win in seven games lifted them to ninth in the table, while Burnley slipped to 14th spot courtesy of a third successive defeat.
Eyebrows were raised when Stoke manager Mark Hughes decided not to recall Joe Allen to his starting line-up following suspension.
The former Liverpool midfielder has been one of Stoke's most influential performers this season and has scored four league goals.
Hughes, though, stuck with the same team which saw won 1-0 at Watford last weekend, and was rewarded with another determined and disciplined display.
The starting line-up might have lacked some of their star players - Wilfried Bony, Peter Crouch, and Bojan KrKic were also left on the bench - but Stoke proved the whole is greater than the sum of its parts to clinch a second win in a row.
Burnley's away record this season does not make pretty reading: one point, five defeats, one goal scored and 16 conceded.
Premier League survival will largely be determined by how many games they win in the familiar surroundings of Turf Moor.
However, it is essential the Clarets pick up points on the road sooner rather than later, especially against their fellow relegation contenders.
Two goals from Danny Ings gave Burnley a 2-1 win over Stoke in their previous meeting at the Potteries in November 2014.
Victory was Burnley's first away from home in the 2014-15 season, but there was no danger of a repeat on this occasion.
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Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "We performed superbly well in the first half and then the second half was more about game management and making sure we defended well as a group, which we did.
"I get a lot of pleasure from us doing that because it shows all the elements and characteristics of a really strong-minded group of players, which is what I have here.
"We see ourselves as a top-10 club so we have to maintain these levels now and try to build on the fact that we have suffered just one defeat in nine."
Burnley boss Sean Dyche: "I know we have to change our away form. That's an important part of the Premier League and, even though that's difficult, there were clear signs today that was a team that went to win a game.
"We haven't shown that much away from home, but we did today and I thought the mentality was clear and some of the football was good.
"We just have to keep believing we will get our rewards if we keep performing like that."
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Stoke City travel to Arsenal, who have not lost at home since the opening day of the season, on Saturday 10 December, when Burnley host Bournemouth at Turf Moor. Both matches kick off at 15:00 GMT.
Match ends, Stoke City 2, Burnley 0.
Second Half ends, Stoke City 2, Burnley 0.
Attempt blocked. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andre Gray.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Jonathan Walters.
Substitution, Burnley. Michael Kightly replaces Scott Arfield.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Joe Allen.
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Joe Allen (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
Substitution, Stoke City. Glenn Whelan replaces Charlie Adam.
Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Stephen Ward (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Burnley. Dean Marney tries a through ball, but James Tarkowski is caught offside.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Lee Grant.
Attempt saved. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeff Hendrick.
Attempt saved. Joe Allen (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Peter Crouch with a headed pass.
Charlie Adam (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Mee (Burnley).
Substitution, Burnley. James Tarkowski replaces Jon Flanagan.
Attempt blocked. Glen Johnson (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Ben Mee.
Attempt blocked. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Burnley. Sam Vokes replaces George Boyd.
Foul by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Foul by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Stephen Ward (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jon Flanagan (Burnley).
Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Marko Arnautovic because of an injury.
Giannelli Imbula (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt saved. Joe Allen (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
Attempt missed. Ben Mee (Burnley) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Scott Arfield with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Glen Johnson.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) because of an injury.
Substitution, Stoke City. Joe Allen replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
They are among hundreds of employers recently fined by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
The government said the list of 360 employers from across the UK "is the largest ever" record of companies that broke regulations on the national minimum or living wage.
It includes the retail giant Debenhams.
According to HMRC, the hairdressing, hospitality and retail sectors are "the most prolific offenders".
As well as recovering the arrears for workers, HMRC issues penalties to the offending businesses.
A firm based in Portadown - WH Recruitment Limited - topped the list of Northern Ireland businesses which were fined. It failed to pay 143 workers a combined total of £26,418.
A spokesman for WH Recruitment told the BBC: "We are a registered agency and put our hands up. This was to do with the accommodation offset regulation."
BC Plant Limited, another of the companies fined by HMRC, told the BBC the discrepancy in payments was due to the difference in the overtime rates for apprentices and other employees: "The oversight concerned overtime payments to apprentices which were paid at a rate of time and a half of the minimum apprentice rate as opposed to time and a half of national minimum wage. This was an oversight and all employees involved were reimbursed immediately once the error came to light."
The National Living Wage rate is currently £7.20 for workers aged 25 and over.
The full list of Northern Ireland employers fined by HMRC is:
The UK Foreign Office has confirmed the detention of two British nationals.
The three men, who received terms ranging from four to seven years, were alleged to have had links with local jihadists, the Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) said.
Ethiopia has extremely strict anti-terror laws.
It has long waged a campaign against Islamist militancy in East Africa - and has been involved in fighting against al-Qaeda linked militants in neighbouring Somalia.
The country has also faced criticism from donors for jailing its critics, including some of the country's leading bloggers who are facing trail on terrorism charges and have been in detention since April 2014.
According to FBC, Ali Adros Mohammad and Mohammad Sharif Ahmed had lived in London while Mohammad Ahmed was from Hargeisa in the self-declared republic of Somaliland.
The trio had been in communication with local members of a jihadist group since December 2012 and had travelled to the Ethiopian city of Adama, capital of the Oromia region, where they were conspiring to carry out terror attacks, it reported.
The Federal High Court in the capital, Addis Ababa, heard that Ali Adros had travelled to Kenya for military training and had also made a deal with a local rebel group, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), to carry out joint attacks, it said.
The 70-year-old received multiple wounds when he was attacked in Hythe Hill, Colchester, Essex, at 17:40 GMT on Tuesday.
Officers are searching for a tall white man who was wearing camouflage trousers and a green top.
The victim is undergoing surgery for his injuries, which are described as life changing.
He was taken to Colchester Hospital and was later transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where he is in a critical condition.
Detective Inspector Jim White, of Essex Police, said the motive behind the attack is not known.
"We believe the weapon may have been discarded.
"We are asking residents in the Hythe, New Town or Military Road areas to be vigilant and would ask them to check their bins and gardens.
"If they find a knife, blade, or blood stained clothing, they are asked to contact us immediately," he said.
She visited Royal Manchester Children's Hospital where she also spoke with staff who have treated the victims.
The Queen expressed her shock that young people had been targeted in the bombing at an Ariana Grande concert.
At least six children were killed in Monday's blast, including an eight-year-old girl, and a number of others were seriously injured.
The Queen praised hospital staff for "coming together" after hearing how many had come in from home offering their assistance in the wake of the attack.
Speaking to the parents of Evie Mills, 14, the Queen said: "It's dreadful. Very wicked, to target that sort of thing."
She also told Evie, from Harrogate, she thought Ariana Grande was a "very good singer", adding: "She sounds very, very good."
The Queen told a member of staff: "The awful thing was that everyone was so young. The age of them."
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She also met Millie Robson, 15, who suffered injuries to her legs, and wished her a speedy recovery.
The Queen spoke to Millie's dad David, who had been waiting at the exit of the arena for his daughter when the bomb exploded.
"It's not something you expect at all," she said.
Amy Barlow, 12, from Helmshore, Lancashire, who suffered injuries to her legs, also met the Queen.
Her parents have told how a merchandise seller ripped up concert T-shirts to help stem the bleeding from their daughter following the blast.
Dad Grant, 46, said: "The guy selling T-shirts used the T-shirts as bandages."
Mum Kathy, 43, who was with her daughter when the bomb went off, added: "I think he was selling them outside, but he very quickly dumped his bag on the floor, ripped them all up."
She said it felt like "someone had thrown a massive firework" when they were struck by shrapnel coming from the bomb.
The report gives details of a study into the potential for seals coming into contact with the renewable energy devices in the Pentland Firth.
The research suggests collisions could happen, but were not likely to be fatal to grey seals, a large seal species.
Smaller harbour seals might be "less robust", the report noted.
The report and analysis was commissioned by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
The study examined the movements of tagged seals in the Pentland Firth, a narrow stretch of sea separating mainland Scotland and the Orkney Islands.
Scientists based their research on a hypothetical array of up to 86 tidal turbines.
In their report, the researchers said there was potential for seals to collide with turbines, adding that larger grey seals were unlikely to be fatally injured.
But they also pointed out that seals should be able to detect turbines "both visually and acoustically and are also likely to be able to modify their behaviour to avoid collisions".
The scientists said this avoidance behaviour required additional research.
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The move directly affects six militants who were facing imminently execution.
In December Pakistan ended a seven-year moratorium on executions, after militants killed more than 150 pupils and staff at a school in Peshawar.
Since then about 60 death-row inmates have been executed on the orders of civilian courts.
More than 8,000 people have been sentenced to death in Pakistan, human rights groups say.
In March the government announced that all of those who had exhausted the appeals process and pleas for clemency would be executed.
But on Thursday, a 17-judge panel headed by Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk suspended executions carried out by the military, after the Supreme Court Bar Association challenged the constitutional amendment that created the tribunals.
It said that the tribunals would not be allowed to handle terror cases, which can carry the death penalty, until it makes it final ruling.
It is not clear when the court will do so, but it has directed the attorney general to file a reply in the cases of condemned prisoners by 22 April.
Human rights lawyer Asma Jehangir has criticised the secrecy of the military tribunals, arguing that defendants are given few details of the alleged offences.
Senior lawyer and retired Colonel Inam-ur-Rehman - who has defended cases before the military courts - told AFP that Thursday's ruling was a "great achievement".
"It shows that the judiciary is performing its role independently and no parallel judiciary can be allowed to work in the country," he said.
The SNP's motion said the former Labour prime minister had not given Parliament correct information on his dealings with US President George W Bush.
MP Alex Salmond said the push towards war in 2003 had been "very much a personal campaign" by Mr Blair.
But Labour's shadow foreign office minister Fabian Hamilton warned against making him a "scapegoat".
The current Conservative government also said there was no need for an investigation.
The US-led invasion of Iraq began in March 2003 and the UK, which lost 179 military personnel in the conflict, ended its combat role in 2009.
MPs rejected the SNP's House of Commons motion, calling for an investigation into Mr Blair's pre-Iraq war role by the Justice Committee, by 439 to 70 - a margin of 369 votes.
Mr Salmond, a former Scottish First Minister, said it was a "question of parliamentary accountability" and "that an examination of statements made to Parliament and public, against the facts as we now know them, would be a valuable additional sanction and tool in restraining future prime ministers from any such course of events".
Mr Blair had "grievously misled" the public "into that disastrous conflict", he added.
The Iraq Inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot and published in July, found the former prime minister had overstated the threat posed by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, had sent ill-prepared troops into battle and had "wholly inadequate" plans for the aftermath.
The SNP said the inquiry's release of a note from Mr Blair to US President George W Bush in 2002, saying "I'll be with you, whatever", proved that he had misled MPs about his intentions.
But, during the three-hour Commons debate, ex-Conservative Chancellor Ken Clarke suggested a focus on Mr Blair risked relegating the issue of ensuring that such a "catastrophic foreign policy decision" was not repeated.
He told Mr Salmond: "As you are aware, I agree with you about your descriptions of the catastrophic nature of the invasion of Iraq and I agree with you that the former prime minister has a lot to answer for and no doubt will continue to do so although he was cleared by Chilcot of deliberate misbehaviour."
But, for the government, Cabinet Office minister Chris Skidmore said there was "no merit" in further inquiries into the Iraq war, and the Chilcot report contained "nothing" which pointed to "deliberate deceit" of Parliament by Mr Blair.
He added: "But there were clearly occasions where more information or better information could have been presented.
"As for how people should account for themselves, it is for them to read the report and explain why they did what they did."
Labour's Mr Hamilton said: "There are many serious lessons to learn from the Chilcot report... but in terms of learning those lessons, we will do ourselves and future governments no favours if we spend even more time in this House and in the committee rooms examining contentions that the Chilcot report and four other inquiries - at exhaustive length - have already found to be incorrect.
"Nor will any of us benefit if we continue to try and turn a collective institutional and international failure in Iraq into an attempt to pillory or scapegoat one individual."
There had been doubts over the attitude of Labour's frontbench to the motion with calls for leader Jeremy Corbyn - a prominent opponent of the war - to order the party's MPs to vote against.
After the Chilcot report was published in July, Mr Blair, who led Labour to three general election victories, apologised for intelligence assessments having been "wrong".
But he defended the decision to go to war, saying that "there were no lies. Parliament and cabinet were not misled. There was no secret commitment to war. Intelligence was not falsified and the decision was made in good faith".
Allied, which also stars Marion Cotillard, took £1.3m on its opening weekend to debut in second place.
But it was not enough to dethrone Fantastic Beasts, which took a further £8.9m on its second week of release.
The film, which is a spin-off from the Harry Potter series, stars Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston.
The animated children's film Trolls continued to perform well in its sixth week - taking a further £834,000 to land at number three.
Bad Santa 2 debuted at number four with £799,000 - 13 years after its predecessor was released.
Arrival, which stars Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner, held on to its top five position for a third week after taking a further £778,000.
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Both Northern Irishmen will have the opportunity to match the two gold medals they won five years ago.
If all goes to plan, the friends could win 100m and 800m titles within 15 minutes of each other on Sunday night.
"Whenever we won at London 2012, the stadium turned green," says McKillop.
"It will be great to have that opportunity again for the island of Ireland. Fingers crossed, it will be another amazing night."
However, while McKillop is bubbling with confidence after clocking his best 800m time in three years (1:58.25) at last week's Belfast International, the 27-year-old North Belfast Harrier, who has a mild form of cerebral palsy, is mindful that the standard in the T37 and T38 middle distance events is "rising all the time".
"I know Canada's Liam Stanley, who took the silver behind me in the T37 1500m final in Rio, is getting better all the time so it's not going to be easy.
"But I still want to win. There is no greater feeling that being on the podium, hearing your national anthem and looking at the people in the crowd clapping and celebrating what you have achieved. I love that."
McKillop has been beset by injury since 2012 and his annual stint on the treatment table this year was caused by a calf problem in January.
However, "unbelievable" physio work by Kerry Kirk at the Sports Institute in Jordanstown got the Glengormley man back on the track much quicker than he expected.
An impressive 4:04 for 1500m at the Northern Ireland Championships in early June suggested McKillop was peaking at the right time and while he then clocked a disappointing 4:09 metric mile a couple of weeks later, his 800m time last Wednesday was a "huge confidence booster".
"I got back sooner than I normally would after such an injury. That's why you saw me run 1:58 for 800m last week and not 2:05.
"I feel back as an athlete and I'll be in a stadium in front of 60,000 people believing I can run my fastest," adds McKillop, who has not lost at paralympic level since 2006.
Visually-impaired Smyth, who recently turned 30, has been unbeaten at Paralympic level since beginning his international career at the 2005 European Championships.
The county Londonderry man joined able-bodied stars such as Dwain Chambers and Christophe Lemaitre at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona when he narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 100m final.
A year later, Smyth was alongside Usain Bolt in the 100m entry at the World Championships in Daegu and the Derryman's personal best of 10.22 seconds saw him missing out on qualifying for the London Olympics by 0.04 seconds.
Smyth regrouped from that disappointment to star at the London Paralympics as he clinched the T13 100m and 200m titles in world record times of 10.46 and 21.05.
Since 2012, the Eglinton man's track times have been slowed by injury but he has remained far too good for the opposition at paralympic level - most recently last year's Rio Games when he took a third successive 100m gold.
Heading into London, Smyth, who dashed home from the last world championships in Doha two years ago for the birth of his daughter Evie, insists his motivation to win remains "as strong as ever".
"At the end of my career, I will want to be able to look back and think that I did everything possible to keep improving as as an athlete.
"I will want to leave my sport on a high rather than dwindling away," adds Smyth who intends to remain in competition until at least Tokyo 2020.
With the Mark Kirk-trained Ballyclare man James Hamilton representing the host nation at the London championships, McKillop will be the first of the Northern Ireland trio in action when he competes in the T38 800m heats on Friday evening (20:25 BST).
McCoist's £825,000 salary was made public in the club's annual accounts but as part of cost-cutting measures he had been willing to have it halved.
Despite the club losing money on a monthly basis, it has taken until now for that to be implemented.
Rangers have also employed Philip Nash to oversee the financial overhaul at Ibrox.
Chief executive Graham Wallace has acknowledged it is necessary at the club and has brought in Nash as a consultant.
He has previously worked for Arsenal and Liverpool and is charged with helping Wallace and the finance director Brian Stockbridge sort out the Scottish League One club's finances.
A spokesman for the Rangers board said: "Mr Nash is a consultant and will be called on from time to time by Graham Wallace as he works on his 120-day restructuring project.
"Mr Wallace will call on the best strategic minds in the sporting and business world to put Rangers Football Club back to where they belong."
The share price of the Rangers International Football Club plc fell to a new low of 28.5p on Friday, less than a third of the 90p price at the launch of the share issue just over a year ago.
The visitors led after just 23 seconds through John Akinde, in what was the fastest goal scored in the English Football League this season.
However, it will not count as a goal now.
The Bees also hit the crossbar but will have to start again at 0-0 when the game is eventually replayed.
Barnet manager Martin Allen told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "It was a good 45 minutes for our team, 1-0 up, who knows what would have happened?
"I don't think it was a good decision [to call the game off], surely you give it 20 minutes?
"There were three puddles, but none of them were bigger than the paddling pool I have got in the garden for my dog.
"The rain was no big deal. There were three little patches and it is a big football pitch. But we respect the referee's decision."
Newport manager Warren Feeney told BBC Radio Wales Sport; "I am disappointed, but I can understand the referee's decision.
"You could quite clearly see the issues with the puddles and the ball getting caught under people's feet.
"The players' safety has got to come first. The referee probably had to look at it and I understand his decision."
The 26-year-old Swede, who has played 25 times for the Championship promotion chasers, will undergo surgery on his left knee.
He suffered the injury in Saturday's 1-0 loss to Ipswich.
"The feeling for this type of injury is around the nine months mark to get back," said Hornets head of medical Richard Collinge.
Azarenka is the WTA Tour's form player after her Indian Wells win, but Konta is rising fast through the rankings.
They meet for the second time, after the Belarusian retired at a set down in Wuhan last September.
"It was difficult to consider that a full match since I didn't feel physically well," said Azarenka.
"But it's really impressive to see how much she improved over the last couple months."
Their quarter-final is scheduled for the evening session in Miami.
Azarenka, ranked eighth, beat world number one Serena Williams to win in Indian Wells earlier this month, and looks to be back to the form that won her two Australian Open titles, before two injury-hit years.
However, Konta is on the verge of a place in the top 20 having been ranked 151st in the world this time last year.
"She obviously had some great results, playing with a lot of confidence," added Azarenka. "She has a very solid game, big serve.
"I'm just looking forward to that challenge. I think for me it's going to be our first meeting, but I'm looking forward to that."
Konta, 24, is the first British woman to reach the last eight in Key Biscayne and would break the top 20 if she reaches the final.
"It will be an incredibly tough battle," said the world number 23.
"Azarenka has had an incredible season so far. I'm going to have to really run down every ball, fight every single point and we'll see what the day will hold."
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) data compares the number of deaths during the winter months with the average in other parts of the year.
There were 24,000 excess deaths in the winter of 2011-12, compared with 25,700 the year before.
The vast majority of excess deaths, 19,500, were in the over 75s.
The ONS said levels of flu last winter were the lowest on record. It said this, combined with mild weather, would explain why there were fewer deaths.
The charity Age UK welcomed the fall in deaths, but said the overall number was too high and was a "national tragedy".
Its director general, Michelle Mitchell, said: "Every single excess winter death is preventable and represents our failure to meet the challenge of plummeting temperatures in Britain.
"Even in very cold countries such as Finland, excess winter deaths are much lower because they take staying warm seriously and prepare for cold weather."
"This fall does not prove progress in tackling the problem of excess winter deaths, as data shows that colder temperatures in future years could result in another sharp hike in deaths.
A Department of Health spokesman said: "We're pleased to see there was an overall reduction in excess winter deaths however there is no room for complacency.
"We have allocated £20m to local authorities to help vulnerable people stay well during cold weather and get the help they need within their communities.
"And we urge anyone with a long-term condition to get a free flu jab from their GP."
Future Shock, which sold 15 million copies, defined people's anxiety at the pace of social change in the 1960s.
Toffler popularised terms such as "information overload" and his works led world leaders and business moguls to seek his advice.
He predicted the rise of the internet and decline of the nuclear family.
He died in his sleep late on Monday at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles.
Although many writers in the 1960s focused on social upheavals related to technological advancement, Toffler wrote in a page-turning style that made difficult concepts easy to understand.
Future Shock (1970) argued that economists who believed the rise in prosperity of the 1960s was just a trend were wrong - and that it would continue indefinitely.
The Third Wave, in 1980, was a hugely influential work that forecast the spread of emails, interactive media, online chat rooms and other digital advancements.
But among the pluses, he also foresaw increased social alienation, rising drug use and the decline of the nuclear family.
Not all of his futurist predictions have come to pass. He thought humanity's frontier spirit would lead to the creation of "artificial cities beneath the waves" as well as colonies in space.
One of his most famous assertions was: "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn."
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, China Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang and Mexican business guru Carlos Slim were among those who sought his advice.
The futurologist, also termed futurist by some, was born to Jewish Polish immigrants in 1928 and honed his theories working for IBM and other technology firms in the 60s.
Toffler is survived by his wife, Heidi, with whom he collaborated on many of his books.
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